It’s Friday, you did it! To bootstrap your weekend we’ve got some kickass links from the last week.

Mean People Fail

Did you know that mean people are unsuccessful startup founders because being mean makes them stupid. We certainly didn’t. Check out why and other reasons being mean will lead to failure. Read the essay >

You sure you’re not a robot?

Google is making life easier by revising reCAPTCHA. Instead of those pesky distorted texts that you had to type to enter a website, there’s now a “i’m not a robot” box option for you to click. Sadly, you might still need to read and type distorted texts after clicking the box, but you could also come across a new feature where you match pictures of animals. Check it out >

Here’s Crayon for your Web Page

All the web pages in the world, and we mean all, can be found at Crayon. Housing a massive collection of web pages (hence crayon), inspiration and ideas are bound to happen, culminating to an impressive web page for you. Check it out >

quaggaJS: Barcode Scanner

Written entirely in Javascript, QuaggaJS is a barcode scanner that supports real time localization and decoding of various barcodes. All you need to fire it up is a browser that supports the getUserMedia API. Check it out >