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Conspicuous Production
Yancey Strickler posted an item yesterday about the wane of conspicuous consumption among wealthy people in Silicon Valley. But, as it turns out, conspicuousness hasn’t vanished. The post suggests that the Startup is the new conspicuous. Look at What I’ve Done. The first comment on that thread introduced a term: Conspicuous Production. It struck a chord because I often behave this...
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Micro Macro by Encyclopedia Pictura.
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Sean Brock Preaches the Gospel of Southern Food →
This New Yorker article thrilled me, and stirred my lurking wish to die and be reborn as an archaeobotanist. Heritage grains found in old bootlegger fields!? Sign me up for the next expedition.
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October 2011
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“Google and Facebook would have you believe that you’re a mirror, but in...”
– Chris Poole  Chris’ comments made me think of Vimeo. It is now considered a video-hosting alternative to YouTube, but that wasn’t initially, and still isn’t for many people, its core value. What attracted our early users was the draw of the social community, and video was the most...
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The other day, just before a business meeting, I stopped by an eyeglasses store to get my prescription checked before I ordered a new pair of frames. The optometrist dilated my eyes without explaining the effects and sent me out of her office into bright and sunny San Francisco on my third day of living here. I was practically blind for nearly four hours, completely lost for 90 minutes until I...
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“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.”
– G. K. Chesterton
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December 2010
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DIY →
Do it yourself.
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