A collection of things I find on the internet...

Dec 04
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Dec 01
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Wizard Smoke by Salazar Film

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Nov 26
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Nov 24
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…the spread of electronic commerce for everything from music to groceries is part of the increase in empty store fronts on shopping streets, leaving a series of Citi branches, ATT outlets, and Starbucks that repeat at regular intervals, like scenery in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

Clay Shirky.

Brilliant sentence.

(via davidgillespie)

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(via gregrutter)
Nov 21
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Nov 10
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“I think that’s why we find Jason Bourne so resonant. It’s easy pretending to be him. Because most of the time he’s just commuting.”
From Russell Davies talk at Playful on the power of pretending. Recommend checking it out HERE.

“I think that’s why we find Jason Bourne so resonant. It’s easy pretending to be him. Because most of the time he’s just commuting.”

From Russell Davies talk at Playful on the power of pretending. Recommend checking it out HERE.

Nov 08
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Many people think that before they can do what they want to be known for doing, they first need to pay their dues. The problem is that once they start paying their dues, they never get around to doing the thing they always wanted to do.

If you are lucky enough to know what you want to be known for doing (and this is a very hard question), then start doing that thing immediately!

At first you will probably have to work nights and weekends, and make certain sacrifices. But eventually, if you do that thing prolifically and beautifully, you will become known as a person who does that thing prolifically and beautifully. Then, people might hire or pay you to do that particular thing (or by that point you might not even care, because the work itself will be sustenance enough).

— Taken from the excellent series of vignettes World Building in a Crazy World by Jonathan Harris.
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Sell dreams.

Steve Jobs doesn’t sell computers. He sells “tools to unleash your creativity.” You see, nobody cares about your job search (product ); they care about themselves, their problems and their dreams. Tell them how you can help them reach their dreams, and you’ll have won a customer (or fan) for life.

— Carmine Gallo, author of The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
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via altnytterfarlig:Michael Bierut’s 5 secrets from 86 Notebooks (via 99% and Ideas are Awesome)

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Make a decision, by Seth Godin:

“No decision is a decision as well, the decision not to decide. Not deciding is usually the wrong decision. If you are the go-to person, the one who can decide, you’ll make more of a difference. It doesn’t matter so much that you’re right, it matters that you decided.”

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