links for 2009-01-11

• What is the future of the phone in a social world?
  (tags: socialmedia mobile predictions)
• Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles – O’Reilly Radar
  (tags: web2.0)
• BBC NEWS | Technology | Texting a signal of wider trends
  (tags: mobile trends netbooks)
• Scobleizer netbook smackdown
  (tags: netbooks)

links for 2009-01-08

• Photos of Kidnapping Tunnels Discovered in Gaza, 8 Jan 2009, 23:41 IST « IDF Spokesperson
  (tags: IDF Israel)
• BBC NEWS | Health | Appeal for research brain donors
  (tags: neuroscience)
• Bulls Cloned From Decade-Old Frozen Testicles | Wired Science from Wired.com
  (tags: cloning genomics)
• Puny, Trendy Netbooks Are Growing Up to Suit Business Users | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
  (tags: netbooks)
• Boxee Opens Alpha Version to the Public and Adds BBC iPlayer & Joost Content Access | eHomeUpgrade
  (tags: multimedia video)
• ASUS Eee PC T91 and T101H touchscreen tablet hands-on – Engadget
  (tags: netbooks)
• The NEFA Foundation – TerrorWatch Videos
  (tags: terrorism)
• Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: Unpacking Engagement Metrics for the Nonprofit Blog
  (tags: socialmedia webmarketing web2.0 blogging)
• Stony Brook study supports claims of undying love — Newsday.com
  (tags: neuroscience)
• Intelligence Briefing #003: Israel Attacked from the North
  (tags: terrorism Israel)
• Vizio takes connected TV to the max « OmniVideo: The Future of Video Blog with James McQuivey
  (tags: video multimedia)
• Four core iPhones and firmware 3.0 | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com
  (tags: iPhone)
• Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups
  (tags: google technology mashups)
• Cognitive Daily: Music, art, and the perception of pain
  (tags: neuroesthetics neuroscience music)
• Inside the Savant Mind: Tips for Thinking from an Extraordinary Thinker: Scientific American
  (tags: neuroesthetics neuroscience)
• Growth of new brain cells requires ‘epigenetic’ switch
  (tags: Brain genomics neuroscience)
• @BreakingNewsOn: From Twitter Account To Public News Wire Service
  (tags: twitter)
• Palm Pre in-depth impressions, video, and huge hands-on gallery – Engadget
  (tags: gadgets mobile)
• Gentlemen, start your drooling; OQO unveils model 2+ : Boy Genius Report
  (tags: gadgets mobile)
• Social networks link terrorists
  (tags: terrorism socialnetworking socialmedia Israel)
• Some Interesting Styles of Blogging
  (tags: blogging web2.0 media)
• » Edelman Health Barometer sixtysecondview: Sixty second interviews from pr, media and politics
  (tags: health2.0)
• World Cartoonists Look At Gaza, Israel And Hamas
  (tags: Israel media)
• Palm Phone Aims for Comeback – WSJ.com
  (tags: gadgets mobile)
• Marvin Hier: The Jews Face a Double Standard – WSJ.com
  (tags: Israel media antisemitism)
• WordPress Publisher Blog
  (tags: wordpress)
• WordPress Bits
  (tags: wordpress)
• Weblog Tools Collection
  (tags: wordpress)
• Lorelle on WordPress
  (tags: wordpress)
• Blogging Pro News, plugins and themes for blogging applications
  (tags: wordpress)

links for 2009-01-05

• louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media(tags: blogging)
• Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: My New Year’s Resolution: Use Social Media Efficiently – 52 Tips (tags: socialmedia philanthropy)
• Censorship: Why Facebook Won’t Bring Peace to the Middle East (tags: Israel facebook)
• New Gaza War Reports Combine Tweets, Maps, SMS | Danger Room from Wired.com (tags: socialmedia Israel)
• Twitter, Facebook users show solidarity with QassamCount | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post (tags: Israel socialmedia)
• The FASTForward Blog » The Emerging Math/Rules of Social Networks – Magic Numbers: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary (tags: socialmedia)
• The Frontal Cortex : The Urban Brain (tags: neuroscience)
• Without The Dope, Your Resolutions May Be Doomed | Popular Science (tags: neuroscience)
• Neuromarketing » Will Nanotubes Make You Super-Smart? (tags: neuroscience neuromarketing)
• Health Blog : Steve Jobs’s Health: What the Pancreas Has to Do With Weight Loss(tags: cancer apple)
• Gene Expression And Splicing Vary Widely From One Tissue To The Next (tags: genomics)
• Newswise Science News | Team Finds Breast Cancer Gene Linked to Disease Spread (tags: cancer princeton)
• Pew Research Center: Internet Overtakes Newspapers as News Outlet (tags: media trends)
• Americans View 34 Percent More Online Videos in November 2008 Compared to Year Ago (tags: video trends media)
• Amazon Video On Demand coming to Roku Player | Crave – CNET(tags: multimedia video)
• I hacked my AppleTV…and I liked it « OmniVideo: The Future of Video Blog with James McQuivey (tags: video multimedia apple)
• RonRosenbaum.com » Some Differences Between Hamas and the Nazi Party(tags: terrorism Israel)
• IDF VLOG: Israel Captures Hamas Terrorists « IDF Spokesperson (tags: Israel IDF)
• Bush: Israel has right to protect itself | Confronting Hamas | Jerusalem Post (tags: Israel)

links for 2009-01-01

• Bloggingheads: What’s Israel Thinking? – The New York Times – Video Library
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• Top Social Media Sites of 2008 (Facebook Still Rising)
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia)
• Toxicity mechanism identified for Parkinson’s disease
  (tags: neuroscience)
• Religion May Have Evolved Because Of Its Ability To Help People Exercise Self-control
  (tags: mindfulness)
• HOW TO: Give Back With Social MicroFunding in 2009
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia philanthropy)
• Linkbait Your Blog – Wired How-To Wiki
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia)
• Pajamas Media » Israel Shakes Up the Information War
  (tags: Israel)
• Works and Days » Surreal Gaza
  (tags: Israel)
• Ron Radosh » The Disgrace of “The Nation”
  (tags: Israel)
• Logic+Emotion: The Social Media Conversion Scale
  (tags: socialmedia)
• Livni defends Gaza operation
  (tags: terrorism Israel)
• Livni: Israel has ‘no alternative’to the military campaign against Hamas.
  (tags: Israel terrorism)

links for 2008-12-31

• Edge: CHANGING LIFESTYLE CHANGES GENE EXPRESSION: A Talk with Dean Ornish
  (tags: health genomics mindfulness)
• Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study — Fowler and Christakis 337: a2338 — BMJ
  (tags: mindfulness)
• Edge: SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HAPPINESS By By Nicholas A. Christakis & James Fowler
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia socialnetworking mindfulness)
• DIGERATI: The Scribe [John Markoff to Science Columnist]
  (tags: media)
• Blood Sugar Control Linked to Memory Decline, Study Says – NYTimes.com
  (tags: neuroscience dementia aging)
• Micro Persuasion: Reading Tea Leaves for 2009 in Google Search Data
  (tags: predictions web2.0)
• 5 Trends That Will Separate the Strong From the Weak in 2009
  (tags: predictions)
• Audiolizer Puts Your iTunes Library In The Cloud, But Lala Does It Better
  (tags: multimedia)
• Top 30 iPhone Apps for Organization and Productivity
  (tags: iPhone)
• The Frontal Cortex : Kandel on Psychotherapy
  (tags: neuroscience Brain)
• Pajamas Media » The Gaza War: Is It Really So Hard to Understand?
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• Pajamas Media » Spain’s ‘Jewish Problem’
  (tags: anti-semitism)
• The IDF’s new weapons of war: Twitter and You Tube : Global Dashboard
  (tags: terrorism Israel)
• Dec 31: What lies ahead in 2009? FT
  What does 2009 hold?
  FT journalists make their predictions, from Israel to equities
  (tags: predictions)
• Ten foreign policy predictions for 2009* : Global Dashboard
  (tags: predictions)
• The FASTForward Blog » War 2.0 – The IDF are using YouTube and Twitter: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• A jab of hope : Malaria & Alzheimer's Disease The Economist
  Vaccines may help defeat both a scourge of the poor and a rich-world affliction
  (tags: alzheimer's genomics)
• University of Michigan Spending $2.5 Billion to Grow – NYTimes.com
  (tags: philanthropy)
• Human evolution and music | Why music? | The Economist
  (tags: music neuroesthetics)
• Israeli Air Force Strikes Hamas Government Complex in Gaza 30 Dec. 2008
  (tags: Israel terrorism)
• How To Speed Up Your Mac Without Spending Any Cash | MakeUseOf.com
  (tags: mac)
• The Evidence Gap – Genetic Tests Offer Promise of Personalized Medicine – Series – NYTimes.com
  (tags: genomics)
• The great promise of personalized medicine – The Boston Globe
  (tags: genomics)
• 'Personalized medicine' poised for progress in 2009 – San Jose Mercury News
  (tags: genomics)

Simplify, Live Healthier, Empower Others, Give of Yourself

Om Malik’s recent post in GigaOm includes important lessons that can be applied to your personal or business life:

Lesson #1: Set simple goals
Lesson#2: Binary choices help make better decisions
Lesson #3: Simplification through elimination
Lesson#4: In your team you should trust

He concludes the article with an appeal to help his favorite charity – UCSF.

Read my take on Om’s life lessons here.