We spend way too much time these days on slide decks…and, while they have their place, they are often poorly built.  Here’s an entertaining look at how not to use Powerpoint from comedian Don McMillan (picked up via WallStreetFighter).

A good friend described one of her friends in this way.  So much going on that there wasn’t really time for a job.  Seems a reasonable life goal….

This, of course, assumes you have the means to see a paycheck as a luxury or are otherwise able to generate (or receive) some cash to live on that gives you a load of free time. 

This is an eye-opening article from SFGate I picked up via WallStreetFighter on what those people are doing that you see out on the street during the workday.  Different cities have varying amounts of this type of traffic and we have all seen it.  Cities like New York and San Francisco certainly do.  Even Seattle has its fair share.   If you are like me, you have wondered the same thing both with a little jealousy and amazement – what do these people do?  There was a great ad several years ago (still looking for clip) of an SUV in Manhattan with a kayak and bike on top and a guy in a suit looking at it longingly and thinking to himself "It’s Tuesday, people work on Tuesday."  Well, not everyone.

This is an entertaining read and sheds some light on what those people in the coffee shop are really doing and what their story is.  Also, fair warning, it may make you want to smack these people too.