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‘Emblems of the Passing World,’ by Adam Kirsch - The New York Times

‘Emblems of the Passing World,’ by Adam Kirsch - The New York Times : Cities are destroyed by fire And rise again; Conquering armies melt away, Hemorrhaging men; Leaders proclaim a government To last forever, Then walls collapse and refugees Come pouring over. Everything passes; he remains Casting the seed, Changeless and inescapable As human need.
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Tokyo 2020 urged to scrap open competition to find new logo

Tokyo 2020 urged to scrap open competition to find new logo : An open competition launched by Tokyo 2020 to find a new logo has been criticised by The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) - who want organisers to scrap it. The search is on to find a new emblem for the Olympics in the Japanese capital after the logo originally chosen had to be scrapped following a plagiarism row. The competition to find the logo first time around was only open to designers in Japan who had won a specific design award, but the re-run was�opened to all�Japanese nationals over the age of 18. As a result nearly 15,000 entries were received before the closing date on December 7,�12,900 from individuals and 1,699 group efforts. That compared to only 104 entries which were accepted in the contest for the axed design. The eventual winning designer will receive a prize of��1 million (�5,400/$8,200/€7,600) and will be invited to the Opening Ceremonies of both the Olympics and Paralympics, but AIGA
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Responsive Web Design · An A List Apart Article

Responsive Web Design · An A List Apart Article : The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page. We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must 'accept the ebb and flow of things.'
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Tom Brady Leaves Press Conference After Two Questions About His Friendship With Donald Trump

Tom Brady Leaves Press Conference After Two Questions About His Friendship With Donald Trump : This morning’s cover of the New York Daily News features the headline “BRADY HAS NO BALLS” over a picture of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady standing with rancid salmon filet Donald Trump, whom Brady has previously called a “great friend” while saying it “would be great” if Trump became president. The Daily News cover was in response to Brady going on the radio yesterday and again calling Trump “a great friend” while reiterating that he supports all his friends. Today, Brady’s press conference was cut short after his friendship with Trump came up.
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PLATFORM COMPETITION IN TWO-SIDED MARKETS

Many if not most markets with network externalities are two-sided. To succeed, platforms in industries such as software, portals and media, payment systems and the Internet, must “get both sides of the market on board.” Accordingly, platforms devote much attention to their business model, that is, to how they court each side while making money overall. This paper builds a model of platform competition with two-sided markets. It unveils the determinants of price allocation and end-user surplus for different governance structures (pro􏰜 t-maximiz- ing platforms and not-for-pro􏰜 t joint undertakings), and compares the outcomes with those under an integrated monopolist and a Ramsey planner. (JEL: L5, L82, L86, L96) 
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My Quantified Email Self Experiment: A failure — The Message — Medium

My Quantified Email Self Experiment: A failure — The Message — Medium : Email v. Free software Email is a problem that was created by free, open software, so, I reasoned, maybe that’s what will solve it, too. This turned out to be entirely true. I used a tool called offlineimap to download all of my Gmail. That took a few days. Then I needed to actually search this mail. There are a few options to do this, but the two that I like are called mairix, and mu. I’ve used mairix in the past, and it’s excellent, but mu has more options for listing and displaying email, so I chose that. The way mu works is you type: mu find waffles and it makes you a special mailbox with all the emails that have the word “waffles” in them. In my case, 99 emails.
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Tobias van Schneider (@schneidertobias) | Twitter

Tobias van Schneider (@schneidertobias) | Twitter Microsofts website in 1993.
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Job Crafting - Amy Wrzesniewski on creating meaning in your own work - YouTube

Job Crafting - Amy Wrzesniewski on creating meaning in your own work - YouTube : Rarely are jobs designed to match the talents, preferences, and aspirations of the individual. Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski, professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management, discussed the art and science of job crafting. Wrzesniewski studied hospital maintenance workers to look at how job crafting affected their work experience and morale. She set up two groups - one simply followed the job description while the second was asked to take on other, related tasks of their own choosing. Differences between the two groups were significant - the second group found meaning in their work and saw themselves and their purpose as radically different from their counterparts. Allowing an employee to influence work scope changes the meaning of that work, and allows them to take ownership of their job. Wrzesniewski’s work shows that job crafting can foster engagement, job satisfaction, and resilience.
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