Another great TED video (I kinda watch a lot of these.) I’ve always liked Stefan Sagmeister’s philosophies on work and life, even if I’m not a fan of all of his work. I’ve often thought about taking some time off to do some self discovery. Sadly the things being the way they are and personal responsibility this doesn’t really seem possible at the moment. A great story and some inspiration for the morning.
One of my all-time favorite TED talks. I didn’t know who Michael Pollan was before this – now I have a giant brain crush on him. Thinking of the world in this way is an incredible way to humble yourself quickly.
GiftCardGiver.com - This is great. I feel like this is more in the spirit of why the internet was created and less about selling more junk to “consumers”.
The Democratic Party: Depressingly Ineffective.™
The Democratic Party: We Won’t Put Up Much Of A Fight.™
The Democratic Party: Wait, We Won?™
The Democratic Party: We’ll Forgive Our Opponents Repeatedly So You Don’t Have To.™
The Democratic Party: Defeat You Can Believe In.™
The Democratic Party: How Much More Of A Majority And Public Support Do We Need To Get Anything Done?™
So true. So painfully, true.
I posted earlier about Toobla being a hit in Columbus and mentioned that I had some small gripes about the design/UI stuff (but very excited for it otherwise). So I threw together a quick sketch of Toobla’s home page with some minor adjustments without getting too deep into it.
Toobla is a startup company out of Columbus, Ohio. I’m not exactly sure the intention of their startup, but they certainly have an interesting app going on. I could see a lot of uses for it whether sharing with friends/colleages or basically using it as more of a social version of something like EverNote.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jake Saxbe (Founder) at Startup Weekend Columbus where we worked on a project together. It seems like Toobla has grown quite a bit since then. The designer in me has some gripes with the presentation and UI but I’m sure they’ll get it all sorted with time. Can’t wait to see where Toobla goes.
This is pretty incredible. Also love that it works with FreshBooks (personal fave), QuickBooks Online Plus & PayPal. Will definitely be playing with this soon.
