New York Times Photographer Bill Cunningham is to Fashion Industry what Jon Stewart is to Washington Politics.
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“I know that for every connection I make online, there is a connection I lose in the real world.”
“The Apple Launch is a closed circle of fawning sycophants, thrilled with gimmicks, adapted to computers, programmed, a throng of identical authentic individuals chained to their machines and congratulating themselves on being ‘connected,’ led by a human that resembles a robot.”
http://www.thealphapages.com/content/apples-launch-event-was-creepy-as-hell
“Obvious to you. Amazing to others.”
“The main responsibility of city planning and design should be to develop — insofar as public policy and action can do so — cities that are congenial places for [a] great range of unofficial plans, ideas and opportunities to flourish,”
http://reason.org/news/printer/what-jane-jacobs-really-saw
“6 Reasons Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity”
http://wheredatapp.com/blog/2015/9/7/6-reasons-multitasking-destroys-your-productivity
“Complexity isn’t the reason why Netflix doesn’t allow offline viewing. It’s just their excuse for not having it yet. It’s right out of the Steve Jobs handbook: something you don’t offer is a terrible idea, until you offer it yourself, at which point you explain why your solution is the first to get it right.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/08/gizmodo-netflix
“…Would you rather do something extraordinary that benefits the lives of millions of people? Or be liked by several hundred? And does it have to be an either-or question?
The answer, like [Steve] Jobs, is complicated.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/business/dealbook/decoding-steve-jobs-in-life-and-on-film.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1
“Trying to follow what is going on in Syria and why? This comic will get you there in 5 minutes.”
http://www.upworthy.com/trying-to-follow-what-is-going-on-in-syria-and-why-this-comic-will-get-you-there-in-5-minutes
“Making something with your own two hands is a super power. Why on earth would you willingly rob yourself of it?”
https://medium.com/twenty-years-in-the-valley/one-of-the-biggest-mistakes-i-ve-made-in-my-career-72bf27c538b4
“First, prepare yourself to gain experience by submitting to the disciplines of education.
Second, work in the service of the most worthy cause for which your skills are qualified.
Third, with whatever compensation comes your way, build the resources to undertake what seems doable to you alone (in the garage, attic, etc.).
Fourth, when you have actually accomplished something, show it to someone whose work you admire, and ask for an opinion.
Fifth, repeat steps one through four until you have accomplished enough to ask for production assistance (not money).
Sixth, now get back to work and define your role in the community. If you achieve this, then you have a shot at recognition by people who don’t already know you.”
— Clarke Riedy
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-to-build-your-personal-brand-without-acting-insufferable?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bigthink%2Fmain+%28Big+Think+Main%29#comment-1759844010