February 2012
“My favorite personalities stopped speaking to each other and started speaking to...”
– One day I woke up and twitter sucked « Jordan Cooper’s Blog: startups, venture capital, Hyperpublic
“It sounds subtle, but these are the only days where I find myself getting...”
– Start every day as a producer, not a consumer - Journal - Daniel Howells
/via @eric_wvgg
(via pieratt)
“And this community wasn’t imported from another network like a facebook’s graph....”
– This answers the One Network To Rule Them All question for me. I’ve always said that I like keeping my “graphs” separated (SoundCloud, Instagram Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc) and for that reason I find myself participating in a variety of other networks, ten times more than I do on Facebook.
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“Say you’re going to change the world, say you’re going to disrupt an entire...”
– BRYCE DOT VC: What’s In a Number?
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Albums I Missed in 2011 →
The following are artists that released albums in 2011 that I only started liking in 2012
Liam Finn
Wye Oak
The Rapture
Darwin Deez
Seryn
Katy B
James Blake
Nicolas Jaar
Rubblebucket
I’ll probably be adding to the spotify playlist once I review people’s favorites from last year.
Here’s the complete list of my 2011 favorites in case you missed it.
“You can’t fall in love with a Google search.”
– Taylor Swift in Vogue. every somewhat-serious article i read about taylor swift starts with the reporter assuming she’ll be daft — and ends, basically, with the reporter concluding she might be smarter than the rest of us. (via cacioppo)
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TTTTHHHIIIISSSS!!!!!!
January 2012
Day One App
jesseddy:
The easiest to use journal / diary / text logging application for the Mac is also the best looking. Day One is well designed and extremely focused to encourage you to write more through quick Menu Bar entry, a Reminder system and inspirational messages. Support for Dropbox sync allows easy backup and syncing with the Day One iPhone application.
http://dayoneapp.com
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“Modern life is plagued by what’s been called “time famine”—the sense that we...”
– http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/were-only-human/making-time-stand-still-awesome.html (via harvest)
Bijan Sabet: My partner, Mo →
bijan:
I first met Mo about 5 years ago. I’m pretty sure it was Santo that made the initial intro. He was working at IAC at the time, and I really enjoyed meeting him. His energy, passion and opinions about the world of media and technology left a mark with me.
We stayed in touch and a few…
CONGRATS MO!
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
– Willie Nelson (via andyswan)
“The question then becomes if you’re an investor with a traditional LP model (and...”
– On the Evolution of Investing — Matt Mullenweg
J.C. Penney to Eliminate Thousands of Jobs →
parislemon:
The rebooting of J.C. Penney is apparently underway. Why do I care at all about this? Because Ron Johnson, the man who led Apple’s amazing retail strategy for the past decade, is now the CEO of J.C. Penney.
It will be fascinating to see what Johnson does to this century-old retail chain. Many technology-focused shops are undergoing their own makeovers to be more Apple Store-like in...
“I love my Kindle. It’s crude and ghosty and imperfect and the keys are like...”
– An interview with Jack Cheng
Respect all. Fear none. →
garychou:
Great post by Reece. It’s so easy to fall into the pitfalls he describes, and so important to just stay focused.
#truth
Between Thought and Expression Lies A Lifetime →
This line by Lou Reed is great but the post by Andy Weissman is MARVELOUS. Best read aloud IMHO
jesseddy:
User Experience is about the process of elimination. Pay me to help you eliminate is a really hard sell sometimes.
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“The reason to focus on interests rather than goals or resolutions, for me, is to...”
– Bustr Bensn: Cultivating interests in 2012
“Once someone has involved me in the plot for their dreams, they keep a little...”
– Cameron : You Can’t Transfer Will <—- READ THIS
“This is a movement not about speaking to people, but about hearing. It’s...”
– Will Occupy Wall Street Upend Obama’s Presidential Election? — New York Magaizne
I dont know if #Occupy will be the answer but I sure do love this kinda #thinking
December 2011
Avi Muchnick: On startup transparency →
avimuchnick:
When I first started @Aviary, I planned to be completely transparent about the company’s progress with everyone: employees, users and total strangers.
I understood that traditionally, early startups were in complete stealth mode and closed about their plans and progress.
That seemed silly to me.
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What did I miss?
Went off the grid for 2 weeks. It was glorious! What important things occurred in your life or the lives of others that I should know about?
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Albums I've Enjoyed in 2011 →
I created a spotify list of all the albums released in 2011 that I’ve enjoyed
These are the artists that put out those albums:
Active Child
Alexander
Beach Fossils
Bear Hands
Beirut
Chad Valley
Childish Gambino
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Cold War Kids
Cults
Cut Copy
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
Danger Mouse , Daniele Luppi
Dirty Gold
Dom
Explosions In The Sky
Foster The People
...
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Concerts I attended in 2011:
Girl Talk - Terminal 5
Miike Snow - Terminal 5
Cut Copy - Terminal 5
LCD Soundsystem - Madison Square Garden
Peter Bjorn and John - Bowery Ballroom
Childish Gambino - Bowery Ballroom
Lykke Li - Central Park
Childish Gambino - Bowery Poetry Club
House of Waters - Rockwood Music Hall
Tycho - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Florence & The Machine - The Creators Project: Under The Manhattan...
“For the past couple of years, we have gotten into the habit of presuming that...”
– Whitney Hess in What I Learned About the Web in 2011 (via cacioppo)
mattlehrer:
The eleventh prime.
Happy Birthday to my good friend Matt. Keep up the awesome!
“its all about the stupid little things”
– jkr on June 25th 2007 was “reminded” of this line while reviewing my twitter archive on backupify.
There is something marvelous and utterly wrong with the fact that we communicate via a platform which doesnt provide the ability to search/easily access our personal archive.
“Taking this a couple of steps further, the article points out that, to many...”
– The end of social - O’Reilly Radar (via juliangutman)
Def agree!
That’s why i’m long curation platforms such as Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.
