November 2011
SXSW 2012 - Why Ad Agencies Should Act More Like... →
I really do hope this panel gets done every year. I did it with Ali Mooney, Matt Galligan, Rob Rassmussen and Ben Malbon last year. Except ours was titled in the form of a question. Now it’s a statement. PROGRESS. By 2020, maybe they’ll actually do it.
October 2011
“And I like that there are 42 chapters. It is after all the meaning of life.”
– Goodreads | Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
Ha. Wow, I didn’t even notice that.
“An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to...”
– Online hackers threaten to expose cartel’s secrets - Houston Chronicle
WHOA.
(via epicwinbook)
Oh man. OH MAN.
Walter Isaacson: Steve Jobs
I suppose this could be considered to contain spoilers, so if you want an un-spoiled reading of the book, it’s probably best to skip this until you’ve finished it.
Some thoughts:
Boy, he sure does cry a lot.
And he has an eating disorder, basically.
It seems to me that in many ways Steve might have been manic depressive or bipolar. The eating weirdly stuff. The moods. The...
Brooklyners
Emma and I are starting to get our act together on this mythical move to Brooklyn. But we want to be near friends. So if you could, please fill out this google spreadsheet with your address. If you want to keep it anonymous, you can just put the street name or a corner nearby or something.
Thanks!
"Too Old" →
parislemon:
Google isn’t upgrading their flagship Nexus One to the new Ice Cream Sandwich flavor of Android. Why? It’s “too old”.
The Nexus One was released on January 5, 2010 — not even two years ago.
Apple often gets dinged for cutting support to older hardware, forcing users to upgrade if they want the latest and greatest software. So I feel it’s necessary to point out that the iPhone 3GS...
“Guests of honor who received our national awards included the team from...”
– The Racked Awards 2011 Celebration at NYC’s Skylight West - About Last Night - Racked National
Oh sweet does this mean I get like 1% of a golden turban?
“Peter, have you ever heard the sound of a man being stabbed?”
“No, Christopher, I haven’t.”
“Well I have. I know what to do.”
- Christopher Lee, to Peter Jackson, on the set of The Return of the King. Parts of Christopher Lee’s past, a commander in the British Army, remains under the official secrets act
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“If you’d told me in January 2009 that the banks would pay us back the entire...”
– Andrew Sullivan (via ericmortensen)
Joan Didion on Her New Memoir ‘Blue Nights’ -- New... →
samantham:
Oh man. I want to read this almost as much as I don’t. The Year of Magical Thinking nearly did me in.
Oh man. ANOTHER ONE? I agree. This is gonna be rough. But it must be done.
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"I Finally Cracked It." →
parislemon:
That’s what Steve Jobs revealed to Walter Isaacson in an interview for his forthcoming biography.
What was he talking about? The often rumored (and just as often dismissed) Apple television. Not the Apple TV, the current product, a full fledged television.
Six months ago, I laid out why I thought an Apple television was actually coming despite (and perhaps because of) the current...
WatchUniversal Everything Reel 2011 (by Universal Everything)
This is gorgeous. Love these guys.
“Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that his...”
– Steve Jobs Wanted To Make 2012 Campaign Commercials For Obama
“Music blogs like Gorilla vs. Bear, Fader, Nah Right and Stereogum post dozens of...”
– How to Hum Your Way Through the Online Music Jungle by Jenna Wortham, Oct 19 2011 Jenna splendidly talks about the Hype Machine in today’s issue of the New York Times, along with a bunch of other great places to hear new music. Great overview and list. (via fascinated)
Good to see you, Taylor, and...
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“On October 29, on the eve of the G20 Leaders Summit in France, let’s the people...”
– After Igniting Wall St. Protests, Magazine Proposes One Clear Demand - NYTimes.com
Watchchasebarfield:
Nestio expands its apartment rental platform nationwide.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/10/19/nestio-expands-its-apartment-rental-platform-nationwide
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“What’s surprising isn’t that Mr. Paulson’s returns have crashed to earth, or...”
– John Paulson’s Golden Touch Turns Leaden - NYTimes.com
The other interesting thing here, to me, is that Paulson’s losses this year on his bet on the return of the US economy seem eerily similar to the early days of his bet against US real estate. If I recall, he called that bet too soon as...
yzzordorex:
I miss Ashley Holtgraver.
I get to see her tonight!
The fascinating thing about being unemployed but still trying to be productive is that everything carries this sort of equal weight of fun and productivity and pointlessness yet holding within it some larger point, not yet apparent. You kind of act on faith that it will bear some sort of spiritual, metaphoric or financial fruit at some point in the future. Sadly not much of it holds a chance of...
“A free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence, to be...”
– Virtual and Artificial, but 58,000 Want Course - NYTimes.com
“Don’t write when it moves you—that’s a loser. Try to make it habitual, even if...”
– Jennifer Egan (via thebronzemedal)
750words! 750words!
I cannot live without it.
“I sent a letter to Steve Jobs telling him about Rebecca and her situation. I...”
– (1/1) Steve Jobs: What are some great stories about Steve Jobs? - Quora
These are intense. 