September 2011
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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either...
– Stephen Colbert, December 2010
August 2011
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The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are...
– Steve Jobs, January 2000
July 2011
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Sometimes you need perspective. You’ve been right in front of greatness so often...
– Jay-Z, capturing Beyonce’s American Idol rehearsal on his cell. Dayum.
June 2011
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I think that I’m getting to that point where I’m starting to wonder...
– Justin Vernon in The Guardian. Justin is one of the warmest, gentlest, kindest persons I’ve ever had the privilege of meeting.
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When I watch a bad football game live, I tend to unconsciously place the blame...
– Chuck Klosterman on Space, Time and DVR Mechanics
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If you’re going to work… work hard. That way, you’ll have...
– Seth Godin
May 2011
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April 2011
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90% of everything we create, draw, or think of will be thrown away — by choice....
– Pixar
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For when the One Great Scorer comes to write against your name, He marks — not...
– Grantland Rice, 1941
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I’ve never viewed myself as particularly talented. I’ve viewed...
– Will Smith (via Liz)
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March 2011
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I’ve always wanted to kick a duck up the ass.
– Karl Pilkington, when asked “If you knew with certainty that today was the end of the world, what would you do?”
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C&H: Get Buckets Bracket Challenge
Over at Chitwood & Hobbs, we’re holding our 1st annual Get Buckets Bracket Challenge. It’s free to enter your bracket and we’ve got some great prizes to give away to the 1st/2nd/3rd place winners.
February 2011
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How do you maintain focus (on work, dreams, goals, life)? You do one thing at a...
– Frank Chimero
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Clear Eyes, Full Heart
Since I have a tendency to meander, let’s get the important bits out of the way first: last Friday was my last day working for Virb and starting Feb 28th, I’ll be joining Rdio full-time.
*pour a shot of whiskey and cue some Boyz II Men*
Working on Virb these past five years has run the entire gamut of emotions. Of all the accomplishments in my life, I will count the decision and...
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Home
These past few years, I’ve gotten a lot of mileage out of keeping a low profile. This new site represents the first time I will have an archived record of my work since I took Justwatchthesky offline back in 2005. It’ll also be the first place I’ve published new posts since I stopped blogging over at The Big Noob in 2008.
Reading that paragraph again, I’m a little ashamed...
June 2010
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To know how good you are at something requires the same skills as it does to be...
– John Cleese on creativity
May 2010
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If one more of my ‘Whole Foods friends’ tells me that we should have...
– Patton Oswalt