May 2012
5 posts
Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the... →
Bipartisan team calls out Republican extremism
Biden on MTP states he is “absolutely comfortable” with gay marriage. (2:49)
April 2012
6 posts
Via austinkleon:
“Hatred is wasted energy.” - Hitchcock
1 tag
What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? →
Great article by Paul Tough in the NYT about schools’ efforts to build students’ character
March 2012
13 posts
The War Against Youth →
Shocking economic numbers that might make you ageist
Stag Party →
Frank Rich clarifies how the GOP’s war on women is alive and well. From New York magazine.
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Why You Only Need to Test with 5 Users →
Jakob Nielsen explains why testing is still effective with a small number of users.
Push to End Too-Big-To-Fail Goes Mainstream, by... →
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
Top five regrets of the dying →
From The Guardian
Researchers have established a direct link between the number of friends you...
– From The Guardian’s “Facebook’s ‘dark side’: study finds link to socially aggressive narcissism”
Bank of America: Too Crooked to Fail →
More essential reading from Matt Taibbi. Pour yourself a stiff drink before sitting down with this one.
American Psycho came out of a place of severe alienation and loneliness and...
– Excerpt from Bret Easton Ellis interview in 200th issue of The Paris Review
24/192 Music Downloads are Very Silly Indeed →
What really matters for a high quality digital audio listening experience
February 2012
7 posts
Dirty words of 1811 →
So much good stuff here, like “ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS: One who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him.”
Fluid →
Recently discovered Fluid. Love having Google Tasks & Calendar in my menubar, accessing via keyboard shortcuts.
NYC mayor gives Planned Parenthood $250K matching... →
Mayor Bloomberg, keeping it real.
January 2012
8 posts
(via Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0 | Video on TED.com) Alain de Botton kills it in another great TED talk, this time on the religious practices that should be adopted by atheists while maintaining their non-belief.
The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com →
NYT op-ed on the pitfalls of collaborative work
December 2011
11 posts
Chrome 15 Becomes World's Most Popular Browser →
Slice - automatic package tracking →
Just signed up for Slice and I already love it. Automatically scans your inbox for shipping emails, then can send push alerts to your phone when packages ship or are delivered. Can even alert you to price drops that happen after your purchase within the amount of time when you can claim a refund. Best part: automatic email import means zero effort on your part.
Unfortunately, the reason I...
A few favorites of the moment
Listening: Neon Indian - Era Extraña Jeff Buckley - Grace Phantogram - Nightlife Marc Maron’s WTF podcast
Tools: Sparrow (for Gmail) Trello (for organizing) Shufflr.fm (for listening)