Hello there!

I’m on a vacation, and finally had a chance to prepare this week’s digest. Sorry for being lazy :)

With love from Bozdag, Izmir

This is where I prepared the digest. I got a bit clumsy using my wife’s laptop.

Productivity

The full-stack employee

I liked the idea of full-stack employee pretty much. I said “yeah, I wanna be a full-stack employee, and I’m on track for it!” at the moment I finished reading. From an Xoogler.

Work Hard, Live Well

“Maximizing velocity and happiness at the same time.” From Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder of Facebook and Asana.

7 things I learned about Gmail working at Google

Some people say email is dead, especially for internal communication in organizations. But it still has big business impact. Here are 7 Gmail tips from another Xoogler

Growth

4 Reasons Organic Search Is Better

“Diversification is good, but organic still rocks.”

Analytics

Foursquare’s Prediction: Apple Will Sell 13–15 Million iPhones This Weekend

A bold prediction from Foursquare. And future business ideas about Place Insights (they call it Pilgrim technology)

Business

Cheaters Never Win: How Volkswagen Broke the Heart of America

I still can’t believe how a company of this scale takes a huge silly risk.

My Product Hunt

Detox for Facebook

Replace your Facebook feed with PH, HN, DN and more.

One

Read Product Hunt, HN, DN, Reddit, Medium from Mac menu bar, or on new browser tabs with Chrome extension. They also have iOS & Android apps.

f.lux

To treat your eyes respectfully. Adjusts your computer’s display to adapt to the time of day

Numi ‒ Beautiful calculator app for Mac

Simple, all in one text-based calculator.