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Rand Fishkin from Moz and Dharmesh Shah from HubSpot launched a Hacker News like site for marketers, Inbound.org.

I hope the community and content quality of this site is up to the standards of it muse.

I’ve never paid for cable, but this chart alone should make cutting the cord easier.

(via Why I want to quit cable)

There a lot more of these prints by Niege Borges to enjoy, including ones from Little Miss Sunshine, Flight of the Concords, the chicken dance from Arrested Development, and Elaine’s dance in Seinfeld.

The method of creating this Anatomical Cross-Sections in Paper is quite fascinating:

These pieces are made of Japanese mulberry paper and the gilded edges of old books. They are constructed by a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper called quilling or paper filigree. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles, and later by 18th century ladies who made artistic use of lots of free time. I find quilling exquisitely satisfying for rendering the densely squished and lovely internal landscape of the human body in cross section.

A Brief History of Computing Platforms (by AsymcoInteractive)

Read more about the background of the analysis.

Pop Chart Lab has this detailed diagram of many classic cocktails.

This definitive guide to classic cocktails breaks down 68 drinks into their constituent parts. Follow the lines to see where spirits, mixers, and garnishes intersect to form delightful concoctions. This massive movie poster-sized print contains over 40 types of alcohol (from distilled spirits to bitters), mixers from raspberry syrup to egg white, and garnishes from the classic olive to a salted rim. This obsessively detailed chart also includes the ratios for each drink, as well as the proper serving glass, making it as functional as it is beautiful. Over a year in the making, this is Pop Chart Lab’s most elaborate chart ever.

grantimatter:

Rules of engagement. I think I may need to make these a wallpaper or transcribe them onto a Post-It or something.

Superbowl Twitter mentions visualized on Hotspots.io

Dress Pant Sweatpants from Betabrand

I doubt I could get away with these at the office, but I am so glad they exist.

To Know, but Not Understand: David Weinberger on Science and Big Data

According to Eric Felten, in his WSJ.com review of the book New by Winifred Gallagher,

Creativity flourishes best when part of a tradition. The new ideas that succeed are those that stick around long enough to become old.

He sees what’s new as part of a long line of creative works, one springing forth from another. For all the interest our society shows for the new and improved gizmo, we still have a strong nostalgia for the old, for the traditional, for the new thing that reminds us of the old.

Gathering opinions from everyone in the room is still in vogue, but creative work is still best done in solitude. Susan Cain of The New York times explores the role of Groupthink in the workplace and how best to combat its negative effects.

Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in.

Dilbert Creator Scott Adams talks about what works for his success in an essay on his blog called The Yoke of Credibility.

I see life as a process, not a goal. If my goal had been to create world-changing ideas that worked right away, I would be a complete failure. But I don’t have that goal. Instead, I have a process that involves seeding the universe with ideas and waiting for the strongest to evolve and make a difference. The worst case scenario is that my ideas cause the eventual best ideas to compete harder and evolve to even better forms. When you use a process that makes sense, even the unanticipated outcomes are good.

This Princess Bride themed wine from the Alamo Draft House will be available for Valentine’s Day.

Nothing says “I Love You” like a possibly poisoned wine.

If you don’t like growing older, don’t worry about it. You may not be growing older much longer.

— Thomas Sowell

Consummate politeness is not the right tonic for an emotional collapse.

— Joseph Conrad, Victory

oliphillips:

It takes considerable energy to plan your own future, but if you don’t figure out what you want to become, someone else will define it for you.

— Jason Theodor, M.A.P.S.: The Four Pillars of Creative Job Fulfillment

driving on mountain top ORIGINAL! (by 87mcmahan87)

Movies reimagined for another time & place via Behance.