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TechCrunch fait désormais partie de Verizon Media. Many investors — including me — spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc.

TechCrunch fait désormais partie de Verizon Media

However, being a “microinfluencer” is now part of the job description. In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 followers. Traditional celebrities or influencers with millions of followers have a large service industry and tech stack to serve their needs. But the standard toolkit of a microinfluencer is still evolving. The challenge is that my time and money budget for “influencing”–content creation and marketing– is minimal.

Gary Sullivan's Ten Years in a Quandary and How Flarf Grew. To this day, wherever I meet Poetry readers they want to talk to me about flarf and what I think about it.

Gary Sullivan's Ten Years in a Quandary and How Flarf Grew

Amazing. Well, Gary Sullivan - who coined the term... and who contributed to our infamous portfolio of flarf and conceptual poetry - wrote in with some meditations on its tenth birthday. “It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.” —Robert Benchley Today, May 21, 2011, as true-believers all over the world await their final evacuation from Earth in advance of the Great Tribulation, I’m spending the morning sucking down a second cup of Bustelo and scrolling through some old e-mail archives. Why am I futzing through this electronic effluvia when, clearly, I ought to be repenting? The first post, my own, was a play in five acts, “Angry at God,” the entire dialog of which was cobbled together from Google results of searches on “Awww” (with varying numbers of Ws) “yeah” and “God. .

” … and so on. Wecanknow - Cabinet de Curiosités. Ahhh Maison&Objet !

Cabinet de Curiosités

J’adore m’y rendre au moins une fois par an. Découvrir de nouvelles marques, faire de nouvelles rencontres : c’est toujours top ! Pour cette cession de janvier 2015 donc, retour en images sur mes petits coups de coeur. Chez &Klevering, beaucoup de jolies choses notamment du côté de la tendance tropicale. Chez Miss Print, on craque pour ces imprimés colorés. Immense coup de coeur pour la stand Objet de Curiosité. Côté vaisselle, ces belles couleurs sont chez Rina Menardi. Une de mes découvertes de cette année, la maison TANE. Ici, une ambiance cosy et chic signée D’argentat… Les lampadaires sont juste canons ! Dans un style beaucoup plus moderne, j’ai trouvé très chouettes les suspensions et les systèmes de rangements de chez Iris Hantverk.

Encore de la vaisselle colorée : c’est chez Ekobo cette fois. 13 more things that dont make sense. Cookies on the New Scientist website close Our website uses cookies, which are small text files that are widely used in order to make websites work more effectively.

13 more things that dont make sense

To continue using our website and consent to the use of cookies, click away from this box or click 'Close' Find out about our cookies and how to change them Log in Your login is case sensitive I have forgotten my password close My New Scientist Look for Science Jobs 13 more things that don't make sense (Image: Loungepark / The Image Bank / Getty) Strive as we might to make sense of the world, there are mysteries that still confound us. Capitalism Didn’t Make the iPhone, You iMbecile.

Uchronia: The Alternate History List. Things A Man Should Know About Style    Sergio Valente put it best when he said. Living with the Tibetan Mastiffs - the 200lbs 'bear dogs' HUGE dogs with coats that make them look like bears are being produced at a kennel which claims to offer the “dog of your dreams”.

Living with the Tibetan Mastiffs - the 200lbs 'bear dogs'

Aleksandr and Nina Khilyk run Kinu Liutas Kennels, a Ukraine-based business that’s home to some of the most unusual looking dogs in the world. The couple specialise in the Tibetan Mastiff – an ancient breed notable for their large frames and extremely hairy coats. Nina told Barcroft Studios: “The Tibetan Mastiff is one of the most ancient breeds in the world. They're flawless guards, excellent friends and companions. Kinu Liutas is the most unique breeding ground in the world.

Ring Around Rosy

Elephant Baby Elephant GIF. MEDIALIST. George Carlin - Euphemisms. LIBRARIUS. FLOWPORT. INFORMATIO. INTELLIGENTIA. METIS. VERBEIER. SUNDAY'S CHILD. Cyth. Ethice. ARTISTRY. Collage. Recyclart. AEDIFICATIO. Les Autres.