June 2010
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The Demise of Datebooks - NYTimes.com →
patrickrhone:
Carrying a Filofax, with all the inserts that came standard with it, made me feel substantial, cliquish and secretive. British. Like a person who keeps close at hand many bankers’ private lines and Mandarin phrases and measurements for handmade shoes. The apparatus of the Filofax circumscribed and elevated my identity.
A beautifully written ode to what I consider a lost and highly...
“I love new york on summer afternoons when everyone’s away. There’s something...”
– The Great Gatsby (via fromme-toyou)
I think about this quote every summer during those fantastic NYC weekends where whoever isn’t in Central Park is in the Hamptons, leaving the rest of the city open and loose.
“What makes DF an efficient and effective soapbox is exactly that it is not...”
– via Daring Fireball, and the man I consider to be the best writer on the Web responding to criticism on his “no comment” policy. That it’s still a conversation, even if it happens off site. And all without one wasted word.
“Don’t just be productive. Be transformative. The former’s about doing more,...”
– umair haque (via gina)
“The President should order BP to establish a $5 billion clean-up fund, and...”
– united colours of vruz — Put Jobless Young People to Work Cleaning Up BP’s Mess and Order BP to Pay (via rafer)
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