September 2011
12 posts
6 tags
Supreme Court ruling opens doors to drug injection... →
This is such a tremendous win!
Prying Control from Your Cold, Cramped Hands →
Remember this, people.
With a couple of important yet not universally applicable exceptions1, you cannot control what others do with your work.
The minute it escapes your possession,…
Be afraid. Do it anyway. →
My mind is still reeling after the Hello Etsy conference last weekend, and I’ll be writing quite a bit about it in coming days. Etsy has put several of the talks from a variety of conference…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18) →
Florence + The Machine (13)
Cornershop (7)
Cat Stevens (4)
The Wailin’ Jennys (4)
Peter, Paul & Mary (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Hello Etsy and Deep Economy →
I can’t wait to leave for Portland tomorrow for that city’s instalment of the Hello Etsy conference. The main conference is in Berlin this weekend, and several American cities are…
The Fair, the Unfair and the Ugly: Working for... →
A frequent discussion topic in the creative business world has cycled back around, and I want to chime in with a couple examples from my own experience.
The topic is doing work for free…
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-11) →
Eugene Ormandy (12)
David Bowie;Eugene Ormandy (11)
Florence + The Machine (11)
They Might Be Giants (9)
David Francey (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
It’s Serious Business →
Last week I took a walk with a new friend. I pushed the stroller and she held the leashes of her dog and mine.
We chatted about all sorts of things new friends talk about, including the…
“Words are capable of making experience more vivid, and also of organizing it....”
– Jonathan Safran Foer on talking to his kids about 9/11.
9/11 and Indescribable Nightmares : The New Yorker
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-4) →
Florence + The Machine (32)
Jack Johnson (12)
k.d. lang (7)
The Wailin’ Jennys (5)
Iron & Wine (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Need a laugh? →
I’ve needed one, that’s for sure. August was killer. But more about that another time. Or not. Regardless, perhaps you, too, will feel your spirits bolstered after half a minute listening to my kid…
