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I think my bowtie earned me a larger pour of bourbon than is normal. #GentlemanPrivileges #SouthernAssumptions
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Just got a little nervous thinking about my next KmikeyM project, which may launch (fingers crossed) tomorrow. (No promises, just hopes!)16 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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Important Tasks Of The Day I've Completed: Serve champagne and donuts to the office.40 hours ago from web | Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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This is my first time at Extracto. I like this place (and not just because they complicated my appearance, but that was nice too.)
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How many visits to the tailor before I should know his name? I feel like the intimacy of that relationship means I should know it by now.
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Softball is still on for 2pm. The rain has stopped at Peninsula Park!
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Living through the impossible quest for a pair of short red shorts.
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Today is my last day in Hawaii. I woke up early to watch the sun rise and buy some Facebook stock.
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Poi is weird. #HawaiiFacts
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Perks of skipping town on your birthday is celebrating multiple times with different groups of people.
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Yesterday we were talking about @IanKarmel and then he magically appeared in front of us as we were describing him… "He's like… THAT GUY!"
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Nacho” and “NACHOS” redirect here. For the instructional operating system, see Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System. For other uses, see Nacho (disambiguation).
Been thinking about Nachos lately.
Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers started when Anna Wintour suggested Thom Browne design a line with Brooks Brothers. We listened, and created Black Fleece in 2007. Initially, we had Black Fleece as a designer laboratory where we’d switch designers every couple of years. However, when we saw the demand and curiosity resulting from what Thom Browne created as our designer, we decided to continue our partnership.
Just because you’re in paradise is no reason not to stay informed. (Taken with instagram)
Nothing quite like launching a new blog project! Get some solid ADVICE from Andrew Dickson and Yours Truly (the blogger known as Yours Truly, not me).
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When Steve says the word “favorite” that triggers my buying impulse. $7.99 on iTunes. ssotd: The 2 Bears - Church This is my favorite album of 2012 so far. The album is called BE STRONG.It’s Joe Goddard from Hot Chip and another dude named Raf Rundell.It makes me feel so good and up and posi.20 plays
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ssotd: Todd Terje - Snooze 4 Love This is a song from 2011!How modern!This is a Norwegian man. This music is electronic. This song could probably be described as “trancey.” But its classy trance! It bubbles and rumbles and makes you feel some kind of Northern Lights rave vibes or something.10 plays
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An optimistic speaker on the future of media, perfect for your next panel discussion!
Online Media | Portland, Oregon Area, US
Summary
I love the internet, and I love creating content. People tend to get really freaked out by the change that is happening, but that seems silly. I'm optimistic about technology and I think it's making the world better.
Experience
- Feb 2008 - PresentSelling Myself / KmikeyMAfter years of doing web-based projects, I’ve taken my commitment to collaboration (and my love of the business world) to the highest level. I’m selling shares in myself. Using a virtual, fully-functional stock market called KmikeyM.com, I’m inviting everyone to own a part of me and all my future projects. By buying shares in me, Mike Merrill, you not only fund my ideas, but you have a say in which ones I undertake. As our little economy grows, my stock price will become a kind of benchmark for my success; the higher the stock price, the more viable the worth of my projects. When Shareholder Questions come up, stock owners will be able to vote on significant choices in my life. The more shares you have, the more weight your vote has. You could be the only person voting to send me to night school, but with enough shares behind you, I’m going to enroll. Ostensibly, if we make the right choices, we both win. Sure, you might say that this is an incomplete way of measuring my success — or that a business model is not conducive to the execution of creative projects. I don’t see it this way. Business is a social science of managing people to organize and maintain collective productivity, and to accomplish particular creative and productive goals; after all, the etymology of the word “business” refers to the state of being busy. It’s not about generating profits, particularly, although that will likely happen: it’s about a group of people working towards the same goal. By using an adapted structure of the market economy, you and I have a ready-built mechanism for operations, accountability, and measuring success that is not only well documented but also easily understood.
- Mar 2003 - PresentWorker / Panic, Inc.The creators of shockingly good Mac software.
- Dec 2001 - PresentPublisher / Urban HonkingUrbanHonking.com is an online magazine and the hub of a community of writers, visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, and other great humans. This isn’t a job. No one gets paid here, save for the value of publishing ideas and sharing them. This isn’t an especially new or revolutionary idea, but it’s exciting to have this common place: one people can find, participate in, and join. Everything is instantly published, so Urban Honking is much like a daily magazine published by the same people who are reading it. We don’t pay much attention to web stats or “hits,” but we have noticed that we get more traffic every month because we’ve built up an extensive archive of great content, open for anyone to explore.
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