May 2009
85 posts
gary:
It’s not what you do, it’s what you do after that I am very worried that people are scared to try new things and not trying to push the envelope these days because they are worried about the reaction. I am hoping this little video will show people that it is not what you do but how you react if it isn’t right that is the key!
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davemorin:
Here’s a short video we put together talking about our culture at Facebook of moving fast and thinking big in relation to how we built Facebook Platform. Enjoy.
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Harper SVP Carolyn Pittis Weighs In On Give-To-Get...
Really interesting article in Book Business magazine by Carolyn Pittis (and we’re not just saying that because she refers to us ). Publishing houses are chock-full of interesting, educated, highly creative, talented and usually very funny people who know a vast amount about books, reading and packaging, and have wildly interesting opinions and judgments. But, in the online theater, these...
He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an...
– Pablo Picasso (via rainier)
"so you want to be a writer"
unicornology:
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technicoloring:
if it doesn’t come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don’t do it. if you have to sit for hours staring at your computer screen or hunched over your typewriter searching for words, don’t do it. if you’re doing it for money or fame, don’t do it. if...
Do All Guys Forget to Wash Their Hands, Or is it... →
Next Generation Publishing Peeps Celebrate the... →
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Do All Guys Forget to Wash Their Hands, Or is it...
One of the many questions answered in Sarah Burningham’s new book, Boyology.
“Why won’t guys cry in front of girls?” (A. “It’s not like we cry in front of guys either. We don’t really cry in front of anyone.”)
You can find out more in her new book…….
Where the Future Readers Are →
52books:
You know what’s fun? When you’ve got your nose in a book while waiting for your food at a restaurant and suddenly everyone looses track of their own reading by shyly mouthing the words to “Everything I Do, I Do It For You” playing overhead.
Is It Freedom of Speech…or Outing? →