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American manufacturing: D’Addario and Steinway and Zildjian
Tonight I learned that – the best pianos are still made in Queens – the market share leader in music strings is still in Long Island, founded in Astoria – the best cymbals are made in the Northeast in Boston
American manufacturing: D’Addario and Steinway and Zildjian
Tonight I learned that – the best pianos are still made in Queens – the market share leader in music strings is still in Long Island, founded in Astoria – the best cymbals are made in the Northeast in Boston
Learnings about Cities from Sadik-Kahn
The new book by the legendary transportation leader Streetfight has some big ahas: 25% of NYC land is roads The average road is 2x too wide. Car lanes are specified as 12′ though most cars are 6′ wide. Parking lanes
Learnings about Cities from Sadik-Kahn
The new book by the legendary transportation leader Streetfight has some big ahas: 25% of NYC land is roads The average road is 2x too wide. Car lanes are specified as 12′ though most cars are 6′ wide. Parking lanes
On Fact vs. Everything Else.
So you like to be data-driven, scientific, and only say true things? No room for myth, magic, dreams, the uncanny, mysticism, fortune or fantasy? “Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history or science, it is killed. The
On Fact vs. Everything Else.
So you like to be data-driven, scientific, and only say true things? No room for myth, magic, dreams, the uncanny, mysticism, fortune or fantasy? “Wherever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history or science, it is killed. The
So you need to choose a business idea to build your startup around
The how-to on this question, the question asked by capable and talented people who want to start a startup but are too rational to think “I should just do what I’m most passionate about”, is as follows: Fabrice Grinda’s on
So you need to choose a business idea to build your startup around
The how-to on this question, the question asked by capable and talented people who want to start a startup but are too rational to think “I should just do what I’m most passionate about”, is as follows: Fabrice Grinda’s on
How to Plot Your Takeover
Shorter Luttwak. Coup d’Etat, a practical guide. www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/08/21/how-to-plot-your-takeover/
How to Plot Your Takeover
Shorter Luttwak. Coup d’Etat, a practical guide. www.nybooks.com/articles/1969/08/21/how-to-plot-your-takeover/
Teaching/Learning as a process of “Having Wonderful Ideas”
The Piagetian school’s Eleanor Duckworth in what teaching is — not conveying fact or process but rather training on how to think (eg, have wonderful ideas). // Amol Sarva, Ph.D. // @amol // 530-727-8277 // Blog // Knotable
Teaching/Learning as a process of “Having Wonderful Ideas”
The Piagetian school’s Eleanor Duckworth in what teaching is — not conveying fact or process but rather training on how to think (eg, have wonderful ideas). // Amol Sarva, Ph.D. // @amol // 530-727-8277 // Blog // Knotable
Adam from Angel List talks Angels and Lists.
Adam Carver from Angel List gave a talk at Knotel recently: Angel List placed 10,000 startup job candidates last year. The Angel-side of Angel List is about signal. They have been tinkering with the model and the way it works
Adam from Angel List talks Angels and Lists.
Adam Carver from Angel List gave a talk at Knotel recently: Angel List placed 10,000 startup job candidates last year. The Angel-side of Angel List is about signal. They have been tinkering with the model and the way it works
Tl;dr of Leadership Secrets of the Navy Seals
High hopes here but kind of a shrill book. Bad writing I guess – formulaic, repetitive, uninteresting. The SEALs seem awesome but this isn’t quite awesome. You can learn everything it has to say from studying the chapter titles and
Tl;dr of Leadership Secrets of the Navy Seals
High hopes here but kind of a shrill book. Bad writing I guess – formulaic, repetitive, uninteresting. The SEALs seem awesome but this isn’t quite awesome. You can learn everything it has to say from studying the chapter titles and
[Updated] Teaching Creativity. (Or, not teaching it.)
Last night I had the unique opportunity to learn from a stellar young novelist and an award-winning filmmaker on the topic of creativity. Film school and MFA Writing programs have something in common — they take in people who want
[Updated] Teaching Creativity. (Or, not teaching it.)
Last night I had the unique opportunity to learn from a stellar young novelist and an award-winning filmmaker on the topic of creativity. Film school and MFA Writing programs have something in common — they take in people who want
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