Tuesday, October 02, 2012

The 33 best stories, pictures and ideas of Sept. 2012

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Below are the 33 links I shared on Twitter in Sept. 2012 that subsequently earned at least 100 clicks.
  1. Black Swan Farming (890) 
  2. Things I’ve quit doing at my desk (692) 
  3. "The truth is that if your company sells hardware today, your business model is essentially over." (560) 
  4. The 2 Biggest Mistakes I Made When Learning to Code (491) 
  5. "A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup." (490) 
  6. 29 Things I, as a designer, wish more tech startups knew (453) 
  7. Cosmo, the Hacker 'God' Who Fell to Earth (424) 
  8. "PayPal have all the power of a bank and yet none of the responsibility." (412) 
  9. Everything's broken and nobody's upset (376) 
  10. xkcd's Click-and-Drag megacomic in a zoomable map interface (330) 
  11. Web Design is 95% Typography (326) 
  12. The only 2 ways to build a $100 million business (316) 
  13. The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do. (309) 
  14. "Statistically, one third of all [PINs] can be guessed by trying just 61 distinct combinations!" (281) 
  15. Be nice to those that serve you (238) 
  16. Why Women Should Stop Trying to Be Perfect (224) 
  17. Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter (218) 
  18. The care and feeding of software engineers (or, why engineers are grumpy) (215) 
  19. What’s The Most Difficult CEO Skill? Managing Your Own Psychology (187) 
  20. The Difference Between Apple & Amazon In One Chart (187) 
  21. Let Shit Happen (159) 
  22. Neil Gaiman's 8 Rules of Writing (158) 
  23. Meeting A Troll... (How the Anonymous Web Enables and Disguises Sociopathy) (154) 
  24. Corruption in Wikiland? Paid PR scandal erupts at Wikipedia (153) 
  25. Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama (146) 
  26. Solving Gen Y's Passion Problem (141) 
  27. Dear Programmer, I have an idea (135) 
  28. Marissa Mayer Tells Yahoo Employees Products Must Ship In 6 Months, Or Don't Bother (123) 
  29. "NoPassword means you don't need a password or a complicated OAuth scheme. Just email." (122) 
  30. Infographic - How big is our own solar system? (119) 
  31. Working From Home? You're a Better Worker (117) 
  32. Kickstarter Is Not a Store (111) 
  33. Amanda Palmer's Million-Dollar Music Project and Kickstarter's Accountability Problem (103)
Stats gathered via Buffer.