I think Einstein meant to poke us gently and say that pursuit of simplicity past a point that dutifully handles the ugly little details is just a kind of pointless hubris.He meant that the pursuit of simplicity is essential, but it is also a bit addicting, and one can obsess on the beauty of simplicity, on its look and feel, as opposed to its veracity and utility. And most importantly, Nature doesn’t cooperate. Nature does not give a damn whether the solution is elegant.
science doesn’t make it impossible to believe in God, it just makes it possible to not believe in God
Percolate is like a butcher with an algorithm
outstanding
During a 1978 Darkness On The Edge Of Town Tour stop in LA Bruce reacted to a billboard advertising his latest album by saying that it was “the ugliest thing I’ve seen in my life.” That night Bruce and the E Street Band climbed the billboard and vandalized it.
Source: carefulwiththataxeeugene
Joe the Plumber is super impressed about all the obstacles President Obama has overcome.
(via “Joe the Plumber” attributes Obama’s presidency to Christianity, discusses own faith | cleveland.com )
I’m so excited about a site from The Awl on Tumblr called, Approve This Mess that works with their new site, Approve This Message. Percolate is helping out and hope to tell you more really, really soon.
Source: approvethismess
Mr. @greghay, biker extraordinaire, is also a big part of @percolate. Some of his lessons on how he gets it done.
(via Getting Work Done the Percolate way | Blog @ Percolate )
They set up an appointment with him at a restaurant, to get to know each other before the sex. During the meal, one of the girls excuses herself, goes to the bathroom and she - friggin’ Godfather-style - had hidden a water gun behind the toilet. When she came out, she shot the dude in the back of the head. He was all bugged out, completely blown away by that. They spent the rest of the night drinking and then they both had sex with him for free.
Street wars at the next level.
That has more poetry to it than a bunch of failed investment bankers that reconstitute themselves as app makers
Denton: That has more poetry to it than a bunch of failed investment bankers that reconstitute themselves as app makers
Tech bubbles, ad revenue and Twitter — five questions with Nick Denton — Tech News and Analysis
Maintain a Balance Between Selling and Non-Selling Messages.
Mr. Brier shared his stock vs. flow analogy. “Stock” are the durable observations that brands can make — the high-production-value messages that brands are already good at producing. “Flow,” on the other hand, is more fleeting, the “breadcrumbs” that brands aren’t good at getting a handle on. While stock attracts new customers, flow is what keeps them engaged. The challenge is to find a balance between both of them, said Mr. Brier. “What we do in marketing is sell stuff,” he said. “So when you think about your social content, you have to think about how you’re going to break down the selling and the non-selling.
For example, when I read the sentence “I care about this alot,” this is what I imagine
(via Hyperbole and a Half: The Alot is Better Than You at Everything )
