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Monthly Archives: June 2010
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Tuesday, June 29, 2010
1. The Sting Of Poverty (boston.com) “Imagine getting a bee sting; then imagine getting six more. You are now in a position to think about what it means to be poor, according to Charles Karelis, a philosopher and former president of Colgate University.”
Getting It Right
Monday, June 28, 2010
Screwing up is an essential part of making something good. The key is to screw up as fast as possible.
PS22 Chorus
Sunday, June 27, 2010
The PS22 Chorus is an elementary school chorus from Public School 22 in Graniteville, Staten Island (New York). It is composed of 60-70 fifth-graders, and is directed by Gregg Breinberg. Students are assigned to the chorus after an annual auditioning process at the beginning of each school year. PS22 is the largest elementary school in [...]
Experience’s Beauty
Thursday, June 24, 2010
To me, experiences are incredibly special. It can be a simple trip to the grocery store to pick up dinner, a walk on the beach, running in preparation for an upcoming race, or even just sharing stories with a friend over ice cream.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
1. The “Thriller” Diaries (vanityfair.com) “Michael Jackson’s 1983 “Thriller” remains the most popular music video of all time: a 14-minute horror spoof that changed the business. Behind the scenes it gave its star a temporary home with director John Landis, sparked a near romance with actress Ola Ray, and revealed how damaged the young pop [...]
A Call To The Crazies
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Where are the crazies? The ones who do things their own way. Who resist conventional norms. The ones who aren’t fond of rules. The misfits. The rebels. The crazies who also get stuff done. Where are you? Because I’d like to hang with you…
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
1. The Best Vacation Ever (boston.com) “Monday summer officially begins, and freed from the hunker-inducing cold, New Englanders’ imaginations have already turned to vacation: to idle afternoons and road trips, to the beach and the Berkshires. School is out, and the warm weekends stretch before us, waiting to be filled.”
Follow-Up To “30 Days”
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
It’s a bit late, but I wanted to write a short follow-up to my 30 days experiment. In general, I did most of those things — I bought physical goods (books and clothes) and I went out. But I also produced during that time as well. So that was a positive takeaway from the experience. [...]
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Monday, June 21, 2010
1. Curiosity (dilbert.com) “Curiosity is one of the most underrated phenomena in the world. It’s ironic that people aren’t more curious about curiosity. It’s a powerful thing.”
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
1. The $600 Billion Challenge (fortune.cnn.com) “Just over a year ago, in May 2009, word leaked to the press that the two richest men in America, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, had organized and presided over a confidential dinner meeting of billionaires in New York City. David Rockefeller was said to have been a host, [...]
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
1. Warren Buffett’s Philanthropic Pledge (money.cnn.com) “In 2006, I made a commitment to gradually give all of my Berkshire Hathaway stock to philanthropic foundations. I couldn’t be happier with that decision.”
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
1. The Velluvial Matrix (newyorker.com) “Atul Gawande gave the commencement speech at Stanford’s School of Medicine last week. Here is what he told the graduating class.”
Quotes
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
1. “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” -Pablo Picasso 2. “Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.” -Albert Einstein
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
1. Opening Weekend — 2010 World Cup (boston.com/bigpicture) “The 2010 FIFA World Cup opened last Friday in South Africa, after years of preparation, with an Opening Ceremony at Soccer City Stadium – the first matches taking place over the weekend. Thousands attended the opening concerts and matches in person, while tens of millions watched events [...]
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
1. Ideas Having Sex (reason.com) “How prosperity and innovation exceeded the expectations of John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith.”
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
1. The Perils Of Positive Thinking (unlimitedmagazine.com) “It seems almost incomprehensible to me now, like waking up with the vague recollection of an unsettling dream, but I was actually looking forward to my thirtieth birthday. I approached the milestone with what I thought at the time was a commendably mature perspective, at peace with both [...]
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Monday, June 14, 2010
1. How Did Sport Get So Big? (moreintelligentlife.com) “On a long July afternoon in 1966, in north-west London, England’s footballers won the World Cup. By the time they beat West Germany, after extra time, with the help of a dubious goal, it was too late for the early editions of the Sunday papers. Only on [...]
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Monday, June 14, 2010
1. The Sure Thing (gladwell.com) “In 1969, Ted Turner wanted to buy a television station. He was thirty years old. He had inherited a billboard business from his father, which was doing well. But he was bored, and television seemed exciting. “He knew absolutely nothing about it,” one of Turner’s many biographers, Christian Williams, writes [...]
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
1. Playing For The World (vanityfair.com) “Why football — please don’t call it soccer — is the most important sport in history: a lingua franca for 204 countries, an expression of national identity, and a powerful link between multi-millionaire athletes and the man on the street.”
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
1. The End Of Men (theatlantic.com) “For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women?”
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
1. Attached To Technology And Paying A Price (nytimes.com) “Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. They say our ability to focus is being undermined by bursts of information.”
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Friday, June 4, 2010
1. Caught In The Oil (boston.com/bigpicture) “A short entry – AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana’s East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the [...]
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Friday, June 4, 2010
1. The Value Of Ideas (dilbert.com) “My Google Alert recently picked up a lot of chatter on the Internet about a rumored Dilbert movie in the works. The rumor is ahead of the reality, as the project hasn’t been funded, and there isn’t yet a director, writer, or actor signed on. But I was fascinated [...]
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
1. The Pleasures Of Imagination (chronicle.com) “How do Americans spend their leisure time? The answer might surprise you. The most common voluntary activity is not eating, drinking alcohol, or taking drugs. It is not socializing with friends, participating in sports, or relaxing with the family. While people sometimes describe sex as their most pleasurable act, [...]