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– How to teach meditation to kids. Also, check out Gabrielle’s Bernstein Beginners Guide to Meditation.

– This sleeping bear butter dish made me smile.

– Urban Tricycle.

– Old-school NYC Subway poster. I’d hang it.

– Audrey Hepburn wearing Valentino on the set of Charade.

– Newest A Book Apart book is by Mike Monteiro titled You’re My Favorite Client.

– This infographic on our world’s population and its city density difference is fascinating. (via BB)

– A Golden Age of Design, by Rob Walker

– Animals with weapons

– 3D Printed Lamp Shades.

– Wow! You can take a Guy Kawasaki Skillshare class. Impressive.

– The Monocle Guide to Good Business

– One of Many Photo Essays make me happy. Latest installment: Denver Edition.

– I want pretty much everything in this store. Also, hand-made in Brooklyn FTW!

– I agree with Joanna: Lena Dunham gives great advice.

– Discovered Quip today, thanks to this tweet. Wow, Quip might be just the productivity app I didn’t know I was missing.

– The Modern Craftsman’s Guide: Work with Dignity, by Sam Spurlin

– “Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.” The Art of Timing: Alan Watts on the Perils of Hurrying and the Pleasures of Presence

– A few months ago I gave a talk at 99u. I worked hard for it.

– From the author of the bestselling children’s book Go the Fuck to Sleep comes a sequel of sorts: You Have to Fucking Eat.

– Team Tattly is hiring a Head of Wholesale.

In this CreativeMornings talk Dallas Clayton shares what he calls ‘kid lessons,’ bite-size lessons that make your life and the lives of the people around you better.

– Rainbow tape dispenser. If this doesn’t put a smile on your face I don’t know what will.

– I *loved* this conversation at 99u between Jason Fried and Scott Heiferman.

– 10 Foreign Words We Need in English

– Thinking of switching mobile carriers? Check Sensorly for “unbiased” coverage maps of AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and even smaller companies like Metro PCS and US Cellular. (via Kottke)

– Cyber-Seniors: You’re Never Too Old For The Internet

– Poligon is a collection of foldable metal sculptures inspired by the animal kingdom which you sculpt into their final shape yourself.

– Electric Powered Wakeboard. Way cool.

– Photographs of sightseers in the USA from the 1970s and 1980s

– The Evolution of Peggy Olson (Mad Men Supercut) (via)

– During a super short trip to Switzerland last week I noticed three Japanese ladies taking Selfie after Selfie with the help of a Selfie Click Stick. They were traveling together yet took photos of themselves. Odd.

– Schiller’s X1 lets you ride a bike on water, sort of.

– Currently reading and thoroughly enjoying: Give and Take

– I dig this little guy.

– These SUMO Egg Cups made me laugh.

– Anatomical Frog Brain Model. Why not?

– Duolingo – an interesting model for free language learning. You learn and at the same time help translate.

– This small white desk is quite beautiful. (And unusual looking.)

– Construction of the Flatiron Building, New York, ca. 1902.

– I am seriously tempted to buy this Panda (?) Bear Sweater for my four year old.

– Realistic looking Dorito Pin. Totally useless but made me laugh.

– Mike Monteiro gives good advice on what to avoid when presenting designs to a client.

– Great post by Joanna Goddard on 10 lessons she learned in her career.

– This Enamel Baking Set is seriously beautiful.

– A desk is becoming available at my DUMBO based co-working space Studiomates in November. Email desk (at) swiss-miss.com if interested.

– My friend Maggie Doyne, founder of Blink Now is looking to hire a Director of Development.