February 2012
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Anonymous asked: The picture you just posted isnt yours. The person who originally posted it had almost 4K notes on it, and you're a dick who's trying to steal it.
January 2012
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December 2011
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“when I see people complain about the process of getting free money or that the...”
– Today’s entrepreneurs are spoiled brats - amix.dk
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“Entrepreneurship depends on a sense that the present order is an unreliable and...”
– Alain De Botton, The Steve Jobs MBA Unit 101: Don’t think about the present
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The Independente Hostel & Suites Lisboa →
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November 2011
10 posts
The Dos And Don’ts Of Food Snobbery →
«NEVER correct pronunciations unless it’s absolutely necessary. If Italians can get away with dropping vowels, you can let your friends pick them up. “Moozarell” and “Mozzarella” mean the same thing to waiters. I promise.»
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“Designing a product is keeping five thousand things in your brain and fitting...”
– Steve Jobs, in a 1995 interview; via Daring Fireball.
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“Nature restores human nature, yet human nature underestimates the value of...”
– via ‘The Paradox of Nature and Human Nature?’ on 77Zero.; citing from “Underestimating Nearby Nature: Affective Forecasting Errors Obscure the Happy Path to Sustainability. The Paradox of Nature and Human Nature?” by Nisbet, E. K., & Zelenski.
232 sand dollars | Derek Sivers →
«The excitement was in finding them, not keeping them.»
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The Entrepreneurial Generation - NYTimes.com →
we’re all in showbiz now, walking on eggshells, relentlessly tending our customer base […] Call it Generation Sell. […] just [keep] doing what you [are] doing, at gradually higher price points
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Interview with a Stoic: William O. Stephens -... →
Stoics believe it is reasonable to respond to every event virtuously, to do the very best you can under the circumstances, and accept the rest. A Stoic focuses on what is up to her and doesn’t worry about anything that is not up to her. […] Health, sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, ignominy, life, death, and all such things are neither good nor bad in themselves, because each can be used well...
«working in the cloud» I swapped my MacBook for an... →
October 2011
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“«Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at...”
– A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs
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At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology... →
« computers inhibit creative thinking, movement, human interaction and attention spans »
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The Unity Express →
« an annual, participant-driven train journey across Europe […] over the course of four weeks. More than 1000 passengers will hop on and off the train, as we explore the connections that we have with each other and with our environment »
Sponsor or volunteer for a chance to get a ticket, or purchase at €550/week.
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September 2011
10 posts
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WatchEli Pariser: Beware online “filter bubbles”
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Attribution
It saddens me to see so many Tumblrites too readily posting awesome stuff—without making any effort to provide attribution for a piece.* When someone’s spent time creating the work you’re appreciating, surely expressing one’s gratitude if only by mentioning who they are and linking to their site is worthwhile… It may in fact be impossible, but like any journey, the very act of...
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“Any believable prediction will be wrong. Any correct prediction will be...”
– Kevin Kelly; via Ben Hammersley’s ‘My speech to the IAAC’: «anything that is dismissed on the grounds of the technology-not-being-good-enough-yet is going to happen». «It remains, in too many circles, a matter of pride not to be able to programme the video recorder. That’s pathetic.»
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“[…] But I want to hear about things out there that they love. About loving the...”
– Caterina.net» Make things
August 2011
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“A lack of availability of inexpensive shop-rentals is one very easily read...”
– Cities in Fact and Fiction: An Interview with William Gibson: Scientific American
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“« planning […] can lead to a false sense of security for entrepreneurs, and...”
– ‘Is Planning Bad for Business?’ by Inc Magazine
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