May 2011
29 posts
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Style FAQ | Alton Lane - Tailored Apparel →
How many suits should I own?
The depth of your business wardrobe really depends on two things: the demands of your job and your sense of style. On average, most guys should own at least four to six suits, with variation depending on several factors. If you’re with a laid back company without too many social engagements, you can probably get away with two to three suits – solid charcoal, solid...
“As Kruger and Dunning conclude, “the miscalibration of the incompetent...”
– Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So there’s that, and there’s all the bunches of areas/categories/groupings/skillsets we compare ourselves on, which I’m guessing adds a bit of cognitive distortion.
“The future is already here - it’s just not very evenly distributed.”
– -William Gibson
Lessons from Anonymous on cyberwar - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Even while Barr was proclaiming victory and threatening to “take the gloves off”, Anonymous were burrowing deeper into his network. By the end of the attack, Barr’s iPad was reputedly erased, his...
Rick Stein's French Odyssey →
It’s hardly surprising that Rick Stein chose to travel along the Canal du Midi and its Southern French sister canals/waterways: the Canal Latéral à la Garonne and the Canal du Rhône for his most recent BBC2 TV culinary travelogue.
These 3 canals, at the heart of which is the Canal du Midi (where Minervois Cruisers is situated at the historic hamlet of Le Somail) cut across Southern...
“We at One Long House have always encouraged projects outside of client work....”
– One Long House / Blog / How Do You Cook an Idea?
The VC reference, intentional or not, is interesting. With a larger “workforce,” and less career-at-OLH-or-wherever oriented mindset (i.e. freelance and contract focused), the management of each side of the 50% becomes an interesting...
“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.”
– Customers: Having trouble formulating a mission statement? Let Drucker boil it down for you: “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer,” he argued. And: “What does our customer find valuable?” is the most important question companies can ask themselves. This...
“3rd Ward is an incubator for innovation and possibility. Our members come from...”
– About Us - Our Creative Community - Brooklyn, NY - 3rd Ward
“We are a cooperative of designers, writers, photographers, programmers, and...”
– One Long House / a creative cooperative
Neat. Like Goodship.
The secret team that killed bin Laden - Yahoo!... →
DevGru belongs to the Joint Special Operations Command, an extraordinary and unusual collection of classified standing task forces and special-missions units. They report to the president and operate worldwide based on the legal (or extra-legal) premises of classified presidential directives. Though the general public knows about the special SEALs and their brothers in Delta Force, most JSOC...
“The FCC continues to deliberate on the issue, and it has now opened things up...”
– FCC offers public a chance to chime in on AT&T/T-Mobile deal
Electronic Comment Filing System
Tmobile is the best. Stop it from getting bought by the worst.
