Interesting reads for the week – 04/25/11 to 05/03/2011
From this week, I will post a few of my favorite articles from the week. Yes, I’m signing up to be your personal aggregator of fun stuff to read. Articles will be random. As random as most of my blog posts. It will be stuff that made me laugh, made me think, made me want to run around the house with my hands up, whatever. Hope you enjoy 
I know my first installment of links is a bit late, but hey, I’m lazy sometimes. Here goes -
- It’s a mistake to hire a Gen Y – This article by @Thinkspace talks about the characteristics of Gen ‘Y’ers and refutes some points of view about why Gen Y should not be hired. I thought it was an interesting read because it talked about both sides of the story and made a valid argument for the Gen Y case. I think I agree with most of what is said in the article, except for the point that Gen Y’ers are not loyal. I think while we would be much more ambitious, it doesn’t suggest that we will be so at the expense of a company that treats us well. Treat us well and we will stay loyal
- This post would not be complete without an article about the death of Osama Bin Laden - while the article is not particularly content rich, I love stories that unfold on social media. And this was, is and will be the biggest story of the year for the US, which is why, someone unwittingly live tweeting it makes it even more fascinating!
- I have always been inspired by Seth Godin’s articles. Most of the stuff he writes serves as a reminder to me at different points of my life. So, this list needs to have atleast one link from him – Moving beyond teachers and bosses – it talks about how we have learned to set a low bar for ourselves in our personal and professional lives so as to minimize risk and disappointment for ourselves and how that might be something you have to let go of!
- Why keeping up with old friends matters – And last but not the least, this article is a little more personal, it has nothing to do with technology or business or world news, but has a very simple story and premise. It talks about why it is important to stay connected to people who matter, no matter how far away they are and emphasizes why “out of sight, out of mind” is not the right rule to follow! I really loved reading through this post and hope to incorporate the lesson learned in my day-to-day life = email, call the people who I miss, but havn’t spoken to in a long while!
My tech find for the week was www.myhabit.com – Amazon’s foray into limited time flash/private sales. This was one idea I was toying with while preparing for a possible Amazon interview. The idea that Amazon already has the infrastructure in place to do a lot better than any of the present crop of sale sites, then why are they taking so long to implement? Guess my question got answered sufficiently 
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