May 2008
40 posts
“Advertising is a tax for having an unremarkable product.”
– Robert Stephens (via jackieheartsb)
“We have reached an age when this stuff is technologically boring enough to be...”
– Social commentator and Internet theorist Clay Shirky, who just gave an interesting talk on group mind and the perils and wonders of the Web, promoting his new book. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. This quote refers to a women’s mag site, which have attracted a...
“The Internet is not a separate place a person can go to from the real world. The...”
– Modern Love - Instant Message, Instant Girlfriend - Series - NYTimes.com (via herkamer) (via peterwknox)
“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish...”
– Anais Nin Quote (via jeralyndwile) (via bellavita)
slightlywarped.com's Curiosities →
“Any piece of software reflects the organizational structure that produced it.”
– Conway’s Law. (via cubicle17)
“All persons, living and dead, are purely coincidental.”
– Vonnegut
“By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it....”
– Franz Kafka Quotes (via bluechameleon)
Real vs. Fake →
New York Times: Time Machine - 100 Years Ago Today →
interface is really well thought-out, too…
sponge-ing: Be sure to read the article about wives balking at overalls.
“There’s a level of insanity to all of this. We’re marching to hell in a...”
– Lewis Black on Bible thumpers [A.V. Club] (via peterwknox)
Webreakstuff » Free doesn’t mean Fail →
“Yes, there are opportunities to profit by evil - from misery. But there are now...”
– Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab (via bijan)
“Where you put your time and attention says a lot about who you are. It says a...”
– Merlin Mann (via simko)
Watchpeterwknox:
sahil: A really short TED talk. Secrets of success in 8 words, 3 minutes.
“You’ll never untangle the circumstances that brought you to this moment.”
– Leonard Cohen (via hereharehere)
101 Tips For Living
johncarney:
* You should never have to match your socks, other than to separate black from white; buy 18 pairs of identical socks in each color and throw them all out every six months. * Pants with pleats get cuffs; pants without, do not. * Avoid large faced watches if you have thin wrists. * Sunglasses may only be worn indoors after 1 a.m. * Carry around those small bottles of hand...
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit.”
– Socrates (via hydeordie)
“Half of all new college graduates now believe that self-employment is more...”
– The Next American Frontier - WSJ.com (via zachklein) Read the article. Very interesting. We are THE ENTREPRENEURIAL GENERATION. (via emilydee) The shift is now, with us. My friends are doing this. (via peterwknox)
Inter-Sections » Blog Archive » Perfection does... →
“Truly strange people don’t know they’re strange. If you actually describe...”
– A girl sent this to me after i met her at a party! (reddit) (via necrodome)
Watchfat: This is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long time. (via sean)
NewsCred Blog » Blog Archive » Finding 100 Happy... →
Radar Wins People's Voice Award at the 12th Annual... →
joshuakaufman: Booya!
The Facebook Effect - Harvard Business Online's... →
Checkmate: Grand Master vs. The Crowd →
“Los Angeles makes the rest of California seem authentic.”
– Jonathan Culler (via simko)
“I use the library like a pirate uses a bar wench after six years at sea.”
– Carolyn, who now has 136 books checked out. (via squashed)
“The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of...”
– Top Ten - Top 10 Arthur C. Clarke Quotes - Top 10 - 2001: A Space Odyssey Quotes
