The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade

https://hbr.org/2019/09/the-top-20-business-transformations-of-the-last-decade
The best companies are those that reinvent themselves. 

RECOMMENDED READING 2019

https://fs.blog/reading-2019/
Farnham street's eclectic as always reading list.

Image to Lithophane

http://3dp.rocks/lithophane/
upload an image, get a stl file. 

Snipt-IT open source IT management

https://snipeitapp.com/
Opensource IT asset management software based on laravel. 

How open-source software took over the world

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/14/how-open-source-software-became-the-new-industry-standard.html
Video from MSNBC

schneier on security

https://www.schneier.com/
one of the better security blogs

The Year in Math and Computer Science

https://www.quantamagazine.org/quantas-year-in-math-and-computer-science-2019-20191223
not in-depth, but with links

According to Warren Buffett, Honing This One Skill Can Improve Your Worth by 50 Percent

https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/according-to-warren-buffett-honing-this-one-skill-can-improve-your-worth-by-50-percent-9221cd79356
Wisdom from Warren

all things neutrino

https://neutrinos.fnal.gov/
all about the tiny particles

The Highest-Paid YouTube Stars of 2019: The Kids Are Killing It

https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2019/12/18/the-highest-paid-youtube-stars-of-2019-the-kids-are-killing-it/#73f9c5eb38cd
away from comedy, toward kids

7 Tiny Homes You Can Buy on Amazon

https://www.dwell.com/article/tiny-homes-buy-on-amazon-200874c8
Some beautiful as well

SEO keyword tool

https://app.neilpatel.com/en/ubersuggest/
free to use

Top 10 Python libraries of 2019

https://tryolabs.com/blog/2019/12/10/top-10-python-libraries-of-2019
I need fastAPI

Let your car work while you finally take that vacay.

https://turo.com/en-us/list-your-car
another peer to peer car rental

Instantly rent cars near you

https://www.getaround.com/
peer to peer car rental

How to Make Money on YouTube – Be the Next Sensation

https://www.debtdiscipline.com/how-to-make-money-on-youtube/
harder than it used to be. 

crowdstreet

https://app.crowdstreet.com/properties/?
another crowdfunded reit

Welcome to Modern Real Estate Investing We're leveling the playing field for individual investors

https://www.equitymultiple.com/
crowdfunding real estate

My Perfect 2020 Stack: A New Stack for a New Generation

https://medium.com/better-programming/2020-002-my-perfect-2020-stack-43be78df37dd
Interesting piece, but several obscure tools I've never even heard of! Links would be useful. 

online review management Be found. Be chosen. Be the best business.

https://birdeye.com/
effective, but really pricey solution. $200-$300/month

1,000 True Fans

https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/
the manifesto of the long tail. 

Alexa Top Sites

https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B07QK2XWNV?qid=1576770508058&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title
They used to give the top million sites list away for free. Now it's $2500. 

Google Local Guides

https://maps.google.com/localguides/home
Is this a back-door social network from google? I've said they should be doing this for a while now.

How tracking pixels work

https://jvns.ca/blog/how-tracking-pixels-work/
Good current survey

Only 15% of the Basecamp operations budget is spent on Ruby

https://m.signalvnoise.com/only-15-of-the-basecamp-operations-budget-is-spent-on-ruby/
in modern applications, compute may be the minority of cost

Building interactive SSH applications

https://drewdevault.com/2019/09/02/Interactive-SSH-programs.html
yes, but why?

Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/dell-switch-hacking
Can you shell into an ethernet switch?

6 Lessons we learned when debugging a scaling problem on GitLab.com

https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/08/27/tyranny-of-the-clock/
Yes, wireshark has a wealth of info

13 social networks for 2020

https://www.practicalecommerce.com/13-new-social-networks-for-2020
will these get traction?

The Rise of the Rural Creative Class

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/05/the-rise-of-the-rural-creative-class/559319/
Innovation and arts and better living

The Little Book of Python Anti-Patterns

https://docs.quantifiedcode.com/python-anti-patterns/index.html
yes, some of these are backwards to other languages

Introduction to Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps

https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-site-reliability-engineering-and-devops
free linux foundation course

Welcome to G Suite

https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9389764
Gsuite learning center. 

Mastercard Bans Automatic Billing After Free Trials

https://www.pcmag.com/news/366051/mastercard-bans-automatic-billing-after-free-trials
About time!!

Why the Laws of Physics Are Inevitable

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-simple-rules-bootstrap-the-laws-of-physics-20191209/
the world of physics bootstrappers

How to Use New CSS “:is()” for Easy Element Targeting

https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/new-css-is-for-easy-element-targeting--cms-34223
useful new css property is()

Introducing the world’s first 3D printed community.

https://newstorycharity.org/
3d printing houses

Content Marketing Hub

https://backlinko.com/hub/content
How-tos on content marketing from someone who's successful at it. 

Meet Avast Business

https://www.avast.com/en-us/business
do they sell data?

PHP frameworks test

https://pixelbot.co/php-frameworks-permormance-benchmark/
I'm not sure printing out "hello world" is a fair test, though. 

The Most Delicious All-You-Can-Eat Dining Experience In Georgia With Southern Family-Style Food

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/georgia/southern-family-style-dining-ga/
need to eat there next time i'm south of the city

avast security

https://www.avast.com/en-us/business
could we use this data to replace the alexa million?

15 Amazing Laravel open-source Projects

https://www.dunebook.com/5-best-open-source-project-built-using-laravel/
CMSs and admin add-ons. 

How to Turn the Complex Mathematics of Vector Calculus Into Simple Pictures

https://medium.com/mit-technology-review/how-to-turn-the-complex-mathematics-of-vector-calculus-into-simple-pictures-f3ea8d8b3830
The origin of Feynman diagrams.

200 Researchers, 5 Hypotheses, No Consistent Answers

https://www.wired.com/story/200-researchers-5-hypotheses-no-consistent-answers
Many ways to ask the same question yields many different answers. Research reproducibility and social sciences. 

Metabase is the easy, open source way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.

https://www.metabase.com/
Is this an opensource competitor for Tableau?

The Retail Reckoning Has Only Just Begun

https://www.barrons.com/articles/investors-need-to-rethink-retail-amid-a-shakeout-in-stores-51564786976?mod=barpkt19
Malls collapsing. 

The Amazon Builders' Library

https://aws.amazon.com/builders-library/?cards-body.sort-by=item.additionalFields.customSort&cards-body.sort-order=asc
a bunch of how-tos, white paper things, but no coherent pathway

Here’s the typography of the next decade

https://theoutline.com/post/8385/didones-font-of-the-decade?zd=1&zi=ib35flxr
I've been tired of low-contrast sans-serif fonts for a looooong time now. 

This Christmas commercial is warming hearts across the internet -- and it only cost $130 to make

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/04/uk/heartwarming-christmas-advert-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
wonderful hometown video

Where Amazon Returns Go to Be Resold by Hustlers

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/where-amazon-returns-go-to-be-resold-by-hustlers

Welcome to the abyss of the “reverse supply chain,” where hope springs eternal.

A 2-Year Study of More Than 5,000 People Shows This 1 Activity Destroys Your Emotional and Physical Health

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-2-year-study-of-more-than-5-000-people-shows-this-1-activity-destroys-your-emotional-and-physical
Yes, get off Facebook!

From LAMP to serverless: case study of externals.io

https://mnapoli.fr/serverless-case-study-externals/
Wish it had a bit more technical detail. 

Discover Exploding Topics We surface rapidly growing topics before they take off.

https://explodingtopics.com/
Or do they? Looks like a google trends aggregator. 

share audio on social media by turning it into custom video

https://wavve.co/
Interesting visualizations

Statistical Modeling with Python: How-to & Top Libraries

https://medium.com/kitepython/statistical-modeling-with-python-how-to-top-libraries-44f6c8cc7ece
The usual suspects and a couple of others. 

Hive Supercomputer Makes its Debut

https://www.cc.gatech.edu/news/629130/hive-supercomputer-makes-its-debut
New machine at Tech. 

Open-Sourcing Metaflow, a Human-Centric Framework for Data Science

https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/open-sourcing-metaflow-a-human-centric-framework-for-data-science-fa72e04a5d9
We'll see if they get an ecosystem around it.

10 great physics courses you can take online right now, for free

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/10-great-physics-courses-you-can-take-online-right-now-for-free

A guide to distributed teams

https://increment.com/teams/a-guide-to-distributed-teams/
clustered around the usual axes. 

Big Pile of Vim-like

https://vim.reversed.top/
programs that remind one of VI

These Are the Skills to Learn for the Future of Work, According to the World Economic Forum

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/these-are-the-skills-to-learn-for-the-future-of-work-according-to-the-world-economic-forum
really odd bunch of what's hot vs not. 

Avnet startup resources

https://www.avnet.com/wps/portal/us/resources/startup-resources/
mostly hardware related.

SSH to an AWS EC2 Instance with a Chromebook

https://medium.com/cloud-security/ssh-to-an-aws-ec2-instance-with-a-chromebook-61ab3baa299d
Just like it says. 

Her Amazon Purchases Are Real. The Reviews Are Fake.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolenguyen/her-amazon-purchases-are-real-the-reviews-are-fake
People are always trying to game the system. Here on a large scale. 

You can now make tours in Google Earth to show your friends your favorite travel spots

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/20/20972692/google-earth-make-tours-favorite-travel-spots
This has been on my "why don't they do this" list for a number of years. 

Centralise your SaaS business in one dashboard

https://everview.app/
sorta a meta-SaaS, a dashboard for SaaS services

How I Created A $60K/Month App That Collects In-Person Payments Through Stripe

https://www.starterstory.com/stripe-in-person-payments
leveraging stripe into a personal payment platform

How Georgia Tech’s Budget is Affected by the State Budget

https://www.news.gatech.edu/2019/11/05/how-georgia-techs-budget-affected-state-budget
No, it doesn't add up to 100%

The Munger Operating System: How to Live a Life That Really Works

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-munger-operating-system-how-to-live-a-life-that-really-works
The how-to of Charlie Munger's life. 

Take our 7-day Startup Crash Course.

https://www.buildupcamp.com/crash-course
Startup crash course

Software Tools for Hobby-Scale Projects

https://rickcarlino.com/2019/11/02/software-tools-for-hobby-sized-projects-html.html
Because sometimes you don't need a full devops stack. 

The Pasta Sauce Hailed as the World’s Best Is Surprisingly Easy to Make at Home

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-pasta-sauce-hailed-as-the-world-s-best-is-surprisingly-easy-to-make-at-home
Simplest is ofttimes the best

JavaScript Indexing Delays Are Still an Issue for Google

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/javascript-indexing-delays-google/335703/#close
Google does index content generated by JavaScript, when they get around to it. 

https://www.mailerlite.com/

https://www.mailerlite.com/
Another email marketing package that has free tier like mailchimp. They too look to be branching out.