Sunrise is aiming to make the calendar experience better. Definitely giving this a try…
Build A Ship
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
(via Zach)
Investing
“Invest your life in what you love!”
- Jessica Jackley
Bent Basket
This Bent Bike Basket gets my two thumbs up. A beauty.
Bed No.1
I love this minimal kids bed by Swiss Blueroom. Add a few pillows and it feels more like a couch. Hello there, teen years!
(thank you Barbara)
NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual
This site is an archival record of a first edition NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual designed by Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda of Unimark International. Fascinating fact: The manual was found in a locker beneath old gym clothes. But thanks to Niko Skourtis, Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth we can now all enjoy it online.
(thanks Don)
Experience
“I’m not a genius. I’m just a tremendous bundle of experience.”
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Astronaut Bedding
How incredibly fabulous is this astronaut bedding by SNURK? Made me smile, ear to ear.
(Via coolmompicks)
Phone Calls with Subject Lines?
SayWhat App is built on a simple and yet brilliant idea: It lets you introduce the subject of your call, set the mood and check the availability of the person you’re calling before or while placing the call.
(via Daniel Pink)
Solar System Hard Candy Lollipops
These Solar System Lollipops made me rejoice. They’re a Laughing Squid find from last year. They’re available at the Vintage Confections Etsy shop.
EGG Helmets
These Dutch EGG Helmets make me want to be a kid.
Desk Swap #1
I am doing an experiment this year: One day a month I will swap desks with someone in NYC. Why? I am fascinated by how other work environments are set up and feel. And what better way to get a glimpse of another office than spending a day?
That’s exactly what I am doing today! Jesse Hertzberg, COO of Squarespace was game and is currently spending the day at my desk in Studiomates. From what I can tell, he seems to have a good time!
And lucky me, I am enjoying my day at the beautiful Squarespace office in Soho. Their space is all kinds of amazing, I have three (!) monitors at my disposal and an axe on my desk. I just enjoyed delicious catered lunch (envious), chatted with lovely folks and am now sitting on an ErgoErgo, getting work done.
Experiment round #1 can be filed as “successful”!
I can’t wait to find myself another desk for March! Any suggestions who I should swap with? Email me desk(at)swiss-miss.com or leave a comment below.
Friday Link Pack
- Stanford experiment shows that virtual superpowers encourage real-world empathy.
- André Cassagnes, inventor of the Etch A Sketch, died Jan. 16 at the age of 86. Now, the brand’s ad agency, Team Detroit, has crafted this tribute to the man.
- Tote Bag by Andrew Neyer.
- Designing For The Modern Web
- Turn your baby into a unicorn with this hat.
- 8 Minutes of Earth’s Rotation.
- A kids suitcase that is also a Scooter? Scootcase!
- Do you use Skype, Meeting Burner, Team Viewer or Google Hangout? Check out this Video Conferencing Shootout.
- Love the Jack N’Jill Natural Kids Toothpaste branding. Let’s see what my kids will think of the taste…
- Have a special someone in your life that loves Ping Pong? Get them a customized paddle.
- The Porsche 911: An ode to iteration
- Do what you can to ‘exist’ today. – Michael Galpert
- My friend Anne is giving a Skillshare class in which she will teach you how to create visual maps. Interesting.
- Tiny Lightning Studs.
- “Made in the USA” Gets a Makeover
- My friends over at Kickstarter are looking to hire a Product Designer.
- Love the Brooklyn Cruiser.
Emergency Bench
Yes, please, I would like an Emergency Bench for my office. Congrats to the designer, Jamie Wolfond!
(via super carly)
The Right Moment
Today’s a big day: 3 years ago my son Tilo was born. Some of you might know of his epic, silent melt downs which I have been documenting over at itshardbeingtwo.tumblr.com.
A child’s birthday is always moving for a parent but his birthday coincides with a bold career move: It’s the day I started saying no to clients and went on a one year client sabbatical. Three years in, I can safely say the sabbatical has been extended indefinitely.
By having more time to focus on my own products, I have been able to grow CreativeMornings, launch Tattly and am about to relaunch TeuxDeux. I am very fortunate and grateful for where the last 3 years have led me.
And looking back, it is obvious that my kids have been my biggest career catalysts. Why? During both pregnancies I analyzed where I was in my life, what I still wanted to achieve and what was keeping me from going after my goals. There’s no other moment in life that makes you really look at who you are, and where you are in life, like the day you realize you are about to become a parent.
Don’t wait for the ‘right moment’ to start that company, or take that trip. The right moment is now.
Don’t wait until you get pregnant.
Happy Birthday Tilo!
Plunge
“If you look at the careers of great entrepreneurs and you look at the moment they took their plunge, the plunge is rarely a great financial or material risk, it’s a social risk. At the moment they started their new businesses, everyone around them said ‘you’re an idiot’.”
— Malcolm Gladwell
(via rusty)
Hey Learn This
Navigating life as a functioning adult can be tricky at best. Ace Greenhorn is teaching us the basics with his Masterclasses: Learn how to walk (above), how to throw, how to recognize basic shapes etc.
This. Made. My. Day!
(Thank You Jenny)
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