{"id":930,"date":"2009-05-01T10:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T17:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/01\/friday-links-09-05-01\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:45:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:45:28","slug":"friday-links-09-05-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/01\/friday-links-09-05-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Links 09-05-01"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>From Twitter<\/h2>\n<p>Caving to peer pressure, I decided to give Twitter a try. I&#8217;ve been using the service for over a week, and I&#8217;ve been pleasantly surprised. I only post 2-3 times per week to this blog, so any ideas that aren&#8217;t large enough to justify a 1000-word article simply aren&#8217;t published. Twitter helps fill that gap.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow me as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottHYoung\">ScottHYoung<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Web<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cynical-c.com\/?cat=85\">You Can&#8217;t Please Everyone<\/a> &#8211; Just in case you thought you were the only person who has ever been criticized. (Hat Tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourworkweek.com\/\">Tim Ferriss<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.succeedorelse.com\/\">Succeed&#8230; Or Else!<\/a> &#8211; Tagline: &#8220;The key to success?<strong> Punishment.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>From the Archives<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/30\/you-cant-always-separate-wins-from-losses\/\">You Can&#8217;t Always Separate Wins from Losses<\/a> -Double your success rate by doubling your failure rate.<\/p>\n<h2>From the Shelf<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBotany-Desire-Plants-Eye-View-World%2Fdp%2F0375760393%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1240934830%26sr%3D8-1&amp;tag=scottcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\">The Botany of Desire<\/a><\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none  ! important; margin: 0px ! important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=scottcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> &#8211; Michael Pollan shares the story of a relationship between humankind and plants. 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