Mike Industries » Shared http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog A running commentary of occasionally interesting things. Sun, 26 May 2013 06:05:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Shared: How to Do Philosophy http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2013/03/how-to-do-philosophy http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2013/03/how-to-do-philosophy#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:22:41 +0000 Mike D. http://tumblelog.mikeindustries.com/post/46803538461 How to Do Philosophy:

If you’ve ever suspected that most classical philosophy is a colossal waste of time, Paul Graham tells you why you’re probably right.

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If you’ve ever suspected that most classical philosophy is a colossal waste of time, Paul Graham tells you why you’re probably right.

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Stephen Brill follows the money to uncover the pinnacle of corruption that is the U.S. Health Care system. A must-read article if there ever was one.

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A beautifully designed site full of fun and challenging DIY projects. I could spend months on here.

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A collection of over 250 Steve Jobs videos in biographical order

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Self-portraits from an artist under the influence of 48 different psychoactive drug combos.

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Water Wigs are pretty amazing.

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Water Wigs are pretty amazing.

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David Pogue proposes to his girlfriend by creating a fake movie trailer about them and then getting a theater to play it before a real movie. Beautiful and totally awesome.

]]> http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/08/david-pogue-proposes-to-his-girlfriend-by-creating-a-fake-movie/feed 4 Shared: Jonah Peretti’s letter to BuzzFeed’s employees http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/07/jonah-perettis-letter-to-buzzfeeds-employees http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/07/jonah-perettis-letter-to-buzzfeeds-employees#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:33:23 +0000 Mike D. http://tumblelog.mikeindustries.com/post/28365367325 Jonah Peretti's letter to BuzzFeed’s employees:

If you’re wondering what a excellent blueprint for a modern media company looks like, look no further than Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti’s latest email to his employees. In it, Peretti explains a lot of his company’s virtues, the most important being a relentless focus on always providing what’s best for the user. Vox Media (operators of The Verge) is the only other company I can think of which approaches this level of reform and execution.

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If you’re wondering what a excellent blueprint for a modern media company looks like, look no further than Buzzfeed CEO Jonah Peretti’s latest email to his employees. In it, Peretti explains a lot of his company’s virtues, the most important being a relentless focus on always providing what’s best for the user. Vox Media (operators of The Verge) is the only other company I can think of which approaches this level of reform and execution.

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I love this so much: a cross-referenceable database of cover songs, searchable by song or artist. Slowed down, acoustic covers — no matter the song — are so enjoyable to me that I wish it was a requirement to play one at every show. If you like them as much as I do, make sure to check out M. Ward’s Let’s Dance or Sun Kil Moon’s entire album of Modest Mouse covers.

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I love this so much: a cross-referenceable database of cover songs, searchable by song or artist. Slowed down, acoustic covers — no matter the song — are so enjoyable to me that I wish it was a requirement to play one at every show. If you like them as much as I do, make sure to check out M. Ward’s Let’s Dance or Sun Kil Moon’s entire album of Modest Mouse covers.

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- Tim Kreider’s denunciation of the cult of busyness is excellent. (via jimray)
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– Tim Kreider’s denunciation of the cult of busyness is excellent. (via jimray)
]]> http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/07/more-and-more-people-in-this-country-no-longer-make-or-do-anything-tangible-if-your-job-wasnt/feed 1 Shared: The iPhone and Disruption: Five Years In http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/07/the-iphone-and-disruption-five-years-in http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/07/the-iphone-and-disruption-five-years-in#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:28:51 +0000 Mike D. http://tumblelog.mikeindustries.com/post/26379497413 Comments]]> The iPhone and Disruption: Five Years In:

Take your pick of about 20 great quotes from this Daring Fireball article. My personal favorite:

The iPhone is not and never was a phone. It is a pocket-sized computer that obviates the phone. The iPhone is to cell phones what the Mac was to typewriters.

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sirmitchell:

Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror

The precision and innovation that is required for space exploration just blows my mind. I did not realize that Curiosity will have to basically land on Mars completely unaided by man, but it’s so much more complicated than that.

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sirmitchell:

Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror

The precision and innovation that is required for space exploration just blows my mind. I did not realize that Curiosity will have to basically land on Mars completely unaided by man, but it’s so much more complicated than that.

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High speed liquid flowers. Beautiful.

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Very cool interactive infographic showing you what percentage of homes in your area are underwater (mortgage-wise, not wetness-wise).

]]> http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/05/negative-equity-visualization-by-stamen-design-and-zillow/feed 0 Shared: The Facebook Fallacy http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/05/the-facebook-fallacy http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2012/05/the-facebook-fallacy#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 00:18:00 +0000 Mike D. http://tumblelog.mikeindustries.com/post/23576492081 Comments]]> The Facebook Fallacy:

A well reasoned, extremely pessimistic outlook on where Facebook is going and how much of the ad-driven web it will take down with it (hint: all). Lots of great quotes in here, and lots of warning signs to heed. Part of me thinks the end of low rent display advertising on the web might be a good thing, however.

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