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Really interesting piece that is made more interesting by the fact that it was written in “tweets”.

marco:

We plan to continue to run Zappos the way we have always run Zappos — continuing to do what we believe is best for our brand, our culture, and our business. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are switching out our current shareholders and board of directors for a new one, even though the technical legal structure may be different.

Wow. This is a pretty big deal if you like buying shoes on the internet.

I love Zappos. I wear the same pair of shoes every day, and when they wear out, I just order the same ones again.

I second that wow.

Indeed.

So nice to see Meg back again. Even with all of the disclaimers, her voice has been missed in my online life and it will be a pleasure to hear it again no matter the frequency.

New (to me at least) project by Shawn Blanc. How am I going to, with a clear mind, use my own iPhone photos now?

“I’ve tried a slew of iPhone note editing apps, and not only is Simplenote my favorite, it might be my favorite third-party iPhone app, period. It’s that good.”

Gruber gives the love to Simplenote. I have also been using it for a while for all of the same reasons Gruber mentions here. It is fast, minimalist and just plain works.

That said, I do have to take issue with one little thing that I don’t like about Simplenote. I hate the icon. Seriously, it has the most unattractive icon of any app I’ve seen for the iPhone. Even worse that the original Wine Guide icon that looked like a lady’s crotch. It actually has caused me to come close to deleting the app on several occasions. I certainly don’t have it on my iPhone’s home page. Yes, it is that bad.

Picky, I know…

Update

Against advice to the contrary, I am starting a fund to get some money to an icon designer who can:

a. Design a kick-ass icon for Simplenote and…

b. Get the developers to use it.

Kick-assedness will be decided by me in consultation with people of taste and class, distinction. The person who does that gets the pot. I’m putting in a fifty to start the ball rolling. You can donate below:

“This strong, angular typeface is ideal for headings. It features 96 of the most commonly used glyphs (characters)”

Very nice indeed. (via Dan Benjamin)

“Forget thinking you are going to make any real money from record sales. Make your record cheaply (but great) and GIVE IT AWAY. As an artist you want as many people as possible to hear your work. Word of mouth is the only true marketing that matters.”

This is just the tip of the iceberg. There’s even more good advice here. This is not just good advice for musicians but for authors as well. (via Powazek)

jorgeq:

Digital photography has revolutionized the way we take photos. This new method of chronicling moments has spread so rapidly that equally impressive are the slew of services, software, books, gears and iPhone Apps that can all add excitement to how we take our photos and what we can do with them afterwards.

My natural passion towards anything related to the field has led me to share these photographic gems in what I’ve come to call Fotovine. Suggestions are highly recommended for the purpose to share those undiscovered photographic ingredients that can spruce up anybody’s experience even more.

Very nice indeed.

“A newbie reporter to Minnesota politics, I watched as democracy broke out in earnest on the convention floor over the fight to replace him. There were walkouts, prayer meetings, candidacies that came and went in the blink of an eye, all perpetrated by delegates who had the stamina of Marines. Their various causes righteous, their faces flushed with excitement, they went into extra innings, deep into the night. My head spinning, I climbed up into the bleachers and sat near a shaggy-looking guy in a shiny hockey jacket from Anoka. We watched the full pageantry of electoral politics silently and then I finally looked down the row and spoke. “Is it always like this?”

“Yes,” the man said, turning toward me. I recognized him as someone who should know: Garrison Keillor.

Nice piece about the sometimes kooky electorate we have here. What other state elects former pro-wrestlers and comedians to high office?