December 2010
how do you feel about this here tumblr space (feedback, recommendations etc)?
Who am I missing
who do you think I should follow?
Thank you
to you, for following this blog. it’s been a needed outlet/curatorial space for me this year. i hope you’ve found it worthwhile.
the least I could do for those that read this blog is point you toward those that inspire me. please check these tumblrs out, in no particular order (and I am sure I am missing many):
yvynyl
GRRRIZZ’LY
Theoretically Vinyl
eric rose photographs
my...
Rise of the Micro-Medici →
Why does crowdfunding work where crowdsourcing fails? Because ideas are cheap and subjective, and money is expensive and objective. As Clay Shirky puts it in Cognitive Surplus, “People don’t actively want bad design — it’s just that most people aren’t good designers.” Asking crowd members to put their money behind someone else’s creativity does two things: It forces...
Watchdrift (by sasharappaport)
The Open Internet: A Case for Net Neutrality →
Watchyvynyl:
The Suzan - Home
This kaleidoscope of a video by Pomp&Clout is actually just the ‘static’ version of a free iPhone and iPad app version of the vid where you can control the speed, position and angles of the spinning color that is these frenetic Japanese gals. Though don’t be fooled… nothing about this Tokyo garage pop band is static. Energy and fun all the way.
Grab the band’s...
Watchrealcleverscience:
Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial - TED
Most of the TED talks are incredible, but this one was particularly great. Honestly, it reminded me all too much of the kinds of conversations I have with people about science, progress, human nature, belief, etc. Highly recommended.
Michael Specter’s Wiki page.
Watch“We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before.”
Eight-year-old children publish bee study in Royal Society journal
WatchBeach House – “10 Mile Stereo” (Live on Conan)
WatchLaurie Anderson - O Superman
Why Citigroup? →
This is the mindset of the ambitious educational elite: You go to Harvard (or Stanford), maybe to Oxford (or Cambridge) for a Rhodes (or Marshall), then to Goldman (or McKinsey, or TFA), then to Harvard Business School (or Yale Law School), then back to Goldman (or Google), and on and on. You keep doing the thing that is more prestigious, opens more doors, has more (supposed) impact on the world,...
