Ulysse Sabbagh

An individual, to Facebook, is the sum of their interactions with the site — can never be more. You are a collection of data, beginning as an empty vessel when you sign up, and gradually growing in complexity and depth. This much is self-evident.

Facebook has a categorial imperative: Its reason for being may be to provide a service, but its means for being is to systematize individuality.

6 hours of airplane departures in 32 seconds, a superb video by Cy Kuckenbaker.

6 hours of airplane departures in 32 seconds, a superb video by Cy Kuckenbaker.

Even without a government ban, game consoles won’t fly in China

www.wired.com/gamelife/…

A rumor based report, published last week in China Daily, revealed that the Chinese government might lift its ban on video game consoles. Apparently, machines built by Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo can’t be bought in China.

This appears to be untrue, according to some investigation led by the good folks at Wired:

But those with knowledge of the Chinese game market told Wired that they believe the ban will remain in place, and that little would change in China even if it were lifted, in part because the ban is largely ignored.

“I’ve stood in a bank lobby [in China] where the promotion for opening a new checking account is a new Wii,” said Lisa Hanson, founder of Niko Partners, a market research firm focused on the Asian game sector. “Not even banks know that this is illegal.

Mugshots of John Coltrane (18 years old) and Jack Kerouac (20 years old), enlisting for the US Naval Reserve. 

Credits go to Open Culture, read the story on Coltrane here and Kerouac’s here. 

Thorough piece by Nancy Koehn writing for the NYT:

The ability to experience negative emotions without falling through the floorboards is vital to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ari Bloom, a strategic adviser to consumer-related companies and a former student of mine, put it this way: “Nothing prepares you for the emotional ups and downs that come with starting a business. There will be obstacles, big and small, that come at you every day, from personnel issues to supplier delays, to late payments or even hurricanes.” Throughout, entrepreneurs must maintain their professional composure while staying true to their vision and their integrity, he said.

“Lincoln is striking because he did all this under extremely difficult circumstances,” Mr. Bloom said. “Some of his ability to navigate such difficult terrain was about emotional intelligence and the deep faith he nurtured about his vision. But some of it was also about how he gathered advice and information from a wide range of people, including those who did not agree with him. This is important in building a business because you have to listen to customers, employees, suppliers and investors, including those who are critical of what you are doing.”

Thorough piece by Nancy Koehn writing for the NYT:

The ability to experience negative emotions without falling through the floorboards is vital to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Ari Bloom, a strategic adviser to consumer-related companies and a former student of mine, put it this way: “Nothing prepares you for the emotional ups and downs that come with starting a business. There will be obstacles, big and small, that come at you every day, from personnel issues to supplier delays, to late payments or even hurricanes.” Throughout, entrepreneurs must maintain their professional composure while staying true to their vision and their integrity, he said.

“Lincoln is striking because he did all this under extremely difficult circumstances,” Mr. Bloom said. “Some of his ability to navigate such difficult terrain was about emotional intelligence and the deep faith he nurtured about his vision. But some of it was also about how he gathered advice and information from a wide range of people, including those who did not agree with him. This is important in building a business because you have to listen to customers, employees, suppliers and investors, including those who are critical of what you are doing.”

Color photos of Paris around 1914. 

Immovable object against unstoppable force — who wins? 

Another good video from Minute Physics. 

Immovable object against unstoppable force — who wins? 

Another good video from Minute Physics. 

Wenger is taking such abuse now partly because, in his first seasons in London, he set the bar so high. He transformed Neanderthal English football. He ditched Arsenal’s traditional prematch meal of baked beans and Coca-Cola. He used stats to track, for instance, after how many minutes a player lost speed and needed substituting. Crucially, he knew football globally. English football in the 1990s was so insular (indeed xenophobic) that many managers didn’t even watch World Cups.

Arsène’s austerity, a great and thorough portrait of Arsène Wenger — Arsenal’s manager — in the Financial Times. 

Wenger is taking such abuse now partly because, in his first seasons in London, he set the bar so high. He transformed Neanderthal English football. He ditched Arsenal’s traditional prematch meal of baked beans and Coca-Cola. He used stats to track, for instance, after how many minutes a player lost speed and needed substituting. Crucially, he knew football globally. English football in the 1990s was so insular (indeed xenophobic) that many managers didn’t even watch World Cups.

Wireframe.cc — minimal wireframing tool

Wireframe.cc — minimal wireframing tool

wireframe.cc

Incredibly intuitive, superbly consistent in its design, wireframe.cc is a great tool to quickly draw your ideas for web or mobile.

The world’s best footballers in the form of a periodic table. 

They couldn’t have faked the 1969 moon trip. That’s what “Moon Hoax Not” is about. 

A short film by Collins.