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For practitioners, in the Domain App report, you can isolate mobile apps by typing the following into the search box on the upper right of the page: The screen shot below is for Android apps. Note the app name; the entry in the domain column to the left of each app name is the mobile exchange where the inventory came from. Also, each app is linked for you (blue links below) so you can click it and see it in the Google Play store to manually review the app.

New York hit Nick Lachey (98) degrees last Tuesday. I hear that today, tomorrow, and the one after that won’t be too different and while I don’t know where in the world you are, I suspect that at some point, you have felt the sensation of it being too hot for clothes. You know the sensation, right? It’s like when you’re in clothes and just think to yourself, “Damn, I think it’s too hot for these clothes.

The world’s greatest obstetrician (delivered my twins vaginally, with nary a single stitch to show for it) is also the most aggressive Real Real hunter and her name is Dr. Isabel Blumberg. Not once have I had a pap smear in the last 5 years without recognizing at least one archival Jil Sander or Philo-era Celine piece on her. And how many patients get to send texts like this to their OBs?

The nature of fast-growth start-ups is that they, errr… …grow fast! So in order to keep up, you have to grow at least as fast! However, that’s easier said than done when you’re an operator focused on executing. When you’re focused on executing it’s often at the expense of investing time and energy in your own personal growth. It has often felt like a catch 22, to me. Sometimes getting layered (“layering” is the process of hiring someone above you, even though you are currently the “head of a department” or “team lead”) feels unavoidable, almost like you’re ordained to be layered like it’s something founders are encouraged to do.

This Midweek Edition of Ecstatic features Jon Tyson “Becoming like Jesus is as much as about having a relaxed and joyful heart as it is about believing and doing the right thing, as much about proper energy as about proper truth.” — Ronald Rolheiser It’s 9:30 am and I am sitting in a valley overlooking the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. I am gathered around a campfire with a group of dads and daughters who have ridden in from Utah on a Wilderness Trip.

Jay-Z may well go down in history as the greatest rapper of all time, but his bona fides are pretty strong as a personal finance guru, too. Whether it’s his recommendation to avoid leases and instead “buy the whole car” on his debut Reasonable Doubt or his exhortations to build credit on his more recent 4:44—an album in which he says he’s offering “$1 million worth of game for $9.99”—his three-decade oeuvre is peppered front-to-back with excellent monetary advice.

I have a friend who cannot keep a particular bear out of his compost. Once a week, he sends me texts with a photo: “Bear’s back.” “The bear again.” and “He just picked the whole thing up and took it.” He’s tried everything, he says. For example, he’s tried one type of compost container and then another. Those are about the sum total of things he has tried. The bear keeps getting in, though, and appears to be getting braver.

In moments of conflict, it can be frustrating to hear the adage that what you dislike in others is often a reflection of what you dislike in yourself. However, there is some truth to this notion, as projection, an unconscious defense mechanism, often comes into play. Projection involves disowning an unacceptable part of oneself and attributing it to someone else. By exploring the concept of projection, we can gain insight into its impact on interpersonal dynamics and learn to navigate challenging situations with greater self-awareness.

Only 10 percent of art school graduates go on to become working artists. And only 16 percent of working artists have an arts related bachelors degree. At least this study says so. Meanwhile, art educations are some of the most expensive ones out there. So…. Just how necessary are they? 🙄 Speaking as someone who both has traditional degrees of various kinds, and has learned at lot on my own: Probably not very.