This Week - Apr 05, 2013

Inspired by folks like Jessica Stanley and Akane Kinomoto, I'm going to start posting updates about the things I read online or discovered in the past week. Moving forward, you can find them at http://drewshannon.net/ThisWeek

Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'

— The Onion

Young people 'are getting sick of the irony, rudeness and snark that is so prevalent in their online lives'

— The Emily Posts of the Digital Age

The greatest untapped source of motivation, he argues, is a sense of service to others

— Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?