Monthly Archives: November 2013

Tweet by jfagone

Weird thing about writing, to me, is it's a constant battle to say clearly what you really want to say. You say all this other shit instead. — Jason Fagone (@jfagone) November 6, 2013 via http://twitter.com/jfagone

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Amazing: Temporary rules posted at Britain's Richmond Golf Club after German bombs hit the course in 1940 pic.twitter.com/2W4WnufUDO — ClassicPics (@History_Pics) November 4, 2013 via http://twitter.com/History_Pics

Storytelling is magic

Storytelling is magic “For the best magic tricks — there’s a real collision between those two things — where what you see is impossible, you know it’s impossible, but it’s so beautiful you want to believe it’s true. And great magic, great storytelling, has that battle between your head and your heart, but you want […]

Louis C.K.’s Riff about his Daughter’s Questions, in Comic Book Form

Louis C.K.’s Riff about his Daughter’s Questions, in Comic Book Form

Vimeo: Marking the Distance

Marking the Distance StoryCorps

Vimeo: Beyond the Lines (2013)

Beyond the Lines (2013) ESMA MOVIES

You Can’t Balance Your Life By The Decade

You Can’t Balance Your Life By The Decade ‘…one of my mentors told me that of all the people he knew who said, “I’ll work for Wall Street for 10 years, then retire and do my thing,” none of them ever did.’

Why Sweden and Switzerland want Chinese people to be able to tell them apart

Why Sweden and Switzerland want Chinese people to be able to tell them apart

Tweet by seriouspony

I have seen a thousand tech talks, but none as meaningful as this one. If you work in tech or know someone who does: http://t.co/rM3T3qkm3D — Seriouspony (@seriouspony) November 4, 2013 via http://twitter.com/seriouspony

Scientists Estimate 20 Billion Earth-Like Planets In Our Galaxy

Scientists Estimate 20 Billion Earth-Like Planets In Our Galaxy

New like on tumblr: kfan

Liked on Tumblr: kfan

YouTube: Marking the Distance

Marking the Distance storycorps

Tweet by cenkuygur

The side trying to stop you from acquiring more knowledge is the one that's wrong. And knows it's wrong. — Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) November 4, 2013 via http://twitter.com/cenkuygur

Tweet by Every6thDay

http://t.co/n2hTzN33AK RT @kenarneson Part of me wants this A's-to-AT&T thing to happen just to see the press conference… — Bryan Murphy (@Every6thDay) November 4, 2013 via http://twitter.com/Every6thDay

Tweet by iwonabb

Nailed it #cikm2013 #bigdata pic.twitter.com/gY5jIQ2V7h — Iwona Bialynicka-B. (@iwonabb) October 31, 2013 via http://twitter.com/iwonabb

The Big Data Brain Drain: Why Science is in Trouble

The Big Data Brain Drain: Why Science is in Trouble The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data: “simple models and a lot of data trump more elaborate models based on less data.”

Success take grit

Success take grit “Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

Interview with Clive Thompson About Twitter, Ambient Awareness, Socrates, and Recency Bias

Interview with Clive Thompson About Twitter, Ambient Awareness, Socrates, and Recency Bias “Psychologists talk about something called “recency”—our tendency to assume that whatever is happening to us right now is the most important thing going on. It’s a long-standing bias in our psychology, long predating the Internet. But modern media have made it worse.”

Tweet by VorosM

And now the pic from today: pic.twitter.com/vyDiK0oAu1 — Voros McCracken (@VorosM) November 2, 2013 via http://twitter.com/VorosM

Tweet by MLBcathedrals

Your new park may have a fancy split-level upper deck. Don't be fooled; Designed to charge you more for these seats. pic.twitter.com/avyBsvWX6W — Ballparks (@MLBcathedrals) November 1, 2013 via http://twitter.com/MLBcathedrals