Michael Doornbos

This is just … yeah.  See scientists can have fun!
You know you were just thinking “I like it when the girls stop by.  To my lab.”
Come on, you know you were.

Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.

The Guild just gets better by the minute:

Thanks to @julie_Thorn for this one:

As we all know, any aliens we encounter will want to eat us which makes for good SciFi.
Was that Elizabeth Mitchell I saw?  Sweet.

Yes, you do have 10 mins today to watch this and you need to.  It’s okay, Facebook still will be there when you get finished watching.
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.

Netflix Inc Chief Financial Officer Barry McCarthy said on Wednesday it plans to offer its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis.
“We’re likely to do that in the foreseeable future,” McCarthy said at the Jefferies 5th annual Internet and Media conference in New York.
via Netflix To Offer ‘Streaming Only” Plans .

Straight no Chaser, 12 days of Christmas(Live). Buy it here
Listen to the whole thing, it just gets better as you go along.

This is easily worth 2 minutes of your time today: