All the marbles • Required Reading Issue #45

Our semi-weekly collection of 10 internet items worth your attention

1 
Wintergatan’s 3000-part musical instrument using 2000 marbles.

2 
Microsoft announces the $3000 HoloLens Development Edition, shipping March 30th, and HTC may have pre-sold 15,000 Vives in 10 minutes. (I can vouch for at least two of those sales.)

3 
What Google learned from its quest to build the perfect team.

4 
The first thing Pentagram partner Paula Scher ever designed.

5 
Tips on how to read more.

6 
The vast majority of people reading this article will have a Snapchat account within 36 months.

7 
Proof that positive work cultures are more productive.

8 
“I have a tracker in me.” Human traffickers using RFID chips.

9 
Remove a creative block by making something you’ll never show anyone else.

And finally…

10 
“I realized I was a cat when I was 16.”

“Forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain whether you’re inspired or not.”
 — Octavia E. Butler