This Week - Jun 06, 2014

My husband and I have been married for 15 years, more than twice as long as he was married to Robin. My daughter is 13 now and long ago outgrew the chair that Robin’s family gave her. I keep it stored safely with her bassinet, the clown rattle, and her favorite jacket printed with elephants. I hope someday a granddaughter might use these things. If so, when that little girl is old enough, I will tell her the story of her other grandmother, Robin.

— My Husband's Other Wife: She Died, so I Could Find the Man I Love (Emily Yoffe for Slate

WHAT’S UNDER THE HOOD? A full 3 cylinders of mumbling misery, making 74 tortured horsepower.

— It’s Cheap, but Is It Overpriced? (John Pearley Huffman for The New York Times)

It's difficult to imagine Tinder coming from Silicon Valley. The key to Tinder—the 'double opt-in'—is an idea born of real-world experience (this is what you want in a bar—to know that the person you want to hit on wants you to hit on him or her) as opposed to sophisticated computer metrics. For once in the tech world, the socially gifted are leading the socially stunted.

— How The Tinder App Became A Success (Emily Witt for GQ Magazine)

And therein lies the problem of side projects. They will either muddle along as a fun side project and provide a necessary distraction from your main work, or they will grow and demand your attention.

— Everything dies. Sometimes they die well. (Mike Monteiro for Medium)

A key team member takes with her a piece of the company’s soul. But the situation also presents an opportunity to make sure that the person’s values stay with the company, so I sat down and tried to identify the principles of Jamis’s success.

— How to Handle Losing Valued Employees (James Fried for Inc.)