January 2011
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Apple's Leadership Zen
Jeff Yang, in a great article dissecting how Apple “out-Sony’d Sony,” hits on an important leadership concept (that I quite selfishly want to remember).
Jobs’s immersion in Zen and passion for design almost certainly exposed him to the concept of ma, a central pillar of traditional Japanese aesthetics. Like many idioms relating to the intimate aspects of how a culture...
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“[Speaking about members of the LDS Church to their leaders, James E. Faust said…] “They will treat you very kindly. They will say nice things about you.” He laughed a little and then said, “Dieter, be thankful for this. But don’t you ever inhale it.” That is a good lesson for us all, brethren, in any calling or life situation. We can be grateful for our health, wealth, possessions, or...
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My number
Evidently, I have a number. I know this because I’ve hit my number three times, and each time just seeing my number is sufficient to piss me off to such an extent that action must be taken.
Roughly six years ago, I got a trainer. It worked; I learned about exercise, caloric intake, and insulin reactions. I reduced my number by 35-ish.
Then the new desk job and life got the better of me,...
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The McGurk Effect: Watch your ears lie to you. →
Bah bah bah, fah fah fah—Guster lyrics? Maybe. But also a crazy demonstration of the McGurk Effect.
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Eek! A Male! →
And so it goes these days, when almost any man who has anything to do with a child can find himself suspected of being a creep. I call it “Worst-First” thinking: Gripped by pedophile panic, we jump to the very worst, even least likely, conclusion first. Then we congratulate ourselves for being so vigilant.
Oy, the looks I get when I’m out with my daughters. /via
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Lockdown
I was just told to put our building(s) into full lockdown. Exciting, no?
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Venue?
OK Utah people, I need some advice. I have a chance to maybe go see Guster next Saturday. But they’re playing in SLC at the Venue, or In the Venue, or something like that. The interwebs tell me the place used to be called “Bricks nightclub” if that helps. Oh, and that it’s a nasty hole that’s too many people in a small space, too loud, and overall just terrible.
So...
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giveitarun asked: Ingrid Michaelson, Paul Simon's Kodachrome, Jonathan Coulton?
Well done, sir, well done. These are all my people as well. :)
Well done, sir, well done. These are all my people as well. :)
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