Here Are Some Interesting Links for Your Start of the Year Reading

Happy New Year!

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye.

Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

• 11 Best Business Books of 2011. (ToddSattersten)
• Bright Ideas - Biggest Innovations of 2011.  (WSJ)
• The 8 Wackiest Inventions of 2011. (TheWeek)
• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Phone: A Case for Writing Things Out. (FastCompany)
• Inventor of Microsoft's Spam Filter Out to Kill HIV. How Spam and HIV present strangely similar challenges. (Newser)

 

Trading Links:

• Why Poker Is Better Than Business School. (Forbes)
• Goldman: "Some Lessons from the Past Four Years". (ZeroHedge)
• Signs Point to Economy’s Rise -- But Experts See a False Dawn. (NYTimes)
• Fund Flows Hit Another Wall of European Worry. (InstitutionalAssetManager)
• The Next Billion Dollar Wireless Industry Has Officially Launched. (BusinessInsider)