Found+Read: How to Work the Room

http://www.foundread.com/view/how-to-work-the-room
"So you’ve got your engineering degree, and your marquee MBA, and a business-plan. You’re on your way. But at some point you’re going to have to ‘grace’ your way through an important networking or social event. How you handle this matters–probably more than you care to admit.
Anyone who has attended a Silicon Valley networking event can attest to the fact that “Social Graces” often elude us founders. But if we were “hacking” or “grocking” our way to better methods of networking, the user manual would be 10 inches thick! There is such a thing as “Social-Business Protocol.” Not all of us in the startup universe are born with it, we can all learn it. So, here are my 10 tips for founders en route to the power-party circuit."

Actual airline complaint.

http://ninjapants.org/files/index.php?image=airline%20complaint.jpg
Funny, just funny.

Life at Google - The Microsoftie Perspective

http://no2google.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/life-at-google-the-microsoftie-perspective/
"The following has been making the rounds on just about every internal email list I belong to in Microsoft. Here it is to share a little insight with the rest of the world. Microsoft is an amazingly transparent company. Google is not. Any peek is a good peek."

PC Magazine: 100 Blogs We Love

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133119-page,10-c,sites/article.html
"Here are our favorite stops in the blogosphere, covering everything from high tech to low comedy and all manner of pursuits in between."

A List Apart: Human-to-Human Design

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/humantohuman
"It’s not new to say that we now live in an age in which survival in business depends on your ability to communicate effectively through the internet.

What is new is the realization that just having any old website isn’t enough. The quality of your site and the nature of its content are paramount and your ability to communicate with your audience is the key."

Yahoo! News: Pixar perfectionists cook `Ratatouille'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070626/ap_en_ot/film_perfect_pixar_2
"LOS ANGELES - Pixar Animation will serve no rodent before its time.

The outfit behind such animated smashes as "Toy Story," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" has a simple secret: The company takes its time and lets a story mature to its finest."

TIME: 25 Sites We Can't Live Without

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1636920,00.html

particletree.com: Web App Autopsy

http://particletree.com/features/web-app-autopsy/
"Some of the most difficult questions about a startup have to do with making predictions about the future. Estimates are just part of the game if you’re trying to manage the precious few resources you have at various points in the beginnings of your company. The problem is we’re all pretty terrible about extrapolations because if you’re an entrepreneur, by definition, all your estimates will be wildly optimistic.

Making mistakes about your skills and speed can lead you to hold off on a billing system until the last minute or estimate that you have 1 month to launch when you really have 4. And if you’re not careful, hubris might kick in and have you predicting a $1 million in revenue within 8 months of launch."

List of Web 2.0 Lists - Keeping Tabs on Web 2.0

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/keeping_tabs_on_web_20_lists.php
"Even with consolidation going on left and right, the galaxy of sites that make up what we call "web 2.0" is expanding at a frantic rate (or perhaps that elusive goal of being snapped up by a bigger fish is helping to drive it). So how do you keep up with this ever growing array of web 2.0 sites? That is, other than reading Read/WriteWeb. The answer: via the ever growing array of web 2.0 lists."

Yahoo! Hotjobs: 10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/tools/ept/careerArticlesPost.html?post=138
"Career advice from BNET: Hiring is one of the hardest parts of managing a team. A lot is riding on the initial meeting, and if you're nervous or ill-prepared -- or both -- it can make you do strange things. The following mistakes are all too common, but they're easy to avoid with some advance preparation"

Bored Stop: If Fire Was Made Of Water

http://www.boredstop.com/liquidfire.htm
Bored Stop: If Fire Was Made Of Water

WWDC Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Videos

http://www.macrumors.com/2007/06/23/wwdc-mac-os-x-10-5-leopard-videos/
"Someone posted video clips to Brightcove demonstrating Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (WWDC Build).

The videos highlight many of the functions of Leopard, including: CoverFlow, Screen Sharing, Stacks, Speech, Preview and PDFs, Printing, Quicklook, Parental Controls, Front Row 2, Address Book, Safari 3, New Screensavers, Spaces, and Terminal.

The videos appear to have been recorded with Ambrosia Software's utility Snapz Pro X 2.1.0 which was just released with both Universal Binary and Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) support."

The Hole In CDs at I Am Bored

http://iamboredr.com/2007/06/23/the-hole-in-cds/
"I bet you did not know that we can do so many design with the hole in the CD!"

Four Ways to Improve Productivity on Your Mac

http://caitlynimburgo.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/four-ways-to-improve-productivity-on-your-mac/
"A Macintosh is a powerful machine. It can do countless things. Anything from allowing you to type a simple report for your class to creating priceless family DVDs to being a server for files soon to be streamed to another electronic device. With all these things we can use our computers for, we often times get distracted by one thing or another, even if it’s just a chirp we hear as Twitterrific goes off. But without productivity on your Mac, you can never achieve the great things we want to with our machines. These four steps will hopefully increase your productivity and inspire you to get your work done in a more timely manner."

Submarine Channel: An archive of film intro sequences

http://www.submarinechannel.com/titlesequences/index.jsp
"On SubmarineChannel, we love a good main title. That's why we've started an online collection of the most stunning and original ones. Some are engaging or wildly entertaining, funny, exhilarating or deadly beautiful. Some are oozing with visual treats while others hit you hard with their bold and audacious style."

lifehacker: Top 10 DIY office projects

http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-diy-office-projects-271354.php
"Anyone can drop cash on spendy office gear, but it takes a little ingenuity to rig up your workspace just right with stuff you've already got around the house."

The Consumerist: Confessions Of A Starbucks Barista

http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/confessions-of-a-starbucks-barista-271348.php
"Jesse, who has worked at Starbucks for almost a year, has written a mythbusting "Buyer's Guide" that will help you in your quest to save money when ordering your favorite Starbucks beverage. Our favorite tips? Frappucinos are a rip off, there's no free ride at the drive-thru, and ordering a latte with chai syrup is cheaper than a chai with espresso."

Second Verse: Mocking MS Surface

http://secondverse.wordpress.com/2007/06/20/mocking-surface/
“Your next computer will be a big ass table.”

If architects had to work like web designers

http://biznik.com/biztalk/digg_this.html
"This seems a little too appropriate since I'm currently ending a really terrible client relationship with an architect, but I thought other designers might enjoy. I'm sorry if this seems spammy, I really needed to share with people who understand. "

Freelance Switch: 101 Essential Freelancing Resources

http://freelanceswitch.com/general/101-essential-freelancing-resources/
"Well it’s actually 126 resources now, thanks to all the people who added resources in the comments."