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links for 2007-08-07
By Porchlight
On-Ramps, Off-Ramps >> New York Times | Opening the On-Ramp for Women "Why is it," the task force asked, "that after decades of creating opportunities for women and proactively nurturing diversity, companies are still struggling with the challenge of retaining and advancing women?
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800-CEO-READ's Long Tail of Interest
By Porchlight
I am fascinated by Chris Anderson's The Long Tail. These power law curves exist in so many facets of the world. We pulled data yesterday on our linking behavior to books on our site and.
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Fall preview: Giving Notice by Freada Kapor Klein
By Porchlight
We've had a steady flow of advanced copies of fall books. I thought I would go through a few of them, this week, and give you a preview of what's coming. Below is part of a press release that accompanied the book Giving Notice: Why the Best and the Brightest Leave the Workplace and HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM STAY by Freada Kapor Klein, coming out in October.
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Today's Quote
By Porchlight
If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.
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Riding the Freakonomics Wave.
By Porchlight
The WSJ picks on the latest economic books saying they're overlooking a more bedrock rule -- that of supply and demand (free access today). From the WSJ: In Discover Your Inner Economist, Tyler Cowen, an economics professor at George Mason University, talks readers through economic rationales for dating (flowers work because they are expensive), charity (give to those who aren't asking) and eating well (at expensive restaurants, avoid dishes that rely too heavily on top-quality raw ingredients). But sales of other new titles that aim to explain weird phenomena in economic terms don't bode well for Mr.
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Comments down
By Porchlight
There is a weird error coming up when you try to post a comment right now and leaves you unable to save the comment. We are working on it and I'll post something when we get it fixed. Update: They are working perfectly now.
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links for 2007-08-02
By Porchlight
Discover Your Inner Economist >> The Washington Post | Hire Yourself "We may have been Keynesians once, but times change. We are all Freakonomists now.
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More on Harry Potter
By Porchlight
BusinessWeek has an article about the logistics of delivering 12,000,000 books in two days. To quote "If all the trucks that delivered Deathly Hallows were lined up bumper-to-bumper, Scholastic says, the caravan would stretch 15 miles. " Fascinating stuff!
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Internet: Culture or Crap
By Porchlight
Andrew Keen (Cult of The Amateur) and David Weinberger (Everything Is Miscellaneous) have been debating the merits of Web 2. 0. Andrew thinks the Internet is unravelling popular culture and will lead to terrible ends.
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Something Gained, Something Lost
By Porchlight
The New York Times reported this morning that "Rupert Murdoch finally won his long-coveted prize today, tentatively gaining enough support from the deeply divided Bancroft family to buy Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal". This has huge implications. From the Times.
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