Welcome to What We Follow Friday! The internet is teeming with new data, interesting stories, breaking news and so much more every single day and it’s easy for the important information to get lost in the noise. That’s why we’re sharing some of our favorites from around the web with you every Friday.

Here’s what we’ve picked this week:

5 Free Apps for the Best Summer Vacation Ever
“This weekend marks the unofficial start of summer vacation season. Lucky for you, this week’s edition of Free App Friday can help you plan your summer trip.”

The Most Common Productivity Killers in Workplace (Infographic)
“On average, professionals spend up to 37 percent of their workweek checking emails–many of them unnecessary ones. Unfortunately, much of the other two-thirds of their time is filled with other time wasters, such as sitting in meetings and surfing the Web.”

Science Graphic of the Week: Monitoring Ocean Waves From Space
“The radar instruments on some satellites can be used to gather all sorts of interesting information. The animation above illustrates wave heights in the North Sea that were derived from satellite radar measurements.”

4 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Do Before Meeting an Investor
“Almost all startups – whether they are in major hubs like Silicon Valley, Boston or New York or less metropolitan areas like Kansas City, Mo. – face the same problem. ‘We need funding,” they say. “We’re really looking to raise more capital from investors, angels or anywhere.'”

The Five Letters that Will Change the Data World: BYOBI
“BYOBI is an acronym I first heard on a telephone call with a VP of Technology at a large corporation. The word is almost unknown today, but I think that it will be one of the largest trends to impact data in the next five years. BYOBI means Bring Your Own Business Intelligence.”

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Welcome to What We Follow Friday! The internet is teeming with new data, interesting stories, breaking news and so much more every single day and it’s easy for the important information to get lost in the noise. That’s why we’re sharing some of our favorites from around the web with you every Friday.

Here’s what we’ve picked this week:

The Potentially Super Creepy Future of Wearable Tech in the Workplace
“Wearable data-tracking devices used at work and at home could help to boost employee productivity, according to research from Goldsmiths, University of London. And the possible future uses of such devices in a workplace setting might just be worthy of a sci-fi novel.”

Branding 101: We Respond Emotionally to Numbers
“Radiolab recently examined the emotional power of digits when guest Alex Bellos, who writes and lectures on mathematics, discussed a global survey he conducted–on favorite numbers. What he found, among 30,000 responses from across the world, is that we have a universal tendency to anthropomorphize numbers.”

Now You Can Print a House in 24 Hours, Plus 13 Other Weird 3D Printed Things
“Printing in metal, plastic, nylon and a hundred other materials? No, it’s not science fiction, but fact. 3D printing – the ability to produce objects on demand at a relatively low cost – is a top trend once reserved for prototypes and toys that is set to explode into the consumer marketplace.”

12 Thing Incredibly Happy People Often Do
“Do you have a friend who always seems so happy? Have you ever thought, “how do they do it?” How do they stay positive even when life seems impossible? People who are generally happy have a set of habits that they do daily that puts them in their happy place.”

Every Job in America, In 1 Graph
“There are roughly 137 million jobs in this country. About two-thirds of those jobs are in private-sector services; the remaining third are split between goods-producing jobs (mainly manufacturing and construction) and government work (mostly at the state and local level).”

We’re bringing back What We Follow Friday on the blog. The internet is teeming with new data, interesting stories, breaking news and so much more every single day and it’s easy for the important information to get lost in the noise. That’s why we’re sharing some of our favorites from around the web with you every Friday.

Here’s what we’ve picked this week:

7 Deadly Sins of Financial Management
“Financial management is the beating heart of every single business. Money pumps in, money pumps out, and it’s critical to ensure you’re following the right regimen to maintain the health of the organization.”

What You can Learn From the Bad Boys of Entrepreneurship
“Zac Bissonnette talks about bad people that became successful entrepreneurs, why entrepreneurs can’t take their own advice, and the best pieces of career advice that he learned in the research for his book.”

The Brilliant Business Theory Behind Wu-Tang Clan’s Disruptive Plan
“When you consider the concept of differentiation, you might be tempted to think of it only in terms of end products for consumers: The qualities and traits that distinguish brands of cars, deodorants, and sports drinks from each other. But there’s another way to think about differentiation. It’s to ask yourself: How might my company differentiate itself from its competitors before the product reaches customer hands?”

The Evolution of Recurring Revenue
“Building a recurring revenue stream is a proven way to grow business and disrupt entire markets. Most people associate modern companies like Netflix and Hulu for disrupting their respective industries with a recurring offering but they weren’t the first.”

[Infographic] These are the Weirdest Things Thousands of People Google Every Month
“Google is obviously an amazing informational resource, summoning all the secrets of the universe in less than .2 seconds. It serves as an oracle, unto which we project all our desires, fears, and mild concerns. Although each of us has our own protective battle to fight over anyone in our family groups discovering what’s in these histories, that information is still out there in the world. And as it turns out, some rather weird searches are shockingly common.”

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