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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
I cannot recall if I was trolling or serious in 2009, but they are both great clips. I still think Reagan's speech to Parliament stands tall. And Thatcher briefly regained her mojo in that last PM'S questions, whatever you think of the politics it was some performance.

Anyway, anarchism...
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
Oops, just noticed that was Reagan's Berlin Tear Down this Wall speech. Still, that was his second best moment. Bowie effectively paid tribute in his 89 West Berlin concert performance, which I know for a fact is one of Droid's favorites...
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
Darn. Was hoping Woebot was going to say, "yeah loved that Reagan speech too, also that Bowie rendition of 'Heroes' made me cry..."
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Woebot said:
a nightmare. the poor employees sound miserable.
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So it comes as no surprise that the atmosphere Hsieh has created around himself in Las Vegas, where he moved the company from San Francisco in 2004, is aggressively festive. “South by Southwest meets TED meets Burning Man,” he told me. “But as a lifestyle, not a festival.”

Although Hsieh did not found Zappos [...] he encountered the same sense of connection and tribal identification in running the online shoe company that he had once felt at raves.

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That “tribal” focus remains strong today, and the company’s culture is decidedly wacky. An unofficial dress-code of T-shirts and sneakers predominates in its expansive open-plan offices; large tattoos, high-fives, and hugs abound; severed neckties, liberated from stuffed-shirt visitors, adorn a wall behind the lobby reception desk. Conventional job titles hardly exist, and top executives are referred to as “monkeys”; assistants, on the other hand, are “ninjas.” Stuffed animals, toys, and murals decorate most surfaces. Upbeat music blares from speakers in the headquarters’ courtyard.
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Christ, it sounds like the offices of Sugar Ape magazine in Nathan Barley.

I'm convinced that anyone who tries to make work 'fun' can only be an utter, utter cunt. It's work, you do it for the money and then you go home. You're not there to have 'fun'.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Williams, whose job title was “fun-gineer,” spotted my beer, told me I had the right idea, and got one for himself.
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Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
Work was fun, which is good, because people never really stopped working. Meetings might be scheduled at 10 p.m. on a Sunday, in the middle of what appeared to be a party but was really just an extension of the all-encompassing Zappos corporate culture.
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You know, people slag off the nine-to-five routine (or eight-to-five in America or whatever it usually is) but really, there's a lot to be said for it.
 
Mr. Tea

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
I'm not down on either of those things, per se. It's just that when a corporation (which is exactly what this clothing business is, even if it's made up of 'monkeys' and 'ninjas') tries to make work 'fun', an inevitable consequence is that actual fun - the stuff you used to do when you weren't at work - becomes indistinguishable from work.

I mean, tell me there isn't something a bit chilling about the phrase 'work-life integration'. If your work and your life become one, then well, there isn't a moment you're not alive, is there? So there is no longer moment you're not at work.
 
droid

droid

Well-known member
craner said:
Oops, just noticed that was Reagan's Berlin Tear Down this Wall speech. Still, that was his second best moment. Bowie effectively paid tribute in his 89 West Berlin concert performance, which I know for a fact is one of Droid's favorites...
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droid

droid

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http://opendoor.io/

The next buddha will not be an individual. The next buddha will be a community.

Since time immemorial, humans have lived in tribes, clans, and villages. We are a social species and community is our natural habitat. Coliving is nothing new- it’s simply a modern way of living well together.

We see coliving as a platform for your life. For becoming your best self by being part of something bigger. For sharing space, skills, resources and dreams with other inspiring and creative people. For living a life on purpose.
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http://sfist.com/2014/11/21/tech_co-op_the_negev_faces_further.php

The fact that the Negev is a converted SRO was certainly not disclosed to the group of about 30 supplicating applicants. Gathered uncomfortably in a circle in a large lobby area (with a house member and part-time DJ spinning, quietly, in a corner) the assembled group introduced themselves to a few current house members, who dropped vague descriptions of their backgrounds and careers, invoking Google and Harvard with scant elaboration.

Hoping to occupy one of the 70 total spots that house members claimed would become available, when one shy applicant took his turn, he described his job as a physical education teacher. Current house members were visibly bored and moved quickly to the next applicant who seemed a better fit with a job in the tech sector.

But the tour, not the group chats and interviews (a taped video from each applicant was also requested) was the real showstopper. I've seen some pretty cramped housing before, but nothing like this at the requested price. All quarters in the Negev looked to be under heavy construction, with about half of a giant kitchen complete.
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Slothrop

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
Has anyone else found themselves wondering whether Shrekli is the final result of Gek Opel's overidentification strategy?
 
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