February 2012
21 posts
Things to Worry About →
thekimenator:
In 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with the following:
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about efficiency Worry about horsemanship Things not to worry about: Don’t worry about popular opinion Don’t worry about dolls Don’t worry about the past Don’t worry about the future Don’t worry about...
Madewell: Office Craze: Buttoning Up →
madewell:
by Kendall Meade (Madewell) Lately, not a day goes by here at Madewell HQ where I don’t notice lots of women in the office embracing their inner geek and buttoning their boyshirts and blouses all the way to the top. It’s gotten to the point that when I put on a shirt in the morning, it…
This is something that I, too, am very into right now.
January 2012
37 posts
4 tags
“There are essentially two main reasons to hold a phone up at a show. First, to...”
– John Battelle’s searchblog
Specifically, I’m pretty into Modern Love on Thursdays
Out there by Chickenfoot Lake, the lesson finally sank in. The key to a better marriage, for us, was not to hew closer to the general, to try to grind away the quirks or to more faithfully try to emulate the early-21st century marriage ideal. The key was to embrace, not blunt, the specifics — specifics that in the end we couldn’t blunt...
“Informationally, we are becoming lard-asses. In the pageview and ratings driven...”
– Fantastic take on how technology makes us happy by @blam
Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic | The Wirecutter (via greghaystuff)
Confidence in the long game - so key.
“One survey, by Opinion Research, shows that “61% of respondents said they had...”
– From Thou Shalt Covet What Thy Neighbor Covets, by Martin Lindstrom. (via fastcompany)
Fascinating. The review culture.
wifi networks
emilyluger:
sarpa:
i just heard about someone who named their wifi griffindor common room.
so when you log in it asks for the password for griffindor common room.
amazing.
Amazing.
Per Lucy- What would top it off is if the password were just ” thefatlady” so anyone who knew the book could get on their network.
Or if it just changed on a regular basis, and there was one go-to person...
wifi networks
sarpa:
i just heard about someone who named their wifi griffindor common room.
so when you log in it asks for the password for griffindor common room.
amazing.
Amazing.
Pinterest for Brands: 5 Hot Tips →
Great write-up on one of my favorite platforms of the moment. Get pinning!
