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 […]
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.
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.
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:
Self-employed people are more optimistic than wage-earners, report two Duke University economists in this National Bureau of Economic Research paper.
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
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.
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.”
StoryCorps, the extraordinary oral history project launched by Dave Isay and Sound Portraits, has taken to the road. (If you don’t know what StoryCorps is, check out Chapter 5 of A Whole New Mind, stroll through Grand Central Station, or listen to this great piece from NPR’s Morning Edition.) A fleet of Mobile Booths is
Doonesbury spots a seismic shift in the commencement season zeitgeist. (Thanks to David Bonowitz for this one.)
