February 2012
3 posts
Our New Long Range Plan, From Our Head of Strategy...
When you do great work and your boss blogs about it under a heading like that, you can’t just keep that to yourself…
January 2012
9 posts
Give me leave to do my utmost.
– Isak Dineson, h/t to an inspiring young candidate for Venture for America, who I met on Friday during selection day. Venture for America is going to do some great things, I have no doubt, in Detroit and otherwise. Looking forward to launching the first class…
Scratch is hiring...
Wanted: rockstars.
An exciting growth spurt for Scratch! It’s a dynamic bunch that’s looking to grow as our work expands. I can’t wait to see who we find.
We’ve got some openings at a variety of levels - Director, Manager, Coordinator and Executive Assistant. Check out the descriptions below.
Most near and dear to my heart, I am on the hunt for a new Executive Assistant....
#friendz
kellyoxford:
If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets...
– John Steinbeck: A Life in Letters (via brainpickings)
We’re in the business of creating delight for people. My partner Michael Romano,...
– Danny Meyer’s Magic Touch: How To Create 4-Star Experiences And Lines Around The Block (via fastcompany)
Something for us all to learn from this. Inspiring.
(via evangotlib)
December 2011
7 posts
Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a...
– Leonard Cohen
via Ross Martin, I am ever grateful…
take a load off, annie
– Bob Dylan, the world.
November 2011
4 posts
Joggers get started because they hear it’s good for their heart and peace of...
– Takes: Pain and the Marathon, from a 1977 piece in The New Yorker by Anthony Hiss. Good luck to the NYC marathoners today.
October 2011
4 posts
Novelty was not Steve’s highest value. Beauty was.
– From Mona Simpson’s “A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs” from today’s NYTimes. An incredibly beautiful, gripping tribute.
For someone who gets a lot out of doing new things, this bit struck me particularly. I’ll be chewing on it for awhile, I suspect.
we left a beautiful place behind ten years ago. and it’s still beautiful....
– a wise man i’m lucky to call a friend, after our latest college reunion (and to whom I bemoaned my weekend packing misadventures…)
September 2011
2 posts
1 tag
August 2011
10 posts
5 tags
Best reactions to the earthquake in NYC
So far:
1 “Post Earthquake Cuddling” on craigslist here (via the lovely Christine)
Feeling a bit shaken? Let my steady arms absorb those aftershocks. Looking for stability? Well, you’ve found it. Look, we don’t need to go further than that. I’m not looking to rock your world. Quite the opposite, in fact. Sincerely, Dr. Tremors
2 “Photo of Devastation from...
1 tag
1 tag
I do not sit in judgment on a new play by a writer for our theater. There is a...
– Joe Papp, of The Public. May we all be so wise…
July 2011
7 posts
The book comes packaged like a billet-doux: fastened with a blue ribbon and...
– NYT, on Google’s Think Quarterly. Clever.
June 2011
11 posts
If you want to feel 70% better, have a cup of tea
– My pal Andy.