July 2010
33 posts
“No generation has ever had as much of what it needs to change the world so...”
– Making A Big Fat Bet on this Generation | Social Entrepreneurship | Change.org
Jul 30th
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“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing...”
– Charles Bukowski (via @jonnybint)
Jul 29th
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The Homeless Triangle - Help Fund This Story
Imagine leaving a cell after two years - with only $200 to your name. From that $200 you must first buy a bus pass and some clothes. Imagine that you also happen to have diabetes, severe mental illness, or profound intellectual impairment. You stand there, looking at the bills in your hand. If you had no home, no friends, and no social support of any kind - where would you go? How will you afford...
Jul 28th
“Most people I know have problems with Internet addiction. We’re all trying to...”
– The Acceleration of Addictiveness -Paul Graham (via neekolas)
Jul 27th
Jul 27th
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“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (Choke) (via kari-shma) (via quote-book) (via jessperation, kari-shma)
Jul 27th
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“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s...”
– Susan Sontag (via jessperation)
Jul 27th
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so you want to be a writer? →
jessperation:… by Charles Bukowski if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter …
Jul 27th
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What I Did When I Couldn't Find a Job →
azspot: It was a bit of a shock, losing all expectations. For years—all my life, really—parents, teachers, and guidance counselors had told me that if I went to a good college and did well, I would be able to find a job after graduation that would, with a little ladder-climbing, keep me comfortable and financially secure. After I graduated in May 2009, in political science, I moved back home to...
Jul 26th
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Reframing health as more than healthcare.
idlaurenn: “A collaborative co-care model is starting to evolve for healthcare delivery…the patient’s role may become one of active participant, information sharer, peer leader, and self-tracker, while the physician’s role may become one of care consultant, co-creator, and health co-ordinator.” Patients become the designers. (See the slideshow)
Jul 22nd
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“Turning the other cheek turns out to have selfish advantages. Someone who does...”
– The Top Idea in Your Mind
Jul 22nd
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“I’ve found there are two types of thoughts especially worth...”
– The Top Idea in Your Mind
Jul 22nd
“I would like to beg of you, dear friend, as well as I can, to have patience with...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet. (via dihard)
Jul 21st
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WatchWatch
Chris Sacca: “How International Travel informs Entreprenuership” “Silicon Valley is a way of thinking about business: it’s a way of focusing on end users and their problems; it’s a way of hiring smart people, paying them relatively little, but giving them equity in the company; it’s a way of sharing information with the people that you work with, flat transparent...
Jul 21st
“…many Iranians by nature are not particularly religious, in the sense of...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
““The stories of Rostam are their myths,” he said. “This is how the Iranians see...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
“…the Cyrus Cylinder—perhaps Iran’s most exalted artifact—housed at the...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
“The legacy from antiquity that has always seemed to loom large in the national...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
“They like to say, for instance, that when invaders came to Iran, the Iranians...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
“But I was a guest in Iran, and in Iran a guest is accorded the highest status,...”
– National Geographic Magazine - NGM.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 19th
Why Old Spice matters « Snarkmarket →
So the Old Spice campaign was funny, surprising, and perfectly-calibrated. These would be reasons enough to like it. But I’m not going to let you stop there. Here’s how I think the campaign establishes an important new precedent—not for online advertising, but for online story telling across the board. …
Jul 15th
“Friendships worthy of the name are different. Their rhythm lies not in what they...”
– Friendship in an Age of Economics - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
Jul 14th
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Jul 9th
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A Hole in the World →
unburyingthelead: If Katrina pulled back the curtain on racism, the BP disaster pulls back the curtain on something far more hidden: how little control even the most ingenious among us have over the awesome, intricately interconnected natural forces with which we so casually meddle. BP cannot plug the hole in the Earth that it made. Obama cannot order brown pelicans not to go extinct (no...
Jul 9th
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Facebook's Getting Serious about Local →
Jul 9th
“…a sign that hangs in the Vermont mill where all of the company’s socks continue...”
– How I Saved My Company: Darn Tough Vermont - You’re the Boss Blog - NYTimes.com Sawickipedia says: Great story of how an American textile - yes textile - manufacturer saved itself and 110 textile manufacturing jobs by creating a “super premium” product and brand.  I wish more businesses were run...
Jul 8th
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“No one in their right mind would have wished for another Great Depression, of...”
– Robert Reich: Slouching Toward a Double Dip or a Lousy Recovery at Best  (via marco)
Jul 7th
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Jul 7th
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Every couple of days someone posts an amazing... →
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Jul 7th
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the...”
– Thoreau, Walden (via newspeedwayboogie)
Jul 7th
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“The most dangerous way to lose time is not to spend it having fun, but to spend...”
– Paul Graham How to Lose Time and Money via hiten (via msg) (via heyamberrae)
Jul 7th
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“The final thing I’d say about optimism is this. If we took the loopiest, most...”
– Clay Shirky: ‘Paywall will underperform – the numbers don’t add up’ | Technology | The Guardian (via thewavingcat) (via rafer) (via thegongshow) (via bijan)
Jul 5th
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Jul 2nd
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June 2010
28 posts
“One of the most interesting analyses on the ways in which our decisions kill us...”
– Dan Ariely » Save your own life « If the medical profession is to remain relevant to the health of our country in the next century, we must become experts in changing people’s behavior. (via jayparkinsonmd)
Jun 29th
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“We may be able to undercut some of the world’s most brutal militias simply by...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Death by Gadget in Congo - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
Jun 28th
“This is what complicates the mission to find a mission. On the one hand, to...”
– Study Hacks » Blog Archive » In Search of Purpose: Esther Duflo and the Pre-Conditions for Finding Your Life’s Mission (via Instapaper)
Jun 28th
“Your task is not to seek love, but to seek and find all the barriers within...”
– Rumi (via kareem)
Jun 28th
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“It takes extraordinary wisdom & self control to accept that many things have...”
– Nassim N Taleb
Jun 26th
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“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
– Mahatma Gandhi (via coffeeanddreams) (via kareem)
Jun 26th
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Jun 25th
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“When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve...”
– Bruce Mau Design’s Incomplete Manifesto for Growth (via Norheim Design)
Jun 25th
BP Builds Island to Dodge Offshore Ban; Borrows... →
mikehudack: boutofcontext: To get around a ban on offshore drilling, BP made a new island off Alaska’s coast, under which it will drill slantwise. Per another piece in that issue of Rolling Stone:  BP’s plan — which uses an unproven approach to extracting undersea oil — is not covered by the six-month moratorium on offshore drilling. This fall, the company plans to begin drilling for oil...
Jun 24th
33 notes
WatchWatch
jayparkinsonmd: newsweek: sarahfrank: If you only watch ONE Michael Jackson death anniversary video, you’re gonna want to make it this one. This teacher inspires me to no end. Just imagine the impact he’s making on those kids lives.
Jun 24th
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Jun 24th
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“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those...”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt (via underpaidgenius)
Jun 23rd
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“If I had my life to live over, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d...”
– Nadine Stair (via raindropsonredroses) (via postitsonyourfridge) (via underpaidgenius)
Jun 21st
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“…these days, a consumer-facing web service cannot be successful without...”
– Brad Burnham, Union Square Ventures Andrew Parker - The Gong Show: Web Services with a Social Mission
Jun 18th
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“Because attention is the new scarcity, it’s more important than ever that...”
– Andrew Parker - The Gong Show: Web Services with a Social Mission
Jun 18th
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Desiderata  Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.  Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with...
Jun 18th
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“The most successful companies treat success as a byproduct of achieving their...”
– Work on Stuff that Matters: First Principles - O’Reilly Radar (via Instapaper)
Jun 17th
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