Great video of Malcolm Gladwell talking about the challenge of hiring in the modern world. While some of his sporting examples are a little questionable, I completely agree with the basic premise that the combine, and other similar measures of performance in other industries, are inherently flawed. I would add, too, that I think the way we promote people to management in the United States is idiotic. The idea that someone who performs very well in his/her job makes them a good candidate for a promotion to management is flatly absurd. The skills needed to be a great manager are drastically different — and in some cases, at odds with — the skills needed to be a great worker. Visit site »
Hilarious video presentation by Josh Weinberg. If you’ve ever had to work in technical support, you’ll love this. Visit site »
So basically, Ice T said Soulja Boy sucks, and Soulja Boy came back with a long-winded video that basically called Ice T out of touch with the modern game. But more importantly, Soulja Boy noted that the last time he saw Ice T, he was acting in an episode of Law and Order. Soujla Boys said, “How you gonna make a song called ‘Fuck Tha Police,’ and then 20 years later, you’re playing the police on TV?”
Which sounded like a really good point, until about 10 seconds later, when I remembered that Ice T didn’t make a song called “Fuck Tha Police” — Ice Cube did (with NWA, of course).
I guess they’re both out of touch with the other’s generation. Via Rex. Visit site »
In the past four days, I’ve watched two and a half seasons of Weeds, and I’m really enjoying the show. In particular, I love the theme song (Malvina Reynold’s “Little Boxes“) which, in seasons two and three, is performed by a different artist for each episode. But here, Romany Malco (who plays Conrad on the show) drops his own entertaining version. Thanks to Bret, who pointed me to this on a comment on this site. Visit site »
Qik, which is totally rad, is now on iPhone. It looks like it’s just a demo of an unofficial app for jailbroken iPhone, but it’s probably safe to assume a more “legit” version will be coming soon. Awesome. Visit site »
Sarah pointed me to this stop-motion animation today, and my jaw dropped. It’s incredibly beautiful, but beyond that, I can’t even begin to conceive how difficult and tedious it must have been to make. Truly an amazing work. MUTO”>Visit site »
Wow. This parkour-inspired game looks like a ton of fun. Amazing visuals. via Wilson. Visit site »
I actually welled up here in the office when I watched this video of the incredible display of sportsmanship that went down when Western Oregon’s Senior softballer Sara Tucholsky hit her first career homerun in a conference championship game, only to blow out her knee as she rounded first base. “You hit the ball over the fence — you deserve it.” Awesome story, man. Awesome. via Kottke. Visit site »
An interesting video of synchronization of five coupled metronomes in Lancaster University. Trust me, it’s more interesting than it sounds. Visit site »
For the three of you out there who still aren’t convinced that Prince is the greatest artist of our time. via Rex Visit site »
How Hillary Clinton can still defeat Barack Obama and win the Democratic Nomination. Via B-Tizzle’s Bullshit. Visit site »
Wow. This is just unbelievably horrible. I don’t know what more to say. Wow. Visit site »
Wow. This is just unbelievably horrible. I don’t know what more to say. Wow. Visit site »
The Blue Scholars, Seattle’s best and most popular hip-hop act, just released their third single from the Bayani album, for the track “Loyalty.” Love it. Visit site »
I’ve had this one in my “to watch later” pile for several weeks, and I finally got around to it last night. Cabel’s one of the more entertaining speakers I’ve ever head the pleasure of seeing in person, and this talk about the development of Coda certainly lives up to that. He’s insightful, funny, and interesting. Check it out. In my opinion, Panic is still synonymous with great Mac software — even as I was never the target market for Coda and Expan drive has largely made Transmit unnecessary for me. Visit site »