Friday Links: The rise of developeronomics

• From Forbes The rise of developeronomics: “Investing in good developers is such a good bet at the moment, that if you have money and you happen to find a talented developer who seems to like you and wants to work with you, you should give him/her your money to build something, anything, even if you have no really good product ideas (those are cheap; I’ll sell you a dozen for a dollar).”
• Okay, on the lighter side of the internet, The 40 best memes of 2011 (at least according to Buzzfeed). According to Know your meme, these are the 10 best memes of 2011.
• Here’s an update to the Biz Journal’s Fast 50 diary: Health benefits’ role in recruiting.
• The most hated buzzword. I’m shocked & appalled that “it is what it is” which is a buzzpharse, I guess, didn’t win. We need to abolish this bit of stupidity in 2012. Make it happen people.
• The visual history of Android.
• Code cards, if you’re the kind of nerd who likes to send holiday cards.
• Wodden AT-AT wet bar.
• Pantone’s color of 2012? Tangerine Tango.
• On magazines and the iPad.
• Time’s Top 10 Everything of 2011 is filled with that annoying page-view pump up next, next, next type slideshows, but it’s still pretty fun to click through a few of them.
• MacWorld have announced their 2011 Editors’ Choice Awards.
• Rough draft of Star Trek’s opening monologue.