Month: March 2013
March 9, 2013
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My mother (b. 1921) has my Twitter feed bookmarked. I fear I’ll be grounded shortly.
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Book Review: Schulz on Jim Holt’s Why Does the World Exist? — Vulture
Photo: NASA Let’s take stock of the universe, shall we? From my immediate perspective, there is — well, me, of course. Also: laptop, ear buds, Arcade Fire, coffee. As it happens, I’m on an airplane, so: wing, lift, engine, window, clouds. Below that … where to start? Tides, deserts, Damascus,…
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Lunch with my mom. I like Joey’s. (@ JOEY Don Mills)
http://4sq.com/WT1Bno
March 8, 2013
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Greg Ousley Is Sorry for Killing His Parents. Is That Enough? – NYTimes.com
Greg Ousley, who is serving a 60-year sentence for murdering his parents at age 14. Ethan Levitas for The New York Times For 19 years, Greg Ousley has sought to make sense of the event that has haunted and dictated his life, but the answer, if such a simple thing exists, has remained forever beyond…
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That last tweet was a condensed version of the opening of David Foster Wallace’s Kenyon commencement speech:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/sep/20/fiction
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2 Young Fish swim by Old Fish…
OF: “How’s the water boys?”
Young fish ignore him, swim by.
YF1 to YF2: “What the hell is water?”
March 7, 2013
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How Microsoft Will Profit Off Webmail Without Reading Your Inbox | Wired Business | Wired.com
How Microsoft Will Profit Off Webmail Without Reading Your Inbox http://t.co/ZdR24jmP
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RebelMouse wisely adds custom domains as a paid option. Domains are an easy revenue model win for start-ups.
https://www.rebelmouse.com/RebelMouse/power_your_domain_with_rebelmo-119834938.html
March 6, 2013
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TILLSONBURG!
RT @ivortossell: My back still aches when I hear that word.
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Very good. RT @jaredfrancais: @kenschafer tom t hall
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I’m at a loss to give a US equivalent of Stompin’ Tom.
Maybe Hank Williams if he loved novelty songs?
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Stompin’ Tom Connors was the most Canadian Canadian ever.
G’night Tom.
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This would be “fashion-forward”, yes?
http://www.jeremyscott.com
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Bokardo – Interface Design & UX by Joshua Porter
A few obvious points about the obvious. It could be that your users are always attentive, always aware of what’s going on with you and your product or service. They are always up-to-date with what you offer, where they are in their progress with you, what account they’re logged in with, what payment…
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Go Lucy! RT @lucyschafer: ACCEPTED TO WESTERN !!!! #twooutofthree #finally
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Watched Portlandia Season 1 plus 2 episodes of Season 2. Stopped binge-watching when THEY started binge-watching Battlestar Galactica.
March 5, 2013
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The Eighties were a blast. This is 1983. pic.twitter.com/st2or0X5Om
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I think I’m going to binge-watch Portlandia.
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A Guide to Lean Product Management — giffconstable.com
In my previous post , I said that teams need to stop shipping features and focus on creating value. I promised a tactical view of how an existing organization (i.e. not a ground-floor startup) could bring about that change. I will start with a little tl:dr summary: 10 Characteristics of a Lean*…
March 4, 2013
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I like the “Head Like A Hole”/”Call Me Maybe” mash-up more than either song.
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Why “saving money” and “ROI” are probably the wrong way to sell your product by @ASmartBear
http://j.mp/SqcrBG
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This graph on the CBC site is epically bad. Epically.
http://cbc.sh/axEhL9a
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Bombshell: Koch-Funded Study Finds ‘Global Warming Is Real’, ‘On The High End’ And ‘Essentially All’ Due To Carbon Pollution | ThinkProgress
Climate change denialists fund study by climate skeptics. Result? Global warming is real, severe, and due to human CO2. http://t.co/Q1duQpvq
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Save For Later | Mozilla UX
http://j.mp/SEa0N3
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March 3, 2013
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Paris and the Data Mind – The Morning News
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Design Staff — Change aversion: why users hate what you launched (and what to do about it)
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The Self in Self-Help — New York Magazine
http://j.mp/VXGiDU
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The Millions : Chuck Berry, Neoclassicist
Torch Ballads & Jukebox Music Chuck Berry, Neoclassicist By posted at 6:00 am on July 24, 2012 Compare: I want to run, I want to hide I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside I want to reach out and touch the flame Where the streets have no name. ( U2 , âWhere the Streets Have No Nameâ)…
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Customer Pet Peeve #421:The “Premature Solve” | Ben Lucier
http://j.mp/Z7DbGW
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