The girl with the camera and mirror
The girl with the camera and mirror
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The girl with the camera and mirror
Don Draper just had brunch where I had brunch. I had the grilled veggie omelette. He had a scotch, a steak, and any woman he wants.
lonelysandwich. January, 2008. Just so we always remember where it all started. Because, as far as I know? This is where it all started. (via merlin)
Good ideas write themselves
Paul Graham
Having good ideas is most of writing well. If you know what you’re talking about, you can say it in the plainest words and you’ll be perceived as having a good style. With speaking it’s the opposite: having good ideas is an alarmingly small component of being a good speaker.
Graham’s perspective of writing seems to expect good ideas to be clearly articulated in writing. If the idea is fuzzy, good writing will not clarify it. However, if the idea is clear, the writing will appear good.
Get some sleep
This infographic provides some scientific backing for what you already know: You need more sleep.
Universities will shrink to coffee shops
Universities will shrink to coffee shops
Stephen Gordon:
Several universities with world renown branding have begun offering online courses for free. MIT has been the pioneering institution in this. They were first to make practically all classes available online. Now they are beginning to offer some level of credential for completion of online courses through a new program they’re calling MITx.
Imagine a personnel manager at a mid-sized industrial corporation in Kansas who’s looking for a candidate with a particular set of knowledge. There are two candidates: one from the local state school with an appropriate college degree, a second with relevant MITx certificates of completion.
The myth of the overnight success
The myth of the overnight success
Chris Dixon:
You tend to hear about startups when they are successful but not when they are struggling. This creates a systematically distorted perception that companies succeed overnight. Almost always, when you learn the backstory, you find that behind every “overnight success” is a story of entrepreneurs toiling away for years, with very few people except themselves and perhaps a few friends, users, and investors supporting them.