Why Tony Hsieh Sold Zappos

Read the article to find out why, but it sounds like Tony made the right decision:

Zappos continues to operate independently. Our relationship is governed by a document that formally recognizes the uniqueness of Zappos’s culture and Amazon’s duty to protect it. We think of Amazon as a giant consulting company that we can hire if we want — for instance, if we need help redesigning our warehouse systems.

In the first quarter of 2010, net sales at Zappos were up almost 50 percent, and we’ve added several hundred new employees.

Google ditches Windows on security concerns

I can’t imagine that very many Google engineers were using Windows to begin with.

My (Lack of) Privacy

Until tonight, I have never really considered my (lack of) privacy on the Internet. My Facebook privacy settings have always been the defaults, which basically shared everything with everyone. My Twitter feed has been public, included location data, and relayed everything to Facebook and LinkedIn. My Foursquare check-ins have been relayed to Twitter, and so on. Not only is a lot of this information seen as spam by many people who read it, but I am realizing that a lot of it should be kept private. So, who should see what?

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Steve Jobs’ Thoughts on Flash

Jobs lays out six reasons why Apple doesn’t allow Flash on iPhones, iPods, and iPads.

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[Netflix for the iPad is] a bit buggy and crashes whenever I finish an episode, but other than that, it’s pretty great.
Matt Haughey