Each Saturday we want to give you some light weekend reading and share with you some interesting Entreprenews that popped up in the last week. Below you’ll find a dozen or so interesting links and our thoughts on each news item.

Facebook Video Launches: YouTube Beware!
“While Myspace is overrun with spammers, scammers and horrible banner ads… Facebook continues to make smart decisions and grow as a quality mega-social networking site. I think this new video feature for them could give them another leg up.”

Publisher to Let the Public Have a Vote on Book Projects
“Why don’t we have our own ‘choose your won adventure’ style television show yet? Where each week we all go online to cast our vote for what direction the show should go next week. We might not be all that far off, as more and more mediums are being set-up to allow the global community to cast their vote on what makes it and what doesn’t.”

An Introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content
“A good article by Wendy about social media, what it is, how you can use it, and how to learn ever more about it. If you have business on the web… it is worth a read.”

As an internet entrepreneur, my files are my most valuable assets and it is paramount to keep them backed-up and protected. Here is an un-paid review of a product we love and use in our entreprenurial lives - The 1TB WD My Book.

I’ve had my 160 GB My Book drive for over 6 months and have been enjoying the extra storage for my desktop. When I found the 1 TB version I knew it would be an ideal solution for backing up my important documents and files. The $400 price tag on the drive is a little spendy, but the data protection is invaluable.

The best part about buying this drive was taking it to the check-out. The teenage guy who was ringing me up gave me a typical forced happy BestBuy-ism greeting and “Whoa! You can store a lot of music on this!” I wasn’t in the mood for the conversation, so I thought a reply of “Yeah! and a lot of porn!” would make things awkward for the rest of the check-out and save us both the forced chit chat… it did.

At some point in the past millennium you could start a business by focusing on the necessities and scrapping the luxuries. You could finance the business yourself, or if needed, use your credit cards or borrow from a friend or family member.

I say this because of an acquisition that was …

I have these strange moments when I’m coming off an all nighter. Most likely as a result of working through the night with the music cranked in my ears. Not sure if anyone has ever made this observation, but Stacy’s Mom by Fountains of Wayne sounds a little familiar, does it not?

Stacy’s …

Here’s a list of books that I’ve been reading over the past little while and my recommendations.

Just Finished

Wikinomics by Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams
Interesting book about the new frontier for information sharing in the collaborative future. Covering not just web 2.0 topics, but how classic industries are harnessing the power and intelligence of the global community.
My Recommendation: Read It

iCon by Jeffrey S. Young & William L. Simon
An unauthorized biography about Steve Jobs. Steve has a great story and some mega successes in life, but it was interesting to see some of the not so sparkling parts in his past. The book did a good job of showing the “human” behind the creative machine that is Apple.
My Recommendation: Read It

The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki
Simple easy to read advice for entrepreneurs. Guy does a good job of cutting thru the crap to give good advice. I’ve already used some of the good info in the book as inspiration in my Branding Made Easy, and Cheap post.
My Recommendation: Read It

It’s rumored that Google is going to acquire Feedburner. Well - I guess that’s it for them. I’m thinking most bloggers are with me when I say “Google placed ads in my feed? F**k that”.

I hope they don’t plan on spamming our feed with ads, but it’s only logical. You can’t spend a …

[rant]
On Digg: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval! (yes, that’s an exclamation point)

Who gives a rat’s ass? I feel so many things when I see boring news like this hit the front page of digg and take off. Irritated. Angry. Sad. Dumbstruck.

We have some great posts on YGG that have gotten buried right before hitting …