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Breaking down Amazon’s mega dropdown - Ben Kamens - http://bjk5.com/post...
Rick Webb - Tumblr - brandcenter talk 2013 - http://www.slideshare.net/lizstle...
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Enjoy dinner chez vous, cooked by a chef - Kitchensurfing - Food & dining - The Boston Globe - http://bostonglobe.com/lifesty...
The State Of The Technology Industry, Explained In One Chart (2013)- Business Insider - http://www.businessinsider.com/the-sta...
Austerity, Italian-Style - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
Outside observers are terrified about Italy’s election, and rightly so: even if the nightmare of a Berlusconi return to power fails to materialize, a strong showing by Mr. Berlusconi, Mr. Grillo, or both would destabilize not just Italy but Europe as a whole. But remember, Italy isn’t unique: disreputable politicians are on the rise all across Southern Europe. And the reason this is happening is that respectable Europeans won’t admit that the policies they have imposed on debtors are a disastrous failure. - Chris M
We Are All Huffington Post Now - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD - http://allthingsd.com/2013022...
The computing deployment phase - Chris Dixon - http://cdixon.org/2013...
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Model Cameron Russell: I get what I don't deserve - CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2013...
The huge opportunity of resource allocation in connected marketplaces | Culttt - http://culttt.com/2013...
My prosthetic legs were off. We were deeply in love and I could not be happier. I know she felt the same way. After Reeva finished her yoga exercises she got into bed and we both fell asleep. - http://christmasgorilla.com/post...
An Affordable Personal Chef? - Kitchensurfing « - http://fabandfru.com/2013...
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Chris Muscarella would like to dispense with the preciousness around food and let people who dine together do what they want to do. For most of us, that is not golf clapping at the chef’s subtly magnificent use of kohlrabi foam, or arranging our whimsical wine glasses for the best Instagram angle. We’re there to enjoy each others’ company. The... - http://christmasgorilla.com/post...
Is this the future of groceries? Blue Apron raises $3 million for subscription meal kits - http://pandodaily.com/2013...
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A lovely story about Herb and Dorothy Vogel, How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection: At the time, Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism were in vogue and too expensive for the Vogels. Minimal and conceptual art, on the other hand, had yet to be embraced by the art world establishment. The Vogels made a pact: Her salary would go... - http://christmasgorilla.com/post...
A lovely story about Herb and Dorothy Vogel, How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection:
 
At the time, Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism were in vogue and too expensive for the Vogels. Minimal and conceptual art, on the other hand, had yet to be embraced by the art world establishment. The Vogels made a pact: Her salary would go toward living expenses, his toward art. Under these new terms, they visited the SoHo studio of an obscure artist named Sol LeWitt and walked out with the first piece LeWitt ever sold: an untitled, golden, T-shaped structure. “He had more than average potential, and I felt it,” Herb said. LeWitt would later become a titan of contemporary American art.
 
It wasn’t just the masterpieces that were crammed into the space; the Vogels shared their storehouse with 20 turtles, eight cats and an aquarium filled with exotic fish. To protect the artwork from kitten claws and rogue turtles, the couple boxed and wrapped the pieces not hung on the walls, further diminishing the available living space. “Art is Herby’s only interest, except for animals,” Dorothy once said. (Fittingly, they named their cats after artists, like Matisse, Renoir, and Manet.) When National Gallery curator Jack Cowart first saw their apartment, he was stunned. “It upset all of my alarm systems as a curator,” he said. “I began to think: What if there’s a fire? What if one of the mega-gallon fish tanks that Herb keeps his fish in springs a leak?”
 
They were equally passionate about unknown talents, often helping them to develop. David Reed, now a famous conceptual artist, said the couple encouraged him to make more drawings, which later became a central part of his practice. “The Vogels made you aware of what you were doing as an artist,” he said. “They had artist sensibilities.” When they spotted something beyond their means, they’d find a way to make the purchase: They’d buy on credit; they’d forgo a vacation; they’d even throw in cat-sitting to sweeten a deal. And the artists loved them for it.
 
Pozzi offered an alternate explanation. “To ask them to sell a piece of their collection would be like asking me to cut off a square yard of one of my paintings,” he said. “They were artists, and the collection was their work of art.”
 
Thought: can an effort at online curation ever reach the same level of humanity that the Vogel’s achieved?
The Dinner Kit Is Served - NYTimes.com - http://www.nytimes.com/2013...
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Elon Musk slams NYT journalist for semi-fraudulent behavior. - Chris M
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