January 2012
December 2011
People smoke, Dichter explained, because it is both a sign of virility and a...
– In America in the 1930s a Viennese psychologist named Ernest Dichter implored advertisers to explore consumers’ unconscious desires. His insights revolutionised marketing and brought sex to advertising. (via theeconomist)
It is not healthy for companies to trade at prices well beyond what they are...
– A VC (via bijan)
Dead Presidents: Vaclav Havel (1936-2011): "A Word... →
deadpresidents:
“A Word About Words” — Vaclav Havel’s speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Booksellers Association. The speech was written by Havel, and read in his absence by Maximilian Schell on October 15, 1989 at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany (translated by A.G. Brain for…
I always feel like I’m struggling to become someone else. Like I’m trying to...
– Haruki Murakami (via apathie)
danielclowes:
——comix:
Dan Clowes interview from “Shut Up Little Man!”
And we morph again, from a manufacturing economy to a service economy to a...
– Smart piece from Dan Frommer on why code should be the second language you teach your kids. Couldn’t agree more. (via arainert)
Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after...
– A Statement from Louis C.K. (via garychou)
I really hope people keep buying it a lot, so I can have shitloads of money, but...
– Louis CK, joyful and thankful and fascinated, on the success of his rad $5 no-middlemen experiment Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater
Post-traction companies can use the old numbers – you can’t. Your first two...
– Why You Can’t Hire « Startup Boy
MUST READ. (via secondverse)
But so if I make 8 million, which all goes through paypal right into Pig Newton,...
– i am so hoping that you make 8 million Louis C.K.
Hi I’m Louis C.K. and this is a thing (via mattlehrer)
The Day I Saw Van Gogh's Genius in a New Light →
john:
Pretty incredible post
To those who might wish to “torrent” this video: look, I don’t...
– Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater
LA Times: "We Cannot Hide Important News" →
We’re all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love...
– Charles Bukowski (via misswallflower)