{"id":740,"date":"2008-05-23T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/23\/friday-links-08-05-23\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:46:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:46:04","slug":"friday-links-08-05-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/23\/friday-links-08-05-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 08-05-23"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/index.php\/talks\/view\/id\/263\">What&#8217;s Wrong With What We Eat<\/a> &#8211; This is why I&#8217;m a vegetarian. Mark Bittman, a New York Times writer (and meat-eater) delivers a fantastic presentation on just what is wrong with the Standard American Diet. This is a must-view for anyone who considers their health and the fight on global warming important. 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It may sound unrealistic, but it&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been working on for the last four years and I&#8217;m surprisingly close.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/21\/no-schedules-no-meetings-enter-best-buys-rowe-part-1\/\">Results Only Work Environment<\/a> &#8211; Reading this article almost made me wish I worked at Best Buy. The last few jobs I&#8217;ve worked focus on payment for hours, not for actual work. As someone who values productivity over wasting time, this was the part I hated most about working hourly wages. It breeds a culture that rewards looking busy over doing actual work. Part II is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/no-schedules-no-meetings%e2%80%94enter-best-buy%e2%80%99s-rowe-part-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarttodolist.com\/\">Smart To-Do<\/a> &#8211; I switched from pencil and paper to digital to-do lists almost a year ago. 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