September 2009
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“design and management share the same core process.
the process of...”
– Srikanth (via sreikanth)
August 2009
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“I’d rather see Barack Obama go down fighting for vigorous strong principled...”
– Bill Moyers (via azspot)
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Sony's 3G capable e-reader goes head to head with... →
With this new Reader, Sony’s unashamedly gunning after the Kindle—the 3G and superior touchscreen tech point to this, and its use of the open-source EPub format is an attempt to stop Amazon from completely establishing itself as a monopoly provider for e-books in a proprietary format in the U.S. The one decider for all this is the price of the gizmo. Sony’s smaller non-3G...
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This is the first time I’ve run into Pandora’s 40hr per month limit. Now I have the option of paying $0.99 and listening as much as I want for the rest of the month — or paying $36 for unlimited (ad free) listening with higher quality audio. … Or I could just wait until next month and 40 more hours.
For now I’m giving Last.fm a try.
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6 Possible Swine Flu Cases Reported by Auburn... →
Another reason why I don’t play beer pong.
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WatchMary Lou Jepsen on One Laptop Per Child via Inhabitat
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WatchAmory Lovins lays out his simple plan for weaning the US off oil and revitalizing the economy @ TED
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Will the Internet Create a Universal Writing... →
ledgergermane:
Pictographic and logographic signs at airports and beside highways are a limited language of universal communication, which belongs to proto-writing, not full writing. Mathematics, too, is a universal language, but it is no use for most purposes of written communication. Painting and music communicate powerfully across cultures, but their meaning is diffuse and ambiguous. To...
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Earlier today I got a much needed haircut. I hadn’t had one in almost six months and decided to go to a place I’d been to a few times before. I made the usual small talk — and I was half playing attention as the woman cutting my hair went on about her last vacation. My ears perked up when she said that they had an election during her stay. “The guy that won was a member of...
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Debate in Germany: Research or Manufacturing? →
On a recent morning, Mr. Drescher, 43, clicked through a series of PowerPoint slides for Mr. Jurk, the economy minister. “Knowledge beats production,” screamed one slide, while another drove the point home to the man who sometimes steers tax money toward local companies: “Saxony has to invest in development, less in production.”
via @nytimes
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“Life must be understood backwards; but… it must be lived forward.”
– Soren Kierkegaard. (via nihilnoetia)
Less than one week of summer left. What will next semester bring?
“Charity is commendable; everyone should be charitable. But justice aims to...”
– Bill Moyers (via frecklesmakemestrong) (via transparentcommunity)
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Banks make $38 billion this year from overdraft... →
(via transparentcommunity)
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“There comes a point when the public imbibes the ultimatum of the plutocracy....”
– Ralph Nader (via azspot)
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The Little But Really Useful Guide to Creativity... →
via bridgettelizabeth:nihilnoetia:delacroix:
Play.
Don’t consume and create at the same time — separate the processes.
Shut out the outside world.
Reflect on your life and work daily.
Look for inspiration all around you, in the smallest places.
Start small.
Just get it out, no matter how crappy that first draft.
Don’t try for perfect. Just get it out there, asap, and get feedback.
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“I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled...”
– Florence Nightingale (via nihilnoetia) (via bridgettelizabeth)
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“THE human side of the recession, in the new media genre that’s been called...”
– BARBARA EHRENREICH, Too Poor to Make the News
via tryingtofollow
