Friday Round Up #2 – The can you believe it’s September edition
A sampling of some of the things that caught my attention on the internet this week:
Browser for the Better
Microsoft has committed to donating 8 meals to the Feeding America program for every download of Internet Explorer 8 from the above page. This is pretty darn awesome, because of obvious benefits from contributing to a hunger-relief charity, and because Microsoft is helping to eliminate the abomination that is IE6! We should all rejoice!
How to Set Goals When You Have No Idea What You Want at Dumb Little Man
It is not difficult to find advice on goal setting, but what do you do when you have no idea what you want? I expect this is a common problem for many. People who want to achieve, make their mark, change things for the better, but have no idea about the direction of those goals. Ali Hale tackles this rarely acknowledged side of goal setting.
The winner of the Unconventional Writing Contest at The Art of Nonconformity
Back in June Chris Guillebeau held a writing contest to spread the unconventional mentality. The winner of the writing contest was Allan Bacon who shares with us the 3 “oxymoronic approaches to break the unspoken ‘rules’ of the conformist career path” he learned on his 3 year path from miserable corporate slave to living in Paris with his family.
Bingo, Bango, Bongo: Social media and the truth about Roberto Luongo at CholoCan
My partner in love is trying his hand at blogging. He has some neat things to say about media and culture. His newest post delves into the fans/social media/traditional media feedback loop in hockey rumours, looking particularly at the recent deal between the Canucks and Roberto Luongo.
The Article Cash4Gold Doesn’t Want You To Read at The Consumerist
Have you ever been tempted by those Cash4Gold adverts on tv? Send us your junk gold, and we’ll send you cash money! Well The Consumerist, with the help of a former Cash4Gold employee, warns of tiny cheques (like $0.03!) sent too late to request your jewelery back in the 10 day limit. You are better off taking your unwanted gold to your local jeweler, and handling these transactions in person where you have more power to say no to a raw deal.
Happy Friday!!
Thanks for the link to my DLM piece! I felt that a lot of goal setting advice is aimed at the dynamic, go-getting types who know exactly what they’re after. It’s a lot harder when you’re trying to figure out what you even want from life…