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  2. Moving on, moving out.

    Dear Tumblr,

    You’re a really great platform, but we never really connected the way we should have. We both knew this was coming. It’s not your fault, Tumblr. Really, it was all me. I never got used to the longer than a tweet, but not really a blog post format you encouraged. Besides, how could our relationship ever blossom when you’re blocked by the firewall at work? I’m hoping we can stay friends and I can stop by and post a Youtube video every once in a while, but it’s time for me to move out. If you need me, you can find me at adamdscott.com. 

    Let’s stay friends,

    Adam

  3. Fundamentally I teach because it makes me feel good. It helped me certainly clarify my own objectives. There’s nothing more exciting than seeing someone’s life affected in a positive way by something you’ve said.

    — 

    Milton Glasser

    (via swissmiss)

  4. To be an artist is also an achievement, but you have to keep it in perspective. I’m not trying to undersell art. I think it’s valuable, but I think it’s overly revered. It is a valuable thing, but no more valuable than being a good schoolteacher, or being a good doctor. The problem is that being creative has glamour.

    — 

    Paris Review - The Art of Humor No. 1, Woody Allen

    (via Instapaper)

  5. If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas. You expect to be engaged with ideas strongly whether you are for or against them. If you are part of a religion that very strongly insists that you believe then to decide not to do that is quite a big hurdle to jump over. You never forget the thought process you went through. It becomes part of your whole intellectual picture.

    — On gospel, Abba and the death of the record: an audience with Brian Eno (via Instapaper)

  6. Good luck, and stop judging at such a great distance. You are simply not qualified. Disney was full of errors, paradoxes, mistakes. He was also full of life, beauty, insight. Which speaks for all of us, eh? We are all mysteries of light and d-ark. There are no true ;conservatives, liberals, etc, in the world. Only people.

    — 

    This excerpt from a brief letter Ray Bradburry wrote in defense of Walt Disney/Dinseyland made my day. Click the link below and read the whole thing. It’s worth it.

    (via L​e​t​t​e​r​s​ ​o​f​ ​N​o​t​e​)

  7. 750 Words →

    New project for year 29 — write 750 words every day.

    I just did this for the first time. Man, it feels good to just write without sweating over it. 

  8. The Diary of a Disappointed Book (by Studiocanoe)

  9. GBV! GBV! GBV!

    I was ready to fly out to Vegas, but it looks like Guided By Voices will be launching a full fledged reunion tour of the classic ‘93-‘96 lineup. I’m already practicing my high kicks. 

    (Now, I just need to convince the Mrs. that this would be a good way to spend the anniversary weekend.)

  10. FontFonter →

    FontFonter is an awesome little tool that lets you try out FontFont typefaces on any site which can then be served up via Typekit or FontFont’s own web licensing. FontFont is really leading the pack in type foundries embracing @font-face and this continues to push them ahead.

    Look for FF Meta & FF Meta Serif in the upcoming design of this site.

    (via simplebits)