October 2011
When is it okay to start worrying?
Of course, the answer is, “you should never start worrying.” Worrying is not a useful output. Worrying doesn’t change outcomes. Worrying ruins your day. Worrying distracts you from the work at hand. You may have fooled yourself into thinking that it’s useful or unavoidable, but it’s not. Now you’ve got one more thing to worry about.
Brent was surprised that it took so long
Green Bay has quite the grip on the NFL right now, with Rodgers and his rocket right arm leading the way.
September 2011
August 2011
Grateful Dead 'Sunshine Daydream' 8/27/1972... →
29 years ago. Used to listen to this show all the time. I never knew there was video. #awesome
“It’s often the same with any new, revolutionary thing. People get stuck as they...”
– Playboy Interview: Steven Jobs | Longform.org
DAVID SHEFF,STEVE JOBS / PLAYBOY / FEB 1985 ∞ Steve Jobs, age 29.
July 2011
“WISCONSIN
You’re going to love coming to Madison, until kickoff. Put it...”
– Go Big Red!
Rick Reilly - Nebraska’s Big Ten Primer - ESPN
“The most surprising takeaway from the recent Pew Research Center study,...”
– Digital Oxytocin: How Trust Keeps Facebook, Twitter Humming | Fast Company
WatchFuturist Ray Kurzweil says technology merging humans and computers is advancing on many levels to enhance both body and mind. He talks with WSJ’s Andy Jordan about what he envisions for the year 2029 and beyond, why he thinks humans will one day live forever, and even what post-“singularity” sex will be like.
June 2011
[download] Beck with Flaming Lips - October 14,... →
The Flaming Lips 1. Intro 2. Race For The Prize 3. Fight Test 4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, Pt. 1 5. Lightning Strikes The Postman 6. She Don’t Use Jelly 7. Thirty-five Thousand Feet Of Despair 8. Do You Realize 9. Superman 10. A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
Beck 1. Cold Brains 2. Lonesome Whistle 3. Guess I’m Doing Fine
Beck with The Flaming Lips 1. The Golden Age 2. Lord Only Knows...
3 tags
“11 Years ago - PNC Bathtub Gin
06/28/2000 - PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ...”
– This was a hot show
[download] Bathtub Gin 6-28-00 SBD.mp3
Phish.net setlists
Data is the new media, itself. It’s what we’re...
Data is the new media, itself. It’s what we’re going to be swimming in. It’s what the economy is built on.
lifelogging is so hot right now.
“Steady Trend
Before looking forward, let’s take a quick look back to see how...”
– Why Persuasive Design Should Be Your Next Skill Set | UX Magazine
May 2011
“I see the human species waking up and realizing that what we actually are is a...”
– Jonathan Harris, PopTech (via somethingchanged & Stowe Boyd)
“financial outperformers are 57 percent more likely than underperformers to use...”
– High Performance Companies Collaborate | Podio Blog
April 2011
From Kathy Sierra's comment on David Armano's post... →
I would be in favor of spending time doing something to help build the social currency of my *users*. And THAT is a much better predictor of how they’ll feel about my product/service/company/book, etc. In the end, how many of us have users and potential users who truly care about *our* social currency? (with the exception of those who specialize in this domain… in which case it is a...
“Success is when reality catches up to your imagination.”
– Simon Sinek (via stoweboyd)
“Life is not about winning. It’s about finding delight in the journey.”
– Gowalla’s Josh Williams: Game Mechanics, Badges and the Social Web: Where Are We Going?
“Screening — Kelly notes that whereas there used to be just the television screen...”
– The 6 Verbs For The Next 20 Years Of The Connected World
March 2011
Watch
Blip.fm Sessions Welcomes The New Mastersounds on 3/19
Watch(via The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy Tour On ‘SNL’ (VIDEO))
February 2011
“Blogging has legs — it’s been growing now for more than a decade, but it’s not a...”
– Blogging Drift — Matt Mullenweg
“Apple seems to be headed in the direction I have been predicting for some time,...”
– Apple to fight Facebook with iOS 5 and Media Stream? - Mark Gurman | Stowe Boyd
“Ben Roethlisberger’s karma is going to hit him; he did things to young women...”
– Bill Romanowski - Guests - The Jim Rome Show
“You root for the Packers in this Super Bowl because Green Bay is the last little...”
– The Green Bay Packers need to win - ESPN
June 2010
“You absolutely do not have to give away something great for free,” said Michael...”
– The iPad Pulse Reader Scales the Charts - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com