January 2012
“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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READ THIS ENTIRE POST
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.
“Over 70 years, this Valley has developed a culture that does not personalize...”
– New York Times, 12/6/2011 (via informationarbitrage)
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Information Arbitrage: Message to founders: Always... →
Great advice from Roger aka informationarbitrage:
Be confident. You rock; you really do. The fact that you are starting something and devoting your life to it is freaking awesome. This alone should give you the confidence and esteem to ask for help with head held high. The worst thing that someone can say is no. And if they do? Screw them - and move on to the next one.
Be focused. You have to...
“The Internet isn’t really a technology, it’s a belief system - a philosophy.”
– The Internet, innovation and learning by Joi Ito (via garychou) !!!!!!!
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The 40 most shared stories on Facebook in 2011 |... →
elspethjane:
The stories aren’t as mindless or Farmville-centric as you’d expect! Great list.
#31 is the EPIC Aviary cover letter that Avi Muchnick sent to jobs@aviary.com to mess with Maya which was posted on the cupboard at the HQ and then photographed by Jonathan Wegener which was tweeted and then posted on buzzfeed and picked up by Huffington Post which was sent to the Facebook.
And now I...
via Frank: I am Neil deGrasse Tyson. Ask me... →
viafrank:
A few questions and answers from the excellent thread on Reddit:
What is your favorite short science fact you like to tell people to really make them think?
That our bodies’ atoms are traceable to supernova stars that scattered their chemical enrichment across the cosmos, spawning the birth…
“Emotion in general leads to transmission, and awe is quite a strong emotion…If...”
– Dr. Jonah Berger in a New York Times column by John Tierney, published February 8, 2010
I think about this all the time. (via dianakimball)
November 2011
“Beliefs and actions are like two separate musical tones, each with its own...”
– Jack Cheng
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via simplegirldreaming)
“VCs favor younger founders. Partly because they think outside the box, think...”
– Michael Arrington, in the comment section of his post, STARTUPS ARE HARD. SO WORK MORE, CRY LESS, AND QUIT ALL THE WHINING
Mike loves to say shit that antagonizes so I should not even blink at this one, but for some reason I just have to call bullshit on this one. If you look at many of the great...
“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things...”
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (via dailymurakami) training your brain to think this way is hard but worth it.
“If you use a tool or handy shortcut as a matter of course, I’d recommend...”
– diana kimball
“Between identified, liberated individuals and the nameless, faceless drones of...”
– What comes next by Christina Cacioppo - USV
I couldnt agree more. Focus on what you are good at/love and let others take care of the rest.
