February 2010
78 posts
“Explorers are not, perhaps, the most promising people with whom to build a...”
– Anonymous member of Royal Geographical Society, quoted by David Grann in The Lost City of Z.
Nicholas Felton gave me the book and I can’t put it down. It’s an account of Col. Percy Harrison Fawcet, one of the last great explorers commissioned to chart the thousands of blanks present on maps back...
Video Camera Glasses →
tooepic:
I’m so psyched that this is now a financially viable consumer good. I would love to show people what a day of school is like.
what?! too cool. this fulfills my personal fantasy of being an undercover agent.
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What I learned from Anna Wintour - R.J. Cutler →
And that, to me, is Anna Wintour’s management philosophy in a nutshell: Always move forward. Don’t dwell on the past. Life is short and there’s lots to get done.
Or, as Karl Lagerfeld would say, “On to the next.”
online identity --
At what point does your online identity become less a part of your actual personality and more your online resume? If so, do employers have the right to ask you to post things to it?
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget...”
– Maya Angelou
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Thank you.
Just had the best yoga class in a very long time. Mmm.
“Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.”
– Goethe (via minimalmac)
it's like free money. →
sit.by.me! →
what an awesome site. so well executed. can’t wait for sxsw this year!
I now officially have more tumblr followers than...
jayparkinsonmd:
Tumblr is what twitter should be.
Same here! everyone should be on tumblr.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...”
– Steve Jobs
“To play without passion is inexcusable!”
– Beethoven
Some good juju floating around :)
The past week has been a whirlwind of people and places, and I feel seriously lucky to have been in DC for V-day and NY for the FI and FW. Obviously, for very different reasons, but it was a good reminder of how nice it is to be surrounded by people you like, respect, and just have a blast with.
I kicked off my NY trip with a talk at the Founders Institute, where I was supposed to talk about...
“START WALKING. IF YOU DON’T HAVE A GYM, WALK AROUND THE BLOCK. IF YOU LIVE IN A...”
– i get my best fitness/life advice from internet strangers (via reallykatie)
I’m now back in palo alto, and ready to buy myself some vibram five fingers and start walking/running around the neighborhood!
Jake Lodwick’s Blog: Incredible →
staff:
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More than 3000 tumblr web pages viewed every second…
How does a human even think about that?
I guess you could picture a lot of papers, each with some text and maybe a photo on it. The papers are in a large, orderly grid on the wall in front of you.
At 8.5x11”, that’s 60 pages by…
Bubble tea and ideas.
Nice.
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I really want to see this. The trailer gives me... →
I want a new theme.
It’s about time! I’m looking for some inspiration to design a new theme for my online home, any ideas? Drop me a line here.
A rainbow + 3 bananas.
That pretty much sums up this morning :)
