July 2009
54 posts
Common Ground and Cultural Prominence (pdf) →
Why do well-known ideas, practices, and people maintain their cultural prominence in the presence of equally good or better alternatives? This article suggests that a social-psychological process whereby people seek to establish common ground with their conversation partners causes familiar elements of culture to increase in prominence, independently of performance or quality. Two studies tested...
Unconsumption Tumblr →
A tumblr dedicated to the pursuit of unconsumption. Fuckin’ awesome!
40 superb psychology blogs →
Did you ever have any self-doubts, fear of failure?
Jeff Bezos [founder of Amazon.com]: In a strange way, no. Because remember…
Once you are looking at the odds in a realistic way — it’s very important for entrepreneurs to be realistic — and so if you believe on that first day while you’re writing the business plan that there’s a 70 percent chance that the whole...
“Stress primarily comes from not taking action over something that you can have...”
– Jeff Bezos in an Inteview with the Academy of Achievement. See also: regret minimalization. (thanks @msg) (via jackcheng)
Pockets
Somebody today mentioned NY as a cultural melting pot composed of a bunch of little pockets. The pockets are tight-knit groups that look out for one another above anyone else, but it’s not uncommon to see different pockets gathered together in one place. It’s not uncommon to see different pockets celebrating together, mourning together, commuting together, sitting together, smiling...
Hobo Packets (note to broke self) →
How to Behave: The New Rules for Highly Evolved... →
Why Swearing is Good for You →
When popping a pill doesn’t work, try dropping an F-bomb.
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Tibor Kalman "Perverse Optimist" Scans →
Tibor Kalman is a fucking god. He consistently challenged commonly-accepted methodology, thinking, and dogma in the design world.
The link is a pdf of some scans I made from his book, “Perverse Optimist.” It’ll take awhile to download [117 MB ~ 15 min], so click the link while you’re surfing the net and come back to it once it’s downloaded.
Ten Graphic Design Paradoxes →
The Sort of City
New York is the sort of city where people seem to say whatever’s in their heads, it’s something I love. For example, I don’t walk, or sit up. I have a hose running from a machine connected to a hole in my throat. I mean, I dress nicely, I don’t drool or stare blankly into nothingness, but it’s definitely not common to see a fellow like me wandering about the streets of Manhattan. However, in...
http://lovefingers.org/ →
L Magazine (nts) →
Creative Caravan: The Craigslist for Creatives →
http://www.designhistory.org/ →
Another bookmark-to-self. →
Beyond Design, 10 Skills Designers Need to Succeed Now
A Glimpse and a Honk →
You have 30 seconds to make an impression with your resume.
David Lynch's Interview Project →
Milton Glaser's 10 Things I Have Learned →
http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/designers-accord →
The Generation M Manifesto
Dear Old People Who Run the World,
My generation would like to break up with you.
Everyday, I see a widening gap in how you and we understand the world — and what we want from it. I think we have irreconcilable differences.
You wanted big, fat, lazy “business.” We want small, responsive, micro-scale commerce.
You turned politics into a dirty word. We want authentic, deep democracy...
Living the dream, with goats →
Ever fantasize about trading your day job for the countryside? Brad Kessler on how he got away — and made cheese