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Just discovered these incredible artist interviews from Hillman Curtis. Here’s one with Stefan Sagmeister during his show at Deitch Projects last year, Things I Have Learned In My Life So Far.

(Yeah, it’s Sunday and I’m getting my art nerd on.)

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Sep
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Finally, a Facebook app that's mildly interesting

I saw the Friend.ly app come across my newsfeed tonight and while I typically make it a point to ignore all the annoying nonsense (read: apps, quizzes, notes, etc.) circulating around Facebook, this one looked kind of cool. It analyzes your Facebook friends and gives you some quick stats about your connections.

Here’s what I learned about my friend network:

I get along well with Scorpios and Geminis. My friends have really good taste in music, movies, books and tv. I live in NYC where everyone is a workaholic and single. I have a lot of friends named Andrew.

Out of 813 Facebook friends:
Longest name:Christopher Hyphen-Costello

Shortest name:Jo Wu
Most common name:Andrew (15 friends)

Most common zodiac sign:Scorpio (64 friends)

Most popular music:Radiohead (39 friends)

Most popular TV show:The Office (56 friends)

Most popular movie:Pulp Fiction (30 friends)

Most popular book:The Great Gatsby (18 friends)

Most popular activity:Work (18 friends)

Geographic distribution:11 countries, 27 states

Gender breakdown:42% female / 58% male

Relationship status:71% single / 29% taken

Same birthday:6 friends
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Sep
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I really can’t stand this: “Hi, you don’t know me, but add me as a friend on Facebook so I can ‘expand my network.’” First of all, I am not here to facilitate your networking needs. My Facebook friends are actually that—friends—or at the very least, acquaintances, and I’m not about to whore myself out to some asshole who’s trying to make it as a “social media guru” or some other such bullshit. (Yes, I realize social media is my day job, at least for the time being, but I have never resorted to or endorsed this kind of behavior). Secondly, I refuse to be friends with someone who still confuses “your” and “you’re.” Inexcusable. Thirdly, damn you Foursquare. This is all your fault!

I really can’t stand this:

“Hi, you don’t know me, but add me as a friend on Facebook so I can ‘expand my network.’”

First of all, I am not here to facilitate your networking needs. My Facebook friends are actually that—friends—or at the very least, acquaintances, and I’m not about to whore myself out to some asshole who’s trying to make it as a “social media guru” or some other such bullshit. (Yes, I realize social media is my day job, at least for the time being, but I have never resorted to or endorsed this kind of behavior).

Secondly, I refuse to be friends with someone who still confuses “your” and “you’re.” Inexcusable.

Thirdly, damn you Foursquare. This is all your fault!

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Since I no longer have a SXSW panel to hawk....

Come to my next meetup. It’s on Sept. 17th on the subject of “Video for the Arts.” It’s going to be held at the fantastic 3 Legged Dog theater where the video exhibition, Why Aren’t You Naked? is playing.

There might be free wine and you may even learn something.

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Aug
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I want each and every one of these dogs, but this panda dog is my faves.

I want each and every one of these dogs, but this panda dog is my faves.

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Aug
26th
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An evolution in pants technology worth celebrating. Here’s hoping these pants reach “Three Wolf Moon” status.

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Aug
13th
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magicmolly: Photo retouching services Wow…those look exactly like the photos I have of my great-great-grandparents. Molly, you think we’re related? Or do ancient photos of Eastern Europeans all kinda look the same?

magicmolly:

Photo retouching services

Wow…those look exactly like the photos I have of my great-great-grandparents. Molly, you think we’re related? Or do ancient photos of Eastern Europeans all kinda look the same?

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Twitter July ‘09 trends approval matrix. (via O’Reilly Radar and Klout)

Twitter July ‘09 trends approval matrix. (via O’Reilly Radar and Klout)

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Aug
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Some electronic music fest in brooklyn. These kids were totally ravers in high school.

Some electronic music fest in brooklyn. These kids were totally ravers in high school.

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Aug
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noneck: where is this place? (via steph:ambivalence) I want to go here. NOW. Looks like somewhere along the Amalfi Coast//Cote d’Azure.

noneck:

where is this place? (via steph:ambivalence)

I want to go here. NOW. Looks like somewhere along the Amalfi Coast//Cote d’Azure.

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