Weekly Review #119: Food from strangers, battery life types, and Matrix games
I saw Reid Hoffman interview Adam Grant on stage, which while interesting, wasn't as interesting as it should have been. Writers put all their good stuff in their book - why would they have anything else to say on stage? Read his new book Originals instead - I'm halfway through and its great.
Startup Grind Global conference was this week, and it was much better than I expected. Huge bang for your buck over TechCrunch Disrupt- can recommend.
I hear that the one of the reasons Chinese dragons are good is because the myth arose from alligators. Alligators would become active in the spring when it was time to plan crops, and so were a symbol of good luck, which morphed into the modern serpent. Interesting...
Tech
Josephine | Home cooked food from your community.
Want home cooked food from your neighbor? Done. Great way to build community (as long as it doesn't become about the money)
Clever essay on shortcomings in the startup scene. Spot on - although I don't think all her allusions to startup growth being about male anatomy are necessarily true...
Blind Auditions to Hire Technology and Design Talent | GapJumpers
Use this process to get truly meritocratic in your hiring auditions. Like the Voice - you don't see until you approve! (thanks to Katherine Bierce for the h/t here)
Lifehacks
Tips and Myths About Extending Smartphone Battery Life - The New York Times
Closing background apps doesn't do anything. Wifi is better than cellular, oftentimes. Brightness is the majority of your battery. Who knew!
Did you know that the defining feature of existential thought is that philosophy begins with the human subject? I did not, and I am all about that. How to make sense of a meaningless world - kinda like modern Stoicism.
I love it when you stumble on the Wikipedia article for a concept you thought you understood and are proven completely wrong.
Fun
First Person Shooter game where time pauses Matrix style whenever you stop moving. Makes things all strategic, huh?