November 2009
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We’re living in a stylistic tropics. There’s a whole generation of people able...
– Brian Eno, “The death of uncool” (via somethingchanged)
I love and hate this… mostly, I think I hate it.
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What If Steve Jobs Hadn’t Returned To Apple In... →
… It wasn’t long before he took the CEO job and started a more than decade-long run of hit products that have disrupted the computer, music, television, movie and telecommunication industries…
Definitely worth a read. Imagine where we would be today without Steve Jobs or Apple Inc.? Where computers, communication devices, the web, film, music, and photography - not just for end users...
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I remember you driving to my house
in the middle of the night
I’m the...
– Just sayin.
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So you have invented Twitter. Congratulations.... →
via John Gruber
If you do any sort of freelance work, design work, or just have a dickhead for a boss, this will be the best thing you read all day. Doing spec work, or worse, devaluing your work for a client is the fastest way to lose motivation and to hate what you do for a living. Design is service-based, but most people see no value in the service and little in the result - because their...
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Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff’s head and said flatly, “This...
– How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music PopMatters (via somethingchanged)
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Can't they just make electrolyte flavored...
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I find it hard to believe that you don't know the...
- the velvet underground
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How the 'fame motive' makes you want to be a star →
…Still, the rise of Internet portals on which people can become minor celebrities are partly driven by the need to create and maintain relationship… Many people whose primary motivation in life is fame are met with much disappointment because they always want more, and few can be recognized as widely as they want.
“It ends up being kind of a damaged life if you seek to be famous...
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