Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, Interesting Bits, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see.”
Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another:
- Read The Furious Texts The Heritage Foundation Sent Furry Hacking Collective Siegedsec After Breach – Daily Dot. “In this year of endless headline firsts, I did not have ‘furry hackers take down conservative foundation.’ In one corner, The Heritage Foundation: One of the most effective conservative organizations in history, and they play the long game: Helping aligned judges rise through the ranks of the judiciary, and outlining the Project 2025 agenda that has gone mainstream in the last few months. In the other: SiegedSec, hacktivists who defame websites with ‘juvenile and crude language and graphics’ and lines like ‘uwu gay furries pwn you’. Of course, in the post-truth era, this could all be a cover. A hack is one thing – but chat logs between the hackers and executive director, Mike Howell, are another level entirely. This is truly the weirdest timeline.” (Alistair for Hugh).
- Winamp Skin Museum. “Kids today don’t know how good we had it. Winamp, that ubiquitous front-end to the death of paid music, MP3 player extraordinaire, and endlessly customizable UX, conjures up the digital equivalent of rave fliers. Turns out there’s a museum of the endless skins we made, and they’re playable.” (Alistair for Mitch).
- This Is What Happens To Your Brain When You’re In Back-To-Back Meetings – Huffington Post. “Meetings.” (Hugh for Alistair).
- Why Do Your Eyeglasses Cost $1000? – Freakonomics. “Glasses cost about $20 to make no matter how fancy they are. A massive monopoly keeps the prices high.” (Hugh for Mitch).
- 31 Genius Sci-Fi Quotes That Offer Real-World Wisdom – Big Think. “I always do my best to dissect the articles that I choose. Well, this is one where the headline does all of the heavy lifting. So, whether we’re living in a simulation or not (and, after last week, I am really starting to believe that we are), here are 31 gems of genius from science fiction that could well be some of the best and most real pieces of wisdom that you will ever encounter. Dig in and marvel at how those who write fiction often share the greatest truisms through their art.” (Mitch for Alistair).
- How Choose Your Own Adventure Books Became Beloved Among Generations Of Readers – Open Culture. “Ooffahh, this one hits hard at the nostalgia in me. I wasn’t that big of a book reader when I was a kid, but I devoured the Choose Your Own Adventure books, and had a profound awakening when I realized that I could get them for free at my local library. So, yes, what we have here is an interesting article, but the links inside this article to other articles and some incredible YouTube videos about the famed book series is the real gold here. I spent a lot of time here not just re-discovering a book series that I loved, but the business and writing behind it. Fascinating… trust me…” (Mitch for Hugh).
Feel free to share these links and add your picks on X, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.
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Mitch Joel Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.