May 2009
9 posts
“One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute certainty.”
– Ten Things I Have Learned by Milton Glaser (via zachklein)
“Television viewing results in an upscaling of desire…And that in turn...”
– Boston College sociologist Juliet Schlor, noting that every hour of TV viewing per week boosts spending by $200 a year
Graveyard Girl, M83
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You Can Make Anything Beautiful
If I could graph the big eye openers for me in terms of writing (reading), Sam Benjamin’s 2000-era website would be a significant spike—a huge part of how I built my view of the world. In high school I found Tom Wolfe and Ken Kesey (and found double nirvana when I read Wolfe’s Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, about Kesey and his crew). In college I found Sam Benjamin. It was online, but pre-blog. Just...
A Hint of Blood - Mobius Band (Ghostly 2007)
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“The paradox of cultivating innovation is that confidence in outcomes is itself...”
– - Diego Rodriguez, Metacool Principle #12: Instead of Managing, Try Cultivating
