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The RidicuLOUs Five
For those that don't know him, Lou is a fairly obnoxious, formerly smelly law student who enjoys superlatives. In honor of his return as a reader to NoahBrier.com I've decided to institute a new "recurring" series: The RidicuLOUs Five. These links, w
June 9, 2005 |
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Monday Monday
Alright, it's Monday morning and I'm not sure what to talk about (but have to get that birthday entry off the front page). I figured some links were in order. First and foremost, however, is some exciting news for me. As of yesterday evenin
February 26, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 11 COMMENTS
Science, Economics and Cupcakes
Okay, so I haven't had a ton to say lately, but I expect that may change as I have recently begun reading Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. I'm ju
October 4, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
No Rhyme or Reasons
Okay, life is a little nuts as I try to get back into the swing of things, so I'm just going to offer up some quick bite things I've been thinking about/reading. Hope that's cool. First off, a reminder about <a href="http://www.noahbri
June 20, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 10 COMMENTS
Some Ideas to Chew On
I've got a couple big ideas floating around in my head that I'd like to write more about, but I'm not quite sure how to form any of them into full entries. So I figured I'd just throw them out there and see what sticks. Theory People
November 13, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 9 COMMENTS
Wheels, Solos and Moscow Mules
This is one of those posts where I have a little to say about a bunch of stuff, so rather than force out a long post about any one of them I've decided to throw them all together. Before I get started, happy new year to everyone, hope it wa
January 2, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 9 COMMENTS
Bear Down
I tried to start writing something this morning more substantial this morning and couldn't. Last night's Bears loss was completely deflating. I do want to get something accomplished today, though, so I t
February 5, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Just the Facts
Just got back from a weekend in Chicago watching the Chicago Bears lose. Also have a pretty busy rest of the week ahead of me. So, I think I'm going to give you all some links and let you talk amongst yours
November 8, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
I hate to do it again (not really) but here's another quick bites edition since I don't know that I've got a full entry in me (I still have a bit of vacation hangover). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyitsnoah/631746878/" titl
June 26, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Open Thread (an Experiment)
This is an open thread. That means anyone who wants to talk about anything is welcome to comment and hopefully a dialogue will start. Hope this is a useful experiment and that everyone takes advantage of it. To comment you can just click the comme
November 4, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Three Questions
A few weeks ago my friend Jason asked if I would mind answering a few questions for him on my blog. I agreed. Unfortunately (or fortunately) they turned out much more difficult than I imagined. So, after
May 24, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 8 COMMENTS
Morning Thoughts
I've been too lazy to write anything of serious substance lately (which can be seen as a good or a bad thing, depending on who you talk to). I did, however, have a few quick thoughts this morning that I thought maybe I could use in place of a full-on
July 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 7 COMMENTS
Randomocity
Nothing substantial to write, but here's a bit of linkage that didn't make it into the sidenotes for your enjoyment. One of the things that drove me crazy in high school and college was the when teachers/professors put a value on print
August 1, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
Montana Links
Anyone who's met me knows that I have a tendency to throw out a fair amount of links in the course of conversation. Well, give me a few hours and that number starts to add up pretty quickly. About halfway through I started keeping a list and I pro
May 2, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
Thanksgiving Bites
I'm just about to leave for my Thanksgiving vacation and I figured I should leave some links and such for those who have to work tomorrow. So, here's a grab-bag of thoughts, links and randomness. The next l
November 20, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 6 COMMENTS
Maps, R Kelly and Miss Teen USA
Once again, I don't have a coherent entry to put together, so instead I've got a bunch of links and stuff. Sorry for the recent slowdown. First off, I've done a bit of a redesign of the likemind site. T
August 27, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Linkolicious
Over the last few weeks I feel like I've been running into way more interesting stuff than I could post over in the sidenotes. So, I figured maybe it was time for one of those wonderful link drop posts ... To get things started, Google
November 13, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Random SF
[Editor's Note: I'm still hanging out in (or around) San Francisco (so if you want to get together, drop me a line.] I've got a bunch of random stuff to talk about/link to and I figu
February 12, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 5 COMMENTS
Sunday Night Linkdump
Okay, so being out of town for a while has left me lots of time for reading. Hence I've got another one of those link posts. But first, a question: Does anyone like these things? I find them to be a useful way to throw together a bunch of interest
August 18, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
2005: Links in Review
I know I've been fairly MIA for the last few weeks, but I've been on vacation and haven't had much internet access. I hope you have not all deserted me for greener pastures. (If you have, then I guess I'm talking to myself at this point.) Anyway .
December 31, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
SUNday
This weekend's NFL draft brought a lot of couch sitting. Along with the couch sitting came a whole lot of web reading: Catching up with weeks of RSS feeds and articles I'd missed. Anyhow, since there are more links than you could possibly catch in
April 30, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
In Brief
I'm just going to jump right into this one . . . First off a shout out to PSFK London. It's going on next week (Friday June 1), there's a ton of great people speaking (including two <a h
May 23, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Crazy Friday Night
I'm still pretty snowed in by brand tags. More than anything else, it's just keeping on top of emails with new brands to add. I can't complain, but it's definitely kept me from reading/thinking as much as I might
June 14, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Brain Candy
Have had a bunch of different ideas floating around in my head for the last few weeks and rather than trying to develop them into fully-fledged ideas, I figured I might as well write them all up. I'm not sure what to do with any of them really, so
March 28, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Best Links of 2007 (Volume 2)
[Editor's Note: This is volume 2 in my year end link wrap up. Volume 1 was published on December 22nd.] Alrighty, let's jump right in . . . </p
December 31, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 4 COMMENTS
Cold Friday
It's Friday and it's been a while since I pumped you chock full of links. So how about it? (As usual in no order.) Techdirt announces the Techdirt Insight Community. "Com
October 13, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
I Love Links
It's about that time for another edition of my links roundup. (Just as a friendly reminder, it's easy to subscribe to my links with the Sidenotes RSS feed.) Anyway, it was another busy week, hen
December 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Some Things to Think About
I think I'm going to make the new motto of this page "so much good stuff to write about, so little time to write it." In that spirit here's some links, quotes, doodads and heehaws. Something Disturbing Consumers spend a co
February 15, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Lazy Tuesday
I feel like I've not been paying enough attention to this site over the past few weeks. First it was the likemind birthday party (which was a raging success I might add) and now I've got a speaking gig to prepare f
July 24, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
If You've Got Nothing to Say . . .
I'm in the process of finishing up some year end stuff both at work and at home, which accounts for this serious slowdown in entries lately. For those that haven't already, I suggest subscribing to
December 9, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
New Year, Great Writing
I don't know what's causing it, but I have run across a ton of interesting reading over the last few days. Since I know you all enjoy it as much as I do, I thought I might pass it on with a little commentary where appropriate. I apologize f
January 4, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Monday Morningness
Last week basically swallowed me whole, but luckily there were a ton of comments on the Facebook post to keep things going. It's nice to know I can admit I d
August 20, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
More Linkage Than I Know What to Do With
I've had like a million quickie entries and other stuff I've been meaning to write, but just haven't had the time. So I figured I might as well compile them all in one of those posts full of random stuff. So, without further ado ... <ul
August 13, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
Vacation Reading
I leave for Barcelona today. Can't wait. I haven't been on vacation yet this year, so it's a much needed break from life. Wish it were coming at a bit of a better time, but isn't that always the case? Anyhow, I've printed out a ton of artic
August 10, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 3 COMMENTS
My Head Hurts
It's Friday and last night I drank a lot of beer, ate a lot of wings and watched a lot of really exciting basketball. That means today you get lots of random links I've been meaning to point you to for the last two weeks. I tried to organiz
March 24, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Another Week Gone By
Guess what folks? It's the time of the week where I throw out the stuff I read and found interesting this week. Just out of curiosity, would you prefer if I wrote up these as short entries as I read them, or are you cool with me putting it into on
March 10, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
A Little Inspiration
I run into a lot of inspiring fodder on a day-to-day basis, it's one of the nice side effects of having 300+ feeds. Lately, for whatever reason, I seem to have been running into more than usual. So, here are four articles/quotes that have gotten m
February 2, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
No Good Excuse
You are looking at "NoahBrier.com" encoded into <a href="http://www
July 25, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
The RidicuLOUs Five
Well ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the week again. Here's another five links dedicated to my taco-loving, Batman Begins-hating friend Lou. Enjoy. 1. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050617/ap_on_fe_st/pizza_prank;_ylt=AvMG2V6v7TKzXJ
June 17, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Friday Randomness
This is a random post because I feel like it. Since it's my page I can do what I want. 1. I made a slight change to the page by redoing the bar at the top, I made it a background image that stretches the width of the page. I felt like it had to be
June 24, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Tidbits
I have a more serious entry in the works, but there were a couple things I've been meaning to write about but haven't gotten around to and I figured I'd throw them into one post. I went to see Guns N' Roses at Hammerstein Ballroom on S
May 18, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Sunday, Tired Sunday
I'm not sure where to begin tonight, so I'll just begin: Apparently there's a library consultant who teaches librarians about blogs who is using NoahBrier.com as an example for a good blog that ha
January 30, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Brain Food
In the next two days I will be in Chicago, New York and Washington DC. Should be interesting . . . Also means I won't be around this site, so let me leave you with plenty to read while I'm gone. (As usual, these links come from my Sidenotes, <a hr
May 11, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Monday 10
The last few days were spent gorging myself on turkey, stuffing and links. That's right, I caught up on enough reading over the last five days that I thought I might pop. What's painful for me, however, is good for you. What better way to s
November 27, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Quick Bites
Okay, get ready for a foray into randomness. I've been busting my ass trying to get this presentation done along with about a million other things. Thinks it's finally there (if anyone wants to see a copy and give feedback, <a href="http://www.noa
April 18, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Before Monday Begins
Alrighty, it's time for a Sunday night entry full of random thoughts. Not sure where to begin, so I will just start. I went back and watched Wieden's commercial for <a href="http://www.honda.co.uk/change
July 9, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Happy Tuesday
So once again I've got a kind of crazy week and don't know that I have anything especially exciting to say, so it's going to be another link post. This week I'm off to speak at <a href="http://www.thepromoevent.com/PromoLive2007/public/enter.aspx"
September 18, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Sick Friday Roundup
I've got part three of the series coming soon, but I figured I'd use this sick (fluish) Friday night to fill in the week. Barcelona <img src="http://www.noahbrier.com/images/082506/21959
August 26, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Best Links of 2006 (vol. 2)
[Editor's Note: This is volume two of my favorite links of 2006. Volume one can be found here.] Well folks, it's time for round two of the best links of
December 26, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
The Morning Edition
There's enough going on around here this week to warrant a morning edition. Here's a bunch of most-likely unrelated stuff to read, click on, watch, hear and think about. It's true, <a href="http://www.timeout.com/chicago/Details.do?pag
July 28, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 2 COMMENTS
Links Roundup: Quote Edition
I've been reading way more than I can possible write about, so here's what didn't make the entry cut (yet). Also, for those not aware, you can follow my sidenotes by subscribing to the RSS feed.
July 25, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Best Links of 2006 (vol. 1)
[Editor's Note: This is volume one of my favorite links of 2006. Volume two can be found here.] This is one of my very favorite entries to write. I get
December 23, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
On Packet Politics and Noticing
I had a few other posts I wanted to write today (Why Thinking of Brands as People Might be the Best Way to Go and Why You Should Buy YourName.Com), but then I cam across to fabulous pieces of writing and my plans changed. I've mentioned oft
April 3, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Quotes on a Plane
I'm working on a longer entry on simulacrum and the current status of the world, which I hope to finish on my plane ride home from Germany. Until then, though, I
October 1, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Quotes, Quotes and More Quotes
For work today I was compiling some quotes and I thought they were worth sharing. In a way, they're like lifehacks from the great thinkers. Enjoy! Albert Einstein "Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individua
April 13, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Lots O' Links
I was in the Berkshires for the last three days and all the rain meant I had lots of reading time. In addition to finally finishing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385721706/sr=8-1/qid=1151424635/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6517596-6119344?ie=UTF8
June 27, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Tueslinks
I've been working on a bigger piece all about attention, but it's not quite ready yet. So, to keep you satisfied in the meantime, here are some links for your enjoyment: Design The Swiss National Bank held a competition to red
February 7, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Trying to Catch Up
I feel like I've been neglecting my duties as blogmaster general at NoahBrier.com. Things have been quite busy at work and in most of my other time I've been working on redesign
May 19, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Best Links of 2007 (Volume 1)
[Editor's Note: Volume 2 was published on December 31st, 2007.] This is one of my very favorite things of the year. It's my annual links roundu
December 22, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Ephemeratic
So once again, I don't necessarily have enough to put into a "proper" entry, but I have lots of random thoughts and links I've been collecting over the last few weeks. I really do swear at some point I'll get back to the regular blogging schedule,
September 3, 2008 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Aha Moments of the Day
I had four things I thought about today that I hadn't really thought about before. I figured I'd write them down. Maybe this will become an ongoing thing . . . or maybe not. 1. Quote via: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53
March 21, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Almost Tuesday Randomness
So things haven't really slowed down lately. Between work and some exciting likemind stuff, I've been fairly lazy about keeping this thing updated (which is an effect of lack of quality input in the form of reading
November 6, 2007 | EMAIL | PRINT | 1 COMMENTS
Saturday Brunch Roundup
I don't really have enough to say about any one topic to jusity an entry, so how about a brunch roundup? This is best enjoyed with a side of french toast, bacon and black coffee. Enjoy. Apple OS X Geekery - From <a href="http://www.tuaw.
May 7, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Links Roundup
Since I'm fairly busy at the moment with a deadline, I decided to post a links roundup. So without any further ado, here's some stuff to read (with excerpts): My Blog
July 27, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Focusless Linking Fun
Another day without anything seriously resembling a proper post in my mind. No good explanation on this one, except I have behind very behind on the old aggregator and finally got a little caught up today. So many different articles means my mind is
May 23, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
"Light" Lunch Reading
Went outside for lunch today and read two very interesting articles I thought I'd share. They really couldn't be much more different, but both include lots of worthwhile thinking material. The first, and more disturbing of the two, is an article w
May 12, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Rambling Randomness (Part 2)
[Editor's Note: This part wouldn't post, so here it is.] New/Future Web Stuff - I laughed when I read this today, because it's someth
April 28, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Links for You
Since I've been fairly lazy lately and haven't really been updating much I decided to write up another links roundup. These are all stored in my del.icio.us bookmarks, and normally these links would be shown
September 5, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Thursday Randomness
It's that time again. When I write about a whole bunch of random stuff because I don't have enough to compose one big entry. So here it is: 1. I was reading My Blog Is Poop, as I have a tendency to d
March 10, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Quick Tuesday Roundup
Some quick thoughts to get your Tuesday off right: 1. Turns out the rumors were true and Bloglines was really purchased by <a href="http:/
February 8, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Apologies and Randomness
Sorry about the lack of entries over the last few days, don't really have any good excuses other than I've been working on overhauling the look of the site. The new look should be ready by the end of this week (I hope). Here's some lighthearted l
January 19, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Friday Randomness
Alright, I don't really have anything coherent to say at the moment (do I ever?), so I'm just going to splice together a couple things I've been thinking about/meaning to write. 1. Does this bizarre weather have something to do with the Tsunami?
January 14, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Sick Sick Sick
I've got tonsillitis. I'm feeling pretty shitty. Since I really can't get myself to write a real post, here's some links for your enjoyment in the meantime: 1. Download the new Fiona Apple album
March 23, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Monday Randomness
Since it's now officially football season, and I really can't think of anything else to write about, here's my rundown from a Sunday of football followed by some other random, non-football, non-computer, non-internet, non-rss and maybe even non-do
September 20, 2004 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Do You Live in Massachusetts?
Well, how about a Movie? <a href="http
April 19, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
10 Links of Apology
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, been busy at work and home. I'm giving my big presentation on technology and the millennial generation next week and I've been busy getting everything together. As an apology for not completing my blogging duties,
April 12, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Links Do Your Body Good
I'm headed down to Atlantic City for a friend's bachelor party so I figured I'd leave you all with five links to read for the weekend. (I wish I could come up with a good reason there are five. Maybe it's the number of drinks I'll have tonight? No. N
June 4, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Some Rambling Randomness
[Editor's Note: I've been trying to post this for two days, sorry for the delay. Don't know what's been up with my host, but they claim it's solved now.] Here goes a quick post of randomness before bed. I'm quite tired, so if something does
April 28, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Slow Sunday Evening
Again, I've got lots of random stuff to talk about/link to, so rather than going for an all out post, I'm going with bullets again. Sorry for the inconvenience (not really). (Just as a side note, if anyone is actually reading this, do you mind the
September 12, 2005 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Almost April Fool's
It's Friday and there's dead mouse smell lingering around my cubicle. That must mean it's time for a link roundup. At some point in the near future I plan to again add some real content to this site, but in the meantime links to others adding real
March 31, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
28 Day Slater
Sorry about the quietness, I was in San Francisco for the last few days. Once I finish catching up with everything I should be back on a regular posting schedule. Until then, here's something for your viewing pleasure. <a href="http://www.t
March 30, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Another Friday Roundup
It's been awhile since I did one of these roundups, and since I don't really have anything better to talk about at the moment . . . Gary St
September 22, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Wrapping Up the Week
Friday has finally arrived, and not a day too soon. Here's a wrap up of some of my week's best reading. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. On Branding These days, the best way to get people's attention is not to engage co
March 3, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Weeklinks
It's been a busy week in the links world for me. Lots of great reading out there that I've finally had time to get to. Before I send you to the far reaches of the internet, though, let me give you a quick roundup of what's going on around here.</p
April 20, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Links Roundup: Hotcake Edition
It's Friday, it's hot, here are some links: There's buzz in the marketing blog world about Agency.com's "viral" video pitch for Subway. To be honest, 9 minutes is way longer than my
August 4, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Another Week, Another Link
It's been a while since I did one of a roundup of the latest links. If you've missed it I suggest, as usual, you subscribe to the sidenotes. In the meantime, though, here are what I think are my
July 11, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
It is June
It's now almost 3am. I'm working. Well, not at the moment. But I'm still at work. Anyway, in celebration of the new month. Here are some links for you to read while I'm not blogging for the next few days. New York Times covers <
June 1, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Long Weekend Links
It's the Friday before memorial day and you've got better stuff to do than read what I've got to say, so here are some good links from the week for you to enjoy. marktd: PSFK's answ
May 26, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Talking 'Bout Media and Design
I don't really have it in me this week to write for any length on any one subject. That, however, doesn't mean I haven't been reading lots of great stuff (which, by the way, you can keep up with via <a href="http://www.noahbrier.com/sidenotes.xml"
February 17, 2006 | EMAIL | PRINT | 0 COMMENTS
Another Day, Another Links Roundup
Del.icio.us goes down and nobody knows what to do with themselves anymore. I'm stuck here with about 15 open windows just waiting to be bookmarked. So, <a href="http://george.
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