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"I see the value of writing clearly and concisely becoming an increasingly important skill for..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:27 -0400

“I see the value of writing clearly and concisely becoming an increasingly important skill for...

hugz

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:58:56 -0400

hugz

If you just sold your company for $1.1 billion, reblog this

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:54:30 -0400

If you are getting ready for the biggest exit of your life, reblog this. Reblog this, forever.

The propane flame anemone

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:33:43 -0400

The propane flame anemone

We have come for you.

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:56:59 -0400

We have come for you.

One does not simply acquire Tumblr.

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:57:55 -0400

One does not simply acquire Tumblr.

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:01:17 -0400

oldloves:

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

Strong Opinions @marksbirch: What Startups Are Like

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:36:35 -0400

Strong Opinions @marksbirch: What Startups Are Like: marksbirch: Here is a collection of uplifting...

Sunday dachshund story

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:40:42 -0400

Sunday dachshund story

All product design and all customer experience are one. Full Stop

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:38:22 -0400

When you meet someone and something about them jars you, that’s the same emotional experience...

Chariot horse from Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Warriors, on...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:31:18 -0400

Chariot horse from Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Warriors, on exhibit at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum.

Now panic and freak out

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:41:26 -0400

Now panic and freak out

The tank

Thu, 09 May 2013 00:16:11 -0400

The tank

Sometimes I think the news media depends on the public not...

Wed, 08 May 2013 07:29:37 -0400

Sometimes I think the news media depends on the public not knowing enough about the world.

The last of the Blue Angels. Season Closed for 2013-14

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:47:23 -0400

The last of the Blue Angels. Season Closed for 2013-14

The morning habit. Strong British tea.

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:36:38 -0400

The morning habit. Strong British tea.

Foursquare Picks Up Where Daily Deals Sites Fall Off

Sun, 05 May 2013 20:38:01 -0400

I think in the space of opportunity, Foursquare has a very big edge in being a consumer’s...

I would feel happy if all I did was travel.

Sun, 05 May 2013 01:19:17 -0400

I would feel happy if all I did was travel.

San Francisco at night

Thu, 02 May 2013 03:10:24 -0400

San Francisco at night

Switch to the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone -- Engadget's Readers Choice Smartphone of the Year

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:32:56 -0400

Switch to the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone -- Engadget's Readers Choice Smartphone of the Year:...