TED: On Listening - Julian Treasure

This is a valuable and wonderful talk by Julian Treasure on the value of listening and how to improve our ability to do it.

SF Giants: It Gets Better

Thank you to the SF Giants, to Sean Chapin, & to Change.org. And, as always, thank you to ItGetsBetter.org.

Important Read: Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning

As the summer boating and water sports season kicks in, it's important to know some key things about water safety. This is a very important & well-written article about what drowning really looks like. Please read and share the knowledge.

Artist Fights Urban Outfitters via Social Media Community

My Aim Is True has this great write-up about how Gayla Gil fought back against Urban Outfitters when she learned her design had been stolen - using social media.

Gayla Gil's original work

Urban Outfitter's copy

Candy Chang: Before I Die

Check out Candy Chang's brilliant art piece: Before I Die

World of Geekcraft

My friend Paul from Dudecraft made this awesome Day the Earth Stood Still toolbox and it's included in the new book, World of Geekcraft!

EDIA: Make the Call

By Paul Overton at Every Day Is Awesome:

Somebody needs you to call them today, or email, or facebook, or tweet. Somebody's name popped into your head today, maybe even someone you haven't seen in a while, and you may not know why, but it's important that you get in touch and you don't wait.

Love Sounds Stupid

Paul over at Every Day Is Awesome continues to poke at life and I love it.

I was having this conversation the other day with a friend of mine about the idea of loving yourself and the fact that if you don’t like yourself, let alone love yourself, your capacity for loving others is greatly diminished. In the middle of the conversation we took a detour into why it is so hard to even utter the words “self love” and how we always feel like hippie stereotypes who are living outside the “real world” when we say it.
I’ve heard many other people say the same thing about feeling stupid when they talk about love, and especially love that is directed toward themselves. But if we can’t do it, look at the price we pay. If I can’t escape the feeling of being mired in self-criticism, I can spend whole days flogging myself for my imaginary crimes, leaving little time for anything that might actually matter. What good is that?

Read the whole post: Love Sounds Stupid

Muslims and Islam Were Part of Twin Towers' Life

You, my friends, know that my archnemesis is Either/Or. This NY Times article gives us further ammunition in the fight for inclusion and understanding.

Art by Andrea Dorfman

This goes out to all artists and the artistically inclined - a sweet ditty fo those times we doubt if it's worth it or doubt we can do what we're called to do.

Thomas Hawk's "$2 Portraits Project"

"The goal of the [$2 Portrait] project is to increase human interaction."

Thank you, Thomas Hawk, for a wonderful idea that has changed my experience of being asked for money and which has improved my world.

See the Flickr Pool

The last person out of the closet? The bisexual male

Amazing to see this article on CNN on bisexual men, particularly with the level of distinctions that they're making here. I'm so happy to have this in such a mainstream outlet.