Old school meets new school.

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Introducing The Google Beat, a regular video series highlighting the hottest searches in the US. It’s kind of like our version of Diggnation, but without Kevin Rose and stuff :)

Up early for a sunrise run by Capitol Hill.

Progressive move by Rolling Stone.

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Just created my own font using nothing but my pointer finger and my iPad. I think I’ll call it Brit Sans. Next up, Brit Serif.

The Ace hotel is quite witty.

Cool idea, but seems painful. I think I’d opt for an engraved ring, or even a tattoo, before I went this route. 

Inner Message by Jungyun Yoon

My thoughts:

1) Dave makes a great point about the need for more interaction between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. I whole-heartedly agree that the two are much more similar than you’d think.

2) I think there should be a new (web) TV show that is a variation of Entourage, but instead of being Hollywood actors and agents, they would be Internet entrepreneurs and engineers. I still haven’t figured out who would play Ari, but think I could be onto something here…

3) Dave Morin > Adrien Grenier. Just sayin ;)

davemorin:

Adrian Grenier stopped by Path today to talk shop about the Internet. He had a refreshing perspective. It would be nice if more folks from Hollywood stopped through Silicon Valley. It is odd that these two incredibly creative industries, separated by geography but similar in production processes, rarely ever interact with each other.

I am absolutely loving these Nike Women ads popping up around the web. This one is my favorite. The copy is brilliant (I bolded my favorite line):

My butt is big and round like the letter C, and ten thousand lunges have made it rounder but not smaller, and that’s just fine. It’s a space header for my side of the bed. It’s my ambassador to those who walk behind me. It’s a border collie that herds skinny women away from the best deals at clothing sales. My butt is big. And that’s just fine. And those who might scorn it are invited to kiss it. Just do it.

Create Your Self-Font!

This is so awesome. I’ve always wished that I could type using my own handwriting or what it would be like to have my handwriting created into a font. This looks so simple and easy to do. Very cool!

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True fact.

Poems: your topic, your price. Great concept.

Is it a good thing or a bad thing when you need a chart to explain a movie?

SPOILER ALERT!!! Probably won’t want to look at this is you haven’t seen the movie.

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Just found a new use for chopsticks.

TEDWomen. What A Step.

changetheratio:

I am really psyched about TEDWomen, coming this December to DC in a two-day conference to focus on women from around the globe and their issues, innovations, insights, the whole shebang. Considering we’re talking about 50% of the population from around the globe - statistically slightly more, even - it’s sort of amazing and mouth-dropping that focusing on women is called “an emerging story,” but hey - TED calls it like it is, not like it should be. From the website: 

Over the last several years, our ideas about women have changed. Investing in women and girls was once seen as a radical notion; today, its value is clear. A new lens reveals women as powerful change agents: In developing nations, women and girls hold the vital link to economic growth, public health, political stability. In the West, generations of educated women are forging new directions in the sciences, arts, business and beyond.

To track this emerging story, the first-ever TEDWomen will explore in depth: Who are the women who leading change? What ideas are they championing? How are they shaping the future? TEDWomen will also reveal how women and men, in concert with one another, orchestrate different but complementary approaches to ideas worth spreading.

The cross-disciplinary, cross-generational program will focus on how women think and work, communicate and collaborate, learn and lead—what this means and why it matters to all of us. Speakers from around the globe—from anthropologists to artists, scientists to soldiers, bankers to builders, farmers to futurists—will share their ideas in the world-renowned TED format, creating a program that surprises and inspires.

I’m already surprised and inspired. And excited. Will the dudes come? They should. Not only will it be a sweet pickup joint (ladies in the house holla!) but there is major money to be made off understanding the needs of 50% of the population - oh and also tapping into their brainpower. See you there, Fred Wilson!