Here are links I found interesting on October 25, 2011:
- Steve Jobs wanted to help New York Times, bonded with Rupert Murdoch – Some quotes about journalism from Steve Jobs' new biography. On Poynter.
- My Accidental Masterpiece: The Phantom Tollbooth – Believe it or not, I've never read this classic. Just bought the ebook version for my iPad. Better late than never.
- "The ultimate iFan event": why Macworld Expo is changing its focus – Macworld Expo is rebranding — and that's probably a good thing.
- OWS’s Beef: Wall Street Isn’t Winning It’s Cheating – Key quote: "These guys on Wall Street are not winning – they're cheating. And as much as we love the self-made success story, we hate the cheater that much more." Once again, Matt Taibbi has cut to the heart of the matter. In Rolling Stone. Thanks to @JeffCarlson on Twitter for sharing the link.
- Translation algorithms used to crack centuries-old secret code – Extremely interesting piece about how computer translation software developers were able to translate an encoded document more than 250 years old.
- The Tablet Revolution – The Pew Research Center's statistics regarding tablet usage.
- Infographic: The Tablet Revolution – An infographic with statistics about tablet computer usage. Thanks to @ShirleyKaiser on Twitter for sharing the link.
- 7 Reasons for the Rise of Mediocrity – Good post that explains some (but not all, in my opinion) reasons for the rise in mediocrity. This piece focuses on social media causes. I think mediocrity is a symptom of a far bigger problem with today's society.
- The economics of Groupon: The dismal scoop on Groupon – The Economist provides some real-life numbers on Groupon, showing that original estimates of their IPO value were extremely optimistic. Marketing expenses are currently eating up more than 60% of their revenues. I can't see how that could possibly be sustainable, especially when they're losing merchants and customers every day.
- Real ‘Sybil’ Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake – I remember reading this book and being amazed by it. But it seems it was was a fraud perpetrated by the patient to get more attention from the psychiatrist. Interesting read on NPR.org.