“I propose that blocking people on sites like Twitter or Flickr should not be interpreted as an insult. I propose that it’s simply taking yourself out of someone else’s attention stream.” —
Derek Powazek - Press the Magic Button
I thought this was interesting with my recent aversion to Facebook.
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jennw asked: when are you going to post more photos?? ;)
That depends which photos you mean: my photos or other peoples? If you mean mine, I am posting them, on another site. If you mean other peoples, when something catches my eye while I look and it feels like it fits the undefined rules of 8 seconds of awesome.
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“They have a story and that “the next phase is to get together and try to destroy it.” —
Damon Lindelof discussing writing Star Trek Sequel.
Via /Film
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It was 12 years of slamming our head up against the wall, trying to be the Coen Brothers, trying to be somebody else. You joke but that was the key. We were being derivative back then. We were looking at movies we wanted to make and we were thinking, “Oh, let’s try and make that but the thing is, we are not the Coen Brothers and we don’t make movies like them cause they’re really good at it and we are not…”
It took us finding out what we uniquely had to offer and it was only when we exploited that little private conversation of ours… that we were like, “I think this might be what we’re good at. These are our stories and this is our sensibility and we have literally, to this day, not wavered…
” — Jay and Mark Duplass in an interview with Jeff Goldsmith for Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Mail Online photographs of The Infinity Pool at Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore.
Via Coudal Partners.
Anonymous asked: what is your favorite time of day?
Early morning. No one is up and I get most of my best work done.
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Good with a letter from an inner-city schoolteacher to his first graduating class.
My experiences with you over the last two years give me faith that you can meet and exceed the challenges you will soon confront.
So much good stuff here.
“Are you worried about someone stealing your idea? Don’t worry, no one wants to take something that isn’t proven. Get successful and you’ll find them very interested in what you’re doing. So don’t waste time worrying about your idea getting stolen, spend time making your idea successful.” — Rob Adams on Inc.com
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“Toy Story 3” continues Pixar’s unique tradition of sending grown men out of the theater pretending they’re not crying.” — Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News