February 2012
“As a journalist turned PR person once said to me, “The only way to keep a secret...”
– Catharine Taylor on why The Most Important Social Media Story of the Week Was Not the Facebook IPO
“Even better than facebook, people meeting new people in person is how change...”
– Alter Road: Making is hard work: Innovating in #detroit.
some very real thoughts from the always insightful Shel Kimen
Watchlol.
potentially NSFW, depending on where you work ;)
(via Foursquare For Sex - CollegeHumor)
“In the default world,” Rain Doll says, “the assumption is that...”
– What the Social Web Can Learn from Burning Man
A Speculative List Of Jay-Z’s 99 Problems →
The Life Less Bullshit Manifesto
Stop freaking out. Things are always worse in your head than they are in real life. Everything is going to be okay. No really, it is. Stop comparing yourself to everyone else. This is your life, start living it.
Be more you.
Find what inspires you, and mainline it. Find what moves you, and move. Find what keeps you up all night, and stay up all night. Get worked into the frenzy of being who you...
“It’s hard to be amazed with any technical wizardry on film when you grow up with...”
– @Faris on the importance of brands ‘Finding New Magic‘
“Knowing which feedback to embrace and which to discard is perhaps the most...”
– On Criticism, Cynicism & Sharpening Your Gut Instinct
January 2012
What Is a Hangover? →
A Message to Women From a Man: You Are Not "Crazy"... →
i spotted this in my twitter feed today and of course opened the link without noting who tweeted it. it’s from last september, but is definitely worth a read.
“It’s no longer acceptable for us to not take responsibility for our...”
– Dear Internet: It’s No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
“To harness the energy that fuels both these drives, we need to move beyond the...”
– via @asiea, The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com
“Creativity is almost a mortal sickness. It’s not easy to be happy and creative:...”
– Philippe Starck: Creativity, Money And Sex
There could be 160 billion good reasons to believe...
iheartchaos:
With dozens of exoplanets being discovered nearly every day, scientists now estimate that almost every star in just our galaxy has at least one planet surrounding it, if not more. That’s at least 160 billion planets out there, with countless variations on environment, atmosphere, planet type, meaning there’s got to be life out there somewhere. So why have we not found it yet?
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25 Angry Kids Who Can't Do Their Homework Because... →
“Entrepreneurship is the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources...”
– What’s an Entrepreneur? The Best Answer Ever | Inc.com
“I’ve never had a single ad for any of my novels, had a movie made or been given...”
– Do authors have to be social? No, but it helps — Tech News and Analysis