Jobs on jobs
Want to work at Apple? Keep your slide rule at home. CEO Steve Jobs says he “looks for social skills and a good drawing portfolio when interviewing potential employees,” according to this story from The Australian.
When Bobby met Marky
Bob Woodward’s front page story about how he came to befriend Mark “Deep Throat” Felt is a great read — not to mention, the stuff of legend. At the Pink House this morning, the story had one riveted (but unnamed) parent batting away children and saying, “Get your own breakfast.” (Assignment: Compare and contrast Woodward’s
Free Speech
The Council on American-Islamic Relations is giving away 25,000 copies of the Koran to promote greater understanding of the Muslim holy book in the United States. The order form is here.
This one goes to 11
New Scientist lists eleven steps to a better brain. Some of the advice is obvious — exercise, get sufficient sleep — but it’s a good overview of the proper care and feeding of the brain.
PostSecret
Today’s New York Times reports on PostSecret, a high concept online confessional. People anonymously mail in their secrets on one side of a homemade postcard. PostSecret then publishes them on the site. It’s riveting. Here’s a sample:
Rosy the entrepreneur
Self-employed people are more optimistic than wage-earners, report two Duke University economists in this National Bureau of Economic Research paper.
What’s your EQ?
Several readers have asked that we post on the web site selections from A Whole New Mind‘s Portfolios (the book’s collection of tools, tips, and resources to help you develop the six essential abilities of the Conceptual Age). Well, when you say “Jump!,” the minions here at Pink, Inc., respond with a simple query: “How
RSS back in action
The talented and tenacious folks at Coudal Partners have exorcised the demons that had been bedeviling our RSS feed. If you’ve already subscribed, please re-subscribe using this Feedburner link. If you haven’t subscribed yet, sign up today. (It’s free, of course.) And if you don’t know RSS from your arse, CNET has a good primer.
Fewer students major in computers
USA Today reports that fewer American college students are getting degrees in computer science. Why? They’re concerned that all the IT jobs are disappearing to India. The deeper lesson? Don’t abandon technology, but don’t become a narrowly left-brain technician. One IBM exec tells students, “You need a marriage of technical skills and business acumen.”