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Bankers and prophets seem to be driven by an almost poetic compulsion to push further.

  • The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English

    The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English » andreainspired: Ailurophile A cat-lover.Assemblage A gathering.Becoming Attractive.Beleaguer To exhaust with attacks.Brood To think alone.Bucolic In a lovely rural setting.Bungalow A small, cozy cottage.Chatoyant Like a cat’s eye.Comely Attractive.Conflate To blend together.Cynosure A focal point of admiration.Dalliance A brief love affair.Demesne Dominion, territory.Demure Shy and reserved.Denouement The resolution of… more ›

  • badassembly: Digital photo frames are the…

    badassembly: Digital photo frames are the quintessence of cheesy futurism, which is why NoDesign made one that recalls an older, classier technology: the lightbox. more ›

  • Emoticomp

    Emoticomp » bashford: “My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun.” – Bomb 20 Yeah I know about the title. I have no intention of actually saying that word out loud unless I refer to this post. There’s… more ›

  • Hire with care but integrate deliberately and fast

    “Hire with care but integrate deliberately and fast” – russell davies: general lessons from association football more ›

  • “If you posted the most incredible…

    “If you posted the most incredible story — literally, the most incredible story that has ever been told since people have had the ability to tell stories, it will never, ever get as many hits as a video of a cat with… more ›

  • stressfm:   Jagannathan Sampath – Din is Noise …

    stressfm:   Jagannathan Sampath – Din is Noise   Software is the only medium, and it never dies. Beyond the utilitarian view of computer programming and into the courageous artistic possibilities opened by mathematics, we find Jagannathan Sampath, a self-described… more ›

  • Suppose that the NSA was acquired by Google, let’s…

    “Suppose that the NSA was acquired by Google, let’s say, and suppose that Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and Amazon pooled all their databanks, maybe through legislative fiat, or through open-source… And then we spiced-up that huge Cloud of Big Data, with… more ›

  • Poetry is already gone. We don’t miss it any more…

    “Poetry is already gone. We don’t miss it any more than those un-novelled societies miss novels. That’s a major cultural loss we’ve already experienced through media transition.” – The WELL: Bruce Sterling and Jon Lebkowsky: State of the World 2014 more ›

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    (via Surviving 2014 | Monday Note) more ›

  • (via The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code)

    (via The Four Stages of Disruption | Re/code) more ›