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"You done good.” He said. And then he added, “Those bastards.” I knew he was referring not just to..."

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:45:20 +0100

““You done good.” He said. And then he added, “Those bastards.” I knew he was referring not just to the physician who did this procedure, but to everyone in society who had contributed to a disadvantaged woman finding herself in such a desperate situation.”

- Anatomy of an unsafe abortion « Dr. Jen Gunter

Islands | In A Dream (It Seamed Real) Another one from this...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:37:09 +0100

Islands | In A Dream (It Seamed Real)

Another one from this great record, In A Dream is such a smooth opener.

Dan Patterson reporting from the CPAC

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:37:00 +0100

Dan Patterson reporting from the CPAC

"There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:27:37 +0100

“There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like what happened in the 24-hour span between Wednesday at 6:54pm and Thursday at 6:44pm. Two million-dollar projects, a major political speech involving Kickstarter, an amazing band launching a project for a comeback 20 years in the making… the list goes on. Here’s a minute-by-minute breakdown of the day’s events.”

- 24 Hours » The Kickstarter Blog — Kickstarter

This is an amazing achievement. I love the what the Kickstarter guys are doing, and their play-by-play blog post is one of the best examples of community building and celebration to date.

(via joshuanguyen)

Story of the week. Big applause for the entire Kickstarter team, the projects, backers and everyone involved. Way to go, internet!

Do you remember You Are Listening To Los Angeles, the project...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:04:07 +0100

Do you remember You Are Listening To Los Angeles, the project that combines radio scanner in cities like NYC or LA with ambient sounds injected through the SoundCloud API?

What’s new is that Eric just started a new Kickstarter project and invites you to help fund a next step in the development: an iPhone and iPad app.

He’s at $1630 out of $30,000 with another 20 days to go and I backed Eric with $15 yesterday. Please consider joining.

Absolutely amazing. kickstarter: Our first million dollar...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:23:07 +0100

Absolutely amazing.

kickstarter:

Our first million dollar project. We can’t even believe our eyes — this is totally amazing!

Romney also just joined Spotify.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:14 +0100

Romney also just joined Spotify.

Ben Z | Heroine Living in Madison, Wisconsin, Ben Z is one of my...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:47:04 +0100

Ben Z | Heroine

Living in Madison, Wisconsin, Ben Z is one of my favorite SoundCloud discoveries of the past months. It’s been inspiring to see him dive into the community to the point of ending last year with over 50 collaborations with other SoundClouders.

Ben Z is a hip hop artist, producer, and change agent living in Madison, Wisconsin with his wife and three children.

The view from my desk today. marieelliott: snow, graveyard at...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:52:38 +0100

The view from my desk today.

marieelliott:

snow, graveyard at SoundCloud ReBase by Marie Elliott on EyeEm

"They’re now publishing a third fewer stories, but have increased traffic by forty percent..."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:53:44 +0100

“They’re now publishing a third fewer stories, but have increased traffic by forty percent since cutting out “aggregation” and focusing on original stories.”

- Salon testing so you don’t have to

Salon cuts post count by a third, gets 40 percent increase in readers - Boing Boing

Islands | Never Go Solo Never go solo. A great startup anthem?...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:44:56 +0100

Islands | Never Go Solo

Never go solo. A great startup anthem? I’ve posted This Is Not A Song before and Anti Records just made the entire album available on their SoundCloud.

Don’t miss it, In A Dream is such a smooth opener for this super-solid album.

"The best feature is that it works"

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:40:26 +0100

“The best feature is that it works”

- @kevin - via Inside Instagram: How Slowing Its Roll Put the Little Startup in the Fast Lane (via bijan)

Great quote. Reminds me of another one that has been used by many different people:

“Speed is a feature.”

Sharon Van Etten | Serpents (demo) Oh...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100

Sharon Van Etten | Serpents (demo)

Oh Sharon.

newspeedwayboogie:

the voice, the voice.

sigh

The Shins | September How happy it makes me to see The Shins on...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:04:31 +0100

The Shins | September

How happy it makes me to see The Shins on SoundCloud?

Th________________________is happy.

"A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:27:55 +0100

“A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?” Mozart responded, “A symphony is a very complex musical form, perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.” “But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were 8 years old.” “But I never asked anybody how.””

- This reminds me of the best entrepreneurs I have met!

Malkavian Quotes

(via roelofbotha)

blakewhitman: Attention universe! The wait is over. Take the...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0100

blakewhitman:

Attention universe! The wait is over. Take the new Vimeo for a spin today!

It looks stunning. Congrats and well done, friends at Vimeo!

If you ever bump into Blake, ask him how this redesign came to be. Probably one of the nicest stories I’ve heard about the dedication of an individual for its company.

Speaking of different networks, I just bumped into Fred’s...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:36:30 +0100

Speaking of different networks, I just bumped into Fred’s talk at the Social Media Weekend at Columbia University where he spoke about this exact topic.

"And this community wasn’t imported from another network like a facebook’s graph. It was built..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:11:31 +0100

“And this community wasn’t imported from another network like a facebook’s graph. It was built purposefully for the Tumblr experience.”

- This answers the One Network To Rule Them All question for me. I’ve always said that I like keeping my “graphs” separated (SoundCloud, Instagram Tumblr, Twitter, Foursquare, etc) and for that reason I find myself participating in a variety of other networks, ten times more than I do on Facebook.

Tumblr has enabled me build my own personal community. I’ve found more value in seeing strangers become friends rather than adding people I last saw 15 years ago in school as friends.

Bijan Sabet: 6k posts later

Aww, Timehop. It’s funny, the more data I fed into...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:50:23 +0100

Aww, Timehop. It’s funny, the more data I fed into different networks last year, the more I get back every morning with the Timehop email.

Today’s email not only reminded me of this picture I took on the L train, it actually tells me that I was on my way to meet Andy in person for the first time to have lunch at Pastis. Oh and today last year was also the day I fist met Fred, John and David.

Love Timehop. I didn’t know I “needed’ it until I started receiving these emails every day.

Wearing my new Instagram shirt with prooooooaaar. Thanks @josh,...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:08:03 +0100

Wearing my new Instagram shirt with prooooooaaar. Thanks @josh, cc @kevin (Taken with instagram)