February 2012
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“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
– Mae West
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Artist Sasha Huber on listening to your heart +... →
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Listen to you heart. Hear your heart.
1Q. What is your definition of a successful artist?
Sasha Huber: When she follows her heart. When she is able to listen to her heart — hear her heart.
An excerpt from Swiss+ Haitian artist Sasha Huber's fascinating interview with 1Q — insight + inspiration, from born global, quirky, relevant, change agents.
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Yes, you are the most important person in the...
I am currently reading Stephen Clarke’s Paris Revealed: The Secret Life of a City and can’t stop laughing about what it takes to become a Parisian and live in the city of my dreams. Below Clarke’s expert tip on acquiring a Parisian attitude…
“What you have to do to become a Parisian is get it into your head that you are the most important being in the universe. Other people...
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“Make not your thoughts your prisons.”
– William Shakespeare
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“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
– Muriel Rukeyser
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“There is a brown and white sheep which has gone... →
An example tweet by Kenyan chief Francis Kariuki, who is using twitter to improve village life. Rad!
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Useful tips + links to jump start your creative...
A shortlist of events and resources to help you start making connections and drive your career forward, adapted from the the 99%.
1. Attend free events, share ideas, and make like-minded friends. Handing out business cards is all well and good, but building a community of like-minded allies will help your career out more in the long run. The good news for cash-poor networkers is there are tons...
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“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the...”
– Louis L’Amour
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10 reasons Pinterest booked 10 million visitors a ... →
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“Steve Jobs did LSD and pot and had questionable... →
Steve Jobs’ FBI files have been released.
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Just became a member of the NY United Nations... →
“Drafted in the tone and spirit of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, the United Nations Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflect the American theme that all the world’s people are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision...”
– Unknown
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See the Super Bowl 2012 commercials here →
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“Things fall apart so things can fall together.”
– Unknown
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Today is Sami National Day →
In Lapland, the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia, the indigenous Sami people celebrate their national day today.
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I am a lousy copywriter. →
David Ogilvy’s notes on his appaling work habits.
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“Believe the shit out of what you are doing.”
– Sam Weber
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I don't feel a day over 80 →
Love this! 100 Year Old Scottish Woman is an Avid Nintendo DS Gamer
January 2012
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“A year from now you may wish you had started today.”
– Karen Lamb
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“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look...”
– Oprah Winfrey
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It's official, Google is evil now. →
I am tired of Google’s privacy issues. “Google’s privacy policies have been shifting towards sharing data across services, and away from data compartmentalization for some time. It’s been consistently de-anonymizing you… It means that things you could do in relative anonymity today, will be explicitly associated with your name, your face, your phone number.”
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Nurse reveals top 5 regrets of dying people. →
In short: 1) I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. 2) I wish I didn’t work so hard. 3) I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. 4) I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. 5) I wish that I had let myself be happier. So, in the end life is all about being true to yourself, love, relationships and happiness.
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Ten questions that create success
Real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each day. Ask yourself these questions at the end of each day and I guarantee that you’ll become more successful.
1. Have I made certain that those I love feel loved?
2. Have I done something today that improved the world?
3. Have I conditioned my body to be more strong flexible and resilient?
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Why Chinese new year could bring good fortune to... →
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“Good things happen when you meet strangers.”
– Yo-Yo Ma
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WatchCool! Create amazing geometric illustrations using your photos with the Poly™ iPad app. “Draw with points and turn your pictures into geometric array of colours. This project is inspired by the Triangulation invented by the mathematician Boris Delaunay in 1934. While the process behind is complicated, the result reduce an image to its essentials, creating the illusions of triangles, prisms...
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365 days in the life of a bike left locked on a... →
…as it is gradually stolen by the city’s inhabitants.
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“If you don’t like the news … go out and make some of your own.”
– Wes Nisker
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Shit New Yorkers Say... →
Lol!