Issue #9 · February 16th, 2016 · View in your browser

Why work does not happen at work. When Jason Fried asked people “where do you go when you want to get something done?” very few people replied “to the office”. Creative types need long stretches of uninterrupted time to do something well. The modern office, with its modern requirements is not adapted. [TEDxMidwest]

“The future will be created by those who are not satisfied by the present” [Rebekah Cox]

Wheat domesticated humans, not the other way around. It's also the most successful plant in the world. Why? [Kottke]

Ever wondered why Chinese websites looked so “busy”? A combination of factors: it's hard to type/draw/input Chinese so there are a lot of links ; Baidu, the Chinese Google relies on the number of links for SEO ; Internet speeds are slow hence more information, less navigation. [Econsultancy]

Group brainstorming does not lead to more creative ideas. Individual contemplation and reflection does. Make sure you have time for yourself. [A Founder's Notebook]

Google is accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence to Search. John Giannandrea is the new head of Search and he was previously responsible for AI. Google had a philosophical preference for human-made algorithms—this is because with AI, you may not know why a result is above another one. No more. [Wired]

“Design is the practiced juxtaposition of unrelated ideas to re-make them in relation to each other, like counseling.” [John Maeda]

Here are the top 10 most used apps in the world. Notice how the first four are owned by Facebook. [Mary Meeker]

*Thanks and have a nice week, 

Ulysse*