Happy New Year!

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye.

Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

• 11 Best Business Books of 2011. (ToddSattersten)
• Bright Ideas – Biggest Innovations of 2011.  (WSJ)
• The 8 Wackiest Inventions of 2011. (TheWeek)
• The Pen Is Mightier Than the Phone: A Case for Writing Things Out. (FastCompany)
• Inventor of Microsoft's Spam Filter Out to Kill HIV. How Spam and HIV present strangely similar challenges. (Newser)

 

Trading Links:

• Why Poker Is Better Than Business School. (Forbes)
• Goldman: "Some Lessons from the Past Four Years". (ZeroHedge)
• Signs Point to Economy’s Rise — But Experts See a False Dawn. (NYTimes)
• Fund Flows Hit Another Wall of European Worry. (InstitutionalAssetManager)
• The Next Billion Dollar Wireless Industry Has Officially Launched. (BusinessInsider)