a preponderance of today’s mobile phones possessing cameras of decent resolution, and the addition of multiple smart phone picture pre- and post-processing applications, has given rise to a flood of accidentally good and phenominally bad digital pictures. due to the ease and convenience of online photo albums, people are sharing these pictures with everyone. we [...]
It’s tempting to imagine that [you] could be forceful and self-confident without being arrogant or jerky, but that’s a false hope, because it’s other people who get to decide when they think you’re a jerk, and trying to stay under that threshold means giving those people veto power over your actions. To put yourself forward [...]
we were pointed to this story by david thorne via our ever handy twitter feed. while testifying during his trial over hacking a certain former veep candidate’s email, 4chan founder Christopher “Moot” Poole was asked to define some of the terms the court had run across on 4chan’s boards. we’re still laughing at the idea [...]
fear, after all, is our real enemy. fear is taking over our world. fear is being used as a tool of manipulation in our society. it’s how politicians peddle policy and how madison avenue sells us things that we don’t need." – a single man the emotional component of the sales process is strong and, [...]