April 2012
10 posts
Apr 11th
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“Limitations are really good for you. They are a stimulant. If you were told to...”
– David Hockney, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (via)
Apr 11th
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The Atlantic: Inspiration: Something of an Ongoing... →
contemplatingchicken writes: I struggle with consistency. I think that’s the best way to put it, and it makes talking about “inspiration” almost a laughable endeavor because I don’t feel, I never feel, as if I have enough data points in any given field to make generalizations about where I get inspiration or even what I am inspired to do. I jump back and forth between writing a book to...
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
“A lot of businesses do OK in spite of their marketing efforts, not because of...”
– Advice for the Next-Generation Planner Victoria Kaulback - Y&R New York
Apr 9th
Apr 8th
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Food for thought: Meep the Bird
@MeepTheBird tweets throughout Animal Planet’s yearly Super Bowl alternative for animal lovers: The Puppy Bowl. Meep has almost 20k twitter followers, and waxes pop culture with other Animal Planet online identities— regularly engaging followers on a whole slew of totally unrelated topics. He’s maintained radio silence since early February— no telling why exactly. So...
Apr 4th
“Real science is a revision in progress, always. It proceeds in fits and starts...”
– A fantastic read on how ignorance fuels science and the evolution of knowledge. (via explore-blog)
Apr 3rd
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GOOGLE ADWORDS [on april fools]: Introducing...
  Exactly one year ago we rolled out Teleport Search in select markets, expanding the Google Search results beyond providing links and allowing users to travel through time and space. Today, we’re rolling out this functionality to AdWords and DoubleClick with a new ad extension: Click-To-Teleport (beta)*. While features like call extensions and location extensions have aimed at solving the...
Apr 2nd
Brandish Creative: Flirting with Brands on Social... →
brandishcreative: I don’t hang out with people who just talk about themselves without regard for others. Similarly, I don’t “like” or “follow” brands that just talk about themselves without regard for others. Brands (or those who manage them) shouldn’t try to sell in the social space. It’s an opportunity…
Apr 1st
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