February 2012
The Best Comic Ever →
This is actually my favourite thing Brian Lee O’Malley has released commercially. It’s about as close to perfect as a GN could be.
fulton’s chinatown uncut →
nice.
January 2012
Random thought.
I always wonder why companies don’t insist that former employees update their SM accounts to say they’ve left.
So often, I see someone who has moved on, or even been let go, still claiming on FB, Twitter, LinkedIn etc, that they still currently work somewhere.
This always confuses me.
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Big Changes.
attentionindustry:
2 years ago, I took a big risk. I left a job I’d only started 6 months before, because a friend was willing to take a bit of a chance on me, and hire me to work with him to build the digital team at an agency best known for print, direct mail, and in-store work.
Needless to say, it paid off. The last 2 years have been an amazing learning experience, and I’ll spend the rest...
My favourite thing on the internet
Is the way The Awl refers to Britain as ‘Knifecrime Island”
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“I’m rolling seven digits deep!”
– Actual quote from Stephen Colbert’s report to the Federal Election Commission after his SuperPAC raised over $1,000,000.
(via NPR News)
Sacha Baron Cohen has NOTHING on Colbert when it comes to pointing out that the joke is society.
“Forever underrated, so now I’m Nicholas Cage-ing it // Doing all about anything...”
– Asher Roth kills me sometimes.
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"We should be ashamed; what we did to Black Kids... →
The Lana Del Rey backlash backlash is more fun than the initial LDR backlash.
Listening to Video Games is still more fun than any of the freaking out about collagen or stage names.
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A thing to understand.
There was one day, years ago. I don’t even remember the name of the person I was talking to, but I remember the conversation.
She was hurting. We’d never met face to face, but she was dating a friend. At that point, in university, I spent a dozen hours a day in front of a computer. So I was usually pretty available.
A friend of hers had committed suicide.
And this girl, this deeply...
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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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WatchKavinsky - Nightcall (Drive Intro)
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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.