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Thomas Knoll
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Computers are stupid
"Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination." /via Albert Einstein
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"Slaughtered before it loses its baby teeth."
"Two centuries ago, the average pig took five years to reach 130 pounds; today, it hits 220 pounds after just six months and is slaughtered before it loses its baby teeth.” /via Carl Honore, "In Praise of Slowness”
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Crowds vs Communities
I am giving a workshop today on building community for a brand, and I dug up my old notes from a SXSW talk I gave a while back on the difference between crowds and communities: [twitter url="https://twitter.com/thomasknoll/status/46639152254562304”] [twitter url="https://twitter.com/
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why yes, I *do* want something for my birthday
ohai. thank you for noticing my birthday and for the lovely wishes. =) I am going to be honest and tell you that I do want something for my birthday. I am not giving it away to charity. Hopefully I get to do that next year. I am also not going
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It it time for humans to better embrace our instincts over our reason?
“An evolutionary animal is, say, threatened by a predator
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I can't stand adtech, so now I have an adtech company.
I am drafting up a post right now, but I am curious to hear your assumptions and questions first. // Image via Digiday
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"He wants to win every practice. He wants to win every game."
/via "The Coach" by Sam Borden in The New York Times Magazine
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Learning to care about new things
There are a few things that I am really beginning to care about: 1. Learning about things I am not already interested in 2. Trying to break longer term goals down into "drills" 3. Sticking with things just a little bit longer than my attention wants And, maybe,
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Brands have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission.
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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
Excerpt from “The Upside of Irrationality” by Dr. Dan Ariely.
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Phrase of the day: "maturation of social media marketing"
hehe