December 2011
10 posts
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“TechCrunch and writer Penelope Trunk knew they were going to start a flame war...”
– Being Geek Chic: New rule for talking about women & startups
When I went to participate in a startup accelerator program two time zones away for three months, my husband — who has a full time job as a developer at Google — took care of our kids alone for three months.
If you’re serious about...
karaj: so much kindness this week →
karaj:
“so it is not that real kindness requires people to be selfless, it is rather that real kindness changes people in the doing of it, often in unpredictable ways. real kindness is an exchange with essentially unpredictable consequences. it is a risk precisely because it mingles our needs and desires with the needs and desires of others, in a way that so-called self-interest never can. (the...
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God damn it, the NYT scooped me →
and I’m too tired to post about it right now.
November 2011
23 posts
“It’s like pulling two magnets apart,” she said to my quivered laugh as I wiped tears from my eyes an hour later than I was supposed to leave. Multiple “goodbyes” and hugs ensued and I carefully made my way down her front stairs, examining the view, her view of the Pacific with each step. Funny how only the first and the last days brought full sun to this far end of...
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Hiked a rainforest next to a glacial river in the most-western peninsula of the lower 48. Rain on Thanksgiving morning means there is no one on the trail and sightings of 3 HERDS OK ELK, at least TEN salmon, 2 bald eagles and a family of deer. After the hike we weren’t quite done so we headed to the Pacific to catch the only rays of sun found all day as we watched the weather blow by then...
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“I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing...”
– Retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, working as a legal observer after the raids on Zucotti Park this Tuesday, via Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force amidst the New Military Urbanism (via seriouslyamerica)
rihanna - you da one
today’s playlist
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I believe in you.
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October 2011
15 posts
“In this week’s column Gene Weingarten criticizes ONA’s annual conference (ONA11)...”
– ONA Issues: Gene Weingarten criticizes ONA11, Ben Huh. WaPo asks: Was he right?
Let me come right out and say this at the beginning: I’m a big fan of The Fluff. Stories that some journalists typically deride as “fluff” are, in my view, the things that create the community around the tough...
Startup horror story. →
lifeandcode:
Wow. Just…wow.
uxceo:
There is a giant push for more female entrepreneurs right now led up by empowering initiatives and resources like Change the Ratio, Women 2.0, WITI, and The Daily Muse.
With so much support and encouragement from the growing women in tech community, now is definitely a great time…
Talk dirty to me, Universe. →
S H O W S P A C E
showspace:
SHOWSPACE is a listing of upcoming shows and events in Baltimore. Focus is on diy shows and events at artist run spaces. Submit a show by emailing mizgata [at] gmail dot com.
For shows in DC, see inyrbasement.tumblr.com
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SPACE SHARES
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September 2011
5 posts
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You know what would be awesome?
motherjones:
Is if people got as pissed off about new bank debit-card fees (and overdraft fees, and ATM fees, and transaction fees, and credit card fees) as they did about a Netflix price hike.
