December 2010
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Nov 30th
“They were flanked by hulky security guards who kept a three-metre-wide perimeter...”
– Sounds fun. HMS celebrity: What happens when you end up with a film crew on board - The Globe and Mail
Nov 30th
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How Jobs Will Change in the Next Decade
Gartner, a research and advisory company, recently convened a summit in the UK to discuss the future of work. As the lines between work and non-work continue to blur, Gartner predicts 10 key changes in the next decade. Some of this I’ve seen before, but here are three points from the GigaOm summary that are new to me: #1 “De-routinization” of work. “Non-routine” activities that cannot be...
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28) →
Girl Talk (26) Leonard Cohen (10) Timber Timbre (8) Radiogram (6) Radiohead (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Nov 28th
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IDF uses Facebook to catch women lying their way... →
Nov 26th
Lapham's Quarterly: The Darkest Days →
laphamsquarterly: Despite the popularity of Black Friday among retailers and the local news media, every day of the week has at some point or another been described as “black.” In fact, an entire week can be cobbled together out of the darkness. Black Sunday (1977) 1977 movie about a blimp pilot / Vietnam…
Nov 26th
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U.S. Corporate Profits Hit Record in Third Quarter... →
Not adjusted for inflation but, quote, “the nation’s workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever.”
Nov 26th
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“I believe that what separates us all from one another is simply society itself,...”
– Eugène Ionesco For an absurdist playwright who mocked the whole of human communication, Ionesco is very well spoken.
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Nov 25th
Create Tumblr Bookmarklet in Safari on the iPad —... →
Trying this out.
Nov 25th
Pedestrian dies after being struck by cyclist,... →
cameronr: Want to read some ridiculous comments. Scroll down. Poor showing by all partisans.
Nov 24th
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“For us, the new incarnation of Curated.by reminds us of a Web we once knew,...”
– Curated.by Launches Public Beta, Brings Collaborative Curation to the Web
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21) →
Beach House (21) Cat Stevens (19) Gorillaz (17) Girl Talk (15) Regina Spektor (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 24th
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Fast Company: Is "Undesigned" the Next Great Web... →
Nov 23rd
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Information Arbitrage - Turning Ideas into... →
illbelieveinanything: Quora is for sure worth checking out. Good read.
Nov 23rd
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“The phone is a computer in disguise. It’s what people use to give them the...”
– My friend Malcolm Bastien - Phones That Feel Like Magic
Nov 22nd
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5 reasons my next phone will likely be a... →
Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
“There is an easy formula for doing it wrong: publish attention-getting bullshit...”
– Daring Fireball: Obsession Times Voice (via Instapaper)
Nov 21st
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“Whether the Web is making us smarter or dumber, isn’t there something just...”
– The New York Times: The Attention-Span Myth
Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 18th
mhandy1 asked: If you were a kitchen utensil what would you be?
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Is it just me or has the amount of Emma Watson on the Internet gone to POWER 1,000,000?
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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