January 2012
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Stephen Colbert interviews Maurice Sendak.  It is as entertaining as it sounds, probably even more. Part 2. (via In Case You Missed It of the Day | The Daily What)
Jan 26th
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Ha!  It’s like the iPad Smart Cover, except for iPhones. You can pre-order one by backing the Kickstarter project. TidyTilt for iPhone by Zahra Tashakorinia & Derek Tarnow (via TidyTilt for iPhone by Zahra Tashakorinia & Derek Tarnow — Kickstarter)
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Jan 19th
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Inside the Recruiter's Head: What He's Really... →
Oof…I thought this was the hardest question: How would you handle telling an employee his position is being eliminated after working for the company for 25 years, knowing they would be emotional? Click through to read the rest of the questions.
Jan 19th
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Why I Won’t Hire You →
Charlie B lays down all the reasons he won’t hire you. I always ask people what they like most about their current job before I get into any details about a role….The worst answers? “Well I like the challenge” or some other BS. Don’t BS me. I have a super BS detector, and most other interviewers do too. The worst BS is the kind where more than 50% of candidates say the same thing. If...
Jan 19th
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Jan 18th
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Warren Ellis explains comics scripts  →
Warren Ellis gives advice on how to write comic scripts: Understanding what is joyful about illustration is important. It’s important to create a thing that will delight an artist. (And even a letterer, although that’s going to be harder as many of them have the demeanour of a demented gravedigger.) You are, in many ways, writing a love letter intended to woo the artist into giving their best...
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Olly turns online notifications into smells.  Neat! If you like the project, you can back it on Kickstarter. (via Olly: The web connected smelly robot. by Benjamin Redford — Kickstarter)
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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No Snow in New York, but a Wintry Mix of Opinion →
So basically, the only people who like the current state of things are the surburbanites.  lol. Alternate-side parkers - I feel your pain.
Jan 15th
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Jan 14th
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“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me...”
– J. D. Salinger
Jan 14th
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“I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.”
– J. D. Salinger
Jan 14th
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“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
– Bertrand Russell
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Six Reasons To Ignore The 'New York Times' Yoga... →
Hehe.  Click through to read the rest. 1. The Times’ health coverage often gives way to local news-flavored hysteria. You can’t expect the Sort of People Who Tend to Read The Times to freak out about Amber Alerts and Child Molesters. The readership simply isn’t concerned with anything that has no direct effect on them, unless that thing is cool (design), epic in scale (Nicholas Kristof) or...
Jan 12th
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Apple’s iPad app of the year, Snapseed, coming to... →
Snapseed is awesome!  Hands down the best user interface out there.
Jan 11th