January 2008
“I see shades of J.F.K., R.F.K.,” he said, and then added, “King.”
– Jon Favreau (Obama’s 26 year old speach writer) What Would Obama Say? - New York Times
“Etsy is a company with fifty employees, a community with over 650,000 members,...”
– Etsy :: The Storque :: Etsy News :: Etsy’s First Five Years — Rob, is a man on a mission. I think Etsy is great and is changing the way the world works for the better. My bets are IPO will probably happen sometime in 2009.
“I am quite willing to bet that working with these guys will get you laid.”
– Chris Sacca ‘What is left?’: Web Geek Needed For a Start-Up in NYC
wrappers
the problem with the soul is that a mind is wrapped around it. the problem with the mind is that a body is wrapped around it. i find it very difficult to talk to a person as one should talk to another person these days. — soxiam
“Ask us what we’re looking for, however, and most of us won’t know. Though we...”
– Amit Gupta A Brief Message
Free Parking in NYC
Here’s a how-to guide to getting free parking in NYC. sort of. Lots of movies and TV shows are filmed in NYC. Heres a list of those currently in production. There’s usually advanced warning, with signs like this one for a Law & Order filming on Jenna’s block. If you spot one of these “NO PARKING b/c of movie” signs, park there. Your car will be fine. I was a bit...
“Take the number of times you hear “yes, and” in a day. Then take the number of...”
– Derek Powazek Happiness Math: Yesands vs Nobuts
Why users should not be CEOs →
The biggest part of running a service like Tumblr (or Hype Machine) is saying no. You may notice that people don’t like hearing no, in response to their very real concerns about a free service. So the conversations above will only happen more frequently. David and Marco are out on a mission to build a focused and simple experience. I agree that this experience should work well and I am certain...
Internet, make it happen
I would like to see a roundup of all the people currently trying to be president, lined up in an ad for a new reality series on Bravo called, “I’m Gonna Be President”. Kind of inspired by this photo of a “Make Me A Supermodel” ad. jakoblodwick Meowza created this image in Aviary for Jakob Lodwick WTF is Aviary? A web-based creative design sweet. In other words a...
“It’s important to charge something, because the act of paying...”
– Seth on the iTunes movie rental prices.
FFFFOUND Keyboard Navigation →
ALL websites should have keyboard navigation like ffffound. alternate views [V] Top of the page [H] Previous [K] Next [J] (the only other sites i use short cut keys are gmail and greader are there any others out there?)
“what’s the point in recreating the wheel if the wheel already has an API?”
– Noah Brier via Trends, Ideas and Stuff // NoahBrier.com
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-1-20) →
The Arcade Fire
The Milestone Corporation
Rilo Kiley
Elliott Smith
Bloc Party
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
“Simple web design looks great on iPhones. I’m on this kick where the future of...”
– Jakob Lodwick
“There’s a simple rule of thumb: Every ten minutes of commuting results in ten...”
– Robert Putnam, from a New Yorker article on the negative impact commuting has on people’s social lives
Last.fm Tumblr Weekly Top Artists
If you’d like to highlight your music interests from Last.fm on your Tumblr page but don’t want to inundate friends with posts for each track, check out this simple tool I made called Last.fm Tumblr. Instead of generating a post for every individual track you listen to, this feed updates once a week with a list of your top 5 artists from the prior week. Less noise, same effect. See...
“No matter how great your idea is, no matter how perfect its execution, if you...”
– Amit Gupta via Behance :: Articles :: Amit Gupta: Relentless Interaction
Create Your Own Wired Cover - Powered by Xerox →
i just found this while searching the interwebs for somthing else. I have no idea when they launched this campaign. But being obsessed with customization I think this a cool idea, but a tad annoyed i didnt find it sooner
Highlights from the Pew Internet : Teen Social...
Just read through the Pew Internet Report on Teens and Social Media: The use of social media gains a greater foothold in teen life as they embrace the conversational nature of interactive online media. You can give it a read if you like here. via Darren Tidbits that i found helpful: Nearly two-thirds of online teens are content creators. (Content Creators are online teens who have created or...
“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly...”
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859) via The Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler
“You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they...”
– jim rohn via affremble ———- will be using this quote this weekend as a reminder to go through my tumblr,twitter,rss feeds and do some purging. thanks for the reblog anthony
“If you want to see the new world, you have to live it.”
– A VC: Thoughts on 2007 from 2008