June 2010
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“The best design explicitly acknowledges that you cannot disconnect the form from...”
– — Jonathan Ive, SVP of Design at Apple. Core77 speaks with Jonathan Ive on the design of the iPhone 4 Say what you will about Apple but they may have the best massmarket Design+Engineering+Manufacturing team on the planet. The tolerance on the SIM card enclosure is flat out breathtaking for a mass...
Jun 30th
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“The first is listening. It is a hoary cliché of management schools that a good...”
– Carol Bartz The Economist - Leadership in the information age
Jun 29th
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Corner Office - To MasterCard’s Retiring Chief,... →
Some essential traits.
Jun 29th
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“I would rather cry in a BMW than smile on the back of my boyfriend’s...”
– Ma Nuo, China’s most recognizable bai jin nu (gold-digger). As China rises in economic status, some economic problems are becoming interesting.    China’s real estate boom spells trouble for boyfriends - latimes.com
Jun 22nd
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Jun 15th
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“Right before the Geocities sale went through, my wife went to the cash machine...”
– One on One: Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com This is crazy and inspiring. 
Jun 15th
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How to Save Newsweek - NYTimes.com →
From David Carr:  It’s a magazine Find a runway Turn off the TV Do the small stuff well Lose the royal ‘we’ More women Less beltway, more safeway Throw a hail mary
Jun 15th
Poyozo | Make Life Make Sense →
Jun 15th
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“In 1994, when the World Cup first arrived on American soil, Nike’s soccer...”
– Alejandro González Iñárritu’s epic, witty, wonderful World Cup ad for Nike. - By Seth Stevenson - Slate Magazine Marketing helped establish Nike’s dominance in Soccer and crushed Adidas in the process. It should be noted that the Write the Future ad would have been an impossible dream...
Jun 14th
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Clay Shirky: What I Read | The Atlantic Wire →
Jun 13th
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Jun 10th
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“To find a shoe has always been my dream.”
– Armenian Cave Yields Oldest Known Leather Shoe - NYTimes.com The shoe from 3653 to 3627 B.C.
Jun 10th
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“Sati Nath Sarangi, an advocate for the victims, characterized the verdict as...”
– Indian Court Convicts 7 in Bhopal Disaster - NYTimes.com
Jun 7th
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Jun 7th
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“Risk is always theoretical until an accident occurs. It’s harder to argue...”
– Why We’re So Bad at Managing Risk - Science and Tech - The Atlantic
Jun 2nd
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Jun 2nd
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“Bros are also “alpha consumers,” at least on campus, which may be...”
– CNN: Bros Icing Bros - May. 26, 2010 I couldn’t stop laughing after reading this because it’s probably true and it’s probably the best way to express the idea. 
Jun 1st