March 2010
28 posts
The Freedom & Responsibility Culture at Netflix →
The slides embedded on the Netflix Jobs page make for some fascinating reading. There’s a lot there that stands out, but Netflix’s policy for expensing, entertainment, gifts and travel from slide 71 is really great:
Act in Netflix’s best interests.
Those five words are literally the entire policy. I find it very uplifting that they actually treat their employees like...
10 Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm →
Kottke shares a TED talk in which Mary Roach relates some interesting tidbits about everyone’s favorite pastime.
February 2010
10 posts
Embrace Life
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Best seatbelt commercial I’ve ever seen. Brilliant execution.
Via 37signals
The Mariana Trench To Scale →
It’s amazing how much we don’t know about our oceans. Then again, it’s amazing how much we don’t know, period. Whenever I see something like this it serves as a catalyst for wanting to know more.
Via Daring Fireball
"My Eyes" from Dr. Horrible: NES Style →
A Nintendo-style arrangement of “My Eyes” from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. This is one of 13 total tracks I’ve done in this style that will be part of a Flash animation I’m putting together to re-create the entire movie in 8-bit style.
Excellently done. Don’t miss “Everything You Ever”.
I can’t wait for the animation.
A Conversation I Have Every Month or So →
Ditto. So very ditto.
The Process →
Yep, that’s pretty much how it is.
Dogs and Sleds →
Oh the puppies! How I do loveseses the puppies!
True-Color Dinosaur Revealed →
So that’s what they looked like.
A Typical Incendiary Blog Post →
The first paragraph:
This sentence contains a provocative statement that attracts the readers’ attention, but really only has very little to do with the topic of the blog post. This sentence claims to follow logically from the first sentence, though the connection is actually rather tenuous. This sentence claims that very few people are willing to admit the obvious inference of the last two...
A Story Culture →
[…] I think what you’re saying is, “I don’t think that anyone will find anything of value in my thought,” and you’re wrong. You’ve got two things going for you. You’ve got the inexplicable moment of inspiration that created your idea, and it’s the closest thing to magic you’ll experience in your life. Second, you’ve got the entire planet listening and there’s just no telling what any of...
Who Will Save Us? →
If by save you mean, “who will keep the jobs of the pressmen and the delivery guys and the squadrons of accountants and box makers and transshippers and bookstore buyers and assistant editors and coffee boys,” then the answer is still nothing will. Not the Kindle, not the iPad, not an act of Congress.
We need to get past this idea of saving, because the status quo is leaving...