Is Your Job ‘Routine’? If So, It’s Probably Disappearing

Read more in the WSJ.

Thanks, Fred

Want a Steady Income? There’s an App for That

A Silicon Valley start-up wants to put workers on an even keel. Read more about Even in the NYT.

Small world:  In 2010, I published a book review in the Journal of South Asian Development on the same (somewhat obscure) book that they credit for inspiring their business model.

Believe the founders are onto something big by applying this strategy in the US -- especially considering how the emerging "on-demand economy" is forcing a major change in our country's employment / wage dynamics.

Dave Goldberg, Head of Web Survey Company and Half of a Silicon Valley Power Couple, Dies at 47

This makes me so deeply sad. More in NYT's memorial for Dave Goldberg.

One Tweet Exposes the Huge Problem With Mayweather Everyone Needs to Know About

If you're paying $99.95 for the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, you're subsidizing a domestic abuser and a religious bigot. Knock yourself out.

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 2, 2015

Read more on Mic.

Subtle Mid-Stage Startup Pitfalls

Read Jessica Livingston's post from SV Angel's CEO Summit.

How Ben Horowitz Accidentally Invested In Slack

Caroline Fairchild of LinkedIn tells the story of how Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz had no idea that Slack would be one of his most successful investments in LinkedIn.

Via +Mattermark 

A Day in the Life of Melinda Gates

"The global philanthropist combines compassion with a belief in data-driven solutions." Read more in the WSJ.