December 2010
57 posts
“I’ve always thought that if you’re passionate about something, then you should...”
– Cathleen P. Black, on Career Risk-Taking — Corner Office - NYTimes.com
“But I really love the foods that don’t have names attached—the ones that have...”
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MoMA’s Paola Antonelli on the design of food. We concur.
(via condenasttraveler)
“Life doesn’t get easier, you have to get smarter.”
– An Interview with Miriam Warren: Vice President, European Marketing at Yelp
Groupon, Google, and value on the Internet : The... →
Underground Letters
condenasttraveler:
svpply:
London-based designer and illustrator Tim Fishlock reshaped Harry Beck’s famous London Underground map and made type out of its sections and lines. Pretty impressive.
(This Isn’t Happiness)
Nice.
Jobs Overseas Can Help Build a Career →
Stacie Nevadomski Berdan and C. Perry Yeatman identify five qualities that are crucial to overseas success: adaptability and flexibility; the ability to listen and communicate well; skill at building teams and relationships; patience and persistence; and curiosity and open-mindedness. The “command and control” personality — a hallmark of American leadership — does not tend to work well...
Advice I want to tell my daughters (from James... →
- Fly kites as much as possible. While they are in the air, they keep you on the ground
- Don’t read the newspaper so much. They sometimes breed the worst horror fiction.
- Never do anything you don’t want to do. Even if it seems selfish at first, life is too short.
- Diversify everything in your life, including the people you listen to for advice.
- Learn lots of games. They turn you into a...
