You are not your browser history – Medium. "Jer Thorp has been working with a group of smart researchers and journalists on a project that lets people see how advertisers profile them. The result is a browser plug-in, which hopefully will help show how ad algorithms decide who sees what (and who’s marginalized as a result.) To kick it off, Jer asked ten strangers to profile him based on his ad history." (Alistair for Mitch).
30 Self-Help Books That Permanently Changed My Life – Time. "Some people… scratch that… a lot of people seem to poo poo self-help books. I don’t. I take them very seriously, so long as they are written by someone with who either has tremendous credibility or someone with something real to say. Regardless of how ‘light’ some of these books can be, there are often nuggets in them that roll around between my earholes and keep me thinking – or at least, reflecting – on some of the bigger things in my life that I should be paying more attention to. Here is is a list of thirty books… most of them I haven’t read, but many of them have helped me… deeply." (Mitch for Alistair).
What You Need To Know About Your Second Draft – Terrible Minds. "We live in a world where we write blog posts, online articles and more with little happening in terms of the editing process. We write, we check quickly for spelling mistakes and we publish. Serious writers work with editors. They tear their words to shreds. They re-write sections (sometimes, the entire piece). Self-editing doesn’t even hold a candle to working with an editor. Rarely do we see people doing a lot of self-editing. How many times have you written a blog post, stepped away from it, came back and made a second draft of your work? Here’s a wonderful piece that breaks down the value in editing… and multiple drafts. It’s essential reading for anyone who likes to create with words." (Mitch for Hugh).
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