May 2012
28 posts
April 2012
20 posts
“Happiness isn’t what happens when you whistle along, pretending bad things don’t...”
– Marisa de los Santos (via kari-shma)
Facebook Says “Yo Google and Apple, HTML5 Apps... →
parislemon:
This post should have actually been titled “Why Facebook Needs To Build Their Own Phone”.
Everything I hear indicates that Facebook’s once big HTML5 dreams keep getting pushed and pushed and pushed. It’s a noble cause, but it’s also one they have to take up, since they don’t control the key platforms: iOS and Android.
All the finger-crossing hasn’t worked. And Facebook grows...
AirPrayers: Blue Angel: Levon Helm, The Roots of... →
airprayers:
In 1984, when asked about what goes into his work, Levon Helm said plainly, “Life and breath. Heart and soul.”
It was this raw passion for deep American music - a little bluegrass, a little rock-and-roll, a little country and some blues - that kept his fans hungry for whatever he put…
AirPrayers: Blue Angel: Dick Clark →
airprayers:
They called him the eternal teenager.
Dick Clark launched teenage pop culture, giving teens a voice, and in turn, power, when “American Bandstand” began broadcasting nationally on ABC in the late 50s.
His career has taken him from interviewing Jerry Lee Lewis in front of the…
AirPrayers: Charity Spotlight: Kiva →
airprayers:
Kiva works to create a world where all people - even in the most remote areas of the globe - hold the power to create opportunity for themselves and others. The non-profit has successfully leveraged the connectivity of the internet to allow individuals to give as little as $25 to create…
Human Freedom
Famously, the existentialist said that dignity and creativity and indeed love – affection for our fellow human beings – are things worth pursuing in their own right, and by pursuing them we make ourselves, according to our individual capacities. This I think is where the deep autonomy of the human position has its greatest value.
