Loving the brilliant and whimsical photography of David Sykes. (thx, mp!)
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Hullo. I'm Sameer Vasta and this is a brain dump, of sorts. Basically, a holding place for anything that piques my interest and makes me want to share.
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Off to the airport, early in the morning, to head to Austin for SXSWi. If you’re in Austin (for the conference or otherwise) let me know, I’d love to meet up.
If you’re at the conference and not busy on Monday afternoon, Meghan and I will be hosting a core conversation on passion and its role in online communications on Monday, March 15, at 5pm. Drop me a line if you have any other questions.
See you in Texas!
since feeling is first
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don’t cry
—the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids’ flutter which says
we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
e.e.cummings (via)
Right now, I’d love to be curled up in bed or on the sofa, reading a good book, sipping some tea and having a good friend nearby. Instead, I’m packing my bag to fly away, again. Guess I should be used to it by now.
Maybe you had to leave in order to really miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.
Jodi Picoult (via)
The omelet one is my favorite, but the airport security one above is clever and especially timely seeing as how I’m hopping on to a plane early tomorrow morning.
When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal, you do not change your decision to get there.
Zig Ziglar (via)
This is absolutely strange and disturbing and completely out of left field and fascinatingly brilliant.
If you are weary
and your smile abandons you,
I will give you mine.
and your smile abandons you,
I will give you mine.
Two gorgeous birds, enjoying the sunshine and each others’ company. A perfect photo for a sunny Wednesday afternoon.
Was talking about Rachel Weisz yesterday. Crazy to think that she turned 40 years old this past Sunday (March 7 is a good day, in my opinion). What a stunning, beautiful, and talented woman.
More importantly, we’ve totally forgotten or lost the culture of food. The idea that a meal is to be eaten with silverware, that it’s to be eaten at a table, that it’s to be cooked by someone you know.
Jonathan Safran Froer, in conversation with Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain
Are you a New Dork? If you’re reading this, chances are you’ll get most of the jokes in this video (via). Entertainment for your Tuesday morning.
I’m not one to talk about work very often, but I did want to tell you all about the launch of Google’s Public Data Explorer yesterday.
The new product in Google Labs lets you access datasets from organizations like the World Bank, the OECD, the US Census Bureau, and others, to visualize data related to a variety of topics. The World Bank datasets that are available are a subset of the World Development Indicators, and contain data from over 40 years on key global indicators like GDP, fertility rates, debt, and CO2 emissions.
If you work with data, or use data to illustrate and support your work, this new Google labs visualization tool is going to help, a lot. Promise. Check it out when you get the chance. Even if you don’t work with data, the motion graphs are mighty fun to watch.
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When You Find Me by Joshua Radin and Maria Taylor (via)
Something is said, it sits in my head
It’s been there too long, it’s killing me slow
It’s rolling around, it’s pushing me down
It’s keeping the good part of me closedCan’t you see that when I find you, I’ll find me
Oh I need you to know today I’ll wait for you always
Oh I need you to know today I’ll wait for you alwaysMy only weakness, is knowing your secrets
and holding them close, and hold them tight
I know the way to silently make you
smile with my eyes, when you’re trying to fightCan’t you see that when I find you, I’ll find me
Oh I need you to know today I’ll wait for you always
Oh I need you to know today I’ll wait for you alwaysCause when I find you, I’ll find me
One of my new favorite songs. (Also, the movie it comes from, Adam, is adorably sweet.)
