2 month ago
gleuschk : gladwell dot com - smaller - the birth and growth of the modern diaper
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gleuschk : David Foster Wallace: Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young - his first essay for publication, 1988
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8 month ago
adamrg : In Praise of Idleness By Bertrand Russell
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11 month ago
gleuschk : How to Do Philosophy - to keep an eye on, and use as ammunition against Kord :)
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12 month ago
gleuschk : The Best American Essays 2007 - introduction/edited by David Foster Wallace (his introduction on this page)
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15 month ago
gleuschk : Shut the Fuck Up, or how to act better in meetings - if only I could get math departments to read this -- the context is different, but the points are the same
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26 month ago
deusx : Ezzay Fo' Shizzle - "This kid was apparently high when he wrote and turned this paper in."
jimray : Ezzay Fo' Shizzle - Yet another reason why the internet was invented -- to mock high school students (thanks, Resh!)
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32 month ago
François Nonnenmacher : How to do what you love
philgyford : How to Do What You Love - Lovely essay. Worth a pile of 'What Color is Your Parachute?'s. Although I don't follow his line about "unpleasant jobs" - no doubt plenty of people have to do whatever job they can get. Other than that: read it.
deusx : How to Do What You Love - "If you know you can love work, you're in the home stretch, and if you know what work you love, you're practically there. "
gleuschk : How to Do What You Love - paul graham's latest, via jimfl
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Web 2.0 - Didn't it already mean using the web as a platform? And if it didn't already mean something, why did we need the phrase at all?
jimray : Paul Graham on Web 2.0 - "...those who dislike the term are probably right, because if it means what I think it does, we don't need it."
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34 month ago
gleuschk : Hobbes' Internet Timeline - the definitive ARPAnet & Internet history - 1950-2005 ho. lee. crap.
Nelson Minar : Internet Timeline - Summary of growth of the net (via kottke)
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38 month ago
kayodeok : how to be creative - "So you want to be more creative, in art, in business, whatever. Here are some tips that have worked for me over the years."
gleuschk : gapingvoid: how to be creative - those great business card cartoons
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38 month ago
kayodeok : The Wikification of Knowledge - Dvorak on Wikis
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38 month ago
kayodeok : The Wikification of Knowledge - Dvorak on Wikis
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