June 2010
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Sunday Routine - David Chang - But It’s So Nice... →
ZONING OUT I try to do nothing. I don’t know — I’m not trying to reach nirvana or anything, but doing nothing is awesome. I’m trying to do more of nothing. I wish I could say, “Hey, I’m reading The Paris Review or crushing The New Yorker.” But you know what? That’s not happening.
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Ira Glass on Being Wrong →
One of the reasons I was interested in doing this interview is because I feel like being wrong is really important to doing decent work. To do any kind of creative work well, you have to run at stuff knowing that it’s usually going to fail. You have to take that into account and you have to make peace with it. We spend a lot of money and time on stuff that goes nowhere. It’s not...
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“According to the urbanist Jane Jacobs, the engine of a city’s wealth in a...”
– Global Guerrillas (via azspot)
sometimes this whole hipster/craft/local movement seems a bit ridiculous. then there are ways it’s explained perfectly.
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Truth
mknell:
What kind of life do you have if you’re always breaking news, but never fixing it?
discuss amongst yourselves.
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Brands: Please Pay Attention to This →
mikehudack:
“A charismatic brand can be defined as any product, service or company for which people believe there is no substitute … Among the hallmarks of a charismatic brand are a clear competitive stance, a sense of rectitude, and a dedication to aesthetics. Why aesthetics? Because it’s the language of feeling, and, in a society that is information-rich and time-poor, people value feeling more...
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themattrubin:
headunderwater:
Tennis -...
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“I speak a lot at business schools, and I ask how many people are there to make...”
– John Scharffenberger
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Jessi Klein: Dale
hey guys, this is funny.
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I am wondering… →
And is there data that shouldn’t be passed on?
it’s impossible to understand what will matter or who will care about it. one of my favorite things about recording in the present is that there will be context about me for others later in life.
we all bear what others leave behind. i’m set to head into drobo-land and open up the flood gates. will it all be around afterwards? i...
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Questions for Christopher J. Brownfield -... →
You served as a submarine officer aboard the U.S.S. Hartford from 2002-5. What is the longest amount of time you spent underwater?
Fifty-four days, which is about 45 days longer than fresh fruit and vegetables last.
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What's your time perspective? →
i’m a combo of “past positive” and “present hedonistic.”
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“I can’t think of anything better to do right now than to sit in my backyard and...”
– Garrison Keillor (via caro)
ever the optimist.
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“I don’t like being dissed when I’m already down.”
– The Disservice Economy
essentially, companies have done the math and something that happens in your everyday that might cause you to send a tip to consumerist for have been already factored in and the “vendor” takes these types of experiences into consideration.
they’ll happen...
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How Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Is Crowdsourcing Done... →
peer deep into the eyes of NPR, they know all. actually, they might - they’re tasked with creating programming that engages people and works well on budgets much smaller than most in today’s media world.
there is also a small argument for crappy programming on major networks. there is no skin in the game anymore.
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attention to detail.
Even with cheap printed books, you can tell that someone proofed every page. With many e-books, they’ve clearly just been run through a converter with no proofing whatsoever. This is especially true for backlist Kindle titles from Amazon — the formatting is just atrocious.
this will be fixed, i’m sure but it’s certainly indicative of an unintended separation while innovation, in...