February 2012
7 posts
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The Macalope Weekly: Who to Blame? →
This is such a great lede:
It’s simple, folks: Apple’s to blame for economic conditions in China, the Kindle Fire is to blame for the freaks of nature that are coming out from Samsung, and Siri is to blame for your grandmother dying alone.
Any questions?
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Willing
When I’m depressed, nothing can help me if I’m not willing to be helped — not drugs, not people, not time — nothing. Depression can create or consume; it can ignite or extinguish. The only way to overcome is to choose to do so. Only one person can fight depression: the person suffering from it.
Others can help, but only if I’m willing to let them; words can help, but only if...
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“Fear is strong but
people are stronger.”
– Michaela McCann, Avoidance vs. Bravery
"People who don’t suffer from depression, won’t... →
baileygenine:
People who are depressed most likely won’t tell you they’re depressed.
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The Bias Against Creativity: Why People Desire But... →
Mary Catt for Chronicle Online (via Gina Tripani):
To uncover bias against creativity, the researchers used a subtle technique to measure unconscious bias — the kind to which people may not want to admit, such as racism. Results revealed that while people explicitly claimed to desire creative ideas, they actually associated creative ideas with negative words such as “vomit,”...
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Music From a Dry Cleaner →
Diego Stocco:
Almost everyday, on my way to a local bakery, I walk in front of a dry cleaners. When they have the front door open, I hear a lot of interesting sounds coming from their work equipment. Eventually, the different mechanical and steam sounds sparked something in my mind, so one day I asked the owners if I could record a piece of music by using their machines as musical...
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“[…] we’re all lobbyists now, and that’s just as it should be. This...”
– Jeff Jarvis, We are the Lobbyists