I believe that in our culture of simulation, the notion of authenticity is for us what sex was for the Victorians—threat and obsession, taboo and fascination.
- Sherry Turkle
Merry Florida Christmas
Most certainly a better choice than anything to do with fire.
(Source: thebestandworstofeverything)
New Music
Nice Post by Ashley on the online Expression, Transmission and Consumption of good things.
It’s a known affair, but today I can’t help but comment on the beauty and inspiration I find in the convoluted world of social media and everything digital. A few days ago, I posted this:
That was after I heard the song Maps on David’s blog, which referenced the Ann Arbor …
MFK Fisher On sailing (Taken with instagram)
Beast - My Favorite Children’s Book
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker: What’s the Recipe? (via christmasgorilla)
(via christmasgorilla)
this is a great intro to soundcloud
This is a great 4-minute interview by Fast Company with Alex.
If we wouldn’t already be working at SoundCloud, this would definitely make us want to :)
Europeans like to sit on thief furniture while Americans like to sit in it. - IKEA Ethnographical Research
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Saul Bellow
I began to feel the sensation in my gums warning of something lovely, and with it a close or painful feeling in the chest. People allergic to feathers or pollen will know what I’m talking about; they become aware of their presence with the most gradual subtlety. In my case the cause that morning was the color of the wall with the sunrise on it, and when it became deeper I had to put down the baked yam I was chewing and support myself with my hands on the ground, for I felt the world sway under me and would have reached, if I were on a horse, for the horn of the saddle. Some powerful magnificence not human seemed under me . And it was this same mild pink color, like the water of watermelon, that did it. At once I recognized the importance of this, as throughout my life I had known these moments when the dumb begins to speak, when I hear the voices of objects and colors then the physical universe starts to wrinkle and change and heave and rise and smooth, so it seem that even the dogs have to lean against a tree, shivering.
- Henderson The Rain King, p.101
The difference in ambition with the London/Valley folks right there. Startup Berlin represents.
via getamen:
Introducing the Amen team one by one. Here’s Caitlin Winner, who quite possibly has the best Amen team photo ever.
Find her @caitlinwinner.
(Source: getamen)


