This is genius. I can’t believe I know these people. I didn’t know who it was and I’m like “omg, I have to see this movie”.
(via tortillaknife)
On leadership from behind - “It is the first follower who transforms a lone nut into a leader. There is no movement without the first follower…The best way to make a movement if you really care is to courageously follow and show other show to follow. When you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first person to stand up and join in.”
I really love this piece because it shows the middle ground between unqualified exuberance and alarmist rejection when it comes to digital technologies.
In the person of Patrick Stewart we have someone who has lived a life of letters, of deep cultural and intellectual engagement, embracing technologies that he feels add value to his life and rejecting others.
It reminds me of my adviser at Stanford, Dr. Robert McGinn, who is very deliberate, and reminds us to be deliberate, in assessing how technologies impacted the fiber, the essential character of our lived experience, and choosing ones that he feels provide a sum benefit.
I remember walking into McGinn’s office a few months ago and he was watching a live stream of his favorite symphony orchestra (apparently they provide a subscription service for online viewers) and that epitomized for me what it means to make conscious choices around technology that enhance the fiber of your life.
Satin Doll
I went to Christian McBride’s tribute to Herbie Hancock last night and it reminded me of you, Malik. I miss the sound of your trumpet.
I know there were some good times before we became strangers and I wish I could remember them better, like when we used to serenade mom in the kitchen while she cooked.
After the concert tonight, I went to the CoHo and ordered the Satin Doll. It is the only food I ever eat there, mostly because of the name; Satin Doll the song was a favorite of yours. Today would have been your 26th birthday.
Haha, good stuff, reminds me of my days in Seattle. I was terrified of getting caught not recycling and spent several minutes each day at MS cafeterias (me and a hundred high-brain-power engineers) trying to figure out the convoluted recycling system.
This video is by Pemco Insurance. They are based here in Seattle. They do a great job of branding their company as Pacific Northwesterners. Their commercials are great examples of this. They are also tremendously entertaining because they depict actual behavior by the people up in this…
Wow, my crush on Majora Carter has only grown since I first saw this video two years ago. You know how some people in addition to being gorgeous are “brain hot”, like you wish you could kiss their brain? Yeah, that’s kind of how I feel about Majora.
THE KUROSAWA CHAMPAGNE
This was the sign I was looking for, the sign that I should go ahead with my affaire, my Champagne Affaire, money and mess be damned. I was searching for inspiration for a party and I found this poem. It blows my mind:
Tonight
I think it is safe to say we drank too much.
Must I apologize for the volume in my slobber?
Must I apologize for the best dance moves ever?
No.
Booze is my tuition to clown college.
I swung at your purse.
It was staring at me.
We swerved home on black laughter.
bleeding from forgettable boxing.
I asked you to sleep in the shape of a trench
so that I might know shelter.
- Derick Brown, “Born in the year of the butterfly knife”
Interesting stats on the state of the internet.
I love that video, it give me the feel-goods. (found @ http://adbelingua.com/music-is-sharing/)
