Feed Sift (03/27/2015)

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ENGADGET -- NASA wants to build airship cities in the Venus sky

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HOUZZ -- 14 Bathroom Design Ideas Expected to Be Big in 2015

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ADDTHIS -- How to Make a Successful Infographic

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EXCELJET -- How to use VLOOKUP

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SETH GODIN -- But what if this was your only job?

Happy Friday!

Feed Sift (02/07)

Five things I wanted to share from around the web...

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Simple Year in Review - I liked the design of the 2013 recap from Simple Bank, a great bank*.

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7 New Year’s Resolutions I Wish Facebook Would Make - from Social Fixer, an extension everyone should install if they use Facebook, it makes Facebook better.

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NASA shows off a squishy robot rover that could land on Titan (video) - this is just so odd I can't explain it - you kind of have to watch it to understand it

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What's Attention Worth? - another good quick reminder from Seth Godin

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SkyCycle: London Concept Takes Biking to New Heights - could cut travel time down for bikes, be safer, and get more cars off the road. (Unless you choke on the exhaust of the trains below you?)

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(*I totally recommend this bank. This link will tell them I sent you. I don't get paid, but it would be interesting to know if anyone joined because of me.)

Odds and Ends 71

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LAST PERSON BLOGGING -- It All Seems to Hit the Fan at Once

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ENGADGET -- Hundred Year Starship Initiative plans to put people on Mars by 2030, bring them back by... well, never

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LIFEHACKER -- The Danger of the Dream Job Delusion

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SETH GODIN -- Alienating the 2%

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KANSAS CITY STAR -- Why Conan will have NBC seeing red

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MASHABLE -- 10 Reasons Every TV Exec Needs to Start Tweeting

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NEW YORK TIMES -- Street Art Way Below the Street - exclusive one-night only (illegal) art exhibition in an unused subway station below New York

-8-10- Videos... a unicycle that balances itself, a car that drives itself and two cats on a treadmill.

Odds and Ends 68

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LAST PERSON BLOGGING -- Frustration

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MSNBC -- Carmakers' next problem: Generation Y

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SETH GODIN -- Voting, misunderstood - the argument that low voter turnout is a marketing problem. How about also a scheduling one? Why not move it to another date like Sunday? Countries who've done that consistently see higher turnout. (Don't they?)

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LIFEHACKER -- How a Pulitzer Prize Winner Writes a Job-Leaving Farewell Letter

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ANDY SERNOVITZ -- Don’t make your best customers feel they’re worth less than your newest ones

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ENGADGET -- International Space Station marks ten years of continuous habitation (on Nov. 2)

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SEATTLE TRANSIT BLOG -- The Big Day: SR-99 Bids, SDEIS, and Cost Overruns

-8-10- Videos after the break... October's Epic Win of Fails (or Epic Fails Win?), a Goalie fail, and there's a furry app for that.

Odds and Ends 53

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ENGADGET -- NASA's revolutionary launcher dreams could improve mass transit systems, boost astronaut applications

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ANDY SERNOVITZ -- Does the payoff justify the risk? Waiters who memorize your order? Bad idea.

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COLOUR LOVERS -- The Colors of the The Web - interesting, most website logos (of the top 100 web brands) skew red or blue

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SEATTLE TRANSIT BLOG -- Build the Waterfront Up, not Down Brilliant.

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SCOBLIZER -- Tech press is full of it. Facebook doesn’t need a device, this is what they need to do in mobile - true

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INHABIT -- Former Oil Rig Transformed Into Diving Resort

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SETH GODIN -- "I need you to see things my way"

-8-10- Videos after the break... K$sha in space, Middle Earth Vuvuzela and don't diss your board, man.

Odds and Ends 49

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CNET -- Mars rover gets smarter with age...and software

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GRAND AVE. -- An (overly?-) ambitious project to redo a big section of downtown L.A.

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ENGADGET -- LG putting 9.7-inch color, 19-inch flexible e-paper displays into production

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COCKEYED -- Open Soon Prank Contest - the contest is over, but the concept is simple and could still be carried out: posting funny "Coming soon" signs on empty storefronts

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SETH GODIN -- Moving On - The traditional book publishing model has too many layers between author and audience and Seth's done with it. We'll see what's next.

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I, CRINGLEY -- It's a Sony and that's not good.

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LIFEHACKER -- Stretching Before Running Doesn't Help (But Don't Stop Right Away)

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WSDOT -- Washington keeps title for the “Most Bicycle Friendly State” for the third year in a row

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TV BARN -- How ‘The Big C’ looks to people with advanced cancer

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FAILBLOG -- Delivery Fail - I dunno... feels more like a "truth in advertising" win to me.

Odds and Ends 47

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CNET -- Hotel to guests: Pedal for electricity, get a voucher

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INFINITE FRONTIER -- (via Skip) NASA 747 pilot shares experience carrying the space shuttle - there are a bunch of comments suggesting this isn't true, but still a great read

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WASHINGSTON STATE HIGHWAYS -- Washington State Route 106

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MASHABLE -- What Types of People Raise Money for Web Startups?

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CROSSCUT -- The Texas model vs. the Seattle model

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INHABIT -- NYC Dumpster Pools Make a Splash with All Ages!

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CHEAP mumble CONDOS -- SoHo Townhomes (Atlanta Ga.) - I love that CSC is gaining notoriety beyond Seattle for its critiques of bad condos.

-VIDEOS- After the break... some great graphics on an iPhone, a racing video game recreated in the physical world, a new NASA robot