November 2011
October 2011
Random realisations.
I’m pretty sure that Steve Jobs was better at dying than I am at living.
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“Scrawled on a wallboard inside the OCE is the motto 7x24xforever. Even in the...”
– I like lofty goals. From Fast Company’s look at Visa’s Security Center
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mviva replied to your post: i’m uninspired right now.
Take up smoking. Problem solved.
Not sure if that would do it for me, to be honest.
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i'm uninspired right now.
so much so, that my current mission is to get inspired again, immediately, by pretty much anything.
TO THE INTERNETS!
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Women who inspire: Rachel Sterne →
ragsnpieces:
Wow.
Rachel Sterne packs a punch. With an awesome gig as NYC’s chief digital officer, Sterne is changing the way New Yorkers live and receive information.
Managing her own start-up, she obviously learned a lot about about citizen -generated media and the importance and immediacy that happens around that. This probably gives her a great foundation for the job she has now working...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Modest Mouse (29)
J. Cole (28)
Fall Out Boy (27)
Patrick Stump (21)
M83 (18)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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“It’s very hard to grow, because it’s difficult to let go of the models of...”
– Ram Dass (via spiritd3sire)
This is hugely important to me. You have to be willing to let go of who you were in the past. Often that means letting go of the lifestyle and people and places that defined who you were. I’m not saying you should leave things you love. I’m saying you should...
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attention industry: internet privilege. →
attentionindustry:
[I’m always uncomfortable writing about privilege as a concept, in large part because I’m a straight, middle class male, and therefore likely have a blind spot to some of the role privilege plays in my own life. But, I do feel that this needs to be said.]
I’ve been getting angry as I listen to…
My advice to anyone, anywhere, who does anything: hang out with more...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16) →
J. Cole (83)
Big Sean (30)
The Throne (25)
Kanye West (19)
Beastie Boys (19)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Random thought.
I feel like Lupe Fiasco has managed to pull off what Talib Kweli has been working towards his entire career.
Smart, political, incisive hip hop, that people love for reasons beyond the message.
And I’m saying this as someone who LOVES Talib Kweli.
But there are things you listen to when you want a message. And things with a message you listen to, when you want to nod your head to the...
Serious Bidness
Is it acceptable to just post quoted hip hop lyrics all day?
And if not…
Who gon’ stop me, huh?
Laurie Penny on #OWS →
This journalist is the latest thing I owe Warren Ellis for introducing me to. I should mail that man a bottle of whiskey.
Aivzdog Awesome →
“In a game fulla liars, it turns out that I’m the truth.”
– J. Cole
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
J. Cole (87)
Arctic Monkeys (24)
The Throne (14)
Lights (12)
Amon Tobin (10)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Matt Taibbi’s Advice to the Occupy Wall Street... →
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“Atheist are routinely asked how people will know not to rape and murder without...”
– 10 Myths Many Religious People Hold About Atheists, Debunked (via sourdoughislife)
This could not be more true.
Why People Don't Vote.
I’ve read a few dozen tweets discussing how shameful it is that only 45% of eligible Ontarians voted in the most recent provincial election. It’s not shameful, so much as it is completely understandable.
Here are my guesses as to the top 5 reasons people didn’t vote:
It’s unnecessarily difficult to vote: the fact that people need to travel to a specific location on a set...
TL;DR for my last post
Teen Titans 4 Lyfe.
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Sidekick Theory
Most people who know me, know I have a lot of respect for Batman, as a character, as a design, as an iconic brand. Part of that respect is expressed through reading a truly baffling number of Batman comics. Like, hundreds. Possibly even a thousand, if you include Bat-family spinoff series like Robin, Batgirl, Nightwing, Birds of Prey, etc.
The point is, I know my Batman mythology. I can explain...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-2) →
J. Cole (189)
The Smiths (15)
Gorillaz (4)
Bush (4)
Oddisee (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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the Jon Crowley guide to flirting.
You only need to know three things about talking to the opposite sex.
Branch outwards when it comes to topics. Don’t talk all about yourself. Also, don’t talk all about the other person, despite conventional wisdom. Talk about what each of you thinks, what you like, why you like it, etc. You don’t learn most of the stuff about someone that matters by asking direct questions...