my name is not matt

• It Is Safe to Resume Ignoring the Prophets of Doom…Right? — Adam Davidson
• The Sound of a Word Tells Us Something About How it is Used, Cornell Study Shows — Franklin Crawford
• Is The Help the Most Loathsome Movie in America? — Touré
• The Death (and Life) of Marriage in America — Derek Thompson
• Does Online Dating Make It Harder to Find ‘the One’? — Alice Park
• A World Divided – or Coming Together? — Paul Rogers
• Extreme Cold Weather Hits Europe — The Big Picture (The Boston Globe)
• Muindful Eating as Food for Thought — Jeff Gordinier
• Be Relevant, Stop Advertising — Sam Fiorella
• Repulsive Progressive Hypocrisy — Glenn Greenwalk
• Pricing Strategy for Creatives — Jason Blumer
• What is Born, Must Die — Nina Yau
• Tearing Down Language Barriers By Crowdsourcing Subtitles — Michael J. Koren
• The Tragedy of Allen Iverson — Bomani Jones
• Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes — Jon Gingerich
• How I Lost My Blog’s Only Fan — Leah Caldwell
• 5 Most Common Ways People Ruin Their Work Careers — Ronald E. Riggio
• How To Jumpstart Your Creative Career in a Bad Economy — Todd Anderson
• Why Don’t We Act in Our Own Best Interest? — Tony Schwartz
• The 5 Whys — Eric Ries
• Don’t Confuse Passion with Competence — Scott Anthony
• One’s a Crowd — Eric Klinenberg
• A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success — Maria Popova

 
Body of a Dancer — Daniel Gallenkamp N.S.C.
(this video really should be viewed in full-screen mode)

• Genetic or Not, Gay Won’t Go Away – Frank Bruni
• Peyton Manning and the Worst Goodbye Party Ever — Andrew Sharp
• The Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years — Super Scholar
• More Evidence Supports Barefoot Running — Kyle Stack
• Ancient Tanzania Had Early Social Network — Red Orbit
• Tragic Truth About Caste — Shikha Dalmia
• The Liberal Arts as Guideposts in the 21st Century — Nannerl O. Keohane
• Room for Debate: English is Global, So Why Learn Arabic — THe New York Times
• Forget Networking. How to Become a Connector – Alina Tugend
• How to Be Happy at Work — Geoffrey James
• The Long Goodbye — Doug Monroe
• Path is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s — Gina Kolota
• Can You Teach Color Sense? — Jude Stewart
• The Biodiversity Project — Joel Sartore
• Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way and the Art of the Founder’s Letter — Steven Levy
• Quitting Facebook Could Make You Happier — Michael Austin
• Everything You Thought  You Knew About Learning is Wrong – Garth Sundem
• The Art of the Obituary — Harry de Quetteville
• 20 Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships — Marc and Angel Hack Life
• Great Ways to Invest in Yourself — Carlos Portocarrero
• On Criticism, Cynicism, Sharpening Your Gut Instinct — Scott Belsky
• Handling Interruptions With the Urgent vs Important Matrix — T.A. McCann

 
Meet Mr. Toilet — Focus Forward Films

• Survey Paints Portrait of Black Women in America — Krissah Thompson
• Invisible Women: Black Britons Struggle to Be Heard — Liane Membis
• The 14 Beasts That Thwarts Us From the Higher Life — Nina Yau
• Learning to Sit Alone, in a Quiet Empty Room — Leo Babauta
• 12 Things Successful People Do Differently — Marc & Angel Hack Life
• The Essential MBA Library  – OnlineMBA
• Transforming the Way We Work – Tony Schwartz
• Mo’s Dream: How Bacon Met Chocolate — Dana Goodyear
• The History and Mystery of the High Five — Jon Mooallem
• Peeling Onion Town — Aaron  Lake Smith
• What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success — Anu Partanen
• The History of English in 10 Minutes — Benjamin Starr
• How Do We Identify Good Ideas? — Jonah Leher
• A Fighter Abroad — Brian Phillips
• The Caging of America — Adam Gopnik
• How Fox News Is Destroying the Republican Party — Eric Boehlert
• The Big Question: Why Are We Here? – Psychology Today
• How Mrs. Grady Transformed Olly Neal — Nicholas D. Kristoff
• Too Many Gadget Choices: Product Lines Simplify as Fatigue Sets In — Joshua Topolsky
• A Good Smartphone Comes But Once a Year — Chris Ziegler
• How Esquire Survived Publishing’s Dark Days — David Carr
• Facebook Picks a Fight With Google Over Who is More Evil — Matthew Ingram
• Sweden Plans a New Superhighway for Cyclists — Andrew Price
• Why Your Inner Critic is Your Best Friend — Mark McGuinness
• I Am a Lousy Copywriter — Letters of Note
• Why Appreciation Matters So Much — Tony Schwartz

Apple Labor Issues in China

• In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad — Charles Duhigg & David Barboza
• Apple’s Labor Practices Come Under Fire from Former Executives — Dieter Bohn
• Chinese Readers on the iEconomy — The New York Times
• Tim Cook Responds to Claims of Factory Worker Mistreatment: “We Care About Every Worker in Our Supply Chain” — 9to5 Mac
• Letter to the New York Times from BSR — Aron Cramer

‘Booth Babe’ Controversy at the 2012 CES Tech Show

• The CES 2012 Booth Babe Problem — Violet Blue
• ‘Booth Babes’ Stir Controversy at 2012 CES — BBC
• CES, Booth Babes, and How to Piss Off Female Tech Reporters — Adriana Lee
• On Booth Babes, CES, and Why This Female Tech Journo Thinks We Deserve a Better Apology — Taylor

 
9 Businesses — 4Exit4

The woman jammin’ around 2:46 in the video makes me smile.
 
 
What is the most interesting thing your read, saw, or watched, this week?

• Michelle Obama and the Evolution of the First Lady — Jodi Cantor
• Throw the Book at College Rankings — Douglas MacMillan
• The Strange Case of the Dentist and the Pimps — Bryan Smith
• Making in in America – Adam Davidson
• How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work — Charles Dugigg & Keith Bradsher
• Keeping Up With Mr. Jones — Matthew Garrahan
• A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond — Patricia Cohen
• Awesome Photoshop Colorized Photos — Bad Control
• The Evil Economics of Judging Teachers — Maria Bustillos
• The Networked Era — Lindsey Gilbert
• Unlimited Data is Dead, So Let’s Fight a Smarter Fight — Chris Ziegler
• The Unprecedented Audacity and Stupidity of the iBooks Author License —  The Passive Voice
• Sorry iBooks, Paper Books Still Win on Specs — Dieter Bohn
• 8 Counter-Intuitive Ways to Improve Your Well-Being & Creativity — Behance Team
• The Science Behind a Bad Mood and What You Can Do About It — Thorin Klosowski
• Four Changes You Can Make to Help You Complete Undesirable Tasks — Erin/Unclutter
• The Case for a Four-Day Work Week — Jay Love
• How to Control Your “Check-In” Addiction — Scott Belsky & Jocelyn K. Glei
• 35 Fast Tips to Make This Your Best Year Yet — Robin Sharma
• Zen & The Art of Productions: 12 Tips for a Smooth Photoshoot — Chase Jarvis
• So Why Read Anymore? — Victor Davis Hanson
• 101 Simple Truths We Often Forget — Marc & Angel Hack Life
• A City Education: The Importance of Teaching Students to Set Goals — Meg Malone

 
It’s a Man’s World — Etta James (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012)

• In the Land of the Non-Reader — Jonathan Gourlay
• 10 Ways to Enhance Your Emotional Intelligence — Norman Rosenthal, M.D.
• Mr. Daisy and the Apple Factory — This American Life
• Don’t Just Declutter, De-Own — Joshua Becker
• Your Top 10 Clutter Questions, Answered — Leo Babauta
• How to Live Healthy in 2012, Part 1: Your Mind — Matt Madeiro
• How to Live Healthy in 2012, Part 2: Your Food — Matt Madeiro
• A School House With No Walls — KNSTRCT
• Look Lazy, Be Productive — Scott H. Young
• On Writing — Courtney Carver
• Give Your Employees Unlimited Vacation Days — Joe Reynolds
• How to Work From Home Like You Mean It — Kevin Purdy
• Chase Jarvis is No Snob — Lindsey Byrnes
• Workspace Design — The 99 Percent
• What’s Your Icy Shower? — Alistair Smith
• 12 Reason I Have Decided to Read One Book Per Week — Joshua Becker
• The 14 Beasts That Thwarts Us From the Higher Life — Nina Yau
• 10 Guidelines for Couple Decisions — Susanne M. Alexander
• 28 Ways to Stop Complicating Your Life — Marc
• Faulkner and the Black Arts Movement — Frank Kavorik

 
2009–2011 Reflection — Paper Fortress