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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #138

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 (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, the author of Complete Web Monitoring and Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik) and I decided that every week or so 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:

Social Media Before the Internet: Tales of Victorians, Comic Book Fans, Phone Phreaks and CBers – Knowledge @ Wharton. "Whatever did we do before the Web? Plenty, it turns out: Here’s a look at some of the social networks we used to rely on, and things that probably seemed groundbreaking in their day. Married in Second Life? Big deal; someone did it by Telegraph a century ago." (Alistair for Hugh).
Pictures of Assholes – YouTube. "The thing about mass media is that it cuts both ways. Ashton Kutcher used to tweet pictures of himself and Demi, stealing the tabloid press thunder. But this takes it to another level–Joseph Gordon-Levitt decides to interview some photographers who are hassling him. Nothing like turning the lens to level a playing field." (Alistair for Mitch).
3 steps to measure the corruption coverage in Spain – Numeroteca. "Awesome dataviz of Spanish newspaper front pages, designed to show how corruption is reported in the media." (Hugh for Alistair).
The End of the Web, Search, and Computer as We Know It – Wired. "Just when I thought I had it all figured out." (Hugh for Mitch).
USB wristband is a wearable, mobile operating system – PSFK. "Technology just keeps on getting cooler and cooler, doesn’t it. Check this out: a USB wristband that is an entire operating system with your files as well. Just plug it into any PC or Mac and it’s your computer. It even has an automatic back-up system. Of course, this is a Kickstarter initiative, so get to it!" (Mitch for Alistair).
Library Starts Seed Sharing Program Among Patrons – PSFK. "This is one strange – but interesting – story. What if libraries loaned more than books and other media? What if they loaned seeds. No, that isn’t a typo. Seeds. You know, get some seeds, plant a garden, collect the seeds from that garden and return them to the library for others. A sense of community? Sure. Does this have anything to do with libraries as we have known them to date? No. Could lending seeds be a strategy to keep libraries relevant? We’ll have to wait and see what comes back post harvest time…" (Mitch for Hugh).

Now it’s your turn: in the comment section below pick one thing that you saw this week that inspired you and share it.

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.