August 2009
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…there will never be an invitation or a perfect moment. No one is going to invite you to start in on your dreams - so invite yourself.
…And that’s when I remembered. For almost 13 years I kept a Goethe quote with me that resonated but apparently took it’s time to penetrate. “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.”
excerpt from...
What Are You Thankful For?
I love these pictures…
thankful4:
Last Thursday night was our first night out, demoing Thankfulfor.com at TECH cocktail DC 6 in Adams Morgan. It was a great crowd for a hot DC summer evening! We kept it pretty simple, showing people the site, talking about gratitude, and asking everyone to answer the question: what are you thankful for? Some people listed tons of things, others kept it...
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“I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we...”
– Andrea Lunsford, Professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University
Clive Thompson on the New Literacy
(via fred-wilson)
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Some Exciting Updates
for when we want to put the cynicism, sarcasm and general jadedness aside and just feel some gratitude for a change…
thankful4:
Today we got our landing page up so people can finally go to Thankfulfor.com and at least sign up for a launch announcement. That’s a pretty exciting step.
Even more exciting tidbits:
Behind the curtain, the site is working and is probably about 80%...
Sharon Glassman: What is Work? Cutting Yourself... →
Look mom & dad! I’m on Huffington Post :D
The 2009 Inc. 500: The Top 10 Women-Run Companies... →
Very cool to see a local woman, Bhavna Vasisht from Chantilly, VA, on there
5 Great WordPress Hacks | ultimate geek girl →
Just a few hacks if you have a wordpress blog… nicely done.
scarborough →
who doesn’t love a good sunset, right? here are just a few pics from a visit to scarborough, maine. we caught the sunset just before dinner at a friend’s house. what a great spot they live in…..
colorful southern california →
ok, a few more pics of encinitas and la jolla. can you tell i really loved it there? everything is just sort of vibrant and cheery. pics of my recent trip to maine coming up soon…
WatchThis is pretty huge… particularly for people like Gary, who have a business and want to extend their audience. It’s searching real-time conversations. And of course, real-time conversations are the new SEO…
gary:
What I did last night…with Facebook What Facebook did yesterday by opening up their search is change the landscape of the “social trenches game”. With Far more users...
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WatchEve Ensler, playwright, activist and creator of V-Day, appeared at the the seventh D: All Things Digital conference in late May to talk about the links between what goes into making mobile phones and human rights violations.
- note - this is a really painful video to listen to. but shouldn’t we all expect and demand that our companies know what’s happening around every step of their...
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Second Skin - Through 8/13 Only (on snagfilms)
watched this last night… fascinating look at various affects of gaming (immersive games like WOW, EverQuest, etc) on different people. here’s the description from the site… watch it for free on snagfilms.
Second Skin takes an intimate look at three sets of computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by online virtual worlds. An emerging genre of computer software...
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed (Updated) →
PALO ALTO, CALIF.—August 10, 2009—Facebook today announced that it has agreed to acquire FriendFeed, the innovative service for sharing online. As part of the agreement, all FriendFeed employees will join Facebook and FriendFeed’s four founders will hold senior roles on Facebook’s engineering and product teams.
and here’s another link…
Robert Scoble Fwd: Facebook acquires FriendFeed....
encinitas, a beach town →
i was in encinitas for a wedding a couple of weeks ago… what a cool vibe that little town has. anyplace that has long stretches of beach, no parking meters (at least i didn’t see any) and not one,…
maine scenes →
i just realized i never posted these pics from my last trip to maine. and actually, i really like them. most are daytime shots, but the first image was from a long exposure test i did late night…
GOOP's Teriyaki Chicken
yum
bodysoulconnect:
I’m not doing the detox program right now but I’ve wanted to make this dish for a while. The sauce is a little sweet.. I’d probably make it without so much agave next time. But it grilled perfectly and the cilantro piled on top made the dish taste fresh and robust - perfect for summer. Aside from the marinating time, it’s a very quick and easy dinner recipe. Scroll down...