* 37signals answers the question: Is it really the number of features that matter? “I don’t think the number of features is what makes software better or worse. One more or one less isn’t really the issue.What matters is the editing. Software needs an editor like a writer needs an editor or a museum needs a curator. Someone with a critical eye and the ability to say “No, that doesn’t belong” or “There’s a better way to say this.””
* There are no bugs, only unintended causation “The next time you think something is bizarre or impossible, remind yourself that it is not. That the universe is way too busy to concern itself with mocking you. You’re just not that special. Then roll up your sleeves and find that bit of missing information that’s causing things to work counter to how you’d like or expect.”
* “I found that on average, male CEOs were just a shade under six feet tall. Given that the average American male is five foot nine, that means that CEOs as a group have about three inches on the rest of their sex.” – Malcom Gladwell. I, myself, am five foot eleven and three quarters.
* Moneygami – origami made out of money. Picts found via Drawn! “Daily posts of painters, animators and cartoonists.” Lots of good stuff on the site – go check it out! Thanks Dan!
* “I compare the process [of becoming a parent] to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me.” – Jonathan Coulton [via 43 Folders]
* Why Companies Are Losing the Battle to Control Email
* “The very best companies, they concluded, had leaders who were obsessed with the talent issue.” The New Yorker
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