Apple To Buy LOEWE?
Or not. Loewe’s stock still up.
Olympic National Park – You Are Beautiful
Followed my friend’s lead this weekend and went up to Staircase. The southern tip of the Olympic National Park and was blown away. People, this is an incredible place we live in.
Must engage more!
Library Hides Books In Seattle
Seattle library hides children’s books around town.
Young people are encouraged to scour the city’s landmarks for 1,000 books hidden throughout town, and then to re-hide them for other kids to find.
So cool.
The Northwest Chefs Are Coming
The food spotlight is on the Northwest right now. Chefs get ready for some shiny stars next!
Exciting times for local eating and well deserved for some excellent chefs doing incredible food in and around Seattle.
Olympic Torch Relay About To Start
It all begins on May 19th.
The Olympic Torch Relay will help shine a light on the whole of the UK – from dynamic urban areas to places of outstanding natural beauty.
Torchbearers will carry the Flame through more than 1,000 cities, towns and villages in the UK.
This is going to be an amazing Summer.
Those Are Like Real Nice
From the creators of the popular TikTok:
The LunaTik Touch Pen was born from a desire to integrate our pen of choice, the rollerball, with the digital stylus.
Brilliant. Want.
Happy Birthday Bono!
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We’re one, but we’re not the same
We get to
Carry each other
ONE. Forever!
What’s For Dinner: Knödel
Speckknödel. Made in South Tyrol or Südtirol those look delicious.
Must put those on my “have to make real soon’ list.
You should do.
Smart Kickstarter Campaign
Smart Kickstarter campaign by a very smart guy: Horace Dediu wants to publish a book from the material of his popular podcast ‘The Critical Path‘ on the 5by5 network.
Backing this is a no-brainer.
Global Spice Trade
Just received my order of spices and herbs from World Spice from Seattle. The company has a lovely store just below Pike Place Market but also a terrific website where you can order spices in bulk, whole or ground, directly and have it shipped to your door.
Smells good to me. Having an online store alongside your retail store will be of essence for small businesses to survive the next few years.
Obama
Endorsed gay marriage.
Watching a country grow up is sometimes exhilarating and sometimes feels like a clusterfuck.
Is That A Pivot, Kevin?
Jason calls it:
Wait, just realized @kevinrose sold all 3 of his startups in under 30 days for around $100M total. That’s impressive & a record.
Very impressive indeed.
Revision3 was purchased by Discovery.
And he shut down Milk Inc. and became part of Google.
After The Wall Came Down
After the wall between the two German states fell in 1989, Stefan Koppelkamm used this historical moment to photograph building and townscapes in East Germany where time seem to have stood still.
‘Ortszeit – Localtime’ is a beautiful and haunting project chronicling Germany’s rebuilding of East Germany after the Wall came down in 1990.
There are more before and after pictures in this Spiegel article.
TestFlight Does Beta-testing For Your iOS App
I was recently invited to review and beta test a soon-to-be-released iPad app using the TestFlight API to deliver the app to my iPad. This is a brilliant service for app developers needing crucial beta testing experience which is something that is currently not possible through the Apple app store.
No, I can’t talk about the app I am reviewing… it’s lovely though.
Gingrsnap Is Recipe-sharing For The 21st Century
Evan Meagher just launched a new website for collective recipe-sharing. Like the simplicity and feel of the site.
Only gripe I have with amateur recipe apps is that photos look so amateurish, which makes food look not appetizing, which is a bummer.
Perhaps the website should adopt black and white photography as a default like the Cook’s Illustrated magazine.
New US National Team Jersey
Hot. Love the stripes!
Will have to get one before I head back to Europe next year!
Where Are All The Canadian Teams
Wait, I might be late to the game, but it’s NHL Playoffs and there are no Canadian teams left in the run for the Stanley Cup?
Is everyone still hungover after the Olympics in Vancouver in 2010?
The Future Of Media Creation
Brandon Rosage addresses how technology and news creation intersect and what Ushahidi does to address this at the International Media Council in Madrid a couple of weeks ago.
The public can be part of the news-making process.
You Gotta Scream For Yourself
Hello… can you hear me?
Einmaleins is turning 5 this Summer. Five years of running a business visible to the world. But I’ve been at it for much longer, having made the decision to step out of the corporate management race at Starbucks and focusing on entrepreneurship. I wanted to run my own business. …