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Shot of the Day: The Fear

August 18, 2010

This guys was driving a.. I want to say 69 Mustang… into the auction room in Monterey. A handful of people were looking at the car, taking pictures, etc. Nobody noticed him in it, or cared. It made me imagine a story - that he’s driving his baby in to be sold, and having this [...]

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How to Ensmarten Yourself on the Daily in 2.5 Steps

July 9, 2010

I’ve been slipping this into conversations for months now, but really need to say it here: reading a daily batch of blog posts is a great way to increase your knowledge in a given area. In 2.5 steps:
1) Use an RSS reader (learn about RSS here in a quick video) to collect all blog updates [...]

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Something about drive and calmness

June 6, 2010

…today makes these links feel appropriate. It’s a near-lazy day in Oxford, hinting at mugginess. I’m calm and partially refreshed after a couple days away. It’s a day for exploration and productivity, but mostly for those intriguing spaces between the two. Here are some of today’s better links.
Pictory’s Profile of NYC. Pictory takes the weekly “sites I [...]

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Signaling Identity: Better a Surfer than an MBA?

May 4, 2010

I love jackets. I don’t actually have that many possessions, but I do have a disproportionate collection of technical jackets. So when I saw a friend’s dark blue softshell, I decided it was time for an SBS version and set up a class purchase. The spec was ‘OXFORD’ across the back. What came back was [...]

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30: A Birthday Rant

May 2, 2010

(Some profanity below.)
I think everyone has an optimal age. In North America, that age is often between 20 and 24. You don’t want to be older and you don’t want to be younger. It’s the age where you don’t think about your age. For me that was 23. Today I’m 30.
30 seems to be a [...]

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Shots of the Day: SF Graf

April 19, 2010

It’s been nice to see some good graf around San Francisco. Oxford is beautiful, but lacks the colour of some of these pieces.

All in Lower Haight.
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Simplified Info Flows

April 15, 2010

I noticed this in our taxi the other day - the cabbie had cut out cardboard to block everything but his spedometer. He was driving a newish Prius, which has some unique instrumentation. It made me think of our trend of increased information flows. When is this overload? When is this for the designer and [...]

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Triggers of Somewhere Else

March 18, 2010

A few minutes ago I walked out of a crowded operations management review session, into the courtyard at SBS. It was raining lightly, with wind weaving through the trees and a rain fresh scent after days of sun. It was beautiful and calm. Immediately I was back on Vancouver Island, hiking in light rain, face [...]

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How to Spend It

February 17, 2010

Every so often, the FT includes this insert. I believe the WSJ does something similar. It’s entertaining, and a strange glimpse into a world I don’t know (50ft yachts and tennis bracelets).
Quick suggestion of how to spend that money? Try this.
I’m not anti-wealth, in fact I like it. I just feel there are some fantastic [...]

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Launch Week: Saving Darfur

February 9, 2010

I’ve decided that this is Launch Week on Cashewman. Yesterday was Ethical Ocean, a new online store for ethically sourced goods. Check it out everyone! I sense this one has some nice moment already.
Today it’s Saving Darfur: Everyone’s Favorite African War, a book by journalist Rob Crilly. I’ve been following Rob’s blog and tweets for [...]

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