January 2011
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“… often you end up with a better product when you take your time to get all the...”
– via Cameron Moll; For Non-Startups, Things Just Take Time
Worst Movie Ending Ever →
“Next time we meet I want to tell you something I do know about; how to make inordinate amounts of money in the world of business.”
“You do not stand [a child] up for the first time and say “Walk,” and then punish...”
– Professional Team Management Tips For Creative Folks - Smashing Magazine
Update: New Site and Logo. Still Coming Soon,...
A quick update from the minds behind Persimmon & Co. to wrap up your week.
Via persimmonandcompany:
It’s not that we’ve forgotten to tell you all that we’re doing. It’s just that we’ve been really busy making some new friends. And, we’ve been working on a beautiful new logo with the help of a couple of old friends. And, we’ve been creating a new website with some other friends.
We’re all...
One Year, 52 Songs.: Song 4 - 'Tis Not That I Did... →
Tis not that I did chose thee by joeday via 52songs:
Tis not that I did chose thee by joeday
This hymn was originally written in 1838 by Josiah Conder. All the arrangements I’ve heard seem to lean toward country in a 2:4, upbeat kind of structure; I’ve certainly arranged it that way. If I’m not mistaken Tim Smith’s old band,…
“She’s got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rain. I hate to...”
– William Bruce Rose
This will guide you home
I don’t know when I wrote this, but I must have been on an airplane sometime last Spring or Summer.
I’m writing this as I’m flying home from a work trip. I just turned my iPhone to NPR’s tiny desk concert podcast of Iron & Wine singing Such Great Heights. It was one of those musical moments that catch you by surprise in the hours where you have not had proper sleep and have not seen...
I Am The Law
Jane (2 years old) was trying to sit in her sister's booster seat in the car. But Heidi, of course stopped that. Here's how the conversation went.
Heidi: Jane, you can't sit in that seat. You're too little and it's against the law.
Jane: Ok, if daddy said so.
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Music Reconstruction
In a lot of post-apocalyptic stories the hero lives in a small community that have somehow survived a major collapse of society and are now returning to more artisan endeavours; farming, baking, selling handmade goods, making house calls as the only medically trained professional in the village. Everyone knows one another, works together, trades their goods for services. Everyone is rebuilding...
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Coming Soon
persimmonandcompany:
We are currently in an early phase. We are picking fonts, designing a real website, choosing some colors, gathering friends and doing a lot of dreaming. Stay tuned to hear more. For now, check out our About page to find out more about who we are and what we do.
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Who's Afraid of the Verizon iPhone? →
I wasn’t going to write anything, unlike Marco, but thought his post was very good and worth a quick read.
marco:
I was going to write about this angle of the Verizon iPhone, but Watts Martin already did a better job of communicating what I wanted to say, plus more, in this post:
But in the US market the great Google vs. Apple Fight Fight Fight! has been a lot less of a real competition...
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