1. An interesting people fund? I'm so in. →

    Excerpt from Fortune Magazine’s “The Real Way to Build a Social Network”. The whole thing is definitely worth a read.

    Reid’s rules

    In the next day: Look at your calendar for the past six months and identify the five people you spend the most time with — are you happy with their influence on you?

    In the next week: Introduce two people who do not know each other but ought to. Then think about a challenge you face and ask for an introduction to a connection in your network who could help.

    Imagine you got laid off from your job today. Who are the 10 people you’d e-mail for advice? Don’t wait — invest in those relationships now.

    In the next month: Identify a weaker tie with whom you’d like to build an alliance. Help him by giving him a small gift — forward an article or job posting.

    Create an “interesting people fund” to which you automatically funnel a certain percentage of your paycheck. Use it to pay for coffees and the occasional plane ticket to meet new people and shore up existing relationships.[ML: Yes please!]

  2. cube view

    cube view

  3. 60 degrees on Newbury after work

    60 degrees on Newbury after work

  4. washingtonpoststyle: Meanwhile, the Oakland Zoo has a new baby giraffe, named Maggie. The most interesting factoid, from the zoo’s press release: “Giraffe sleep only one to twenty minutes at a time.” The second most interesting factoid: “Giraffe” is the singular as well as the plural descriptor of the animal. So all this time we’ve been saying “giraffes?” Incorrect. 1 giraffe. 18 giraffe. Interesting.

    washingtonpoststyle:

    Meanwhile, the Oakland Zoo has a new baby giraffe, named Maggie.

    The most interesting factoid, from the zoo’s press release: “Giraffe sleep only one to twenty minutes at a time.”

    The second most interesting factoid: “Giraffe” is the singular as well as the plural descriptor of the animal. So all this time we’ve been saying “giraffes?” Incorrect.

    1 giraffe.

    18 giraffe.

    Interesting.

  5. Top 5 Thursday

    • Chili is already cooked for tomorrow’s game night! (only one potholder was lit on fire in the process…?)
    • I get to go see glowing zebra fish tomorrow for work(!!!)
    • Geometric prints, pearls, and jewel tones are balancing out my giant, giant ‘fro today
    • I’ve kept my yellow flowers alive on my desk all week!
    • I still sort of hate myself for having a Kindle, but Game of Thrones is addictive, and reading made the hellacious T ride this morning more bearable!

  6. 2012.

    “Learn something new every day”

    That’s going to be my 2012 mantra.

    Doesn’t have to be big. Can be something about someone else, a good news article, something about my own abilities, a skill or a little nugget of info.

    But I’m going to learn, goddamnit.

  7. kateziegler: Brilliance. Yes. via whiskeysoaked: I’m going to put my internet addiction to use and learn to code in 2012. Why don’t you join me? Done and done. Was just emailing with someone today about learning code to make www.byhp.org a little less…basic.

    kateziegler:

    Brilliance. Yes.

    via whiskeysoaked:

    I’m going to put my internet addiction to use and learn to code in 2012.

    Why don’t you join me?

    Done and done. Was just emailing with someone today about learning code to make www.byhp.org a little less…basic.

  8. Missing this guy, on what would have been his 26th birthday.

    My marathon miles are in his memory and in his honor: I think of him every time I lace up, and when certain songs pop up on my shuffle, I rock out even harder.

    Eric Zagorda: January 3, 1986-October 15, 2008

  9. so. so. cool. →

    Whenever I’m even tempted to feel bored or blase about anything, pictures like this just sort of…remind me how alive I am?

  10. Trying out birchbox’s mini-splurge of beauty products. $10 for bright and fun samples in shiny wrapping? Glitter nail appliques, yes please.

    Trying out birchbox’s mini-splurge of beauty products. $10 for bright and fun samples in shiny wrapping? Glitter nail appliques, yes please.