Weekly Review #137 - Pocket MBAs, Prewritten emails, and Wes Anderson startups
Spent much of this week up in Tofino, on Vancouver Island. I haven't encountered a single mosquito this whole trip, which makes camping an entirely more pleasant experience!
The other star of the show is Skyroam, which gives you Wifi anywhere for 8 bucks a day. It only works when there's cell service, but it's better than I expected and cheaper than an ATT global plan.
Tech
Google Understood My Breakup Better Than I Did — nymag.com
Gmail analyzes your emails and offers pre written responses, much cheaper and nicer than your scribblings. It'd be cool to see where this goes - it would almost become like an RPG dialogue tree, where this response has a 33% success positive chance and this one a 20% angry indicator.
Smartly - Free Online MBA & Career Network
Basically Duolingo for MBAs, and the employer pays for it. Smart model, but an MBA isn't about the knowledge....
Meeting room booking system made easy - Robin
Soooo meeting room/calendar management is so complicated now there's an entire analytics platform built for them. Crazy, but I can believe it!
Lifehacks
What's the best party game you've ever played? : AskReddit
A few goodies here, though Reddit is pretty unimaginative in this department....
[Serious] What are some of the best books you've ever read? : AskReddit
They're better with books - Lots to go on the to-do list!
Fun
Jonathan Swan And the Smart Nice People.
SNP made a culture video in the style of #WesAnderson, and it's pretty well done!
(GoT) Jon Snow | King In The North — www.youtube.com
Spoilers, but this is a super well edited take on how Jon Snow got to where he is today in Game of Thrones.