this is the Tumblr where I tumble about tumble-worthy thingsTumblr (3.0; @jimmychen)http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/rc-zl18t9t0/">What You Can Learn From FlipBoard’s $200 Million Valuation</a>: <p>Why is this company, only a year old, with an idea so simple, worth so much? And why didn’t anyone think of this before? Here are a few insights that we all can learn from FlipBoard:</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=rc-zl18t9t0:xzG5p-0qSlw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=rc-zl18t9t0:xzG5p-0qSlw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=rc-zl18t9t0:xzG5p-0qSlw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img/></a></div>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4801737235http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4801737235Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:46:44 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/g4_64QC94Ew/">The Happy Helping Hands Club</a>: <p>The Helping Hands Club is a club best kept small, if it is to stay happy. Too many helping hands means diminishing marginal returns to a point were it becomes sub-optimal. Even a membership of two…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4629673171http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4629673171Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:30:23 -0700<a href="http://jimmybook.com/entrepreneurship-2/the-happy-helping-hands-club/">The Happy Helping Hands Club</a>: <p>The Helping Hands Club is a club best kept small, if it is to stay happy. Too many helping hands means diminishing marginal returns to a point were it becomes sub-optimal. Even a membership of two…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4597795916http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4597795916Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:52:18 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/VDLtSGsJpr0/">Charlie Sheen’s #TigerBlood Internship Application Round 4</a>: <p>Round 4, the lucky 50 got an email at 12:30 this afternoon. I am one of the chosen few with TigerBlood. April 11 is also my birthday. I am so #winning #winning #winning today!</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?i=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?i=VDLtSGsJpr0:hT5EqMDHOxM:V_sGLiPBpWU"/></a></div>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4544069049http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4544069049Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:06:48 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/RF2FQNTkKqM/">Three Lessons from Goldilocks</a>: <p>Is the porridge too hot? Too cold? Or just right? I don’t really care. I just know that Goldilocks is pretty darn smart. Lesson 1: Taking Risks and Taking Initiative She was lost in the woods…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4457237846http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4457237846Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:15:14 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/Sd_WnBPlciw/">The Beauty of Boring Things</a>: <p>We should all have something worth sharing, especially in the jobs that we do. Even the most boring things like doing sales calls or building Excel spreadsheets have their merits.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=Sd_WnBPlciw:UeVg1awAFsU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=Sd_WnBPlciw:UeVg1awAFsU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?a=Sd_WnBPlciw:UeVg1awAFsU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/jimmybook?i=Sd_WnBPlciw:UeVg1awAFsU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"/></a> </div>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4360095203http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4360095203Tue, 05 Apr 2011 02:59:49 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/0DzZg8GZcVM/">Why Doing What You Love is the Biggest Piece of Bullshit Advice Ever</a>: <p>I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard people say “do what you love.” It’s bullshit career advice. Do you ever notice that the phrase is often parroted by people who seem to have their lives…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4232116059http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4232116059Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:08:20 -0700<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jimmybook/~3/6IwXFdoVoq8/">The Big Yellow Circle</a>: <p>Imagine a circle — a yellow circle, and there is a golden disk in the middle. That golden disk is the ultimate happiness, and people in the circle want to be near it at all times. There is only one…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4126760825http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4126760825Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:00:59 -0700<a href="http://jimmybook.com/relationships/the-big-yellow-circle/">The Big Yellow Circle</a>: <p>Imagine a circle — a yellow circle, and there is a golden disk in the middle. That golden disk is the ultimate happiness, and people in the circle want to be near it at all times. There is only one…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4109185308http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4109185308Sat, 26 Mar 2011 12:54:04 -0700<a href="http://jimmybook.com/entrepreneurship-2/charlie-sheens-tigerblood-internship-application-round-3/">Charlie Sheen’s #TigerBlood Internship Application Round 3</a>: <p>This one is actually interesting, and surprisingly serious in nature. Round three of the Charlie Sheen #TigerBlood Internship application is essentially a short two-minute YouTube video case study.</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4048171753http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/4048171753Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:14:43 -0700<a href="http://jimmybook.com/relationships/living-in-a-box/">Living in a Box</a>: <p>If you’re a Big Bang fanatic, you may have come across the idea of Schrodinger’s Cat. The cat is in a perpetual state of mystery – assumed to be both alive and dead. You can only find out the fate of…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3956882474http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3956882474Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:23:55 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li9w94iHic1qar8o9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Schrodinger’s Cat (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3946835495http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3946835495Fri, 18 Mar 2011 18:41:30 -0700<a href="http://jimmybook.com/random-observations/the-immediacy-of-things-how-the-ipad-2-messes-with-my-belief-system/">The Immediacy of Things – How the iPad 2 Messes with My Belief System</a>: <p>Let’s talk about words that start with the letter I today. Ice-cream. The Incredibles. Immediacy. Oh and how can I forget — iPads! Lining up for the iPad 2 put a lot of things into context for me. I…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3813682773http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3813682773Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:45:37 -0800<p><a href="http://create.kiwimonk.com/post/3795800069">kiwimonk</a>:</p> <blockquote><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx6qtd9px1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/><strong>*Drum Roll*….. here are this week’s Word/Play submissions! </strong> <br/> One word, 24hrs to create. <br/><br/><a href="http://cthrin.tumblr.com/post/3773352426/my-30-minute-word-play-of-the-week-cloud"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx6srC8Xq1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Catherine Shyu</a> <br/><br/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx6u7xUhu1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Aarti Bhatnagar <br/><br/><a href="http://caffeinetrip.tumblr.com/post/3780851133"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx6wjwq0Y1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Bryan Trinh</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://caffeinetrip.tumblr.com/post/3783773118/i-know-its-late-i-couldnt-sleep"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx6ys5L041qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Bryan Trinh (Take 2)</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://francogments.com/?p=331"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx719nm6B1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Christopher Franco</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://create.kiwimonk.com/post/3781265684/create-every-day-30-todays-word-play-is"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx72wIC4w1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/>Kevin Huynh</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://kukamunga.tumblr.com/post/3778172069/making-up-for-last-weeks-word-play"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx748S6bI1qb3m2b.png"/><br/> Kevin Kuramura</a> <br/><br/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx759b15B1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Kourosh Bakhtvar <br/><br/><a href="http://jimmybook.com/technology/wordplay-cloud/"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx8etxsNB1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Jimmy Chen</a> Sweet web app! Click on the pic to check it outtt <br/><br/><a href="http://kdgz.tumblr.com/post/3777010988/i-am-now-going-to-do-the-following-in-no"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx760OWsd1qb3m2b.png"/><br/> Kristine deGuzman</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://lukeelmers.tumblr.com/post/3789008842/raincloud-each-week-me-and-a-smorgasbord-of"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx77itJgo1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Luke Elmers</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://mansi-in-berkeley.tumblr.com/post/3788973180/word-play-taken-with-instagram"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx78j3LAd1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Mansi Shah</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://schloo.tumblr.com/post/3780087841/wordplay-2-cloud"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx79nNvTy1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Michelle Lew</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://msmiraya.tumblr.com/post/3781323646"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7axze0y1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Miraya Berke</a> <br/><br/><iframe frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O8Nfy9heVoE" height="270" width="450" title="YouTube video player"></iframe><br/><a href="http://singarooh.com">Justin Singh</a> <br/><br/><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7e6eLAS1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/><a href="http://pieceofcakepeaceofmind.wordpress.com">Rachel Lo</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://thealleyway.tumblr.com/post/3785375930/castle-wall-montjuic-barcelona-spain-this"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7gsciHV1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Sophia Richter</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://stellarama.tumblr.com/post/3780947805/dominique-r-louis"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7heU5Xt1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Stella Koh</a> (Follow the link to listen!) <br/><br/><a href="http://antarctica.tumblr.com/post/3791851615/word-play-cloud-tiger-inspired-by-justin-lee"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7iqrRwN1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Veronica Ng</a> <br/><br/><a href="http://sketches.theeree.com/post/3787730347/truth-also-because-i-work-in-gaming-best-game"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhx7jwPFSS1qb3m2b.jpg"/><br/> Vince Law</a></blockquote>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3807057578http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3807057578Sat, 12 Mar 2011 07:08:32 -0800<a href="http://jimmybook.com/technology/wordplay-cloud/">Wordplay – Cloud</a>: <p>A week or so ago, Kevin Huynh challenged me to Word / Play. It’s a super complicated game he invented where he says a word, and I have 24 hours to create something, anything, based on the word. Then…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3788051202http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3788051202Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:50:07 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhwlumRZA11qar8o9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My paper crane for Japan (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3786832001http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3786832001Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:27:59 -0800<a href="http://jimmybook.com/relationships/people-you-want-to-be-around/">People You Want to Be Around</a>: <p>You text them at 3am in the morning with some cool idea that can radically alter reality and bring aliens to Earth. Because that’s just you. You’re the type of person that would do that. You’re…</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3779509821http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3779509821Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:43:32 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgxqlvnNvC1qbvyrlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>that’s meee! :D</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3561264804http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3561264804Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:33:52 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh6b1rqjqk1qz4s3wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://inspire.2ia.pl/post/3501818708">szymon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Whale <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/65460668/whale-tissue-holder-cyan-march-2nd-3rd">tissue holder</a> from GnomeSweeeetGnome</p> </blockquote> <p>fail whale!</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3561243724http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/3561243724Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:31:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ld3zjtrKhz1qa8ir9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>YESS</p>http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/2152813394http://jimmychen.tumblr.com/post/2152813394Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:57:54 -0800