the michael galpert experience

Be Well, Do Good.

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“I’m the worst kinda celebrity, because all I do is make music.

All I do is sit in the studio and make real, real shit, and that’s it. That’s motherfucking it.

I ain’t here to apologize to no motherfuckers man. It ain’t about me humanizing myself. At what point did I become unhuman where I had to turn myself back?

I ain’t no motherfucking celebrity. I ain’t running for office. I ain’t kissing nobody’s motherfucking babies. I’m trying to make music that inspires people to be the best they can be. I don’t want nobody to ask nothing else of me. This my goddamn life. This ain’t no motherfucking joke. That’s it.

Kanye (via yancey)

Ronen found the longer version of the Kanye rant that makes it even more awesome.

(via ronenreblogs)

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When you’re tired, sleep, when you’re hungry, eat, when you’re depressed, work, when you’re horny, fuck, when you’re sad, cry, and when you’re happy, smile. When you’re bored, imagine, when you’re restless, exercise. When you’re afraid, breath, when you’re excited, jump, when you’re lost, explore, when you’re thinking, think, when you’re talking, listen, and when a pretty girl smiles at you, smile back.

When there’s music in your heart, dance to it.

Ronen V 

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Whatever happens, this place was something special for me, and continues to be for many others. I really enjoyed the time I spent here.
SoupSoup on Tumblr’s [upcoming] sale 

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I ain’t humanizing myself. It ain’t about me humanizing myself. At what point did I become unhuman?
Kanye (via yancey)

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africanfashion: For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look. From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”: “When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them. This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness. Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe

africanfashion:

For those of you who criticize Janelle’s signature monochromatic look.

From her speech on “Black Girls Rock”:

“When I started my music career, I was a maid. I used to clean houses. My mother was a proud janitor. My stepfather, who raised me like his very own, worked at the post office and my father was a trashman. They all wore uniforms and that’s why I stand here today, in my black and white, and I wear my uniform to honor them.

This is a reminder that I have work to do. I have people to uplift. I have people to inspire. And today, I wear my uniform proudly as a Cover Girl. I want to be clear, young girls, I didn’t have to change who I was to become a Cover Girl. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.

Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable.” - Janelle Monáe

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New design pattern: Livatars

avimuchnick:

“Livatars,” a Portmanteau for “live avatars,” is a pretty simple concept: Take a traditional headshot and make it subtly animated so the person in it appears alive. It’s an homage to the living newspapers in Harry Potter and player popup profiles that appear on tv during sportscasts. We tried this on Aviary’s company page and have gotten great feedback on it from people who stumbled across it by accident. 

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I wouldn’t even call it a pattern yet, except I just noticed it has also popped up on wefollow’s company page as well. They did a more technically elegant implementation than us (if you don’t care about IE7-8 support): We used animated gifs and they used HTML5 background video with a CSS vector mask on top of it.

Benefits over a traditional headshot:

  • Not boring, without being too over the top or trying too hard. It will probably make the viewer smile when they notice what’s going on.
  • Makes the people in the photo that much more relatable.
  • Seeing one makes you want to see a photo yourself alive on that page as well. What better way to unconsciously recruit?
  • Simpler to implement than other about page easter eggs: Just record a few seconds of video of someone standing still and loop it back and forth.

The trick is to shoot for subtlety and have everyone try to stand completely still when you record them. You want the viewer to do a double take when they think a static snapshot blinks at them out of the corner of their eye as they quickly scan a page.

RAD

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jayparkinsonmd: ilovecharts: via cakostopoulos This chart has one misleading bit. You don’t really overdose from cocaine. The vast majority of deaths from cocaine occur from an impossible-to-predict fatal heart rhythm. You snort some coke and your heart stops beating normally and you die. Cocaine is an interesting drug in that this rhythm can occur in anyone at any time and it’s not associated with the dose. It can happen the first time you do coke or the 1,000th. It can happen with just a small amount or it can happen after your 4th hit that night. It’s just sheer bad luck. Note that cocaine kills more people than heroin every year.  In case you were wondering: this is why I don’t do coke.

jayparkinsonmd:

ilovecharts:

via cakostopoulos

This chart has one misleading bit. You don’t really overdose from cocaine. The vast majority of deaths from cocaine occur from an impossible-to-predict fatal heart rhythm. You snort some coke and your heart stops beating normally and you die. Cocaine is an interesting drug in that this rhythm can occur in anyone at any time and it’s not associated with the dose. It can happen the first time you do coke or the 1,000th. It can happen with just a small amount or it can happen after your 4th hit that night. It’s just sheer bad luck. Note that cocaine kills more people than heroin every year. 

In case you were wondering: this is why I don’t do coke.

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ronenv:

Imagine your leg falls asleep, and you never walk again to avoid that one moment of discomfort waking it. That’s most people psychologically.

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Luke Wroblewski shares his thoughts after a week with Google Glass [entire post] All that said, I’m still optimistic of the future of a device like Google Glass. Consider the impact of what it has the potential to enable: Instant access to a camera that captures the world as your eyes currently see it The ability to share that perspective with others in real time An alternate digital plane of information you can view at any time A private audio channel only you can hear The combination of this digital plane and audio to amplify (augment) what you are doing and seeing in the real world Any of these features alone could be considered magical, but together they’re a vision of the future. Google Glass today is an imperfect prototype of the future because its value does not yet outweigh its pain. But I have to assume that’s why it’s called the Explorer Edition.

Luke Wroblewski shares his thoughts after a week with Google Glass [entire post]

All that said, I’m still optimistic of the future of a device like Google Glass. Consider the impact of what it has the potential to enable:

  • Instant access to a camera that captures the world as your eyes currently see it
  • The ability to share that perspective with others in real time
  • An alternate digital plane of information you can view at any time
  • A private audio channel only you can hear
  • The combination of this digital plane and audio to amplify (augment) what you are doing and seeing in the real world

Any of these features alone could be considered magical, but together they’re a vision of the future. Google Glass today is an imperfect prototype of the future because its value does not yet outweigh its pain. But I have to assume that’s why it’s called the Explorer Edition.

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If I get a cup of tea, it’s a cup of tea — there isn’t a chance that it’s actually made out of solid gold. But that’s how this works.

YC’s Paul Buchheit explaining why the public doesn’t understand startup economics.  (via parislemon)

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It can also be a cup of piss