How to be interesting

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jessicahagy/2011/11/30/how-to-be-interesting/

by jamongkad • 15 years ago

59 7 15 years ago

rpsw• 15 years ago

Jessica Hagy also runs http://thisisindexed.com/, using graphs to express her often insightful humour.

parallel• 15 years ago

The venn diagrams work better if you read them as "and" rather than "things that are members of both sets". (Apologies for the nitpick.)

SiVal• 15 years ago

How many of those ten were just, "don't hesitate to do something different" in different words? Well, I guess a top ten list containing only five unique items is...different.

tintin• 15 years ago

The 'book' Wreck this journal can be a nice start for people who are having difficulties doing something different, by destroying the book for instance: http://www.wreckthisjournal.com/

samirahmed• 15 years ago

I think there should be less focus on 'how to be in interesting' for others, and more focus on 'how to stimulate your interests and make life more interesting for yourself'

A similar sentiment echoed in this HN discuss a month ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3279190

ovechtrick• 15 years ago

Kind of inspiring. Maybe I'll tell more people about what I'm actually building when I'm on my laptop all night after work.

GoodIntentions• 15 years ago

This assumes we're all playing to the crowd around us.

IMHO, Be yourself and be comfortable with yourself.

How to be interesting

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