i'm jon crowley: Archive

Oct 30th

Amazing

davefleet: As David Akermanis says, “If I really had to pick an animal I’d be this guy.” Auto-akermanis reblog.

Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

Watch

OSL’s interactive team are pumpkin carving gods. Where’s your monster truck?

Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

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A large part of what I do is think.

This is problematic, because I’m not the kind of person who can decide to think something insightful and impactful about a subject between 11:15 and 11:45pm, on Tuesday. I need to throw related information at an idea, research, digest, make notes, discuss, scribble, and then think. I can pass the research to others, sure. Or even the production of the finished deck or document, when...

Oct 28th

I'm sorry Toronto, but I'm saying it once.

I’ve been hearing for a couple days now, that Toronto’s suburbs are filled with morons, and that is why Rob Ford is now the Mayor-Elect. Say what you will about the man and his policies (I disagree with everything about him and his platform) but don’t insult his supporters. Because, frankly, they’re smarter than the opposition, and they’ve proven it. People who...

Oct 28th

Oct 26th

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24) →

Das Racist (70) Gorillaz (38) Fall Out Boy (25) Kanye West (22) Blur (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Oct 26th

Facebook vs Google.

attentionindustry: Facebook is betting everything on the marketing / advertising value of your projected persona, your own assessment of who you are, what you like, and how you classify yourself in front of your social circle. Google is betting everything on your actions as an indicator of your intention and identity. Dissecting you via the totality of your emails, searches, YouTube views, RSS...

Oct 26th

“The concept of social identity seems to address the fascination of Tumblr that’s...”

– Tumblr: Showing, Telling, Watching | Mediaite (via somethingchanged)

Oct 22nd

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Oct 20th

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Ambient noise affects food taste →

Oct 19th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-17) →

Das Racist (25) The Maccabees (19) M.I.A. (13) Lil Wayne (12) Frightened Rabbit (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Oct 19th

I both love and hate that TeuxDeux automatically migrates my to do list items to the next day if they aren’t completed. It makes the half of my list that went unfinished today even more depressing.

Oct 19th

Need to work on more than a few things. Apparently I’m dour lately.

Oct 18th

Hands in pockets; days that are a little bit cold are a welcome reminder to cherish the warmth.

Oct 16th

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Oct 15th

small thinking →

Oct 15th

Oct 14th

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Oct 14th

Oct 13th

DeNA to Buy Ngmoco →

Oct 13th

Oct 12th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-10) →

A Tribe Called Quest (69) Example (36) Jimmy Eat World (34) Carl Barat (18) J Dilla (17) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Oct 12th

The last evening before work starts again is always a reminder that there could have, should have been more. Can’t stop won’t stop.

Oct 12th

“Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”

– Eric Schmidt (via mediahascookies) Google: totally willing to walk the creepy line.

Oct 11th

“There’s nothing to do in this town, is there?”

– Me, lamenting suburbia.

Oct 11th

On Jon Crowley

There are “I’m Jon Crowley” days, and “I’m just Jon Crowley” days. It’s an important distinction.

Oct 11th

Things I Still Don't Do, Despite Knowing Better

Travel Save enough / more Eat well Tell white lies to friends / acquaintances Wait for people to explain things I already understand

Oct 10th

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Note to self:

Must change tagline of this blog to “sin at it’s finest.”

Oct 10th

Oct 9th

untitled fiction scrap.

That you make decisions is often as important as the decisions you make. Not in a zen way, more that we care as much about being the type of person that cares about something, as we do about the conclusions of that. Having style, for example, matters more than what type of style you have. Owning a nice sweater means that you are both well dressed that day, and that you are the type of person who...

Oct 9th

Oct 8th

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Effort has no intrinsic relation to Result.

One thing I’ve noticed as a younger person in business is the assumption younger people are going to be okay with wasting their time. I’m all for giving and being given autonomy, but I’m also aware that when told to just figure something out on my own, without a framework or parameters, there’s a 50 - 75% chance (depending on many factors) that what I come up with will end...

Oct 8th