links for 2008-10-20

This is a company that gave me the only shot at a job I could find during a pretty dark year of weirdness—and through that opportunity helped me to become a better leader. It's too bad, but when you worked there, you could tell that the whole company was simply playing catch-up almost all the time. Poor corporate leadership, irritating hiring and promotion practices, the specter of once having been commission-based, and a general lack of morale seem to add up to bankruptcy.

A template for a completely non-legally-binding agreement between friends before discussing an awesome idea. Not quite an NDA, not quite a free discussion, but an understanding that's needed while someone runs an idea past other people to check for idiocy.

Great article on why both publishers and commenters should be taking more advantage of the Gravatar service. I should also add that it would be nice if more publishing platforms would likewise support the service. There's no charge to the developer or publisher.

Do you want to know why I worry? This is why I worry.