Some quick links to a few interesting reads on a 'feels-like-it-should-be-the-holiday-break-but-we-are-not-quite-there-yet-Friday'. Mostly these are items that have been sitting as perpetual open tabs in Chrome or as 'starred' items in Google Reader for a while and that I thought might be subject matter for the blog, but I just never got around to using them.
In no particular order of importance or relevance:
Most infographics kind of stink. This one, covering the T-shirt history of Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory is awesome.
Did 'Big Data' give you a big headache in 2012? Well, you are not alone. For a very readable and brief look at Big Data for the rest of us check out A Veteran Mad Man Tries to Figure Out the Point if Big Data in Advertising.
The McRib is coming back! - And it looks like it will be with us for the Holidays!
From Retronaut - some very cool British WWI Recruitment posters
There are always quite a few 'The High Cost of a Bad Hire' stories kicking around the HR blogosphere at any time, but few of those carry an $11M price tag like Auburn University has to shell out to bid farewell to their football coaching staff.
If you don't have big plans for the holidays, or just don't like to cook, you can always go for the 'Self-Heating Holiday Dinner in a Can' this year.
I have always held that basketball is the greatest sport of them all. This (long-ish) piece from Wired, Luck and Skill Untangled: The Science of Success, breaks it down more scientifically, but arrives at the same conclusion - basketball is the greatest sport of all.
The birthrate in the US has sunk to its lowest level since 1920. I guess we will all be working longer into our old age.
Not a fan of Klout or other attempts to measure 'influence?' Well you may not be able to simply ignore what you don't like (or understand). According to this HBR piece, the future of enterprise influence analytics will be inside the organization.
Let me know what you're reading!
That's it from me for a Friday - have a great weekend everyone.