cubemate | Dan Ng

We'll Take a Cup o' Kindness Yet

2010-01-01T08:40:55+00:00

It's been a big year, with a return to New York, a new role at work, a reunion with family, and - improbably and wonderfully - a birth. Hello, 2010!

But not before saying goodbye to 2009 with some later verses from Burns:

We twa hae run about the braes
And pou'd the gowans fine.
We've wandered mony a weary foot,
Sin' auld lang syne.

We twa hae sported i' the burn,
From morning sun till dine,
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin' auld lang syne.

And ther's a hand, my trusty friend,
And gie's a hand o' thine;
We'll tak' a right good willie-waught,
For auld lang syne.

Auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll take a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.

See you in 2010!

links for 2009-11-05

2009-11-05T21:33:01+00:00

The Incompetence of American Airlines & The Fate of Mr. X | Dustin Curtis

I'm burning my AAdvantage Gold because there is now officially no hope for this airline to improve.

(tags: americanairlines usability socialmedia fail)

links for 2009-10-31

2009-10-31T21:00:40+00:00

E Pluribus Unum - And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog - NYTimes.com

Maira Kalman's personal optimism about America, the idea, gives me hope

(tags: democracy mairakalman)

links for 2009-10-30

2009-10-30T21:00:47+00:00

Twitter Paid $6 or Less for Crowdsourced ‘Birdie’ Graphic | Epicenter | Wired.com

(tags: crowdsourcing)
Ten Thousand Cents

Still one of my favourite experiments in crowdsourcing by creative directors at GSP.

(tags: crowdsourcing)

links for 2009-10-29

2009-10-29T21:00:35+00:00

OSS -- Development of Psychological Warfare

Via Dangerous Meme

(tags: propaganda)

links for 2009-10-27

2009-10-27T21:00:50+00:00

DANTE'S INFERNO RICKROLLS CHUD.COM!

Now THAT'S direct mail

(tags: directmarketing socialmedia)

links for 2009-10-20

2009-10-20T22:00:41+01:00

A New Recycling Strategy Is Catching On - NYTimes.com

Via Noelle Weaver

(tags: zerowaste recycling ecology economics)

links for 2009-10-19

2009-10-19T22:00:41+01:00

murakami chair - designboom

Via Bopuc

(tags: green design)

links for 2009-10-14

2009-10-14T22:00:40+01:00

10/GUI : The Video

(tags: gui ux multitouch input prototyping)
Facebook | Nature Valley

Nature Valley Granola Bars brand has over 25,000 Facebook fans? Really?

(tags: granola facebook fans marketing)
Peer-to-Peer Passé, Report Finds | Epicenter | Wired.com

Via Parsons Digital

(tags: P2P trends)

Goodbye No.12

2009-08-26T21:49:44+01:00

Days, up and down they come
Like rain on a conga drum
Forget most, remember some
But don't turn none away

Everything is not enough
And nothing is too much to bear
Where you've been is good and gone
All you keep's the getting there

Well, to live is to fly
All low and high,
So shake the dust off of your wings
And the sleep out of your eyes.

It's goodbye to all my friends
It's time to go, again
Think of all the poetry
And the pickin' down the line

Well, I'll miss the system here
The bottom's low and the treble's clear
But it don't pay to think too much
Of things you leave behind

Well, I may be gone
But it won't be long
I'll be a-bringin' back the melody
And rhythm that I find

- Townes Van Zandt, To Live Is To Fly
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