We’ve compiled quite the eclectic collection of posts for your reading pleasure on this lovely Friday afternoon. Talk about a great way to kick off your weekend. It’ll be a good escape from the tiny cubicle.

Zac Johnson has compiled a list of what he believes to be the ten worst work spaces in the tech industry. We’re not even talking about the iPod sweatshops, because the otherwise enjoyable campus of Google makes the list! The “kindergarten campus color scheme” can really get your nerves.

Ewdison Then of Slashgear fame had an interesting talk with his sister the other day, ultimately concluding that hard work beats talent any day. Talented people can only get so far before they’ve got to put in that elbow grease, and those who are willing to work hard will always prevail in the end.

Ed Lau probably belongs more in the “hardly working” category than the “working hard” category, but it could just mean that he needs a different form of motivation. In the World of Wifecraft, real life can be made a lot more interesting with World of Warcraft-like quests. Believe me. You want to reach at least Level 40.

David Pitlyuk looks like he’s living the high life, because he had the opportunity to enjoy a $1,600 meal at Michel Richard’s Citronelle in Washington, DC. The theme at Citronelle appears to be look-alike foods, but that $1,600 is definitely for real.

Bob Buskirk hopped onto the Twitter bandwagon long before guys like John Chow got into the scene. Now that Twitter is more popular than ever, Bob tells us what is Twitter and why he uses it. The emergence of Twitter apps just makes the micro-blogging platform that much more interesting (and useful).