September 2011
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The Gotham typeface
IT could have been imperial Trajan. Or elegant Bodoni. Or generic Helvetica. But the search for the ideal typeface to be inscribed on the Freedom Tower cornerstone at the World Trade Center site ended simply, in Gotham.
Gov. George E. Pataki said in his Fourth of July cornerstone speech that the 20-ton block came from the Adirondacks, “the bedrock of our state.” He did not note that...
May 2010
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Possibly the best job ad, ever →
Do you…
Have baller writing skills?
Pro-style social media moves?
Sickening levels of enthusiasm?
Come up with good ideas AND get shit done?
Stay ridiculously organized?
Love photography more than anything?
March 2010
5 posts
Having someone hate on you is cool
You Need A Detractor. Bessemer Venture Partners humorously lists the great investments it turned down: Apollo, eBay, Google, Fedex, Hewlett Packard, CheckPoint, Intel and Apple. Most were well-reasoned declines, only wrong. Entrepreneurs are almost always pushing the envelope of reason, because big opportunities are derived from doing something that either few have thought of, or many have...
“Be what losers call a “loser.” Stay home and make stuff for other...”
– David Horvath
“But a “real” job - with coworkers wanting to hang out, drink late,...”
– David Horvath (link)
“I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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The best cover letter
I recently found an organisation that I’d love to work for. So I’m not taking any chances with my job application. In my quest to create the world’s best cover letter, I came across this gem from David Silverman at HBR. Here’s an extract…
Here’s the best cover letter I ever received:
Dear David
I am writing in response to the opening for xxxx, which I...