the observatory

executiverealness:

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:16:59 -0400

executiverealness:

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Sun, 19 May 2013 12:18:41 -0400

how i’m coping with the day.

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:54:00 -0400

how i’m coping with the day.

kateoplis: Jenny Holzer

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:11:23 -0400

kateoplis:

Jenny Holzer

symboliamag: Dudes and dudettes, we are so excited: Symbolia is...

Thu, 09 May 2013 20:55:46 -0400

symboliamag:

Dudes and dudettes, we are so excited: Symbolia is now available on Kindle Fire.

The Kindle Fire editions of Symbolia feature a panel-by-panel reading experience that makes you a part of the story. We think it’s pretty slick.

Don’t delay! Here’s what’s available today:

How We Survive: Our double-sized preview edition features stories on Zambian rock stars, California’s Salton Sea, theories of evolution from the Lower Congo River, and more. This issue is free and available here.

We Don’t Belong: Learn firsthand about the impact of deportation from a family torn apart, discover the weird, rebellious, and conspiratorial world of third party politics in the United States, and meet a Dalit Christian pastor fighting for equality in India. Available here.

The Mating Ritual: What happens when love meets science? Insect organs, love robots and non-traditional relationships populate this issue of Symbolia. Available here.

From here on out, every single issue of Symbolia will be published on iPad, via PDF, and on Kindle Fire. This is part of our long-term expansion strategy, which includes an Android app this summer.

Single issues are available at Amazon.com for $2.99 a pop. Even better: You can still get our preview issue, How We Survive, for free. Get on over there and get downloading. Your support of Symbolia supports a new breed of multimedia storytelling. Thank you for being a part of our community!

Note: If you currently have a PDF subscription and would like to transfer over to Kindle Fire, please email admin@symboliamag.com. We’re happy to make the change.

You should buy this, it is SO good!

motherjones: This 17-year-old girl beat out 80 male...

Wed, 08 May 2013 11:52:53 -0400

motherjones:

This 17-year-old girl beat out 80 male programmers to invent an app so that Twitter will never spoil Game of Thrones ever again (it lets you block out key characters and phrases.)

This story is the best and this girl is a genius.

If I were a flower, I would look like this.

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:56:54 -0400

If I were a flower, I would look like this.

she-works: Love this.

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:32:08 -0400

she-works:

Love this.

sexxxisbeautiful: Vogue Italia, December 2012 oh.

Wed, 01 May 2013 00:14:44 -0400

sexxxisbeautiful:

Vogue Italia, December 2012

oh.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:47:25 -0400

100percentmen: As of April 14, all 21 of TechCrunch Disrupt...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:52:39 -0400

100percentmen:

As of April 14, all 21 of TechCrunch Disrupt NY’s scheduled speakers are guys. (Update, April 17: They added a bunch of women)

They added 7 women, and a total of 43 speakers. That’s less than 20%, which I guess is better than 0% but, not really.

centerforpublicawesomeness: Talking Heads were sexy as fuck.

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:59:11 -0400

centerforpublicawesomeness:

Talking Heads were sexy as fuck.

ofakind: WANT

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:00:24 -0400

ofakind:

WANT

nprmusic: NPR is on the move (to a new Washington, D.C....

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:29:09 -0400

nprmusic:

NPR is on the move (to a new Washington, D.C. headquarters) and so is our diva-in-residence, opera star Maria Callas. She has a final week to frolic in Washington before landing at our brand new building. Where should she go next? #divaonthemove

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Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:03:08 -0400

"Why collaborate at all? One could conceivably make more money not sharing the profits — if there are..."

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:30:21 -0400

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Why collaborate at all? One could conceivably make more money not sharing the profits — if there are any — so why collaborate if one doesn’t have to? If one can write alone, why reach out? (Some of the most financially successful songs I’ve ever written were not collaborations, for example.) And besides, isn’t it risky? Suppose you don’t get along? Suppose the other person decides to take the thing in some ugly direction?

Well, as I said earlier, one big reason is to restrict one’s own freedom in the writing process. There’s a joy and relief in being limited, restrained. For starters, to let someone else make half the decisions, or some big part of them, absolves one of the need to explore endless musical possibilities. The result is fewer agonizing decisions in the writing process, and sometimes, faster results.

Another reason to risk it is that others often have ideas outside and beyond what one would come up with oneself. To have one’s work responded to by another mind, or to have to stretch one’s own creative muscles to accommodate someone else’s muse, is a satisfying exercise. It gets us outside of our self-created boxes. When it works, the surprising result produces some kind of endorphin equivalent that is a kind of creative high. Collaborators sometimes rein in one’s more obnoxious tendencies too, which is yet another plus.

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- David Byrne’s Journal: 03.15.10: Collaborations (via merxaus)

nprfreshair: If you like whisky and you like art, you might...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:03:08 -0400

nprfreshair:

If you like whisky and you like art, you might also like whisky art.

Audio

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:29:14 -0400

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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:11:04 -0400

GPOY

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:41:41 -0400

GPOY