Build Something Beautiful
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alex added 10d ago
Kurt, Dave and Chris:
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First let me apologize for taking a couple of days to put this outline together. When I spoke to Kurt I was in the middle of making a Fugazi album1, but I thought I would have a day or so between records to sort everything out. My schedule changed unexpectedly, and this is the first moment I've had to go through it all. Apologyfrom I would like to be paid like a plumber by Shaun Usher
sari added 10d ago
a great f*cking letter from Steve Albini to Nirvana.
- There is a children’s TV show called Bluey 3, which follows a family of anthropomorphic dogs and their life in Australia. The lineup includes Bluey, a 6-year old Blue Heeler puppy, and her family: her dad Bandit, her mom Chilli, and her little sister Bingo.
Bluey is an Australian TV show that premiered in 2018 created by Joe Brumm who wanted to por... See morefrom When You Destroy the Tools of Creativity
alex added 12d ago
Craft and beauty: The business value of form in function | Stripe Sessions
phoebe added 15d ago
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We can't build a sustainable business by chasing every opportunity.
A sustainable business is strategically constrained. Its leaders know what the business is and, more importantly, what it's not.from Why Nachos Aren't on the Menu by Tara McMullin
juliana ong added 23d ago
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Optimization alone can't get you novelty or interestingness.
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sari added 1mo ago
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In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.from Values by André Chaperon
juliana ong added 1mo ago
Calm technology
kev added 1mo ago
fascinating conversation with Daylight Computer founder:
How do we bring evolutionary harmony? […] Evolutionary mismatch is redefining the way a human is built and that a lot of these vulnerabilities and unhealthy behaviors and the path of least resistance not often being aligned with our intention, is not necessarily a bug, it’s a feature.
Daisy is talking:
In my world, I’ve seen the retreat to tangible things more in categories like print books, print magazines, and stuff like perfume, things that can’t be replicated digitally.
I think people just want things that they can hold and touch, honestly, and that’s a natural impulse, but I don’t know, I think hardware is just a reflection of our relationship to objects generally, I don’t think it’s a special category.
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If you want to sell music, you must love those songs. If you want to succeed in journalism, you must love those newspapers. If you want to succeed in movies, you must love the cinema.
But this kind of love is rare nowadays. I often see record labels promote new artists for all sorts of gimmicky reasons—even labels I once trusted such as Deutsche Gr... See morejuliana ong added 2mo ago