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The FTOTW Curation project – 100 weeks,439 sources,1269 articles

Filed in General Interest, October 27, 2013, 3:37 pm by

I have been trying to share interesting articles I read since September 22, 2006  on this blog. I call it the Fine Tastings of the Week – FTOTW in short. Fine tastings, in case you are wondering, is in keeping with the blog’s theme – knowledge is scrumptious. I tried all types of strategies to continue sharing but nothing really worked for me in making it a habit.

In Dec 2007 I joined twitter. It took me a while to figure out how to handle that medium. I started sharing interesting articles and that seemed to resonate with my followers and started doing more of that.

One thing I noticed is that I had no ability to archive the key tweets even for my own reference. I also decided to create a rating system so that I can rate articles I share. I then decided that I could combine the FTOTW project with twitter to create a weekly compilation.

I talked to A.Prem . He created a Yahoo Pipe for me that would filter the curated tweets into a list and I would then blog it.

As a software engineer, this manual method didn’t make me happy. I then requested Sudar Muthu  to help me develop a wordpress plugin that will automatically create a post every week out of the curated articles. It has been a labor of love for Sudar working through Twitter’s constantly changing APIs and ToS.

In fact for a time, I was posting the curated tweets manually into wordpress because the latest ToS from Twitter prevented us from directly reading my own twitter stream!

Finally we hit upon IFTTT service to fully automate the entire process. please read Sudar’s detailed write up on how the FTOTW  plugin works . Kudos to Sudar for his indefatigable attitude.

There is now a river page which is constantly updated and also a gamified Leaderboard that tells me who is the best source for me. Currently, Dorai Todla and Pavan Yara are tied for the first place. As a thank you, I plan to gift them both a book of their choice. Kudos Dorai and Pavan.

Hopefully, you will agree that after 100 digests, the habit is now ingrained in me. Thanks to all those who encourage me in this effort – Veena Tamvada, Ruchi Bhatia and a lot of my Twitter followers who RT and interact with my curated tweets. These have been a major source of strength as I do this every week without fail.

Do you enjoy the weekly digest on this blog? Any suggestions for improvement you have?

BTW, Sudar and I are proud to announce that we have made the plugin available to anyone under a open source GPL license on Github.

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FTOTW100 – best links of the week ending 20-October-2013

Filed in General Interest, October 20, 2013, 9:27 pm by

Prolog

Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

  1. RT @yarapavan: Scott Adams’ Secret of Success: Failure http://t.co/e58LnyYPY2! ~ brilliant – Original Tweet

  2. /Via @brainpicker: How “cool” was born – the concept came from the Yoruba word… http://t.co/7Hl4bG9gXS ~ vv cool 🙂 – Original Tweet

  3. RT @work_matters: How To Make People Like You: 6 Science-Based Conversation Hacks: http://t.co/YZ2hVnbhu9 ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  4. RT @junebre: ouch, feel guilty -> The One Word To Never Ever Say Again At Work http://t.co/3yjcpqXuCQ ~ vv insightful – Original Tweet

  5. RT @mdkail The big business of big hits: How blockbusters conquered movies, music, and TV http://t.co/25QDjAQ0ia ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  6. /Via @CIO_Baz Is music the key to success? http://t.co/YwW7kwhLHq ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  7. RT @sandeepvarma: 10 Life Lessons You Should Unlearn http://t.co/ZZ3NSsuJtD via @HuffPostOWN ~ vv insightful – Original Tweet

  8. RT @yarapavan: Inside GitHub’s Super-Lean Management Strategy–And How It Drives Innovation http://t.co/GuGFVQuzhi ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  9. RT @shubhamb1983: Innovation Requires More Than Systems and Tools ~ very insightful #innovation http://t.co/4tQ7lKj5sV – Original Tweet

Epilog

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FTOTW99 – best links of the week ending 13-October-2013

Filed in General Interest, October 13, 2013, 9:27 pm by

Prolog

Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

  1. /Via @sandygautam How Serious Play Leads To Breakthrough Innovation By Bruce Nussbaum http://t.co/EcNjgPE30z ~ brilliant /cc @KumarSachi – Original Tweet

  2. deliberate practice lessons from Mozart, Picasso & Kobe Bryant http://t.co/xMYl6cXEo2 ~ vv insightful /Via @mailsubash – Original Tweet

  3. /Via @preinman What Brain Science Can Teach Us About Leadership via @JesseLynStoner http://t.co/iNGBLJuBVn ~ vv insightful – Original Tweet

  4. RT @AMAnet: If you think you’re productive during lunch, think again… (via @fastcompany) http://t.co/yVOqa9IDkQ ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  5. RT @IndianYash: 7 unconventional reasons why you should absolutely be reading books http://t.co/0QFZaVASgS ~ vv cool. Book lovers rejoice 🙂 – Original Tweet

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FTOTW98 – best links of the week ending 6-October-2013

Filed in General Interest, October 6, 2013, 9:28 pm by

Prolog

Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

  1. Why James Dyson hires engineers fresh out of college http://t.co/fzJ5T1vGUC ~ brilliant interview /Via @SmartBrief – Original Tweet

  2. RT @ntarunkumar: 7 things really amazing communicators do http://t.co/PZdseTl64Z! – Original Tweet

  3. RT @ntarunkumar: Top 10 Things Everyone Needs To Know In Life http://t.co/xW0UfASWGw ~ brilliant – Original Tweet

  4. RT @S_Sivakumar: The Five Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done ~ http://t.co/b199C5clsR (via @rsriram9) ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  5. 3 qualities of leaders who can lead innovation http://t.co/MxFtO1XHx6 ~ vv insightful /Via @SmartBrief – Original Tweet

  6. Does your company need you? Then you are doing something wrong http://t.co/d6sQS3ps2T ~ vv insightful /Via @SmartBrief – Original Tweet

  7. 6 habits of highly empathic people http://t.co/1HGJ8IaEh5 ~ vv insightful /Via @rsukumar – Original Tweet

  8. How to teach gratitude to children http://t.co/HhqEV4bY2f ~ vv insightful /Via @rsukumar – Original Tweet

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FTOTW97 – best links of the week ending 29-September-2013

Filed in General Interest, September 29, 2013, 9:27 pm by

Prolog

Here are the best links shared on my tweet stream this week.

Best Links

  1. Critiquing clayton christensen’s theory http://t.co/l5KOFoWfNU by @monkbent ~ brilliant /Via @SmartBrief – Original Tweet

  2. Ramona Pierson’s comeback odyssey http://t.co/5xuNEruQjx ~ brilliant, moving and inspiring /Via @economictimes-newspaper – Original Tweet

  3. Why we need to be relentlessly boring to succeed http://t.co/2ADtSqlOXK ~ brilliant /Via @janupapu – Original Tweet

  4. RT @Competia: Innovation: Reinvented Wheels Take the Air Out of Your Tires. http://t.co/Jgbpg1n2Wo ~ vv cool – Original Tweet

  5. RT @rossdawson @MikeGotta: How Google Taught Itself Good Design By Farhad Manjoo http://t.co/IC2guEmHNe via @FastCoDesign ~ vv interesting – Original Tweet

  6. RT @work_matters: Diego flashes his creativity. How I Hire: Think Like Indiana Jones | LinkedIn http://t.co/5gxS5n3dZ0 ~ vv insightful – Original Tweet

Epilog

Hope enjoyed the links? Did you come across any good links you want to share? Please share in the comments below.

References

I use a certain ratings scale for my annotations which are explained here.