The collapse of inner civilization

brainmatter:

“Hey Bill, it’s Steve…”

So much has been written and said about Steve Jobs and the success he had bringing Apple back from the brink and making it what it is today. But there’s one element of the turnaround that, on a human level, is maybe as remarkable as the technological vision and…

Marissa Mayer addressing Google designers, as quoted in “In The Plex” by Steven Levy (via buzz)

siriouslyfun:

My mind is going, Jessica… I can feel it.

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brianericford:

Steve Jobs once appropriated an old quote:

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.”

It’s becoming more and more clear that Steve felt personally betrayed by Google’s decision to enter the smartphone market with Android — an OS that is in almost every important way a copy of Apple’s iOS.

An early snippet

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

(Source: New York Magazine)

americanmccarver:

It’s easy to joke that the only thing Americans care less about than soccer (translation for our non-U.S. readers: “the sport called ‘football’ that’s being ruined by Sepp Blatter, rather than the one being ruined by Roger Goodell”) is soccer when it’s played by women. Then again, the…

(Source: americanmccarver)

(via wasteddude)

aaronmahnke:

I get asked a lot how I managed to write an entire novel. The world is full of would-be bloggers, penning 400 word posts. There are fewer professional writers online who crank out a lot more. Heck, some of my favorite pieces are the ones by Shawn Blanc that get into the four-digit word counts….

(Source: paulzii)