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This Week
“Palmer’s logic here is itself generally identical to cold, hard free-market capitalism. Yes, the exchange she’s describing is “fair” — everyone involved is willing and happy to engage in it. It’s also “fair” to pay someone minimum wage for work that makes you millions, and fair for a male musician to spend every night having sex with starstruck, consenting young fans, but fairness is not the same thing as nobility, and neither of those arrangements is something you’d present as a revolutionary new relationship.” - The Amanda Palmer Problem
“And, how about we all share the wealth instead of shaming strangers who aren’t as great at being forty, morose, and pleased with their own makebelieve obscurity.” - Merlin Mann
“These musicians seem to rationalize their campaigns under the guise of the ‘Do It Yourself’ ethos, but they’ve twisted it, effectively shifting the responsibility of making new albums and/or touring onto their fans.” - The AV Club
“To be a leader you’re going to need an identity totally distinct from what you do for a living.” - Sara Beth Allen (Medium)
“But as long as I manage investments properly and don’t spend recklessly, Tumblr has given my family a strong safety net and given me the freedom to work on whatever I want. And that’s exactly what I plan to do.” - Marco Arment
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One of my new favorite spots in LA.
El Matador Beach - Malibu, CA
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This Week
“Saying “no” has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined…People who create know this. They know the world is all strangers with candy. They know how to say “no” and they know how to suffer the consequences.” - Kevin Ashton
“Teens aren’t abandoning “social.” They’re just using the word correctly.” - Cliff Watson
““You’re looking for three things, generally, in a person,” says Buffett. “Intelligence, energy, and integrity. And if they don’t have the last one, don’t even bother with the first two. I tell them, ‘Everyone here has the intelligence and energy—you wouldn’t be here otherwise. But the integrity is up to you. You weren’t born with it, you can’t learn it in school.”” - Farnam Street Blog
“The closer we get to a marriage of media and creative through the partnered use of this rich data, the better our ads get, the happier people are to receive those ads, the more publishers get paid, the more brands succeed.” - What Candy Can Teach Is About Digital Advertising
Incredible Made By Hand mini-documentary about Ezra Caldwell, the man behind Fast Boy Cycles. Sadly, he was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer.
“We’re fascinated by those things that cause people to break - not because we’re sick and wish for them to occur, but because we know how quickly they can happen and it’s always heartbreaking - the kind of heartbreaking stuff that reaffirms our own life.” - City & Colour Daytrotter Session
“Reflect credit, but embrace blame.” - Seth Godin Speech at Creative Mornings
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This Week
“If there is one lesson I took away from the experience, it is not to “live life to the fullest” or “have no regrets”. It is to feel lucky. Feeling lucky means you are appreciating the things in your life that sometimes go unnoticed. It means you are achieving more than think you deserve. Feeling lucky requires a certain humility we often lose sight of.” - Sash MacKinnon
“Should we be in the business of ranking whose experience gets to count as such? Or which is more valuable, worthy, creative? And who gets to be such an arbiter?” - Nathan Jurgenson
The late David Foster Wallace’s great speech “This Is Water”
“‘You’ve gotta keep control of your time,’ Buffett says, ‘and you can’t unless you say no. You can’t let people set your agenda in life.’” - Fast Company
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