Making This One Brilliant Tweak to Workers’ Schedules Skyrocketed Their Productivity

https://medium.com/inc./making-this-one-brilliant-tweak-to-workers-schedules-skyrocketed-their-productivity-c21842c8ccc4
It's Friday, so this sounds good to me.

How To Be Productive According To Ancient Philosophy

https://medium.com/darius-foroux/how-to-be-productive-according-to-ancient-philosophy-aafdcac74f43
Pop psychology from 2 millenium ago.

Product review site from USA Today

https://www.reviewed.com/
Looks like one of the better review sites.

How to stop using console.log() and start using your browser’s debugger

https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/stopping-using-console-log-and-start-using-your-browsers-debugger-62bc893d93ff
How to more effectively use the browser's JavaScript capabilities.

Engineering Security into Cloud Systems

https://www.peerlyst.com/posts/engineering-security-into-cloud-systems-ian-barwise-m-s-cissp-ceh-cnda
Good overview of modern cloud security.

The Critical Problem Solving Mistake You Keep Making (and How to Fix it)

https://theascent.pub/the-critical-problem-solving-mistake-you-keep-making-and-how-to-fix-it-d85b7561b471
In praise of solitude and embracing the suckage.

How to Make a Living on the Internet

https://medium.com/s/story/how-to-make-a-living-on-the-internet-959e7a90a69a
actual numbers you'll need to make a living on the internet.

WebSockets - A Conceptual Deep-Dive

https://www.ably.io/concepts/websockets
Nice overview of websockets and their better libraries.

modules.tf — Convert visual AWS diagram into Terraform configurations

https://medium.com/devopslinks/modules-tf-convert-visual-aws-diagram-into-terraform-configurations-e61fb0574b10
Should've seen this coming: an easier way to create Terraform scripts.

An introduction to SOLID, Tim Berners-Lee’s new, re-decentralized Web

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/an-introduction-to-solid-tim-berners-lees-new-re-decentralized-web-25d6b78c523b
A slightly more cogent explanation of Tim B-Ls SOLID.

Surprising Advice From a Wealthy Man

https://medium.com/personal-growth/surprising-advice-from-a-wealthy-man-483c227f821f
Thoreau would understand.

The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-irrationality-of-alcoholics-anonymous/386255/
Time for science-based addiction treatments.

Thanksgiving online spend hits a record $3.7B, mobile accounted for one-third of sales

https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/22/thanksgiving-ecommerce-spend/
E-commerce from the trenches of Black Friday 2018. Mobile is getting big.

The Mystery Font That Took Over New York

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/21/nyregion/new-york-storefronts-mystery-font.html
Where the Choc font is showing up.

To Find a Better Solution, Ask a Better Question

https://medium.com/s/story/to-find-a-better-solution-ask-a-better-question-3be7fee5af65
Re-frame the question.

Next Radio Conference 2018: 5 takeaways

https://medium.com/@teodora_agarici/next-radio-2018-5-key-takeaways-9ec8cb200fd6
Tell good stories well and have fun.

Psychology’s Replication Crisis Is Running Out of Excuses

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/11/psychologys-replication-crisis-real/576223/
Only half of psychology studies are repeatable.

If You’re Online, You’re Getting Scammed

https://medium.com/s/thenewnew/if-youre-online-you-re-getting-scammed-7cd91350722d
The latest scams going around the internet.

How Font Awesome became the most funded software project on Kickstarter — and what we can learn from it

https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-font-awesome-became-the-most-funded-software-project-on-kickstarter-9042897369c6
A breakdown of the wildly successful fontawesome kickstarter.

Expression Engine CMS

https://expressionengine.com/
One of the also-rans in the CMS world, Expression Engine goes open source for some reason.

Welcome to RadioKitGuide.com

http://fofio.blogspot.com/2015/07/radio-kit-guide.html
Compendium of ham radio kits

Understanding Cryptography From Math to Physics

https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/understanding-cryptography-from-math-to-physics-54b22a093505
Pretty good intro to the various types of crypto.

Patching Is Failing as a Security Paradigm

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/439wbw/patching-is-failing-as-a-security-paradigm
The problems with patching: like not doing it.

deepin 15.8 Linux distribution available for download -- replace Windows 10 now!

https://betanews.com/2018/11/15/deepin-15-8-linux-distribution-available-for-download-replace-windows-10-now/
Marla hates Win 10. Might have to give this a shot.

Love this image

https://i.imgur.com/IzPxFqp.jpg

Amateur Don Machholz Discovers His 12th Comet!

https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/machholz-12th-comet/
One of the true heros of citizen science discovers his 12th comet!

Introducing Chartify: Easier chart creation in Python for data scientists

https://labs.spotify.com/2018/11/15/introducing-chartify-easier-chart-creation-in-python-for-data-scientists/
Chartify from Spotify. New visualizaiton package.

Modern cryptography in PHP 7.2 with Sodium

https://blog.zend.com/2018/11/06/modern-cryptography-in-php-7-2-with-sodium/#.W-95zIFKizy
Yes, PHP really does have the BEST crypto of any popular language.

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

https://jamesclear.com/
Blog about habits, decisions, etc.

How the Ballpoint Pen Killed Cursive

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-the-ballpoint-pen-killed-cursive-1025018394
Argues that the ballpoint, not the computer killed cursive.