August 2010
Behaviour Guide by Jean Touitou
(In order to avoid mere survival) Intended for younger generations
1. Although appearance shows quite the reverse, the natural trend of the system is to turn you into a slave. Your mission is to remain erect, and never crawl.
2. When learning, you must know how to make the clear distinction between what is ideology and what is genuine knowledge.
3. Be fully aware of the difference there is...
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“I’ve decided not to publish any more books in the traditional way. 12 for 12 and...”
– New York Times Bestseller Seth Godin to No Longer Publish Books Traditionally - mediabistro.com: GalleyCat
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“You can probably take it as a rule of thumb from now on that if people don’t...”
– Paul Graham via harvesthq
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“Creators who consume lots of media as ‘research’ and...”
– Ronen V
WatchMatthew Dear - MDBC Totem from Ghostly International on Vimeo. A short piece on how the limited edition art pieces for the new Matthew Dear album Black City were made by artisan sculptors. Designed by Boym Partners, the MDBC Totem were cast in bonded aluminum with a hand-finished gun metal patina.
Each totem is inscribed with a short code that allows the owner to access/download the album from...
“Echoing other researchers, Mr. Strayer says that understanding how attention...”
– Your Brain on Computers - Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity - NYTimes.com (via tedr)
WatchJonah Perreti’s Five Rules For How to Make Things Viral
Create media for the Bored At Work Network: There are hundreds of millions of people around the world bored at work sitting in front of their computers connected to high speed networks. This network is bigger than any traditional media network like CNN or ABC. Create something they will want to pass around.
Practice The Mullet...
The Gong Show: Optimism and Pessimism in VC →
After four years in VC, I’ve met a bunch of investors that are optimists and a bunch that are pessimists by nature. At the risk of over-generalizing here, I’d say that optimism is an essential quality for a VC. Every deal will always have some hair on it on, and you’ll always find more hair the harder you look. To make an investment you have to be able to look at the deal as a whole, embrace...
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“Innovators are followed by imitators followed by idiots.”
– Warren Buffett
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Wonder what he thinks of rebloggers
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“There was 5 exabytes of information created between the dawn of civilization...”
– Google, Privacy and the New Explosion of Data - Techonomy
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“Before if you were making a product, the right business strategy was to put 70%...”
– Jeff Bezos (via brycedotvc)