What's the weirdest (good or bad) 1st date you've ever been on?
My date & I sat in a NYC bar on 12/31 and noticed people ringing a doorbell. So we did the same and crashed a strangers party. Upon entering I hear him say "She is cute". I play wing woman. They dated for 3 years. pic.twitter.com/eF3BR0FxP6
— Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) February 15, 2023
Dear readers, will you share your weirdest / funnest 1st date stories?
Anyone got a good workflow for actually reading email newsletters? (once per day? once per week? push to Kindle or something?)
— Dennis Crowley 🇺🇸 (@dens) February 14, 2023
I get way too much email. Reading newsletters in my inbox has never been the right context for me to actually enjoy content I am subscribing to. Looks like I am not the only one who is struggling with a workflow that makes sense for consuming newsletters. (Dennis’ Crowley’s Tweet above) I am asking you, my readers, how do you make sure you actually get to the newsletters you subscribed to? My biggest hack is that I have a bookmark folder with all my favorite newsletter landing pages and then I read them like a blog!
I’ll gladly live here: Air House by Szczepaniak Teh.
“For me, beauty is a physical sensation, something we feel with our whole body. It is not the result of judgement. We do not arrive at it by way of rules. We either feel beauty or we don’t.”
– Jorge Luis Borges
I saw Gregory Porter in concert on Saturday here in Brooklyn. What a beautiful talent this man is.
Errant pack seems like a super versatile and stylish backpack. Wishlisted.
Love this Apple commercial. My dad went blind in old age and the Apple devices gave him so much freedom and connection to the outside world. Forever grateful.
– Stoicism: How to turn your sadness into strength
– Due to human bias, our search engines have learnt to prioritise sportsmen in our search results, even when the facts put sportswomen first. Correct the internet wants to change that. (via Chris)
– 8 Ways to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year
– Here’s what Frank Lloyd Wright’s unbuilt designs would look like today
– Ever wanted to use unique, natural handwriting in a design but didn’t like your own? This website generates variable handwriting in 9 different styles. You can adjust speed, legibility, and stroke width, then download the result as an SVG file. (via Dense Discovery)
– I want to live in this town with a population of 400 that has eight independent bookstores.
– Why I wake early, by Marie Oliver
– 8 revenue streams you can add to your own business
– Apricity means the warmth of the sun in winter. What a lovely word.
– I love to propagate plants. These stone/tube propagation vessels make it look way prettier than the simple glass jars I use.
– Want a temporary, delicate looking tattoo that looks real? Check out this new one by Tattly.
– CreativeMornings is slowly but surely building the most radically generous peer-to-peer leaning space with their FieldTrips. Go and attend some free virtual events and dip into this friendly community. For example: Try Qigong on February 16, a moving meditation for those who can’t sit still.
“The African view is that a person is a person through other persons. My humanity is caught up with your humanity, and when your humanity is enhanced — whether I like it or not — mine is enhanced as well. Likewise, when you are dehumanized, I am dehumanized as well.”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Bantu philosophy of “ubuntu” focuses on the power of community. Be famous within five miles.
This print by Mr. Bingo hangs in our work bathroom and it makes me chuckle every time. (The original patent from 1891 for a toilet paper roll actually shows the correct rolling direction!)
A Good Used Book is a pop-up book store specializing in sharply packaged vintage paperbacks. My daughter is a fan. And we both agree, they have the most adorable branding. You can read an LATimes article about them here.
there is brave in soft.
there is wild in simple.
there is peace in thunder.
there are songs in stillness.
– Jenthe Emma
Very few free icon websites offer straightforward download options without having to go through an account setup first. SVG Repo contains over 500,000 open-licensed vector icons and symbols that are easy to search and instantly downloadable. Helpful!
(via Dense Discovery)
“Rather than feel impotent and useless, you must come to terms with the fact that as a human being you are infinitely powerful, and take responsibility for this tremendous power. Even our smallest actions have potential for great change, positively or negatively, and the way in which we all conduct ourselves within the world means something. You are anything but impotent, you are, in fact, exquisitely and frighteningly dynamic, as are we all, and with all respect you have an obligation to stand up and take responsibility for that potential. It is your most ordinary and urgent duty.”
– Nick Cave
(via Jocelyn)
How the Big Bang gave us time, explained by theoretical physicist.
“… Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”
– Hunter S. Thompson
Read the full quote here.
Left–Right, Back–Forth, Up–Down. What’s the fourth dimension?
This magic mushroom funnel put a smile on my face. Dig it.
“Chuck Jones, the brilliant animator who conceived of this most clever depiction of the banality and inevitability of repeated failure in the modern world, actually had “Rules” for the Coyote.”
The Prayer‘ is a super weird art-installation by artist Diemut Strebe, exploring the supernatural through artificial intelligence with a long-term experimental set up where a robot operates a talking mouth that is part of a computer system, creating and voicing prayers.
– This scarf situation made me smile.
– A playlist of uplifting tracks, by School of life.
– “So how do you actually work with your mind and create things of value? What I’ve identified is three principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, but obsessing over quality. That trio of properties better hits the sweet spot of how we’re actually wired and produces valuable meaningful work, but it’s sustainable.” The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down
– And, if you have not been enchanted by this adventure — your life—what would do for you? “To Begin With The Sweet Grass“, by Mary Oliver
– Excellent read: The personal brand paradox, by Debbie Millman
– I’ll take two: Positive Vibes Blanket
– Intresting read: Tiktok’s enshittification
– Finding Awe Amid Everyday Splendor. A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us.
– Loving these tunes
– If you win the popular imagination, you change the game’: why we need new stories on climate
– Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening
– As someone who is ready to meet my person, this story made my heart go pitter-patter: Jennifer Douglas was “avowedly anti-marriage” after her divorce; Kent Shell, too. Until she got down on one knee.
– The Future is Inclusive. Agreed.
– Did you know CreativeMornings has a job board? Here are some positions that stood out to me: Danielle Laporte is hiring an Integrator, Who gives A Crap is hiring a Director of Growth Marketing and a Director of Media and Digital Marketing.
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful…be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.”
– William S. Burroughs
Daniel Pink suggest a small language change in the way you think about a problem you’re trying to solve. So simple. So powerful.
Thank you Joe Edelman for sharing this thoughtful piece on rebuilding society on meaning! “If we want to make meaningful things, we have to measure meaning.”
