Bram Cohen: Never Make Counter Offers

This is an insanely fantastic post, that covers the intricacies of employees and employers trying to use leverage against each other to make or save money. It also covers the many reasons why this is damaging and good sign that the relationship is beyond repair. I agree wholeheartedly, but he did fail to recognize, as if often the case, that many people don't have infinite job mobility and sometimes companies don't have the luxury of turnover either.

Read More: http://bramcohen.com/2011/12/04/never-make-counter-offers

Yahoo News: Sugar Should Be Regulated As Toxin, Researchers Say

This sounds insane and compelling at the same time. When it comes to our bodies I have a libertarian mindset, I think we should all be responsible for own choices. However, stronger education would provide a huge a benefit maybe pushing this in the direction that sugar is more like a drug than a food group would be a good thing.

I think it's clear that prohibition has never worked against anything, so why try it with sugar as well?

Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/sugar-regulated-toxin-researchers-180605186.html

CNN: 50 new tech tools you should know about

Mainly a list of IOS apps with a few web services. There are some good recommendations, and some interesting items I've never heard of. There also lots that are already very popular.... Worth a skim though.

Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/25/tech/web/50-tech-tools/index.html

Daring Fireball: Comparison of First Seven Quarters: iPod, iPhone, iPod

Although Mr. Gruber didn't say a whole lot about the statistics, I do want to analyze this statement, 

"I suspect many Apple watchers consider the iPad an iPhone-like success — but it’s far bigger."

I take this to mean that the iPad and iPhone successes are separate incidences. I think the most important implication of the graph is that there has been a direct correlation between each device and it's successor, and how they build on the success of the last generation.

This graph also shows the significant impact that customer trust has on future sales. The hard work that Apple has done to gain the trust of iPod and then iPhone users is paying off in iPad sales.

Read More: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/02/02/ipod-iphone-ipad
Graph By Horace: https://twitter.com/#!/asymco/status/165132406456729600

Ad Week: Cat Fight: Microsoft Ads Attack Google's Privacy Policy

This strategy of attack ads seems highly mis-guided, while it will surely knock google down a notch in the eyes of many, it does nothing to lift Microsoft. I think if anyone gains an advantage from these types of exchanges its the small up and comers, who are either now or will be in the future competing against google, also bloggers.



Read More:http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/cat-fight-microsoft-ads-attack-googles-privacy-policy-137926

WashingtonPost:Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake

Thoughts:
    My first thought is that some sort of sea monster( dinosaur) is going to mess some fools up. This has all the makings of a B rate horror film. Upon further examination this has someoutstanding scientific implications. Assuming new species of animals are found we could learn a ton about evolution and biology, and just having an empty 20 million year old lake could provide tons of info about the history of the earth, chemistry, climatology, etc.

Read More:http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/scientists-close-to-entering-vostok-antarcticas-biggest-subglacial-lake/2012/01/27/gIQAbGX0fQ_story.html

WolfGnards: Comic Book Manifesto

What:

   Basically Five Things That Suck in Comics

Thoughts:
   Although I'm not a huge comic reader, I absolutely hate the multi-verse. It's just a way to expand a story with out the characters actually having to pay a cost. Often times they go to the multi-verse and a character you love gets killed there and then they come home and nothing has changed in the 'real' universe. The story is rarely advanced by this. I guess the X-men did bring home a dragon from the multi-verse.

Anywho, I agree with everything in this manifesto and found the comics code to be new info, what a terrible idea.

Read More: http://www.wolfgnards.com/index.php/2010/07/07/my-comic-book-manifesto