March 2009
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WatchDan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, talks at TED about why we think it’s ok to cheat, sometimes. He makes the case that the people on Wall Street were more willing to lie, cheat and steal because what they were handling (stocks, derivatives, etc.) was just far enough removed from the reality that they were deailng in money that they didn’t feel the impact of their unethical...
“The problem is, there’s eight trillion people walking around, saying they’re...”
– Gary Vaynerchuk’s Keynote at Affiliate Summit West 2009
Damn straight! It’s nauseating how many non-hackers there are who think they can fleece businesses for some quick cash just because they got some business cards printed up with “Social Media Consultant” on them....
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“Human beings always act, feel and perform in accordance with what they imagine...”
– Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho Cybernetics
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“Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.” He may have been exaggerating, but the idea is that solid work, steadily applied, gets you surprisingly far. The steady application of effort with a little bit more work, intelligently applied is what does it. That’s the trouble; drive, misapplied, doesn’t get you anywhere. Most people like to believe something is or is not...
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WatchAmazing talk by Mike Rowe, the host of Dirty Jobs, on the virtues of manual labor. I remember being told as a kid to get good grades or I’d “end up digging ditches for a living.” Not a great motivator. Later, in my early twenties, I spent a lot of time digging ditches as an apprentice Electrician. I was surprised by how rewarding that simple task was. Since then, I’ve...
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Why I Love Reddit →
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Platform21's Repair Manifesto →
As a start of to what hopefully becomes a reappraisal of repair, especially in Western countries, Platform21 has written a manifesto, describing some of the qualities we believe repair offers. We call upon designers and consumers to break the chain of our throwaway thinking. It is a way of thinking, a culture in itself almost, designed to cater to short term needs of both industry, politics and...
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Skittles Tastes The Twitter Rainbow →
Skittles.com now displays an iFramed search.twitter.com search for skittles. The only other thing on the page is a small block in the upper-left-hand corner with a few links to other skittles.com pages.
It’s not that people push you off-course; you wouldn’t let that happen. What happens is that people nudge you off-center without you even realizing it. After a few miles you’re completely lost.
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Greatest Waffle Recipe Ever →
Allegedly.
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Netbooks Stir Up Computer Industry →