This takes peer-to-peer sharing to a whole new level. A new app lets you barter your left-overs with strangers. Ingenious? Or just horrifying? npr: A New App Will Let You Share Your Leftovers With Strangers Startups have made it so much easier for peer-to-peer buying and bartering these days. Need a place to stay? Swap houses. Want to fill out your wardrobe? Swap clothing. And coming soon is Leftover Swap, a smartphone app to help you barter or give away your leftovers. This is either ingenius or cringe-worthy, depending on your penchant
..Love this! laughingsquid: Street Artist Improves ‘The Wolverine’ Movie Poster Ad by Adding Claw Slashes to Surrounding Posters
Penis Jokes on the Cover of the New Yorker: A Complete History The esteemed magazine’s favorite way to make fun of a disgraced politician
You need people around you that you can trust to say “that’s a shit idea". Every McCartney needs a Lennon. — World-famous advertising creative Sir John Hegarty on how to be and stay creative.
It’s friday and you know what that means – the weekend is here! B-52’s vs Lipps, Inc. vs Patrick Hernandez vs Yello vs Soulwax – Funky Shack! – Mashup by FAROFF (by FAROFF) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Reality v. The Lake Wobegon Effect I once saw a speaker at a conference ask participants to close their eyes and raise their hand if they thought they were among the top 50% of performers in the room. Then he asked them to keep their hand raised if they were in the top 25% of performers in the room, and then again he asked them to keep their hand raised if they believed they were in the top 10%. Finally, he asked them to open their eyes. What they saw
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Everybody needs a little inspiration to get through the day. Here’s mine. ..This guy is unbelievable! Partially Paralyzed Man Dances Professionally With Crutches (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
The mere thought of pleasant alternatives made people concentrate less. Have you ever wondered why you only manage to accomplish half of the things on your summer to-do list? Science has the answer. Here’s why summer makes us so unproductive. (via fastcompany)
The Very Rich Are Different From You And Me? Yep, They Don’t Need Email In just one excerpt from this article, Sheldon Anderson (19th richest person in the world) had this to say about email: “I don’t have a computer. And I don’t use e-mails.” In an interview with Casino Enterprise Management, he said, “I have a great person who knows the computer and she reads every single thing that I read. She takes dictation from me the old-fashioned way, and that’s the only way I like to dictate.”