Tropophilia

Sorry for the posting delay. Here are a few Monday links…still nice and fresh for a Tuesday morning:

• Lifehacker threw a Coolest Cubicle contest, and brought out some pretty ridiculous office set-ups. Anybody who knows of my coffee addiction will not be surprised by my envy over the Espresso Cubicle.

• If Tropophilia makes you want to branch out and explore more of the blogosphere, but you’re not sure how or where to find good blogs, I recommend you check out Alltop. Tropophilia fans might particularly enjoy the Green, Venture Capital, and the Social Media categories. Take a look and get hooked on a few more blogs (it’s a healthy habit, I swear).

• Russ Quackenbush, the head of Google’s engineering department, brags to Fast Company about his employees:

“Google is investing in brains. And that’s a pretty good investment, because that way, you don’t have to know what the next thing is. Those people are going to figure it out. [...] The odds are pretty good that if you bump into someone in the cafeteria, they are way better than you at something. They are world-class at something.”

• Social Innovation Camp brings software developers and social entrepreneurs together “to find ways that easy-to-build web 2.0 tools can be used to develop solutions to social challenges” in 48 hours. The projects for London on April 4-6 range from Barcode Wikipedia (”A site for storing user-generated information–such as carbon footprint, manufacturing conditions and reviews–against a product, identified by its barcode number”) to Prison Visits (”A tool to support the families of prisoners coping with the experience of being apart from a loved one”).

• This business card that grows seems like a pretty cool way to make an impression…as long as your business contacts save your email address on their computer before the roots sprout.

• Finally, in light of the happy distraction that occupies the minds of Davidson alums across the globe (and fans of those other schools too…), Mental Floss offers NCAA Tournament Pitfalls to Avoid.

Sorry again for the delay–on the positive side, it’s one day closer to Friday.