The moment has arrived. Here’s how this works: Starting right now, you have 24 hours to produce and submit your work. We’ll take the next 24 to select, edit, design and lay everything out. The end result will be a beautiful glossy paper magazine. And a super sharp digital edition.
And this…
Not so long ago, the average American man in his 20s had achieved most of the milestones of adulthood: a high-school diploma, financial independence, marriage and children. Today, most men in their 20s hang out in a novel sort of limbo, a hybrid state of semi-hormonal adolescence and responsible self-reliance. This “pre-adulthood” has much to recommend it, especially for the college-educated. But it’s time to state what has become obvious to legions of frustrated young women: It doesn’t bring out the best in men.
(via the-feature)
We ordered a typical college term paper from four different essay mills, and as the topic of the paper we chose… (surprise!) Cheating.
thank goodness people with a firm grasp of english and actual research skills are running these websites. seriously, though, what’s the point of cheating?
(Source: the-feature)
What Netflix is doing with both its vacation and pay policies is to make its in-demand engineers feel like rational, thinking adults. The company trusts them to make decisions, and to act in the best interests of both their company and themselves.
interesting.
One of my best friends from middle-through-high school started a blog to connect Star Trek with real life. And, I have found her thoughts to be insightful, thought-provoking and a wonderful reminder to take time to think about life.
I enjoy all of her posts despite not ever watching an episode of Star Trek, but this one is my favorite thus far.
Seventy years ago, in 1940, a popular science magazine published a short article that set in motion one of the trendiest intellectual fads of the 20th century.
I’m trying to finish the unfinished books on my goodreads list, and am currently reading Japanese Society by Chie Nakane.
It’s a short, but dense read that explains…yes, you guessed it, Japanese society. With each page, I begin to appreciate my Japanese heritage more and more. One of these days, I will visit Japan. : )
I discovered this today on Twitter (thanks @GuyKawasaki), and it made me smile.
