hey amber rae

bowery hotel scene shot.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:35:00 -0400

bowery hotel scene shot.

my agenda tonight.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:52:37 -0400

my agenda tonight.

workisnotajob: Like the future. See more work here:...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:08:01 -0400

workisnotajob:

Like the future.

See more work here: http://workisnotajob.com/en/work

last night while dining at bread, I noticed a table of very...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:50:41 -0400

last night while dining at bread, I noticed a table of very attractive guys sitting outside.

my approach: tie-tac-toe, hand-delivered by our waiter

the outcome: the group of Swedish men loved it, all of us we’re chatting as a group before a game win, and the guy I had my eye on turned out to be taken.

ah well, maybe next time…

wake up

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:33:00 -0400

yesterday, i was extremely inspired and on an energy high. all day, i came across this theme of “waking up.” the interconnectedness of every moment was crazy. i wrote this last night while listening to acoustic jams at Rockwood…

wake up
feel so good
feel so good so ride that out

wake up
feel so right
feel so right so live that out

moments tell
moments are
how we feel
the story of our life

moments be
moments lead
our actions
the future of right now

wake up
where are you going?
why are you feeling so dry?

wake up
feeling so dry
feeling so dry
why am i feeling so dry?

wake up
water your world
color your world
be your world
let’s take an L out of this world
and smoke words
til we’re both high

let’s wake up
these moments
smoking words
til we’re forever high

(i took the photo over the weekend on my roof. more rooftop sunset photos here.)

"Constantly looking over our shoulder at what others are doing takes our eyes off what’s ahead of us."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:35:41 -0400

“Constantly looking over our shoulder at what others are doing takes our eyes off what’s ahead of us.”

- Egonomics (via bigbags)

"While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:59:31 -0400

“While the internet makes it easier than ever to spread ideas, it makes it far more compelling to coordinate actions. If everyone in your weekly meeting drops a pencil at precisely 12:03, you’ll notice.”

- Seth’s Blog: The power of sync

bekahkall: A-Rae is OPEN FOR… love!

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:39 -0400

bekahkall:

A-Rae is OPEN FOR…

love!

It also feels surprisingly good to witness the evolution of thoughts and feelings for the first time in what seems like forever; I had forgotten that thoughts and feelings actually grow more complex if you just stop documenting their earliest iterations. Strangers on the street are the most concrete example. They can be funny from a block away, pitiable from half-a-block away, tragic up-close, and then lovable once they’re behind you. If you use a smart phone like I do, you never see the pitiable stranger, the tragic stranger, or the lovable stranger.

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:40:35 -0400

It also feels surprisingly good to witness the evolution of thoughts and feelings for the first time in what seems like forever; I had forgotten that thoughts and feelings actually grow more complex if you just stop documenting their earliest iterations. Strangers on the street are the most concrete example. They can be funny from a block away, pitiable from half-a-block away, tragic up-close, and then lovable once they’re behind you. If you use a smart phone like I do, you never see the pitiable stranger, the tragic stranger, or the lovable stranger. :

jennydeluxe:

via Magic Molly

"We are momentum creators. What momentum we create is up to each of us, but it won’t be stolen by..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:37:08 -0400

“We are momentum creators. What momentum we create is up to each of us, but it won’t be stolen by death. That momentum will be shaped by the next conversation we have or the next decision we make.”

- Egonomics <-Best book I’ve read in a LONG time. (via bigbags)

you are so fin awesome enough said. (h/t holiday matinee)

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:21:00 -0400

you are so fin awesome

enough said.

(h/t holiday matinee)

GPOYW: golden rooftop.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:07 -0400

GPOYW: golden rooftop.

"I suspect a lot of people aren’t sure what’s the top idea in their mind at any given..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:51:12 -0400

“I suspect a lot of people aren’t sure what’s the top idea in their mind at any given time. I’m often mistaken about it. I tend to think it’s the idea I’d want to be the top one, rather than the one that is. But it’s easy to figure this out: just take a shower. What topic do your thoughts keep returning to? If it’s not what you want to be thinking about, you may want to change something.”

- The Top Idea in Your Mind

love this bit of actionable insight from Paul Graham’s essay too.

"You can’t directly control where your thoughts drift. If you’re controlling them,..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:47:40 -0400

“You can’t directly control where your thoughts drift. If you’re controlling them, they’re not drifting. But you can control them indirectly, by controlling what situations you let yourself get into. That has been the lesson for me: be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems are ones you want to think about.”

- The Top Idea in Your Mind

great essay by Paul Graham

our steps are aligned. amber + bekah rooftop feets.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 -0400

our steps are aligned. amber + bekah rooftop feets.

"Sometimes we waste our words and we waste our moments, and we don’t take the time to say the things..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:08:15 -0400

“Sometimes we waste our words and we waste our moments, and we don’t take the time to say the things that are in our hearts when we have the chance.”

- Clay Evans

(via vasta)

"The only problems you have left are the perfect ones. The imperfect ones, the ones with a clearly..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:06:04 -0400

“

The only problems you have left are the perfect ones. The imperfect ones, the ones with a clearly evident solution, well, if they were important, you’ve solved them already.

It’s the perfect problems that keep us stuck.

Perfect because they have constraints, unbendable constraints, constraints that keep us trapped. I hate my job, I need this job, there’s no way to quit, to get a promotion or to get a new boss, no way to move, my family is in town, etc.

We’re human, that’s what we do—we erect boundaries, constraints we can’t ease, and we get trapped.

Or perhaps it’s your product or service or brand. Our factory is only organized to make X, but the market doesn’t want X as much, or there is regulation, or a new competitor is now offering X at half the price and the board won’t do anything, etc.

There’s no way to solve the perfect problem because every solution involves breaking an unbreakable constraint.

And there’s your solution.

The way to solve the perfect problem is to make it imperfect. Don’t just bend one of the constraints, eliminate it. Shut down the factory. Walk away from the job. Change your product completely. Ignore the board.

If the only alternative is slow and painful failure, the way to get unstuck is to blow up a constraint, deal with the pain and then run forward. Fast.

”

- Seth’s Blog: Getting unstuck: solving the perfect problem

love.this.post.

bekahkall: Eye see you! At Bread NYC <3 bekah definitely...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:31:47 -0400

bekahkall:

Eye see you! At Bread NYC <3

bekah definitely has an eye for photography! loving all her nyc photos…

New Work City is changing the f’ing world for the...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:57 -0400

New Work City is changing the f’ing world for the better!!!

The brilliant co-working community founded by my nyc bff Tony Bacigalupo is raising money through Kickstarter to build a new home for people who can work anywhere.

The project launched this morning and they’ve already raised $1,755! Think we can break $2K by the end of the day?

So excited and proud of Tony and the NWC community!!!

what’s the most popular (viewed + emailed) NY Times tech...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:46:00 -0400

what’s the most popular (viewed + emailed) NY Times tech article today?

Fraternity of the Wired Works in the Wee Hours

awesome!!!!

(thanks Devin for the fyi!)