Friday Burn

::: Debriefing Short Term Teams
Some good stuff from Larry McCrary and The Upstream Collective
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::: How Snapchat Took Over Yale
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Here's the secret sauce to Snapchat's viral growth: its group messaging functionality. When a user sends a snap to multiple friends, the recipients receive a snap indistinguishable from an individualized message. In effect, mass snaps feel personalized. This is the holy grail of messaging platforms: evoking strong emotion with minimal friction.


::: The 10 Easiest Foreign Languages to Learn
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Photo: Mid day decompression, Coney Island, NY, Jan 2013.