Saturday Odd Bits Roundup
by Miki Saxon
Bloggers know that coming up with interesting topics and original content every day, as opposed to big blocks of quotes from articles and other blogs, is difficult. Writing for Saturday is especially challenging because you never really know who is cruising around or what the mood is.
Additionally, I’m always finding interesting articles I want to share, but they don’t really “fit,” so I’ve decided to offer up those odd thoughts and links on Saturday; hopefully finding at least one thing to pique your interest.
- In my (probably) final comment on this subject I’d like to offer up my congratulations to all those Alaskans who put ethics in front of tradition and ousted Ted Stevens from his Senate seat. The Senate thanks them, too, since now they don’t have to choose between honoring ethics or doing business as usual.
- An interesting post on the problems for women in IT with links to several additional articles and posts. The problems for women in technical fields such as IT are myriad. Few women ever have to worry about the glass ceiling, since they rarely rise that far. Rather think about the glass floor and non-existent elevator; the former prevents entry for most and the latter sees to it that the ceiling remains out of reach to the few who pass the first barrier.
- From the NY Times an advisory on avoiding the ads that inundate you at every turn and every milieu. Lots of useful links to help you and some great final advice that I live by.
- New software from MIT’s Dr. Alex Pentland offers a future promise of a way to analyze your everyday chat to determine the unspoken thoughts that lurk behind the words. The potential improvement in interpersonal communication could be enormous.
That’s it for this Saturday. Please let me know if you like this feature or it should be sent back from whence it came.
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