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Yay! Another Opportunity Not To Get Paid For Something
“A bottle of juice is not my friend.” Spot on criticism of the attempted anthropomorphism of brands. Nice try, random company I’ve never heard of. But my real friends don’t have to trick me into liking them. “Ambition drives people forward, relationships hold people back.” Brilliant article about the tradeoffs of community and career. You could argue either side. It all depends on which pronouns are most important to you. “Having…
Her Fame Was Greater Than Her Contributions
“As soon as you start talking about it, you’re messing with the magic.” Springsteen’s new book has a ton of great insight about the songwriting process. Personally, I think that’s the best part. Never having to explain your lyrics to anybody. “Collaboration is how most of our ancestors used to work and live.” I spent the first eleven years of my professional life creating art alone. But now, my pronouns have…
Creativity Is On Its Way Back
“It will be nice to not have to decide between food and marketing.” Stumbled across this interview with the founder of Stand Offer, a very cool crowd funding search engine. Paints an accurate picture of the sacrifices we make when we follow our own path. “Creativity is on its way back.” Clive Davis gives us hope that imagination, humanity’s greatest endowment, is not dead. Every morning when I discover new albums…
Reality Is Under No Such Obligation
“Make yourself into a human optical illusion.” Another inspiring but sad story about the life of a professional YouTuber. Billions of clicks. Millions of fans. Few real friends. Is that the tradeoff we’re all clamoring for? Yikes. “Reality is under no such obligation.” Rushkoff’slatest book discusses the gap between our beloved expectations and life’s actual intentions. As much as we’d like to watch our lives play out like movies, sometimes the…
Floating On A Tsunami Of Acceptance
“Do we want to get rocked to sleep, or do we want to get rocked?” I first fell in love with David Carr when I watched Page One, the documentary about the dying medium of print. In his latest interview, he discusses the future of media and journalism. I am smitten once again. “I merely float on a tsunami of acceptance of anything life throws at me.” The Edge is the reason the web…
I Miss The Monster In The Room
“You can dine here without a dictionary.” Simplicity is eloquence. And delicious. If I owned a pizza joint, this is exactly the kind of review I would want. Too many businesses these days confuse the hell out of their customers in the name of looking cool. “Her male counterparts marveled at the artistry of her cape work.” Obituary for Patricia McCormick, the pioneer of female bullfighting. Possibly the greatest sentence I’ve ever read in…
Anything After Noon Is Yesterday’s News
“A careless whisper in my body.” Pretty sweet line from a pretty dopey flick. Which reminds me, when did everybody become a professional movie critic? Look, if a movie entertained you for two hours and made you feel emotions you wouldn’t have felt otherwise, it was a good movie. It’s not that complicated. “Anything after noon is yesterday’s news.” The guy at the front desk said that to me last night, and…
Readiness To Wreck Everything
“How are we to imagine anything if the images are always provided for us?” This question comes from a speech Adrien Brody gives in Detachment. Reminds me how important is to get lost, to wonder and to tap into the analog device known as my imagination. “Humans have this propensity to use new technology to inflate our sense that we are gods.” I am constantly amazed at the way people depend on…
Human Beings Are Built To Repeat Themselves
“Summon those innovation juices when you need them.” Hugh Macleod takes us to theedges, where the best ideas happen. That’s a huge part of my job at POKE. Taking clients to places they’re scared to go at first, but once you get there, they’re glad you took them there. “Angels in a human guise, usually unrecognized.” Cool article about singing sacred songs in secular spots. Very trojan horsey. The odds of…
Eating Feedback For Breakfast
“Can an algorithm iron out the kinks in our existence?” Fascinating article about using smartphones for therapy. As a person who’s tried everything from therapy to meditation to hypnosis to guided imagery, I dig any tool that enhances your repertoire of meaningfulness. “Creating my own breadcrumb trail so that I don’t get lost.” Picked this one up fromPostSecret. Paints a picture of the simultaneous beauty and terror of getting lost….
