April 2012
87 posts
The amazing journey of building a startup
Every entrepreneur worth their salt should take this seriously: xeniosthrasyvoulou:
Building a startup is an amazing journey. You get to innovate, see your baby go from infancy to walking, talking and – in time - jumping through hoops. It’s an experience that opens yours eyes, teaches you a tonne about yourself and others and rewards you more than anything through the people your product touches...
The Futures Agency: Music is not a veneer! →
Marketing departments need to read this stimulating piece on the changing face of music as part of experiential marketing. futuresagency:
A survey reported recently in the UK Daily Mail (Nov 4) suggested that 50% of shoppers leave stores because of the background music playing. This finding is a welcome antidote to a lot of often poorly-designed research suggesting that music is universally...
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Defenestrations: I dreamt of tumblr ... →
Interesting stuff, jayarrarr:
A few nights ago, I had my first ever dream about tumblr. People I’ve met on tumblr have made cameos in dreams I’ve had before, but I’ve never had a full-on dream about tumblr until this one, and I’ve been trying ever since to piece together what I remember in some sort of coherent whole so that…
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“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
– Oscar Wilde (via booksandnerds)
Defenestrations: The Drummer →
Wow! This is poetry.
jayarrarr:
If this moment is all we ever are, Are you the song? Am I the singer?
Will I laugh at your jokes and collapse your arms the carriage of remembrance your eyes the shape of things (not) to come?
Will I linger for “just one more” Though I know I’m well past last For choice…
Pedantic Persiflage: The Hub →
heart-felt poetry by pedanticpersiflage:
Don’t mean to spam the dash, but I felt like I did some of my better work in the nether hours of last night/early morning. So, one more after this one, and then I’m done.
pedanticpersiflage:
Perhaps I’ll find the words some day, the ones I want to say to every friend, to every…
How Companies Learn Your Secrets: NY Times →
safranx:
Every time you go shopping, you share intimate details about your consumption patterns with retailers. And many of those retailers are studying those details to figure out what you like, what you need, and which coupons are most likely to make you happy. Target, for example, has figured out how to data-mine its way into your womb, to figure out whether you have a baby on the way long...
Defenestrations: Time →
jayarrarr:
It’s been said (and again) can heal all wounds, It flies on pirate ships with sails woven of threads of bitter breath.
I’ll see your wish and raise you [maybe] Despite the height of stakes (and force of flight)
If only to know you are all My wings ever sought to loft…
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