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I agree... but I'm still going this year.

I think we can all agree that SXSW was much better back when it was just a bunch of unsigned alt-country bands and Shiner Bock and maybe Kriston Capps getting briefly incarcerated.

Mother photographs her flying baby

The graffiti artist who is about to become a Facebook millionaire

Graffiti artist David Choe took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of Facebook’s first headquarters and his shares are now expected to be worth about $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly.

(via: NYTimes.com)

What happens when you accidentally ask for directions to a US destination when you're in Japan.

I'm just recovering from the experience...

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Collecting berries... and this photo adds some more color to my theme

The delightful taste of berries (by GlossyEye back from Punta Cana)

Really interesting pieces on how this accident brought the airline industry together - collectavism! - to solve a major safety issue.

Thirty years ago today, Air Florida Flight 90 hit the 14th Street Bridge while taking off from Reagan National Airport. It crashed into the Potomac River, killing all but five of the 79 passengers. Summary | Photos | Video of rescue | The survivors | The skies today

Photo by Charles Pereira (U.S. Park Police)

Muppet action - save the show, solve a caper, go get Miss Piggy. The list of collective action goes on...

Collective power of food

Jacob

Where the Collectavists Roam

I’m becoming increasingly convinced that tumblr is 99% girls, age 14-22. i am the 1%

Collectivism

Any philosophic, political, religious, economic, or social outlook that emphasizes the interdependence of every human being. Collectivism is a basic cultural element that exists as the reverse of individualism in human nature (in the same way high context culture exists as the reverse of low context culture), and stresses the priority of group goals over individual goals and the importance of cohesion within social groups.

Applied to commerce:

Groupon

Living Social

Some new guys: OpenSky, LikeBids, MyTab

Agh so sweet //@washingtonpost Thanks for the RT, @politico!/Thanks for the RT, @theatlantic!

thx. will be interesting! // @ckanal Shocked that WaPo is sponsoring #election tomorrow. Smart move @kzaleski + team: http://bit.ly/bJymDL

RT @robinsloan: So this is cool: @washingtonpost has the Promoted Trend tomorrow, #Election Day. Here's @Poynter on why it matters: http ...

#Election 2010: Help us monitor voting issues #votemonitor http://t.co/mjV7A8y via @postpolitics

What Phish Sounds Like To People Who Don’t Like Phish http://t.co/vjFjPtf. Not only true, but it lets me brag: Trey lives in my parents bldg

hysterical. I can't contribute, however. dating world is ancient history 2 me bc of @rufuslusk #whentodumpyourdate http://t.co/shHivYa

thank you! @NiemanLab Public service announcement: WaPo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer http://nie.mn/9oX4So

One of the more interesting Facebook activity streams we've had on @washingtonpost in a while - http://bit.ly/9DeawB

RT @KevinLoker: The hashtag for Thursday's O'Malley - Ehrlich debate with @thepostlive is #mdgovdebate. Anyone out there from #Maryland?

How crazy is Twitter that people who don't talk to you at work can then be so comfortable tweeting at u! Noticed w/interns especially

Actually I'd really like people to talk to me and come into my office @kevin_reiss: Memo to WaPo Interns: No @ replies or DMs to me...

I should have a special twitter accent then RT @CindyBoren: @kzaleski Your wacky accents confuse them.