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Open Tabs 2

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What's Leah keeping tabs open to read?

Welcome to the second edition of the newly named "Open Tabs" series! I'm calling this occasional series Open Tabs, because these are the random stories that I'm keeping open in tabs on my browser so I remember to read them. These are the posts that I think are worth sharing with you. Unfortunately, I've had them open so long on my browser, I have no idea who sent me the link to start with.

From ProBlogger: 22 Why Reasons People Go Online. He breaks down the Ruder Finn Intent Index and includes the following highlights:

You can also look at the results based upon gender and age. For example

• Men go online to do business, be informed of news and be entertained more than women
• Women are more likely to go online to socialize and express themselves than men)
• Youth go online more for socializing, advocating and self expression than seniors
• Both Youth and Seniors are going online to have fun

From the Chicago Tribune, Ten secrets airlines don't want you to know. I don't travel as much as some people I know, but I travel a fair bit. Hot on the heels of my first upgrade to business, I hope it isn't my last.

Rule 240. It sounds like something from "X-Files," but really it's simple: If the airline can't get you where you're going on time, the airline MUST put you on a competitor's flight if it will get you there faster. The airlines won't always (in fact, will rarely) tell you this up front, so be sure you remind them when you're delayed.

Joshua Porter has the post Too Many Anecdotes, Not Enough Data where he explores our reliance on anecdotes over data. I also secretly love that he pulls up the chick flick He's Just Not That Into You to illustrate the point.

In other words, Gigi had an arsenal of anecdotes that she used to get her through life, while plainly ignoring the data she should have been looking at. If she only remembered all the times before that guys didn’t call, and it didn’t work out, then she would have known what the result was going to be. Instead, she focused on the exception and not the rule, the anecdote and not the data, the story and not the reality, and she ended up in a fanciful world.

Nothing to do with social media, but Things to Consider Before Getting Married by Dumb Little Man is still a good read. As a convert to Judaism, I think one of his least elaborated points is actually one of the most important.

Ok, religion. How important is it and how will we teach the kids?

Enough of my friends make Zen Habits a daily read, that the really important posts make it my way. 10 Ways To Give Yourself A Procrastination Inoculation is one of those posts. This point is the only way I'm able to clean house.

Focus for five minutes. The hardest part of overcoming procrastination is often just getting started. For a tedious task that you have been putting off try setting a timer for five-minutes and get to work. When the alarm sounds, if you feel like stopping – don’t be surprised if that first five minutes turns into 10, 15 and 20.

From Wired, the story Speechless: Dilbert Creator's Struggle to Regain His Voice I'm certain he's relieved to have the whole story out there.

The rules dictated when and where Scott Adams, the chief engineer of the Dilbert comic empire, was allowed to speak. He could neither control them nor predict exactly when they'd go into effect. All he knew was that he'd woken up one morning and found that his voice had turned against him, imposing a set of bizarre restrictions.

Finally, from iMedia Connection, 7 Reasons Your Employees Hate You. I think I learned some of these lessons my first year as a Residence Director at Fort Lewis College. My staff definitely hated me at the semester break.

And a year down the road, during your Monday morning staff meeting, you announce a new initiative and see someone at the table sneer in disgust. You look around at all faces and realize: These people hate my guts. They can't stand me.