January 2012
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“it’s not interesting to men to group together a bunch of related images....”
– Angus, on why dudes don’t generally ‘get’ pinterest.
THE FUTURE IS… →
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attention industry: Protest, Fixed. →
attentionindustry:
I spend a significant amount of my time in university feeling like protest, as a concept, was severely broken. To the point where I blogged about it a few times, completed a project under the name ‘ground war’ for a communication theory seminar, and basically attended a few protests in…
Serious Jon is serious.
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“Those who count on quote ‘Hollywood’ for support need to understand that this...”
– MPAA head (and former U.S. Senator) Chris Dodd speaking to Fox News (as noted by Hillicon Valley).
I mean, he actually said this.
In one soundbite, he’s both threatening any and all U.S. politicians and implying that they’re corruptible. It’s a statement that so egregious, it’s hard to think of...
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“I want them to remember that lawmakers and lobbyists who don’t understand the...”
– Erik Martin, reddit general manager, telling us what he thinks you should take away from today’s Internet blackouts. (via newsweek)
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“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
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I'm glad people talk to me.
That little bit of objectivity makes me a happier, smarter person.
Thanks, friends.
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“A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you and uses it to come to a...”
– Alain de Botton on false standards and reclaiming the metrics of success. (via curiositycounts)
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The saga continues.
I keep learning there’s no such thing as enough.
I’m going to have to start getting more comfortable with letting people down, once in a while.
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Bad methods of dealing with drama.
I’ve basically noticed two categories of unproductive ways of dealing with drama.
Option one is being too nice, and essentially bending over backwards to avoid conflict. Often, those who take this approach end up angry, feeling taken advantage of.
Option two is cutting people who create or invite drama out of your life entirely. This is basically salting the earth, and can work, but will...
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Try to remember...
That existential malaise is reserved for people who aren’t consumed by a desperate struggle for the minimum necessities of sustaining life.
So, in a way, every time I’ve been lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, wondering which of the decisions I’ve made is responsible for whatever non-life-threatening and yet somehow life-ruining problem I’m grappling with?
I’ve...
How many times am I going to see this Missing E...
You’ve moved from scare tactics to irritation.
Congratulations. You’re actively discouraging me from using my favourite platform online.
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Regarding the World Juniors
Something can only hurt to watch if it made you hope beforehand, assuming it wasn’t a scene of unspeakable acts.
So thanks to Canada’s WJHC team for 2011/12. You made before believe, when I saw you fighting hard in the 3rd.
I’m going to focus on that.
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The Ultimate Pet Peeve
[warning: i’m being kinda bitchy, here.]
It takes mutual agreement for a social relationship to be ‘close’.
The fact that every so often, someone doesn’t understand that, is the most frustrating thing about interacting with otherwise tolerable people.
You cannot decide that we are now ‘close friends’ if I do not consider you as such. I’m sorry. It might...
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Apple: time to make a conflict-free iPhone | Delly... →
This is exactly what Apple should be doing right now. They have the market share, the profit, and the influence to make this change, regardless if there’s an impact on consumer price, or just on Apples profit. Tim Cook has already shown that he doesn’t have the relative blindspot that Jobs did, when it comes to corporate charitable initiatives. This is the kind of leadership, good will...
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“How has no one made a porn parody of ‘The Wire’ with the title...”
– Things I think about while on the internet.
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On the importance of theory.
I fairly regularly hear people dismiss theory, especially in relation to business. The argument is essentially that unless the output is tangible, effort is wasted.
Theory is the bedrock on which strategy is built. Many will disagree with me and say that data, or experience is the key, but I don’t buy it.
Data, without analysis, judgement, and interpretation, is just information.
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Just got the Missing e message.
Tumblr seems really, really focused on discouraging it’s dev community.
I have to assume that there have been a large volume of issues created by missing e, but I haven’t seen any pop up on in my dashboard… which makes me think that a little more transparency (such as, disclosing the number of complaints, or increased server load, or SOMETHING quantifiable that makes Missing e...
December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
The Roots (16)
Big Sean (16)
Drake (14)
Modest Mouse (12)
Fall Out Boy (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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