Happy Friday, Brilliant Ink blog readers! If you’re in search of some good reads to help you kick off your weekend, you’re in the right place. Enjoy these interesting and insightful articles that we gathered from around the web this past week!

4 Company Perks That Cost Nothing—But Mean Everything – While you may not have an endless budget to spend on benefits for your team members, remember that other company perks are just as, if not more, valuable. Read about four of these perks that cost nothing, but mean everything in the latest Brilliant Ink article featured in The Muse.

11-year Old Wins Doodle 4 Google Competition – Every year for the past few years, Google has held their “Doodle 4 Google” competition – winners not only receive monetary prizes, but their submissions are also featured on Google’s homepage. Check out the amazing artwork of this year’s winner!

These Words Are So Overused They've Become Meaningless – The meanings of words change constantly. Here is a list of twelve words that are used differently today than in the past. Which of these words do you use as a part of your everyday vocabulary?    

17 Everyday Words You Just Might Be Mispronouncing... And Why You Need To Stop – Along the same wavelength as the article above, there are certain words and phrases that people routinely say incorrectly. Do any of these apply to you? If so, you’re definitely not alone!

16 Incredible Aerial Photos That Show Earth Like You've Never Seen It Before  – Photographs possess the power to capture brilliant moments in time – these aerial photos, taken of various sights from around the world, are no exception.   

The 20 Most Beautiful iPhone Photos Of The Year – It goes without saying that many people use the camera feature on their phones for the sake of convenience. Who knew they could also win prizes for doing so?! Look at these stunning images that were selected as the “best photo” in their respective categories!