What Comes Next

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:10:30 -0500

““Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.””

- Leonardo da Vinci (via theimpossiblecool)

secondaryartifacts: The New Yorker Halloween Cover by Chris...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:23:13 -0400

secondaryartifacts:

The New Yorker Halloween Cover by Chris Ware

What is your mask?

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved,..."

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:55:10 -0400

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes ‘Awww!’”

- Kerouac (via newspeedwayboogie)

fred-wilson: nevver: Gotham

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:50:20 -0400

fred-wilson:

nevver:

Gotham

Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin’ For Monday morning.

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:05:00 -0400

Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin’

For Monday morning.

davehyndman: I just re-watched the scene (I keep a copy of...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:13:11 -0400

davehyndman:

I just re-watched the scene (I keep a copy of Office Space on my hard drive). So great!

whitneymcn:

One of my all time favorite movie scenes, practically perfect in every way.

mikehudack + evangotlib + juliasegal:

Office Space

newspeedwayboogie: “They make me aware of belonging to a...

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 07:10:41 -0400

newspeedwayboogie:

“They make me aware of belonging to a generation that has yet to figure out adulthood, for whom life can feel like a long John Hughes movie. You know the one. That Spandau Ballet song is playing at the big dance. You remember the lyrics, even if it’s been years since you heard them last. This is the sound of my soul. I bought a ticket to the world, but now I’ve come back again. Why do I find it hard to write the next line?”

AO Scott, NY Times, John Hughes’ Touch

99 classical mp3s for $8

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:56:14 -0400

99 classical mp3s for $8:

Kottke’s list of inexpensive classical music from amazon.com.

Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:09:48 -0400

bijan:

This is fantastic.

via Jeff Bezos, 2001

I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park in New York City and the conclusion of that was this. He said, “You know, this actually sounds like a really good idea to me, but it sounds like it would be a better idea for somebody who didn’t already have a good job.” He convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision.

So, I went away and was trying to find the right framework in which to make that kind of big decision. I had already talked to my wife about this, and she was very supportive and said, “Look, you know you can count me in 100 percent, whatever you want to do.” It’s true she had married this fairly stable guy in a stable career path, and now he wanted to go do this crazy thing, but she was 100 percent supportive. So, it really was a decision that I had to make for myself, and the framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called — which only a nerd would call — a “regret minimization framework.”

So, I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, “Okay, now I’m looking back on my life. I want to have minimized the number of regrets I have.” I knew that when I was 80 I was not going to regret having tried this. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a really big deal. I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. I knew that that would haunt me every day, and so, when I thought about it that way it was an incredibly easy decision. And, I think that’s very good. If you can project yourself out to age 80 and sort of think, “What will I think at that time?” it gets you away from some of the daily pieces of confusion. You know, I left this Wall Street firm in the middle of the year. When you do that, you walk away from your annual bonus. That’s the kind of thing that in the short-term can confuse you, but if you think about the long-term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.

(via observando)

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:44:53 -0400

(via observando)

The Zappos Way of Managing

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:25:32 -0400

The Zappos Way of Managing

Can’t wait to see this.

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:04:00 -0400

Can’t wait to see this.

Pig, Smoke, Pit

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:57:55 -0400

Pig, Smoke, Pit:

Quick tip: if you don’t see smoke coming from the building, it isn’t real barbecue.

The Case for Working With Your Hands

Tue, 26 May 2009 13:41:50 -0400

The Case for Working With Your Hands

Bicycle. My wife came up with an ingenious way to decorate a...

Sun, 17 May 2009 21:05:00 -0400

Bicycle. My wife came up with an ingenious way to decorate a wall in our house. We’ve had a few different pictures since it went up, but the bicycle was the first.

Looking forward to the release of Outer...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:29:09 -0400

Looking forward to the release of Outer South…

fred-wilson:

Difference Is Time - Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band - Outer South

Bob Dylan put together a backup band that was so good, they eventually went on to make some amazing records on their own. Many say that Conor Oberst is the Bob Dylan of today and he has also put together an amazing band. This new record features a bunch of songs written by the Mystic Valley Band and though I don’t have any liner notes (the record isn’t out yet), it seems that this is one of them. It’s certainly not Conor singing. But this is a fantastic song.

Listen all the way to the end. The guitar work on this song is fantastic and the solo that ends the song is amazing.

davehyndman: Friday Cover: Elbow - Running to Stand Still...

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:16:59 -0400

davehyndman:

Friday Cover: Elbow - Running to Stand Still (U2)

A great cover of a great song.

joelaz: Feist - Lovers Spit Photo by gussifer

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:06:05 -0400

joelaz:

Feist - Lovers Spit

Photo by gussifer

The No-Stats All-Star

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:56:26 -0500

The No-Stats All-Star:

Michael Lewis on basketball statistics. I’d like Battier a lot more if he had gone to UNC.

When Greed Is Good

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:30:57 -0500

When Greed Is Good