[ extrinsic motivation vs doing what you like ]
http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2011/02/two-paths-to-success.html

[ no more corporate jobs, lets actually do useful stuff ]
http://smartpei.typepad.com/robert_patersons_weblog/2011/08/the-end-of-the-job-the-end-of-the-corporation-as-we-know-it.html

[ Feynman on textbook-choosing committees ]
www.textbookleague.org/103feyn.htm

[ Keith Devlin (Stanford) on teaching math ]
http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_06_10.html

[ Tutoring is more effective than classes ]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_Sigma_Problem