INDIA.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 03:11:04 -0400

jonathankroell: _skizze/sketch 2013-04-24

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:58:54 -0400

jonathankroell:

_skizze/sketch 2013-04-24

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Wed, 22 May 2013 02:57:08 -0400

"I don’t give a shit what the world thinks. I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:56:19 -0400

“I don’t give a shit what the world thinks. I was born a bitch, I was born a painter, I was born fucked. But I was happy in my way. You did not understand what I am. I am love. I am pleasure, I am essence, I am an idiot, I am an alcoholic, I am tenacious. I am; simply I am…You are a shit.”

- Frida Kahlo, from an unsent letter to Diego Rivera (via cottonbutts)

word.

keepdrinkingpoison: Greatest pick up of all time

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:54:01 -0400

keepdrinkingpoison:

Greatest pick up of all time

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:53:28 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo: Lucien Lorelle 1964

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:52:20 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Lucien Lorelle

1964

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Wed, 22 May 2013 02:51:37 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo: Karl Lagerfeld ‘Welcome to Metropolis’

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:50:51 -0400

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Karl Lagerfeld

‘Welcome to Metropolis’

newyxrkbadbxy: mix..

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:49:40 -0400

newyxrkbadbxy:

mix..

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Wed, 22 May 2013 02:47:43 -0400

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Wed, 22 May 2013 02:47:25 -0400

kirstenrothbart: Dead End Girls © 2013, Kirsten Rothbart

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:47:13 -0400

kirstenrothbart:

Dead End Girls

© 2013, Kirsten Rothbart

Seth Godin: Levels of marketing magic, the placebo effects of desire

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:04:20 -0400

“ANTICIPATION: Before the product is released, the true fans are buzzing and speculating and waiting in line. The anticipation is self-reinforcing, a placebo effect of desire.

UTILITY: The album is good, the software is useful, the book changes things. It works better than we hoped. Exceeding expectations pays significant dividends.

REMARK: It’s purple. Remarkable. Worth talking about. The word spreads. Ten people tell ten people and suddenly, it’s abuzz. Not because of PR or hype, but because the remarkability is built right into the product or service itself. And more people enjoy things that are getting buzzed about.

TRIBE: The core group, the true fans, are even more connected then before. The organization has helped them organize, the product creates a culture, commitments are made, conversations persist, a culture is built. To use something that makes us feel as though we belong is magic indeed.

[repeat]

If this sounds like Apple, Bob Dylan, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Dead, gun collectors or Shake Shack, it’s not an accident. It’s definitely not an accident.”

We're going to die soon...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:27 -0400

make sure you live.

Maybe

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:25 -0400

I can’t love.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 02:17:58 -0400

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Tue, 21 May 2013 01:02:03 -0400

Seth Godin: Urgency and accountability are two sides of the innovation coin

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:52:00 -0400

“As organizations and individuals succeed, it gets more difficult to innovate. There are issues of coordination, sure, but mostly it’s about fear. The fear of failing is greater, because it seems as though you’ve got more to lose.

So urgency disappears first. Why ship it today if you can ship it next week instead? There are a myriad of excuses, but ultimately it comes down to this: if every innovation is likely to fail, or at the very least, be criticized, why be in such a hurry? Go to some more meetings, socialize it, polish it and then, one day, you can ship it.

Part of the loss of urgency comes from a desire to avoid accountability. Many meetings are events in which an organization sits in a room until someone finally says, “okay, I’ll take responsibility for this.” If you’re willing to own it, do you actually need a meeting, or can you just email a question or two to the people you need information from?

Thus, we see the two symptoms of the organization unable to move forward with alacrity, the two warning signs of the person in the grip of the resistance. “I can take my time, and if I’m lucky, I can get you to wonder who to blame.”

You don’t need more time, you just need to decide.

Read the history of the original Mac and you’ll be amazed at just how fast it got done. Willie Nelson wrote three hit songs in one day. To save the first brand I was responsible for, I redesigned five products in less than a day. It takes a team of six at Lays potato chips a year to do one.

The urgent dynamic is to ask for signoffs and to push forward, relentlessly. The accountable mantra is, “I’ve got this.” You can feel this happening when you’re around it. It’s a special sort of teamwork, a confident desperation… not the desperation of hopelessness, but the desperate effort that comes from being hopeful.

What’s happening at your shop?”

"I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up"

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:35:11 -0400

“I sit before flowers
hoping they will train me in the art
of opening up”

- The Student, Shane Koyczan (via bokura)