My so called life*

by Chris Anderson.

Really good food for thought.

‘In a world where food, shelter, and the rest of Maslow’s subsistence needs are met without having to labor in the fields from dawn to dusk, we find ourselves with “spare cycles”, or what sociologists call “cognitive surplus” -energy and knowledge not fully tapped by our jobs. At the same time we have emotional and intellectual needs that aren’t fully satisfied at work, either. What our “free labor” in an area that we value grants us is respect, attention, expression and an audience.

In short, doing things we like without pay often makes us happier than the work we do for a salary. You still have to eat, but as Maslow showed, there is more to life than that. The opportunity to contribute in a way that is both creative and appreciated is exactly the short of fulfillment that Maslow privileged above all other aspirations, and what many jobs so seldom provide. No wonder the Web exploded, driven by volunteer labor – it made people happy to be creative, to contribute, to have an impact and to be recognized as expert in something. The potential for such a nonmonetary production economy has been in our society for centuries waiting for the social systems and tools to emerge to fully realize it The Web provides those tools, and suddenly a market of free exchange arose.’

And the audiobook can be downloaded for free.

http://hyperionbooks.com/free/
http://hyperionbooks.com/free/
http://hyperionbooks.com/free/

Try reading it. Tip here.

Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitaetenhauptbetrie- bswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.

English: Association for subordinate officials of the head office management of the Danube steamboat electrical services. Likely the longest word ever written in german. Because they are that awesome.

Everything you need to know about cat/human relationships summed up in one picture.

Via Negatendo.

Read A, B and C. So far, so good. Looks like I’ll be reading the complete series.

”Take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator and feel better” is something we often hear or read in the Sunday papers. Few people actually follow that advice. Can they get more people to take the stairs over the escalator by making it fun to do?

These guys painted the stairs in a subway station in Stockholm to make it look like a piano, and then they wired the stairs so they would actually play the music notes.

Check the rest of the site, it’s pretty awesome.

http://thefuntheory.com/
http://thefuntheory.com/
http://thefuntheory.com/

Interpersonal Style examines visible behavior, it is not a psychological assessment. The dynamic energies involved are those that are common to us all, we just use them differently based on our preferences. When we do, it seems that we recapitulate underlying patterns that can be found in nature, the seasons, and even the stars. This enables us to construct models by which we can identify types of behavior and learn how they work with each other. Understanding the basics is powerful tool for effective interaction with others.

http://www.kalarhythms.com/ip/ip.thestyles.htm
http://www.kalarhythms.com/ip/ip.thestyles.htm
http://www.kalarhythms.com/ip/ip.thestyles.htm

Perhaps the most inspired burger post ever.

http://tinyurl.com/nmoof3
http://tinyurl.com/nmoof3
http://tinyurl.com/nmoof3

For future reference.

http://rwdigest.blogspot.com/
http://rwdigest.blogspot.com/
http://rwdigest.blogspot.com/

I don’t want him to come back.