October 2010
“Rahim Kaukas, the head of a Shiite district in Baghdad”
– Very nice Lithuanian surname. SPIEGEL ONLINE - Druckversion - The WikiLeaks Iraq Logs: A Protocol of Barbarity - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International (via Instapaper)
“Jon Stewart managed to do something with his Rally to Restore Sanity that hasn’t...”
– The Rally To Restore Sanity Causes a Mainstream Media Meltdown (via ronmarks)
“clutter is not a property of information; it’s a property of design. If you’ve a...”
– Visualizing Information (via opit)
WatchCaribouband - Leave House (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix) - SoundCloud
“Come on, photography is not about gear, it’s about spending time and putting...”
– Joni Karanka via Flickr: Discussing Limit as engine of creation. in HCSP (Hardcore Street Photography)
“It turns out that Groupon has lots of writers on staff. (as of September 2010...”
– Groupon and the Value of Copywriting - 52 Weeks of UX
click through to the style guide!
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Killer words. Worth printing out.
Ira Glass (via healywu)
Well that’s a relief!
(via caseydonahue)
“A Rothschild was fond of saying, “there are three ways to financial ruin:...”
– Health care and reform in … - Google Books
“The golden rule – whoever has the gold makes the rules.”
“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me,...”
– Chuck Close (via kareem)
“I got an MBA the way sailors get tattoos – before I knew any better,” said Lutz,...”
– Search Facets » Warren Buffett’s Superfluous IQ Points
“While stationed in Panjwaii, a district west of the city of Kandahar, his unit...”
– What not to do when an IED goes off. - By Christopher Beam - Slate Magazine
children games in afghanistan are so fucking metal ;]
“I don’t know how they found that girl with the pretty eyes,” says an MP. “These...”
– Slate on Afganistan (via Instapaper)
Watchtopherchris:
The Onion: General Says ‘Gays Too Precious To Risk In Combat’
I was reminded of this Onion video from February this morning.
oh, this explains it all ;]
“It’s actually a rare and precious thing to discover what it is you love to do,...”
– Jonathan Ive (via jennaaaye)
“People talk today retrospectively about googling stuff on Altavista back in...”
– Andrew Parker - The Gong Show: Owning Your Language
“The girls love a guy with a low-strung strat bashing out those power chords....”
– The Rewards For Mastery - Software People Inspiring
“Every time you write code or introduce third-party services, you are introducing...”
– Taco Bell Programming
“The corollary to this rule is good google foo won’t save you. You need that...”
– Stuart Roseman, Out with the Old business in with the New
“Forget philosophy and meaning-of-life shit. You’re too young. For now, you...”
– Hacker News | - Shiny things are nowhere as much fun after you get them as before, even if the…
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“They weren’t just competition, they bested us right out of the gate. Which...”
– The Rise and Fall of Swivel.com | eagereyes
you can run, but you can never hide from ibm ;]
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In A Mindset - Devastation p2
from album...
Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Ribbons Continue to... →
livejamie:
The 10 year survival rate for someone with breast cancer is close to 90%, and is one of the most well survived cancers. Sure, as with all cancers, early detection and prompt medical attention are key to surviving but, chances are, if you get breast cancer you’re going to survive it.
On the other hand, take liver cancer. The 10 year survival rate hovers just below 10%. Why don’t...
“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted...”
– Abba Eban (via arvidas)
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juri gagarin - wet dreams
from compilation...
“Public by default is better than public-by-surprise.”
– Twitter’s UX: Separate the hits from the geekhacks - (37signals)
“Similar current buzz-meter terms include: geo-location, geo-fencing, local...”
– Skate Where the Puck is Going | Both Sides of the Table
“But if there’s anything I’ve learned from my years in the tech world...”
– Companies Don’t Get Killed by Competition, They Commit Suicide | Zoho Blogs
“After more than two decades as his own boss, Johnson isn’t sure how much...”
– Shooting for the Sun - Magazine - The Atlantic
Patents helping innovations. Yeah right.
(via Instapaper)
