Matt Lehrer

East Village NYC resident from South Florida.

Web, mobile and consumer electronics technology, photography and cycling enthusiast.

Director of Roman & Other Numerals at AnyClip.

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February 07, 06:14 PM
A young man wrote to Mozart and said, “Herr Mozart, I am thinking of writing symphonies. Can you give me any suggestions as to how to get started?” Mozart responded, “A symphony is a very complex musical form, perhaps you should begin with some simple lieder and work your way up to a symphony.” “But Herr Mozart, you were writing symphonies when you were 8 years old.” “But I never asked anybody how.

This reminds me of the best entrepreneurs I have met!

Malkavian Quotes

(via roelofbotha)

February 07, 05:25 PM

Sounds like a cool place but I’m not sure I need an additional bathtub on the terrace.

February 07, 04:54 PM

theatlantic:

A Guide to the Digital Advertising Industry That’s Watching Your Every Click

We’re at the start of a revolution in the ways marketers and media intrude in — and shape — our lives. Every day, most if not all Americans who use the internet, along with hundreds of millions of other users from all over the planet, are being quietly peeked at, poked, analyzed and tagged as they move through the online world. Governments undoubtedly conduct a good deal of snooping, more in some parts of the world than in others.

In North America, Europe, and many other places, companies that work for marketers have taken the lead in secretly slicing and dicing the actions and backgrounds of huge populations on a virtually minute-by-minute basis. Their goal is to find out how to activate individuals’ buying impulses so they can sell us stuff more efficiently than ever before. But their work has broader social and cultural consequences as well. It is destroying traditional publishing ethics by forcing media outlets to adapt their editorial content to advertisers’ public-relations needs and slice-and-dice demands. And it is performing a highly controversial form of social profiling and discrimination by customizing our media content on the basis of marketing reputations we don’t even know we have. Read more.

[Image: Based on a Library of Congress photo in the public domain]

An excerpt from University of Pennsylvania professor Joseph Turow’s new book, The Daily You, which investigates the industry that’s trafficking in the data you generate every day online.

I love DuckDuckGo’s related summary, too.

February 06, 09:59 PM

jayparkinsonmd:

I’m very excited to announce that we’ve officially launched Sherpaa.

Who it’s for: Employees of NYC-based companies

Why: When you’re sick or hurt, figuring out exactly who and what you need and when you need it is difficult. You need an accessible, friendly doctor you can call and email 24/7 who will either solve the problem right then and there or guide you to the highest quality, health professionals with the best personalities who will provide exactly the care you need.

Our friends at tumblr are our first clients. And that means that all of tumblr’s employees can now email or call our doctors (or Guides as we call them) 24/7 when they have a health concern or question. Our Guides are well connected, in-the-know local doctors. Sometimes they can solve everything for you right away, and other times they’ll collaborate with other New York City specialists to arrange the most appropriate care for you. They make your health simple. And that’s our mission. 

We’re starting slow. We’re focusing on working exclusively with tumblr for a while and will soon be signing up other NYC-based companies. If you’re interested in joining Sherpaa, please do let us know.

I’ve been quite busy for the past few months getting Sherpaa started. This is the next big phase of my life. And I’m super proud of it. It’s a service designed and built by us at The Future Well. We’re doing wonderful things and I’m a happy, happy guy.

Extremely happy to work in a place where unique, new employee benefits are embraced this well. Join us.

February 06, 09:29 PM
[I]n 1931, the American League made a series of rules changes which impacted the definition of “home run” so greatly as to render the above to penny-ante status. After this rule change, a ball which went over the fence in fair territory but landed foul would, as it is today, be considered a homer. Prior to that, such a swat was considered a foul ball — a long strike, debited from the batter’s allotment of three. Some researchers believe that the Babe lost as many as 75 (!) home runs due to this rule.
Babe Ruth was born today in 1895. He was the greatest hitter of all time — and he was better than you think.
February 06, 09:15 PM

harryh:

mattlehrer:

werdsmiffery:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World

Foursquare list waiting to happen.

https://foursquare.com/harryh/list/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world

:)

Thanks, Harry. 

February 06, 05:14 PM

How To Decorate Your Breastfeeding Baby To Please Fans Of Boobs

February 06, 05:03 PM

theatlantic:

Congressman Falls For Months-Old Onion Story About Planned Parenthood “Abortionplex”

Meet Rep. John Fleming, the unfortunate Republican congressman from Louisiana who made that wonderful and all-too-common mistake of thinking that an Onion article was real and telling his Facebook followers to read it. Fleming’s Facebook status, from Friday, was posted by Literally Unbelievable, a Tumblr that collects images of Facebookers who think Onion satires are the real deal and post them on their walls.

What’s doubly sad about this posting (obviously deleted now) is that The Onion article shared, “Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex,” is from May 2011 and is something of a viral classic, even inspiring some users of Yelp to “review” the facility described. So not only did Rep. Fleming (who calls abortion a “pernicious evil”) or at least one of his staffers believe Kansas now has an abortion clinic with “coffee shops, bars, dozens of restaurants and retail outlets, a three-story nightclub, and a 10-screen multiplex theater,” but it’s not even recent fake news. Read more.

Literally unbelievable.

February 06, 04:04 PM

werdsmiffery:

The 20 Most Beautiful Bookshops in the World

Foursquare list waiting to happen.

February 04, 10:09 PM

Fuckyournoguchicoffeetable.tumblr.com exhibit at MoMA

February 03, 05:19 PM

staff:

Introducing: Highlighted Posts

Every now and then, a post comes along that’s meant for big things. It could be pulling the wraps off your new project, promoting your next show, raising awareness for a cause, or just sharing a truly incredible photo. 

Today you’ll have a new option to Highlight those extra-important posts. For one dollar, your post will stand out in the Dashboard with a customizable sticker to make sure your followers take notice!

February 03, 05:14 PM
Pumped.
February 02, 11:03 PM
12. Depeche Mode songs are always much slower than you remember them being, and dancehall only works on wasted people, after 1 AM, and only if they have been dancing to party rap for most of the night.
How to play music for a party
February 02, 08:49 PM

Clever Design Hides a Chest of Drawers Under the Stairs

February 01, 07:15 PM

domgoodrum:

New Yorkers, let’s go and float on Doug Wheeler’s cloud installation.

(via Mind-Blowing Installation Makes You Feel Like You’re Walking On A Cloud | Co.Design: business + innovation + design)

This looks incredible.

January 31, 04:38 PM

Flying People in New York City. Freaky. (via @GreatDismal)

January 31, 04:23 PM

bookshelfporn:

Slanted Bookshelf in the library of PROGRAM’s project space in Berlin

Dizzying or interesting?

January 30, 10:18 PM

staff:

Tumblr Insights: Election 2012 Report

With the U.S. presidential campaign already off to a roaring start, news from the Republican primary contests has been a major topic across Tumblr. As we near another crescendo in Florida, we were curious how the campaign—from the numerous debates and rallies, to election ads and gaffes—has played out so far in terms of the type and quantity of attention received by each candidate on Tumblr.

The first graph shows how frequently each candidate’s name appeared in posts. The second shows other tags most frequently associated with each candidate. We’re most impressed with the viral power of one creative concept blog: When Rick Perry’s Unpopular Opinions sprang up as a parody of one of Perry’s campaign videos, he easily became the most blogged candidate overnight.

Our Insights team will be bringing you more data as the campaigns progress!

January 30, 06:32 PM

wolframalpha:

111,111,111 x 1,111,111,111 = 123,456,789,987,654,321

Numbers are amazing. 

January 30, 02:36 PM

tastefullyoffensive:

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