Delicious Bookmarks

Bradford Plumer interviews Amelia Tyagi, one of the authors of The Two-Income Trap
"Having a child is now the single best predictor of bankruptcy, and this holds true even for families with two incomes."
The mystery as to why there are so many people on the streeet during the daytime
Retired, on vacation, between jobs, sick day, not required at the office. Says one: "Face time isn't such a thing anymore. What people care about now is whether you get the work done."
Bottled water haters have it wrong
With recommendations on how we can sell and buy bottled water sustainably.
The Asian Branding of Sexuality
"Those who seek out and use Asian sex toys may be more open to culturally diverse experiences than other types of consumers. Perhaps the popularity of ancient Asian materials reflects the sexual immaturity of American collective culture, searching for a deeper understanding of our own sexuality."
Rob Cottingham reviews Getting to Maybe by Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton
He outlines the recommendations in the book and relates them to Web 2.0 and how we might use the latter to save the world.
Modern Drummer interview with Tool's drummer Danny Carey
Features a track-by-track discussion of their album, Lateralus. (This is the oldest browser bookmark I have, the link sent to me about 6 years ago by a Tool fan friend. I finally read it!)
Reduce, Cut, Remove: Clarity
I read this a while back, and the time is right for a refresher: I'm looking forward to Spring Cleaning in my (tiny) apartment. So much stuff has been there for years.
"Although the sound of the SkyTrain itself [...] can only be heard in the immediate surroundings of the stations, the accompanying changes in the landscape and the soundscape, now filled with transportation noises including cars, buses, heavy trucks, a train and two SkyTrain lines, are for all participants signs of a deterioration of this neighbourhood."
Blind Men's Baseball - The Social Importance of Peripheral Vision
Jaiku founder Jyri Engeström's presentation on the next generation of mobile devices, with the assumption that others' presence and other people's plans matter just as much as yours. My peripheral vision (social and otherwise) could use improving.
Matt Webb: the Web is Movement
Slides and text from his presentation at Web Directions North 2008. This one will be rattling around in my brain for the next two weeks.
Video of people passing by, either on the right or the left
To get included, tag your 7-60 second video with either 'passingby-looking-left' or' 'passingby-looking-right'. Why yes, I believe I *will* add mundane video of SkyTrain this way!
Presenting about presenting
The very last thing I would do is name the downloadable file "slides.pdf", however.
The New York Times reports on the Imposter Syndrome
"In short, the researchers concluded, many self-styled impostors are phony phonies: they adopt self-deprecation as a social strategy, consciously or not, and are secretly more confident than they let on."
The Strange Credibility of Polyamory
Long essay on polyamory as viewed in the media and in society, as well as on the different between it and BDSM or swinging.
Raven and Jason
Globe & Mail mini-documentary of a couple living in a Downtown Eastside hotel, struggling to make it back home to Winnipeg to make a clean start.
Nick Hornby interviews David Simon, creator of The Wire
Some great stuff about storytelling and writing near the end.
Mark Bowden profiles David Simon, creator of The Wire
Bowden is part of the story: he claims frienship with William Marimow and John Carroll, towards whom Simon holds grudges against. On fiction: "Art frees you from the infuriating unfinishedness of the real world."
Beyond Robson reviews The Black Rider as performed on Granville Island
Tom Waits, William S. Burroughs and Robert Wilson collaborated on the play. I was dragged along to watch it, not knowing what to expect, upon reflection, I admit to being the better for it. A very high intensity, avant-garde play.
Is the 'Google generation' a myth?
Great responses in the comment section, from young and old, to a study by the University College London into critical thinking amongst youth on the web.
What's really wrong with newspapers
"The biggest problem, of course, had nothing to do with the newsrooms. It was the collapse of an unsustainable business model."

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