January 2012
26 posts
Jan 24th
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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Jan 23rd
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“The result of all this free and far-below-minimum-wage professional work is...”
– Academic publishers have become the enemies of science | Dr Mike Taylor | Science | guardian.co.uk (via slantback)
Jan 23rd
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“Does the teacher say, ‘Who’s having a fantastic struggle? Show me your...”
– In schools, self-esteem boosting is losing favor to rigor, finer-tuned praise - The Washington Post (via slantback)
Jan 23rd
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“The reasons brainstorming fails are instructive for other forms of group work,...”
– The Rise of the New Groupthink (via NYTimes)
Jan 23rd
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Prosecutors turn to dogs to put crime victims at... →
“I think animals are just good for the soul,” Dogs.
Jan 13th
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“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the...”
– Christopher McCandless (via thegrandarchives)
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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“Our overwhelming power and wealth, earned under earlier generations of leaders,...”
– The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz (via wehr) “So what I saw around me were great kids who had been trained to be world-class hoop jumpers. Any goal you set them, they could achieve. Any test you gave them, they could pass with flying colors. They were, as...
Jan 9th
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I know I’m late to the party, but Downton Abbey is the greatest.
Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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“In this democracy we take the things we like about a candidate, weigh them...”
– Savorism (via Ta-Nehisi Coates)
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Listenpopsong89: “January Hymn” -The Decemberists
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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“I used to have students who bragged to me about how fast they wrote their...”
– The American Scholar: Solitude and Leadership - William Deresiewicz (via slantback)
Jan 6th
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“Hashtags at their best stand in as what linguists call “paralanguage,” like...”
– How the Hashtag Is Ruining the English Language (via slantback)
Jan 6th
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December 2011
22 posts
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Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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“Texting while driving is, in essence, a wake-up call to America. It illustrates...”
– Driving has lost its cool for young Americans | Grist (via slantback)
Dec 28th
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“Operations like the Greek swap/short index maneuver were easy money for banks...”
– A Christmas Message From America’s Rich | | Rolling Stone That last sentence nails it. The social contract is broken. (via ronmarks)
Dec 28th
“My advice is to do what you can this second. Big plans that rely on other...”
– Miranda July, interviewed by the Guardian (via jackrusher)
Dec 28th
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Dec 20th
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A year full of the highest highs (and some admittedly terrible lows), but one of the things that warms my heart most is seeing my dog sleep peacefully for the first time in 5 days after dislocating his hip. Tiny moments, best memories.
Dec 20th
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Listenmarmite: The War On Drugs - I Was There Wow....
Dec 20th
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Listenpopsong89: “Foregone” -The Decemberists
Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 15th
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Listenpopsong89: “Rock Lobster” -The B-52’s
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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“Ultimately, I came to understand that I could achieve far more if I worked...”
– Ruth Simmons of Brown University, on Amiable Leadership (via ub14)
Dec 6th
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“If you want reliable, clear communications (in love or networking), there are a...”
– Making things talk - Tom Igoe - Google Books (via slantback)
Dec 6th
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Dec 1st
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“That’s the whole secret, is if you hire great people and you don’t mess them up...”
– Woody Allen on directing actors, from Woody Allen: A Documentary Via meaghano. Still haven’t seen it, but I think this applies to hiring for all kinds of projects.  (via ub14) So what do you do when you hire less-than-great people?
Dec 1st
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November 2011
31 posts
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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