May 2013
34 posts
John Green's tumblr: The Commencement Address →
fishingboatproceeds:
Some people have asked to read the commencement address I delivered this morning to the 2013 graduates of Butler University. So here it is.
My own commencement speaker, who shall remain nameless, began with a lame joke about how these speeches only come in two varieties: Short and bad. This…
I feel like I don’t need to hear USC’s commencement speech on...
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“You are, at once, both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.”
– Franz Kafka
“To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can...”
– Federico Garcia Lorca
“I’m like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.”
– Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
“I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of...”
– Jack Kerouac
I’m still here: back online after a year without... →
I was wrong. One year ago I left the internet. I thought it was making me unproductive. I thought it lacked meaning. I thought it was “corrupting my soul.” It’s a been a year now since…
The Flattening of Design →
Flat design is become the stylistic choice for technology companies, partly driven by the constraints of smartphones, and also with a hope to escape the look of digital design.
White Men Wearing Google Glass →
flavorpill:
Yep, it about somes it up.
Hilarity hilarity
April 2013
74 posts
1 tag
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to...”
– Paulo Coelho
Not ready for the finality of this week.
“In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has...”
– Robert Brault
I'm writing over here →
Hey y’all. I’m now on @Medium. It’s fun so far, but it’s also just old stuff pulled from here for now. I’m actually kind of shy to put my writing out there, but let me know what you think.
I’ve decided to do this because I realize I haven’t been writing anything substantial over here for quite awhile now. Too self-conscious, I guess. It also admittedly...
PRAY TELL: ✌ Fight on. →
praytell:
Alwayzzz and forever.
I have never felt so proud to go to my school until this summer, but now it would seem that my pride has taken on a life of its own. I’m not a naturally spirited person—never have been, just ask anyone who went to high school with me—and yet I feel so unbelievably privileged to experience the spirit rally with all the incoming freshmen at each orientation. I...
