links for 2007-09-18

By del.icio.us | September 18, 2007

Secrets to Amazon’s success

Some of the business and technical guidelines that Amazon.com follows – it’s a great recipe of sucsess and looks to empower their employees to improve their platform and innovate.

(tags: amazon ecommerce business productivity simplicity bestpractices)
A peek inside the Gates house

Download Squad does a deep dive on The big G’s house – it really is a modern wonder of engineering and luxury. Remind me to buy a house like that some day.

(tags: luxury technology wealthy rich BillGates Microsoft)
HOW TO – Transform hand warmers in to liquid ice sculptures

Now this is cool – Sodium Acetate hypersaturated in water condensing in real time to form cool shapes.

(tags: chemistry howto hack science design art sodiumacetate)