A Spartan Life

fastcompany: Got an emotion that you can’t quite find the words...

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:34 -0400

Got an emotion that you can’t quite find the words for? The Emotionary can probably help. It’s a website that invents new words for those moments when you just can’t find the right one.

Help us come up with more words that describe modern emotions. We’ll make a list of your responses! Which ones can you think of?

"A startup is like a mosquito. A bear can absorb a hit and a crab is armored against one, but a..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:42:06 -0400

“A startup is like a mosquito. A bear can absorb a hit and a crab is armored against one, but a mosquito is designed for one thing: to score. No energy is wasted on defense. The defense of mosquitos, as a species, is that there are a lot of them, but this is little consolation to the individual mosquito.”

- PG is so good

How to Make Wealth (via davehyndman)

Bijan Sabet: One size doesn't fit all

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:48 -0400

Bijan Sabet: One size doesn't fit all:

bijan:

One thing you learn as a parent is how different one child is from another and as result what works for one kid doesn’t necessarily work for another. An example in our house: we have 1 kid in private school and 2 kids in public school.

I think there is a tendency in startup land to believe that…

adamkatz: (via SplatF - AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:55:02 -0400

adamkatz:

(via SplatF - AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In One Simple Chart)

gq: But seriously, you guys. GRILLED LETTUCE.

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:51:26 -0400

gq:

But seriously, you guys. GRILLED LETTUCE.

stephenwildish: Friday Project - An egg inside. Discovered the...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:51:09 -0400

stephenwildish:

Friday Project - An egg inside. Discovered the wonders of the Manchester and Worcester eggs this week.

comedycentral: This was magical. If you ever needed a reason to...

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:55:39 -0400

comedycentral:

This was magical.

If you ever needed a reason to follow @TheDailyShow, this is it.

Here’s the original segment, in case you missed it.

cabinporn: The Dune Shacks of Peaked Bars Historic...

Sun, 05 May 2013 15:51:41 -0400

cabinporn:

The Dune Shacks of Peaked Bars Historic District.

From The Provincetown Design Group:

Nestled into the ever-shifting shapes of the Province Lands dunes, they are primitive in structure, but surrounded by a rare sort of richness – the mesmerizing environment of the ever-changing dunes, great undulations of sand that are constantly swept by the ocean’s winds into new shapes and that have long been a place of withdrawal for artists, eccentrics, writers and Cape residents.

Since the mid 1990s, area non-profits have offered solitude in the dunes to writers, artists, scientists, historians, musicians, and dancers through summer and fall shack residency programs.

Photos by Chris Seufert, Paul Neumann, Debra Bacon, and Stephanie Foster.

I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off...

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:11:09 -0400

I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off from Boeing. I didn’t have a camper but realized that being able to pull off the road at a rest or truck stop was the way to go to make the trip affordable. With a few sheets of 1/2” plywood and misc. hardware this is what I came up with. The effort was well worth the time and materials.

Progress Report: Announcing Social Citizens! A Partnership With The Case Foundation Promoting Social Entrepreneurship And Impact

Wed, 01 May 2013 21:09:10 -0400

Progress Report: Announcing Social Citizens! A Partnership With The Case Foundation Promoting Social Entrepreneurship And Impact:

collaborativefund:

by Team Collaborative Fund

From its inception, Social Citizens has served to spark discourse around the ideas we hold dear: collaboration, transparency, and social entrepreneurship. It’s a unique community of like-minded individuals, passionate about the things that matter and…

fastcompany: 5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:14:19 -0400

fastcompany:

5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift To Mobile

During SXSW, major brands convened to discuss how to move forward with mobile. Urban Airship’s Scott Kveton outlines the key trends and strategies that emerged and provides examples of brands adding value via mobile.

What is increasingly clear is that mobile will confound the cookie-cutter campaign creator, bother the bulk emailer, and annoy broad-audience advertisers. Brands that rely on traditional, one-way mass media must completely re-engineer their approach for mobile, because when customers perceive marketing as an interruption, they take immediate action to tune you out.

Find your value in your customers’ lives.

Engage each customer in the key moments of their day.

Deliver value based on location.

Allow customers to personalize their experience to gain relevance.

Don’t sell to your customers: entertain, engage, and delight them.

Read more here.

I love this laughingsquid: ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Comic Strips as...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:15:15 -0400

I love this

laughingsquid:

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Comic Strips as Animated GIFs

Actually pretty useful.. I find it excellent as an interviewer...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:50:58 -0500

Actually pretty useful.. I find it excellent as an interviewer as well

fastcompany:

Interview Tips For When Someone Asks, “What Questions Do You Have For Us?”

When the interviewer asks if you have any questions for them, it’s your opportunity to show them how much insight, moxie, and knowledge you have stored up. Here’s your playbook.

If I started tomorrow, what’s the first project you’d want me to tackle?

Beyond showing how you’d hit the ground running—and helping the interviewer to picture you doing so—this question will preview what the working state of the gig is like.

What are the must-have personality traits for this position?

This question will help you further fill in your forecast: Self-starting might mean you have little guidance; collaborative may mean you’ll be mired in meetings. Also, Gregorio notes, ask this will help the interviewer crack his or her robo-scanning and see you as a whole person.

What would you like to see more from in this position?

Ask this and you’ll learn why the last guy lost the gig—plus get a fuller picture of what your potential employer counts as success. (Then, when you get the job, make those goals happen.)

Do you like it here?

“This question might take interviewers back a bit,” Gregorio says, “but their answer will be telling.” If they respond with an automatic yes! then you’re probably entering into a positive culture (or talking to someone in denial), and if they look askance and search for meaning, chances are there’s a storm a-brewing beneath the interview-y sheen.

Why would I not be a fit for this job?

Inviting a critique shows you can handle feedback, Gregorio says, and it lets the interviewers give voice to any worries they might have about you.

For comments and more, check out the full story here.

What else should you ask during an interview? Let us know in the comments.

[Image: Flickr user John Morgan]

IF you can go to this, you should.. jay is a phenomenal human...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:11:51 -0500

IF you can go to this, you should.. jay is a phenomenal human being and sherpaa is doing kick-ass things

jayparkinsonmd:

I’m speaking at Etsy’s annual conference, Hello Etsy on March 23. Here’s how they describe it:

Hello Etsy will address the future of consumption, new methods of production, alternative approaches to work, and more purposeful ways of doing business.

I’ll be giving a whole new talk about Re-Imagining Work:

Jay Parkinson emerged from medical school into a broken industry. Rather than going down the standard route, he became an entrepreneur with the ambition to fix it. By reimagining how doctors define health, how they communicate, and how they get paid, he is creating a new system for providing care for patients. Parkinson, founder of Hello Health and Sherpaa will discuss how we can reinvent our approach to work, especially in a system as rigid as that of healthcare.

Other speakers include Chris Anderson, the ex-editor of Wired, Robin Chase, the founder of Zipcar, and many other greats. You should go.

Btw, they asked me to take that photo.

nevver: Mantone, Lunchbreath

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:10:28 -0500

nevver:

Mantone, Lunchbreath

fastcompany: The founding editor of Fast Company’s Co.Exist...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:05:06 -0500

fastcompany:

The founding editor of Fast Company’s Co.Exist Morgan Clendaniel will be speaking about on a panel of experts as they take a closer look at the evolving relationship of societal brands in our social world: illustrating its growing impact and key take-aways for the future of brand strategy.

In today’s ‘social’ world, where there’s full transparency and full disclosure, there’s an increasing need for brands to be ‘societal’, as customers derive value not just from products or services but from an organization’s broader, perceived value to their community.

Brands like Etsy and Warby Parker have built their businesses around this model, creating a value proposition to customers that isn’t just evaluated by monetary transactions alone, but what they give back – whether it’s supporting a local craftsman, or providing glasses to someone you’re unlikely ever to meet.

This new model has huge implications for the way brands should think about their corporate strategy (aligning communications with their core value proposition, beyond just the product benefit); brand valuation (how they measure and account for the impact and value they create within their communities); and CRM (from customer relationship management to communities relationship management.

Want to attend?

fastcompany: How It Feels To Use Google Glass Today, Google...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:50:19 -0500

fastcompany:

How It Feels To Use Google Glass

Today, Google shared their first, practical vision for Glass’s HUD. If there’s one mantra, it’s transparency. Aside from videos and photos, every bit of the interface focuses on clarity, from the use of what must be the sveltest font possible, to contrasting that font against the lightest matte possible.

diet iced me: 2013 List of What You Should Pack For SXSW

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:49:43 -0500

diet iced me: 2013 List of What You Should Pack For SXSW:

journalofajournalist:

thegreataustinmigration:

Listed without comment and in no particular order, here’s a crowdsourced list of what you should consider packing for SXSW.

Business cards

Mophie charger (always be charging)

Morning after pill

Ibuprofen/aspirin

Sunglasses

Sweaters/hoodies (layers you can…

…And this list is why they call SXSW the Nerd Summer Camp. See y’all there, and go to my panel, buy me a whiskey, etc.

Getting ready

cabinporn: Sauna in the archipelago of Stockholm,...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:34:12 -0500

cabinporn:

Sauna in the archipelago of Stockholm, Sweden.

Designed by Arkitektstudio Widjedal Racki Architecture.

more brilliant stuff from sherpaa sherpaa: We’re very excited...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:07:15 -0500

more brilliant stuff from sherpaa

sherpaa:

We’re very excited to announce that Sherpaa has partnered with Dr. Jason Jaramillo, an internist here in NYC who has a housecall/officecall practice. Now, when you as a Sherpaa client send us a message or give us a call and we determine that you need to be seen by a physician, one of your options is to have Dr. Jaramillo come to your office or home.

Our mission at Sherpaa is to make healthcare as accessible and affordable as possible and to make your experience absolutely awesome. Partnering with Jason is one just one of the ways we’re doing that.

You can quickly imagine that as the number of clients goes up, the more we can have a “Geek Squad” of doctors traveling to offices here in NYC taking care of problems in real time as they arrive. Give us some time, but that’s where we’re likely headed. Exciting times indeed.

A Spartan Life

fastcompany: Got an emotion that you can’t quite find the words...

"A startup is like a mosquito. A bear can absorb a hit and a crab is armored against one, but a..."

Bijan Sabet: One size doesn't fit all

adamkatz: (via SplatF - AOL vs. Netflix: The Entire Internet In...

gq: But seriously, you guys. GRILLED LETTUCE.

stephenwildish: Friday Project - An egg inside. Discovered the...

comedycentral: This was magical. If you ever needed a reason to...

cabinporn: The Dune Shacks of Peaked Bars Historic...

I took a 7 week coast to coast road trip after being laid off...

Progress Report: Announcing Social Citizens! A Partnership With The Case Foundation Promoting Social Entrepreneurship And Impact

fastcompany: 5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift...

5 Ways To Thrive During Marketing’s Seismic Shift To Mobile

I love this laughingsquid: ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Comic Strips as...

Actually pretty useful.. I find it excellent as an interviewer...

Interview Tips For When Someone Asks, “What Questions Do You Have For Us?”

If I started tomorrow, what’s the first project you’d want me to tackle?

What are the must-have personality traits for this position?

What would you like to see more from in this position?

Do you like it here?

Why would I not be a fit for this job?

IF you can go to this, you should.. jay is a phenomenal human...

nevver: Mantone, Lunchbreath

fastcompany: The founding editor of Fast Company’s Co.Exist...

fastcompany: How It Feels To Use Google Glass Today, Google...

diet iced me: 2013 List of What You Should Pack For SXSW

cabinporn: Sauna in the archipelago of Stockholm,...

more brilliant stuff from sherpaa sherpaa: We’re very excited...