March 2012
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“[Cole’s] not going anywhere. He was drafted by this organization, raised...”
– It’s amazing to hear Jimmy Rollins say this…especially since he’s maybe the last guy left from the time when this was decidedly not so.
October 2011
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HTML 5 Canvas Deep Dive →
You had me at “Bézier curve.”
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Gruber: Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot
Why wear this grass-stained pair for the keynote, a rare and immeasurably high-profile public appearance? My guess: he didn’t notice, didn’t care. One of Jobs’s many gifts was that he knew what to give a shit about. He knew how to focus and prioritize his time and attention. Grass stains on his sneakers didn’t make the cut.
A beautiful, thoughtful...
September 2011
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“People love to complain that R.E.M. should have broken up when Bill Berry quit...”
– R.E.M. R.I.P.: Thank You for Running It Into the Ground | Rob Sheffield | Rolling Stone
Rob Sheffield is a man who gets it.
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“Given the choice, I’d rather make history than simply take it in and post it to...”
– Jason Calacanis, in a brilliant piece on why we’re really at 10% unemployment, and why that number is only going to grow, no matter what the government does. Seriously, go read this now if you or someone you know has, or wants to have, a job.
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“I just thought it was better to be Pete Best than Linda McCartney.”
– Justine Frischmann, on leaving Suede
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“The whole music business in the United States is based on numbers, based on unit...”
– Frank Zappa
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“If the client writes back immediately and says ‘These numbers look great!...”
– Jessica Hische, The Dark Art Of Pricing
If you have ever had to prepare an estimate or charge anyone for creative work, go read this. Now. I’ll wait.
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“A certain strata of middle-class hipsters share Pavement, and that’s...”
– Stephen Malkmus, on Pavement’s legacy
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August 2011
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“If $85 (million) is not enough to take care of my family and other generations...”
– Jered Weaver, discussing his contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels and ignoring the advice of his agent, Scott Boras.
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“The best time to start a company is always two years ago, and the next best time...”
– Caterina Fake, co-founder Flickr, Hunch
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“I’ll be honest with you, I would have fallen into that. Listen, I wasn’t able to...”
– Michael Irvin, giving us the honest (if obvious) answer to the question, “What if Nevin Shapiro had happened twenty years sooner?”
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“If you’re looking for the more honest, truthful answer to pretty much any...”
– Jeremy Keith
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“For on-spec submissions, designers are working in a bubble, hoping their designs...”
– Dylan C. Lathrop of Good, succinctly and tactfully describing why spec design work never, uhm, works.
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July 2011
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“A ‘Fucking A’ trade is one that causes everyone else in the...”
– Billy Beane, as quoted in Moneyball
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“Specialization is for insects.”
– Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
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“The Mac user interface, with its menus, radio buttons, checkboxes, windows,...”
– John Siracusa, perfectly summing up the Big Philosophical Problem I have with porting iOS touchy-feely interaction to the desktop OS.
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review
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“It’s hard to talk to a person when they have millions, man, because there...”
– Hall of Fame cornerback Deion Sanders in an interview with an Atlanta radio station, on cutting ties with troubled Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, whom he once mentored.
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WatchThe Antlers and Neon Indian - Rolled Together
Is there a name for this type of music? Because I think it is now my favorite type of music.
“Don’t be a Google bitch, don’t be a Facebook bitch, and don’t be a Twitter...”
– Fred Wilson, noted tech investor.
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WatchWugazi. Of course.
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Beyoncé “Year of 4” The most amusing moment of this EPK is when Beyoncé, seeming slightly confused, notes that “Countdown” is “every hipster’s favorite song” in the bit where she’s discussing which songs to put on 4. Also, I really enjoy the sequence where she’s working with choreographers and dancers to nail the dance created for “Run the World (Girls).” I love how seriously she...
June 2011
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“You feel more like a baseball player in the National League…In the American...”
– Clifton Phifer Lee
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