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stretching a moment

I was just sitting on the couch reflecting on what I’ve done lately and found that I recalled...

“Think of yourself in a concert hall listening to the strains...”
— Anthony De Mello

At the DMV. Always a painful experience. Wish I could outsource it.

I’m totally jealous of these skills. Warning: the music is pretty bad, though fitting.

Netflix in 2010

Jill Sobule's missed opportunity

I recently came across Jill Sobule’s website where she is attempting to raise money from her...

Yoonew.com - Stock Market For Tickets

These are hilarious.

“People are, as Julian Simon used to say, the ultimate...”
— Quote of a quote from The...

The three little bears

open source = a sense of something...

I was just thinking about the open source movement and why people actually contribute to it. I mean...

“Business opportunities always come from the clever...”
— Andy Grove, CEO of Intel -...

This is an old photograph I snapped back in 2001 that...

“Synthesize new ideas constantly. Never read passively....”
— Ed Boyden’s Blog

Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-1-27)

A young girl is dipping her fries in her milk shake. Very innovative.

Mmmm. In-N-Out. Animal Style!

The Reblog Button

act like you just quit

“Ubiquitous Net radio is not in the immediate future. We...”
— Lefsetz Letter

Article: Social Networking - A broken system

Clothes That Look Hip and Track Your Vital...

random thought: why is colonel pronounced kernel?

“People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by...”
— Anthony de Mello

Download Lessig's Book "The Future of Ideas"

Ecommerce Registration Usability Tips

Instead of walking away awkwardly, I decided to pull out the camera and tape this situation. It felt...

I (heart) The Process

This chart is from a NY Times article today showing that the...

does anyone else feel like they have way too much work to do?

Fear No Music Mix

“What we don’t like is this idea that work is supposed to...”
— Cali & Jody Blog

The theory of "Influentials" and the Tipping...

“How do we balance the importance of creative ideas with the...”
— Fast Company Blog

hmmm: this is by far the best / worst name of an item for...

tom & kristen sushi: not sure if you can tell, but the...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-1-20)

Has advertising lost its sense of discovery?

“To begin to increase your self-awareness, seek feedback on...”
— Inc.

I thought this was hilarious installation art.

Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read...

Open Source Mac - Free, Open-Source software...

i feel as if the more emails i unsubscribe from, the more unwanted / unsolicited offer-emails i...

Saw Dr. Seuss movie: 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. Now I know why he was only famous for writing books.

Cars: General Motors Says New Fuel...

HEMA - online winkelen

“Twitter is a social medium. Facebook is a social habitat....”
— Doc Searls

What to do When You Got nothin'

Would You Take a Tumblr With This Man? | The New York...

“If every time we are faced with a problem and two or three...”
— Fast Company Blog

san diego ocean

have heard Mad Men described as “amazing” a few times lately. Either the show has...

My life: two days in a huge ballroom and about 30 ppt. presentations.

“38 wireless devices are sold every second, according to...”
— reveries.com

There's something in the water

Beating Dead Clydesdales

Signs of a recession?

Secret to Building a Popular Blog

WNYC - Radio Lab: Emergence (February 18,...

Maybe we should stop skipping commercials

Man, I love this job (a creative's look)

Flight attendant just sang Putting on the Ritz at landing.

Please accept this thought

Very strange to have our flight to san diego be an hour.

did a lot of unsubscribing from emails today. damn, does that feel good.

“Only the top ten percent of entrepreneurs earn more money...”
— Professor Scott Shane, on Guy...

Yawn, this title is boring

A recent Scientific American article details the latest research on boredom. A topic I’m...

“DataPortability.org Mission: To put all existing...”
— http://dataportability.org/

Gizmodo: Ten Reasons We're Doomed: CES...

“Watch for multiple networks to begin downsizing their...”
— David Goetzl, MediaDailyNews ...

wondering if we only worked 4 hour days, if we would get the same amount of stuff done as in an 8-10...

“The average rates at which people consume resources like oil...”
— Jared Diamond, nytimes.com

“For a free culture to thrive, users need to be able to use...”
— Eric Bangeman, ars technica

Interesting talk recently posted to the TED.com site from Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and expert...

Shift6 » Respecting digital privacy

Seth's Blog: Music lessons

A medium isn't an idea

social aggregators

seeing this political dashboard offered by Y! got me thinking about how important aggregators are to...

I had ice cream with my steak and beef brisket for dessert.

View from our hotel room

Insane rain in San Francisco.

interpreting innovation

“…everyone has a bunch of obscure things that, for one...”
— Aaron Swartz, Raw Thought

Hacking NetFlix : Netflix & LG Partner To...

Defending Social Media and Remix Culture

2008 Advertising Industry Resolutions

The three business models that make Twitter a...

“Technology as the context through which we do: work, play,...”
— Me, inspired by Yochai...

Fast Company's Best of 2007: Innovators,...

Pew Internet: Teens and Social Media

drooping tree in Half Moon Bay, CA.

A picture of Kristen near the ocean in Half Moon Bay, CA.