Best 2018 Links

It’s that time of year. You’re thinking: “how can I make this a better year than last?” Maybe you need a resolution. But no, I’ve found that New Years Resolutions rarely survive the first six or seven days of January. Which is why I started the My 3 Words practice back in 2006. Let me share it with you!

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    I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day
    Their old, familiar carols play,
        And wild and sweet
        The words repeat
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It’s time to speculate about what 2018 will bring. Condemned by science and denigrated by much of society, you might think that astrological predictions are fluffy woo-woo that won’t help you navigate the year ahead. But that’s not because astrology itself is inaccurate. It’s because astrology has been ruined by modern psychology. Astrology’s contemporary flavor...

Some of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley are regulars at exclusive, drug-fueled, sex-laced parties—gatherings they describe not as scandalous, or even secret, but as a bold, unconventional lifestyle choice. Yet, while the guys get laid, the women get screwed. In an adaptation from her new book, Brotopia, Emily Chang exposes the tired and toxic dynamic at play.

This week we’re picking one lucky station.

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When you ask small town people what challenges they want help with, the responses provide an interesting insight into rural areas today.

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Perhaps it was just another sign of how Europe and the United States are moving apart, but in March 2005, when the U.S. Congress was considering the approval of longer shifts for U.S. truckers, the number of hours worked by European truckers actually decreased.

See which words were first recorded in 1950. Or search for other words by the year when they were first used.

We've been amazed at how many common every-day sayings originated from people who owned and raised chickens.

Over your career, you develop expertise. But is your expertise recognized? You won’t gain the recognition you deserve until you demonstrate what you know in a compelling way. One of the best vehicles is an impressive presentation where you communicate your knowledge.

There are millions of things you can add to your site. But some of them are bad. Here are fifteen things you should probably remove from your site today.

Everyone wants to be popular online. Some even pay for it. Inside social media’s black market.

A few weeks ago, we introduced you to our new Web Engineer, Thai Bui. And right before that, it was Dave Altarescu, Anchor’s new VP of Marketing. Today, we have another awesome new addition to our…

The saga of Strava, an app that inadvertently revealed the locations of military personnel, is the latest sign that we need better control over our data.

Federal and state authorities are investigating the sellers of artificial followers and other fraudulent social media engagement.

Describing opera singers can seem a bit like voodoo. Learn the basics of the Fach system here

Describing opera singers can seem a bit like voodoo. Learn the basics of the Fach system here

Step outside this week at around 9 p.m. local time and look roughly one-third of the way up from the southern horizon to see Sirius is the Dog Star.

In the mid-1930s, the Federal Writers’ Project interviewed thousands of former slaves, some of whom claimed the president came to their plantations disguised as a beggar or a peddler, telling them they’d soon be free. 

One of Ireland's cities has been named the best small city in Europe for business friendliness.

That charming verb dote is defined by Oxford as “To be infatuatedly fond of; to bestow excessive love or fondness on or upon; to be foolishly in love.” In 1477, Earl Rivers’ (Caxton) Dictes has “Thyngis that a prynce ought to eschewe . . . the therde, dotyng of women.” In 1530, Palsgrave declared, “It is a gret madnesse to dote upon an other mans wyfe.”

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