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Simple, stirring cover by Boston magazine design director Brian Struble using actual running shoes worn in last week’s Boston marathon.

Simple, stirring cover by Boston magazine design director Brian Struble using actual running shoes worn in last week’s Boston marathon.

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Photographer @BrandenHarvey Turns Instagram Followers Into Friends

Branden Harvey (@brandenharvey) is passionate about community. As the Portland, Oregon-based photographer states on his profile, “I believe your story matters,” and as one of Oregon’s top InstaMeet organizers and the creator of the #storyportrait hashtag, he means it. So far over 1,000 photos have been submitted to the #storyportrait tag, which Branden created to encourage people to “share the stories of the people in your life. Authentically. Genuinely. Lovingly.”

Whether he’s exploring with other Instagrammers he just met, or traveling to India on a trip partly funded by his Instagram connections, Branden’s perfected the art of turning Instagram connections into real-life friends. Check out his top tips for how to follow suit below and be sure to follow him at @brandenharvey.

Take genuine interest in people and ask solid questions. Learn about pasts: where people are coming from. Learn about futures: what they’re hopeful about. Then find out how they’re going to get from point A to point B.

Don’t be afraid to meet in real life. Get coffee, visit bookstores, attend Instameets or get lost taking photos in a forest.

Be the most encouraging person you know. Look for awesome ways to compliment people’s work that you admire.

Cultivate your sense of adventure. Take risks and step outside of your comfort zone. Crash on people’s couches, buy plane tickets and plan road trips with people you’ve never met before. (But use common sense when possible)

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Watch: New view of Daytona crash from the stands.

Kyle Larson’s Chevrolet went airborne into the Daytona International Speedway frontstretch catchfence after being collected in a last-lap crash triggered when leader Regan Smith tried to block a move by Brad Keselowski off Turn 4 in the Drive4COPD 300. Both a tire and Larson’s engine reached the grandstand side of the catchfence in the 12-car wreck.

Keep up with news updates on NASCAR.usatoday.com

(Source: Tim Simmons / Via Jeff Gluck)

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Perspective on Apple amid the clamour

sequoiacapital:

This article was originally published by The Financial Times and is now available on ft.com.

It is ironic that both Dell and Apple shared big news last week.

Back in 1998 Michael Dell, then the crown prince of the personal computer industry, recommended that Steve Jobs shut down Apple, which was in dire shape, and distribute the proceeds to shareholders. By contrast, reflecting the turmoil now afflicting all PC makers, Mr Dell is negotiating to borrow money to make his company disappear from public view. Apple, meanwhile, announced that its shareholders would receive a Valentine’s day dividend of $2.5bn – a tiny portion of its $137bn cash pile.

But Apple earnings announced on Wednesday, and the subsequent fall in the value of its stock, grabbed more headlines than Dell’s prospective leveraged buyout. Moments after the financial figures were released, which showed a slowing growth rate, soothsayers took their gloomy predictions to the Twittergraph. The hordes who bought Apple stock in the past few years stampeded for the exits.

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A Bookish Broad: How to talk to someone with depression

kathleenschmidt:

Today, Mary Elizabeth WIlliams wrote a great piece in Salon, “How to talk to someone with cancer” that I found not only helpful, but also relatable. In fact, some of her points were so aligned with what advice I would give on how to talk to someone with depression, that it inspired this post.

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Twitter Status: Password reset emails

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We’re committed to keeping Twitter a safe and open community. As part of that commitment, in instances when we believe an account may have been compromised, we reset the password and send an email letting the account owner know this has happened along with information about creating a new…

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A Bookish Broad: Don't Be the Milli Vanilli of Book Publishing

kathleenschmidt:

By now, most people that have anything to do with the book world have read David Streitfield’s story in The New York Times, “The Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy.” I’ve read it and the comments about it, so I’m throwing my opinion into the mix.

I’ve worked in the book publishing industry for 17…

Well said

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Off On a Tangent: Life Lessons For and From the Literary World

offonatangent:

To be clear, this is a collection of largely bullshit aphorisms that have formed, stalagmite-like, in my head over the last few years. Please take with as many or as few grains of salt as you like.

— The vast majority of people are nice. Even those whose first impressions make them appear to be…

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A Bookish Broad: Summer Reads, Bookgirl Edition

kathleenschmidt:

I am an avid reader (hence, the Bookgirl/Bookish Broad monikers), but nothing frustrates me more than annual summer reading lists where I see the same titles everywhere. I do believe some of those books have a firm place in summer reading infamy, but I also think there are some great reads—old…

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thedailyfeed:

This weekend, we asked our followers on Instagram to send in snaps of their hometown or favorite city. We got a lot of gorgeous submissions (including one from the Burj Khalifa Observation Deck!), and you can see all of them for yourself by searching #TheDailyCity on Instagram. Congrats to this week’s winners — @mopage19, @jfduerr, @ashmieke, @mickelsona, and @jacobsantiago — and thanks to everyone who participated. See you next weekend for another Instagram challenge!

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