Thursday, April 23, 2015

Links

Google’s New Phone Service Bridges Cell and Wi-Fi Gaps (LINK) [It might be interesting to read this post from Benedict Evans last year first: Railways and WhatsApp.]

David Ogilvy’s 1982 Memo “How to Write” Offers 10 Pieces of Timeless Advice (LINK)
Related books: Writing That WorksConfessions of an Advertising Man
Slamming the Door Shut: Vaccines and Autism (LINK)
Related book (recently recommended by Bill Gates): On Immunity: An Inoculation
Video Of Volcano Erupting In Chile (LINK)

How Stephen Curry became the NBA's top point guard (LINK)

Books of the day, courtesy of THIS interview with Freeman Dyson (he mentions more titles in the interview as well):

The Ants

On Human Nature

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Men of Mathematics

Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory

Cool IT: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming

The Varieties of Religious Experience

Maverick Genius: The Pioneering Odyssey of Freeman Dyson

Dreams of Earth and Sky (the book Dyson just released)

Previous posts related to Freeman Dyson:

HERETICAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY - By Freeman Dyson

The Civil Heretic