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The Human Library
‘Structured to mimic real library browsing, participants would search the card catalog, apply for a library card, and then check out one of the 35 books as they became available. The book titles, chosen by the “books” themselves, included “Custodian,” “Evangelical Christian,” “Fat Woman,” “Feminist,” “Iraq War Veteran,” “LDS Missionaries (Mormon),” “Olympic Athlete,” “Orphanage Boy,” “Psychiatrist,” and “Queer,” among others. Readers and books engaged in one-on-one conversations that lasted 30 minutes.’
culture  library  people 
february 2012 by matthewmcvickar
Amy Harmon: Navigating Love and Autism (NYTimes.com)
A profile of an autistic couple.
autism  love  people  from instapaper
january 2012 by matthewmcvickar
Christine Hochkeppel: Longtime worker is a fixture at Chatham shop (Cape Cod Times)
A profile of my great uncle Donald Wormwood.
family  capecod  people  profile 
january 2012 by matthewmcvickar
Warming Glow: R.I.P. Andy Rooney
‘Rooney was an unremarkable, cranky bore whose bitching about simple annoyances struck a nerve with other aging white people who were frightened by or opposed to change.’
deaths  people  culture  america 
november 2011 by matthewmcvickar
Wired: The Geek Syndrome
On the history of autism and the dramatic increase of diagnoses in Silicon Valley.
autism  neuroscience  people  science  technology  aspergers  siliconvalley 
november 2010 by matthewmcvickar
Andrea Dorfman and Tanya Davis: How to Be Alone
A video by fiilmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis.

"Society is afraid of alonedom, like lonely hearts are wasting away in basements, like people must have problems if, after a while, nobody is dating them. but lonely is a freedom that breaths easy and weightless and lonely is healing if you make it."
art  inspiration  music  people  philosophy  poetry  video  alone  independence 
august 2010 by matthewmcvickar
Flickr: Hamburger Eyes
Stunning.
photos  flickr  photography  travel  world  people  animals  nature 
august 2009 by matthewmcvickar
The Morning News: Look at This Fucking Hipster Basher by Robert Lanham
"The rage and self-loathing associated with hipsters has become more annoying, more naive, and more artificial than hipsters could ever hope to be."
hipsters  society  america  culture  anthropology  nyc  people 
july 2009 by matthewmcvickar
We Tell Stories: 'Hard Times' by Matt Mason & Nicholas Felton
A stylish, simple, infographical, curt, and summarily realistic at the world in which we currently live.
design  writing  web  culture  internet  typography  graphics  infographics  statistics  information  world  people 
march 2009 by matthewmcvickar
Terra Incognita Films: 'Into the Wild' Debunked
Not so much 'debunked', but this article calls out Krakauer on a number of conclusions and omissions from his book (and the subsequent movie). To summarize: the poison/moldy seeds theory doesn't hold water, and McCandless probably just simply starved to death. McCandless had money and a map with him on his final trek, but the book and movie omit this. Also, one of the final self-portrait photographs might have a clue as to the "injury" alluded to in his final note: one sleeve of his shirt looks armless.
intothewild  film  book  literature  criticism  truth  outdoors  hiking  people  mccandless 
march 2009 by matthewmcvickar
English Russia: Group Rope Jumping
"And then the police came."
photography  people  fun  sport  jumping  bridge 
march 2009 by matthewmcvickar
Kottke.org: Jason's Rules for the NYC Subway
Just for reference.
subway  nyc  people  culture  blog  reference 
february 2009 by matthewmcvickar
In Case Of Actual Death: Things You Should Always Have In Or On Your Desk At Work
work  people  stuff 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
National Hobo Museum
Check out the "Hobo Code" page.
hobo  culture  museum  america  language  society  people 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
Fifty People One Question
"We had an idea. Go to a place. Ask fifty people the same question. Film their responses."
art  people  web  film  video  inspiration  culture  social  ideas  love  documentary  life  storytelling  viral 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
We're All Gonna Die - 100 Meters of Existence
A huge mural of candid portraits at a train station.
people  photography  panorama 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
The American Scholar: The Disadvantages of an Elite Education (William Deresiewicz)
How a school like Yale fails to teach a person how to want to think for themselves and be true intellectuals, how to interact with people from other walks of life.
education  college  intellectualism  people  america 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
Butterflies and Wheels: Identity is That Which is Given
Kenan Malik writes that the attempt to preserve "cultural identity and authenticity" is largely an inauthentic act, one steeped in relativism and traditionalism, and more concerned with how individuals "should" act than how they actually do. Thanks to @kemp for the link.
history  culture  society  identity  racism  sociology  race  pluralism  multiculturalism  anthropology  people  world 
january 2009 by matthewmcvickar
NYTimes.com: The Buzzwords of 2008
A nicely designed list of the words of the year. Seems like half are from the election. Can't say I've ever heard of a "fish pedicure," but there it is.
design  politics  language  culture  america  usa  english  typography  2008  words  buzzwords  trends  people 
december 2008 by matthewmcvickar
The New York Times: Michael Pollan: The Food Issue — An Open Letter to the Next Farmer in Chief
This is superb. As usual, well-researched, well-written, and honest. Absolutely brimming with perfect ideas about how to get food back on track in every way in this country — commercially, politically, and socially. If even a quarter of this stuff happens I would be ecstatic. The ideas in the last section about the president creating a farm section of the White House lawn and the chef posting organic recipes on the White House website are killer. God I love Michael Pollan. Obama claims to have read this. Let's hope it happens.
food  eating  society  people  america  politics  government  economy  climate  green  environment  animals 
november 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Renaldi: Photographs: Touching Strangers
This is fantastic. Strangers, asked to touch one another for a photograph. The photography itself is excellent, and the subjects are too. It's touching.
photography  people  society 
november 2008 by matthewmcvickar
TED: Rives: A 3-minute fairy tale of mixed emoticons
Just like it says.
storytelling  ted  funny  typography  people  video  emoticons  story  love 
november 2008 by matthewmcvickar
The Brokers with Hands on Their Faces Blog
images  photography  recession  economy  blog  america  people 
october 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Callie Shell: Obama
Photographs stretching back to 2004. There are some wonderful shots here.
obama  photography  history  people 
october 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Néojaponisme
A fantastic blog on Japanese language, literature, and culture. I revel in this. (And this is what a blog should be — written only so often, and every post is high-quality. Comments are few and long and educated and of very high quality themselves.)
japan  literature  language  japanese  culture  people  history  writing 
october 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Psychology Today: The Creative Personality by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Ten characteristics of creative people. (Basically, they're a beautiful mess of contradictions.)
psychology  people  inspiration  creativity  research 
august 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Interconnected: This Isn't a Story I Tell Many People
Why privacy persists. "Along with new visibilities comes social understanding of those new visibilities." "If the end of privacy comes about, it's because we misunderstand the current changes as the end of privacy, and make the mistake of encoding this misunderstanding into technology. It's not the end of privacy because of these new visibilities, but it may be the end of privacy because it looks like the end of privacy because of these new visibilities."
privacy  internet  culture  sociology  people  music  taste 
august 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Unnecessary Knowledge
"Dolphins can swim and sleep at the same time." Refresh until you die. Looking through these, though, I recommend a grain of salt with each serving. These are the Snapple caps of the internet.
fun  humor  reference  trivia  america  animals  people 
july 2008 by matthewmcvickar
IMDB: Bill Murray: Biography
Did you know? Fifth of nine children, owns a bunch of baseball teams, and has no agent, no business manager, no lawyer. He also travels without an entourage and has a temper. Yay, celebrities!
billmurray  people  fame 
july 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Leonard Cheshire Disability: Creature Discomforts
Cute video, good message.
animation  humor  people  disability  health 
july 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Kevin Kelly: The Technium: Scenius
"Scenius is like genius, only embedded in a scene rather than in genes. Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or 'scenes' can occasionally generate."
community  creativity  culture  society  people 
june 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Clay Shirky: Here Comes Everybody: Gin, Television, and Social Surplus
On the "cognitive surplus" we're going through, and how interesting and valuable all this new engagement and experimentation with technology is.
books  creativity  culture  future  society  newmedia  technology  people 
may 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Rachel Papo: Serial No. 3817131
"Almost fifteen years after my mandatory military duty ended, I went back to several Israeli army bases, using the medium of photography as a vehicle to re-enter this world."
photography  women  military  israel  journalism  people  politics  war 
may 2008 by matthewmcvickar
catbird: Human Interaction, Modern Truism
It's all right to hate sports and food, but music a whole different animal. Probably a wolf, these days.
humor  music  people  society 
april 2008 by matthewmcvickar
NPR: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
What to do if you're robbed.
culture  crime  npr  nyc  people  society  audio 
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Antony Gormley
Excellent and impressively expansive studies of the human form in space, lead, terra cotta, steel... The "Fields" and "Quantum Clouds" projects are a good place to start, but you could spend hours here.
art  minimalism  sculpture  portfolio  people 
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Flickr: Desire Paths
"desire paths... the imprints of 'foot anarchists', individuals who had trodden their own routes into the landscape, regardless of the intentions of government, planners and engineers..."
design  engineering  flickr  images  people  photography 
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
graphpaper.com: The Peculiar 20th Century
Christopher Fahey on the cycles of adoption and adaptation that determine how we interact with technology and media. Maybe we'll all be okay after all.
history  technology  society  america  people 
march 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Body Modification Ezine: One Hand Jason: BIID Interview
Interview with a man afflicted with Body Integrity Identity Disorder who took care of the problem by staging an accident and amputating his right hand.
bodymodification  people  health  interview 
february 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Zach Klein
An interesting personal homepage.
people  design  webdesign  blog 
january 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Becherovka "Get Closer" Bench
Okay, seriously, I can tear out the page of my journal with sketches for this idea from last year. ;-) An awesome idea, though.
publicspace  parks  marketing  people 
january 2008 by matthewmcvickar
Wikipedia: How to Win Friends and Influence People
"Throw down a challenge." The articles bullet-points the book's suggested tactics.
advice  books  people  psychology  social  society  business 
december 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Ze Frank: bob
A greeter at the airport who welcomes and well-wishes operatically, he says to fantastic results. Pretty cool, but your suspicions will be confirmed at the end of the video. Very nice.
zefrank  customerservice  fun  people  music 
november 2007 by matthewmcvickar
graphpaper.com: Design Rules to Live By
Christopher Fahey lays out his. A by good set of commandments for happily and successfully working in design.
design  business  people  reference  inspiration 
november 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Jail Finds
"These are things I find abandoned in books or stuffed on the book cart at the jail where I volunteer."
drawing  books  library  people  society  jail  found 
november 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Writing - Cooking - Life: I Heart Zappos
Customer service done right.
customerservice  business  shopping  people  marketing 
october 2007 by matthewmcvickar
ideasonideas: How to disarm 10 difficult client observations/requests
A superb guide for anyone proposing ideas to clients who challenge you in potentially frustrating ways.
business  communication  design  process  people  marketing 
october 2007 by matthewmcvickar
TechCrunch: Apparently Old People Aren’t Dying To Use Eons
Yet another social network, this one targeted to the 50+ crowd. Best feature: "The Obituary section includes notable deaths and additional features like deaths near your location 'all tastefully wrapped in funeral home, medicare and Netflix advertising.'"
socialnetworking  people  elderly 
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Wired: Clive Thompson Explains Why We Can Count on Geeks to Rescue the Earth
People like Bill Gates who can truly understand the horror of millions of people suffering will save us. "Perhaps we should avoid leaders who 'feel your pain,' because their feelings will crap out at, you know, eight people."
charity  psychology  people  billgates  world 
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Flickr: The World Beard & Moustache Championships Pool
Truly amazing.
mustache  beard  people 
september 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Functioning Form: An Event Apart: Selling Design
"Jeffery Zeldman discussed the soft skills that enable designers to get great work out in the world."
design  webdevelopment  people 
august 2007 by matthewmcvickar
We Feel Fine
A visualization of the feelings of the web. Beautiful and moving.
community  design  internet  society  visualization  feelings  people 
july 2007 by matthewmcvickar
TED: Talks
Excellent videos!
video  technology  talks  ted  inspiration  ideas  creativity  design  business  future  media  science  presentation  people  speech  web 
june 2007 by matthewmcvickar
WorldChanging
"Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future." Fantastic companion website to the book.
environment  sustainability  green  technology  climate  earth  globalwarming  people  society  pollution  social  politics 
june 2007 by matthewmcvickar
Andrew Coulter: The Story Map
A fantastic idea. A map of every guest in attendance, with teaser text and role explanations to make conversation more frequent, more interesting, and less awkward.
social  relationships  wedding  visualization  people 
may 2007 by matthewmcvickar
SF Gate: "The mystery of the daytime idle: Why aren't you working?"
Who are those people out and about between 9 and 5? Poets and web designers, trust fund babies and people between jobs.
society  people  business  jobs  culture 
may 2007 by matthewmcvickar
World Beard and Moustache Championships
people  beards  mustaches 
august 2006 by matthewmcvickar
The Straight Dope: Did somebody once go aloft in a lawn chair tied to a bunch of helium balloons?
The sad story of Larry Walters.
people 
june 2006 by matthewmcvickar
We Are What We Do
"A new movement inspiring people to use their everyday actions to change the world." Simple and nice.
diy  people 
december 2005 by matthewmcvickar
BookCrossing
"The practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others, who then do likewise."
people  writing  diy 
december 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Flickr: Japan's Homeless
Photos tagged with "japan" and "homeless."
flickr  web  photography  people 
november 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Old Grandma Hardcore
"...she would whisper 'Yeah, ...Stylish' in her best Issac Hayes impersonation; or scream wildly at the television 'AWESOME, ASSHOLE!!'"
videogames  people  humor 
july 2005 by matthewmcvickar
At Home in Japan
"What no one thinks to tell you" about living in Japan.
japan  people 
july 2005 by matthewmcvickar
The Smoking Gun: Scientology's Nut Job Founder
"Cruise a kook? Check out these gems from L. Ron's FBI file."
scientology  people  history 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Today on Today: Tom Cruise Takes On Matt Lauer’s Thetans
"As Lauer put it, things 'got a little tense' when Tom was asked about his anti-psychiatric views."
people  scientology  tv 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
FOXNews.com: Katie Holmes' Missing Days
scientology  people 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Tom Cruise Kills Oprah
One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
humor  people  video 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Miscellaneous TV: Ground Control To Major Tom
A video of Tom Cruise freaking out about Scientology on "Access Hollywood."
religion  people  tv  scientology 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
The Independent: War of the otherworldly: Cruise's faith in Scientology threatens film
Cruise is an Operating Thetan Level Six. Recently: a "loopy" performance on Oprah and "allowing his devotion to Scientology to overshadow his film career."
religion  people  scientology 
june 2005 by matthewmcvickar
FDA to Implement Gay Sperm Donor Rules
"'This rule will make things legally more difficult for them,' she said.'I can't think of a scientifically valid reason — it has to be an issue of discrimination.'"
people  politics 
may 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Why Geeks and Nerds Are Worth It...
"In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to nerds."
humor  people 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
International Herald Tribune: Pope says he prayed not to get the post
"I told the Lord: 'Don't do this to me! You have younger and better men, who can do this work with different verve and strength.'"
people  religion  history 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Mike Tyson Quotations
"'I just want to conquer people and their souls.'"
people  humor 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
CNN.com: Bush bares soul with 'iPod One'
"'No one should psychoanalyze the song selection. It's music to get over the next hill.'"
people  music  ipod 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Derren Brown
Tricks of the mind.
people 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
NPR: Audio Montage: The Pope's Visits to the United States
people  history  sound 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
OpinionJournal: A Novel Heroine
"Meet Harriet Klausner, Amazon.com's most prolific reviewer." Over 8,650 reviews, reads four to five books every day.
people  web  writing 
april 2005 by matthewmcvickar
Reuters.com: Entertainment News: George Bush, Halle Berry share worst film honors
Berry actually showed up to receive her award, and got a standing ovation for being a "good loser."
film  people 
february 2005 by matthewmcvickar
tronguy.net
"All about Jay Maynard, the TRON Guy."
people  weird  film 
february 2005 by matthewmcvickar
The Myers-Briggs Personality Types
"The important to remember is that all types are ok."
people 
january 2005 by matthewmcvickar
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