February 2010
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January 2010
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“I ask everybody to write down on Sunday night or Monday morning what are your...”
– Mark Pincus on running Zynga (via jingc)
Hmm, okay.
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Lessons learned from 50 years as a Landscape... →
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makdreams:
landscapearchitecture:
(My favourites) … “Lesson 2: Landscape Architecture is an art form as well as a science, and should be pursued by “generalists,” not “specialists.” You must know and understand both art and science. If you neglect one for the other, you become a “specialist” with generally boring experiences as your livelihood.” … “Lesson 4: Pursue a broad, daily...
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“Intellectual understanding is not emotional acceptance.”
– Paige on Twitter quoting (I assume) this Modern Love article
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“Oh, sweetie. Unless your publisher is going to call me up to negotiate my sales...”
– a submitter, after we asked said person to fill out a consent form, as requested by our publisher. (DO PEOPLE NOT READ THE DISCLAIMER ON OUR BLOG BEFORE SUBMITTING?)
so.
frustrated.
(I spent HOURS searching the inbox for exact submissions, filling each form out individually w/name and content,...
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“To lose yourself: a voluptuous surrender, lost in your arms, lost to the world,...”
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Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost this feels so relevant right now, especially with respect to the art classes I’ve been taking, which have focused on the honest, physical, synaesthesic response to a figure model and exploring the creative process with respect to such responses — a...
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Watchmeghanasha:
THE BIG REVEAL: MY APARTMENT MAKEOVER
My decor dreams are now a reality with the help of Jami Supsic and Megan Alagna. Jami had the vision and completely transformed my entire space into something out of a magazine. Megan coordinated every last detail, making sure it was perfect. The best part about the whole process is that I kept within my budget.
Thank you ladies for making my...
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The Pain of Fame →
nikorette:
delayprocrastinate:
Doesn’t the hypochondriac—anxious, death- and age-obsessed, hypersensitive and self-absorbed—sound suspiciously familiar? Pumped into lumpy strangeness at the gym, filleted and stitched by the surgeon, embalmed in Botox, our contemporary celebrities look more like survivors than people who are going places.
thought-provoking article.
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“there were these idiot bai ren @ Trader Joes today who kept referring to MOCHI...”
– My Indian-American friend, Arthi (on Twitter)
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25 top-paying companies →
(via arthisayshella)
which means, people who want to live comfortably in the Bay Area or upscale NY are limited to law, engineering or finance. (stating the obvious again)
meh.
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100 Best Companies to Work for in 2010 →
#80 Build-A-Bear Workshop! :D
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“Obama is essentially a centrist. His world view cannot be easily consigned to...”
– Meacham (via newsweek)
can’t try to please everyone.
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“Second, no movement could possibly tame the great wild lions of love, lust, and...”
– “The Case Against Settling” [Newsweek] (via sarakatherine)
Julia Baird is really great in this
(via newsweek)
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“It’s okay. It’s okay to want someone you can’t have. It’s okay to want something...”
– (via theloveguru : applegamble) (via michellardi)
I hate serving more cheese, but this really helps right now.
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The 3-D Approach to Creating Opportunity →
“We live in the linear dimension pretty much by default. It takes deliberate thought — and courage — to reach beyond our comfort zones, give up some control, and allow chance to play a role in our professional lives.”
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“Once upon a time, way back in the 1990s, America was a land of design...”
– Jeff Chu for Fast Company
funny guy