November 2010
Don’t let people tell you your ideas won’t work. I also went through a few years...
– Dennis Crowley via What are your top 5 pieces of advice for entrepreneurs? - Quora (via bijan)
Make the coffee, check the RSS, groom the avatar, freshen the blog, make nice...
– SXSW 2011 PanelPicker - I’m So Productive, I Never Get Anything Done
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.
– Mahatma Gandhi (via lifethrewmelemons)
Vitamin C (by Mike Long)
I hope to run into this guy for high five delivery next time I go out for groceries.
Systrom revealed that he and co-founder Mike Krieger actually put in about a...
– A Pivotal Pivot (via Instapaper)
The final track on the album, “The Overload,” was Talking Heads’ attempt to...
– Remain in Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via Instapaper)
Now that’s a fucking record [laughs]. Disintegration is my favourite record of...
– :: thumped.com :: Ben Frost Interview - Sacred And Profane | Headline (via Instapaper)
I am often attracted to things for simple, aesthetic reasons, I am the kind of...
– :: thumped.com :: Ben Frost Interview - Sacred And Profane | Headline (via Instapaper)
this contradicts the popular (and deeply unfair) cultural stereotype of obesity,...
– Why Making Dinner Is a Good Idea | Wired Science | Wired.com (via Instapaper)
After a week visiting every corner, I realized I had not seen a single woman...
– Istanbul: City of the Future — National Geographic Traveler (via Instapaper)
angst and sadness promote “information-processing strategies best suited to...
– Feeling Sad Makes Us More Creative | Wired Science | Wired.com (via Instapaper)
Facebook is amazing because it feels like you’re doing something and you’re not...
– Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com (via Instapaper)
mer-et-soleil:
Why is it so difficult for so many people to listen? Why do they start talking when there is something to hear? Do they have their ears not on the sides of their heads but situated inside their mouths so when they hear something their first impulse is to start talking?
John Cage.
Only American audiences ask me, “What should I do?” I’m never asked this in...
– Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions, p. 39-40 (via afghanipoppy)
Be your own best friend. Never, ever put yourself down.
– Paulo Coelho (via vita-detestabilis)
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always...
– Una Bella Vita A Beautiful Life (via ethanbodnar)
“If you are active, it will lead to something, something you can work with.” - @workisnotajob
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AKA “Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” - Picasso
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