A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm @jacobjay, a peripatetic designer/developer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently living between New Delhi and France, working on a Lua web platform and e-commerce. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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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
The Holstee Manifesto: Lifecycle
(Source: youtube.com)
Interview with a Stoic: William O. Stephens - Boing Boing
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 and virtuously or badly and wickedly. How we deal with these things which are indifferent to happiness determines our happiness or misery. Our happiness, therefore, is up to us, it is not up to luck, according to the Stoics.
“ «Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.» Steve always aspired to make beautiful later. He was willing to be misunderstood. ”
At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait
« computers inhibit creative thinking, movement, human interaction and attention spans »
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.
Escaping from Zip Ties: Breaking them behind your back (by ITStactical)
“KEEP IN BRAIN WHEN WRITE, TALK, BLOG, TWEET. ITERATE. IMPROVE WHAT WORK. DELETE WHAT NOT. PERSONALITY GROW.” Some great advice on creating product personality, from @FAKEGRIMLOCK (‘Giant Robot Dinosaur’).
‘Louis Armstrong told us so’ print of world map as fabric patterns, by Bianca Green; $16 on Society6.
