December 2010
Top Concerts I Attended in 2010
1. Arcade Fire @ Madison Square Garden
MIND BLOWING. The visuals and sound were HUGE.
2. Weezer @ Roseland Ballroom
1st time seeing them & they played the entire Blue Album. It was glorious!
3. The Whitest Boy Alive @ Bowery Ballroom
Their first US show and it was awesome
4. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Governors Island + WH
Saw them back to back. Both fun but different.
5....
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Albums I've Enjoyed in 2010
The Black Keys - Brothers
Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
The Roots - How I Got Over
Local Natives - Gorrila Manor
The Morning Benders - Big Echo
LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
Yeasayer - Odd Blood
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Record Collection
The Drums - The Drums & Summertime EP
The Soft...
If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not...
– Steve Jobs to Playboy in 1985. Dude. I totally relate. Don’t you? via glenda
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THE BEST EXPLANATION OF TUMBLR by Nic Rad →
Short Story: It’s a semi public dream.
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My daughter made an amazing jump in the pool the other day. I said,...
– Mary-Louise Parker
You can see it on the Internet now. New society demands that people share their...
– Ferran Adria - El Bulli Chef
Fools ignore complexity; pragmatists suffer it; experts avoid it; geniuses...
– Alan Perlis
What feeds do you consume?
In preparation for the new year, I unsubscribed from all feeds in google reader.
I want to start from scratch.
who should I follow?
never make users do work that machines can easily do
– Rocky Agrawal
Why haven’t list features on Facebook and/or Twitter caught on? - Quora
Because they are manual and require people to do work. People hate to do work, especially when it’s upfront work for some possible future benefit.
To use a not too far off example: consider the success of Mint....
The secret to a successful life is hardly a secret; it requires you to be...
– Kevin Smith via Kottke
I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And...
– Ricky Gervais
via what i learned today
As people, we are made up of the sum total of all the experiences in our lives...
– Archive Fever by Matt Ogle via fascinated
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You have to learn how to lead yourself first before you can lead others.
– Marc Cenedella
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There’s what you say and there’s what people hear, and the gap between those two...
– Marc Cenedella
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Leadership is about doing the possible, not sitting around and waiting for the...
– Michael Bloomberg (via davemorin)
Don’t worry about competitors. Focus on product. Early startups die from...
– Brian Chesky
via @mikekarnj