November 2009
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Nov 27th
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Nov 27th
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“The one I reject a lot is people say, “Well, you know what, ‘Stuff...”
–  Christian Lander
Nov 25th
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Nov 25th
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“I’ve noticed that people who read a lot of blogs and a lot of books also...”
– Seth Godin asks us in his blog post “Thirsty” (via lanipauli)
Nov 25th
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The Tyranny Of E-mail
wearethedigitalkids: neilperkin: ‘In 2009, the average office worker will spend forty-one per cent of her day reading and responding to e-mails. Freeman makes a persuasive case that e-mail has at once corroded epistolary communication and strangled workplace productivity. He returns several times to the fact that “the average office worker sends and receives two-hundred e-mails a day,” making...
Nov 24th
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“I’d be after 3000-3500 words (at $1/published word)”
– This is a great read. Monthly editor Ben Naparstek, in an email to Eric Ellis (The Monthly and Eric Ellis – the Correspondence – The Content Makers) This is by far the most compelling sentence of the whole debacle. (via clembastow)
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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“Natalie Portman popped headphones onto Zach Braff’s head and said flatly, “This...”
– How the Zach Braff Prototype Is Slowly Killing American Music PopMatters (via somethingchanged)
Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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Nov 22nd
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On Saturday night I was reminded of this great email exchange I had with a Dell accounts person last year. Start reading from the bottom. ———Original Message——— From: Campbell, Alex  To: Anagha_[removed]@Dell.com  Subject: RE: Ogilvy Interactive Pty Ltd  Sent: Nov 14, 2008 3:10 PM  Hi Anagha,  Thank you for sending through these details.  We can put this...
Nov 22nd
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“One man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing...”
–  Gandhi
Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 21st
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without...”
– Aristotle (via somethingchanged)
Nov 17th
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“Chess players who train with computers are much stronger for it. They test their...”
– “Refuting this post helps confirm it,” Tyler Cowen Marginal Revolution (via somethingchanged)
Nov 17th
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Nov 4th
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“A bank is supposed to raise money and lend it to sectors that need it. It’s not...”
– - Elliot Spitzer FT.com / Columnists / Lunch with the FT - Lunch with the FT: Eliot Spitzer (via heyitsnoah)
Nov 3rd
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October 2009
56 posts
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WatchWatch
theflaneur: Ok Guys. The First Thing You Need to Know is that the Internet is Amazing!
Oct 31st
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