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# This Week - Sep 26, 2014
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2014-09-26/
- Published: 2014-09-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:12.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, andy baio, ello, marc williams, medium, pen & ink, pen and ink, saeed jones, this week, waxpancake, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> Like everyone else here, I hope Ello can stick to their philosophy, resist outside pressure, fight market forces, and find a unique and sustainable niche. Let’s hope their investors feel the same way.  
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> — [Ello (Andy Baio for Ello)](https://ello.co/waxpancake/post/oy73kFfDdhOPh8Jv9z9pFA?ref=drewshannon.net)

> If you say 'yes' enough, your life starts saying 'yes' back.  
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> — [Pen & Ink (Saeed Jones for Pen & Ink)](http://penandink.tumblr.com/post/98330739247/a-very-special-pen-ink-featuring-poet-saeed?ref=drewshannon.net)

> To learn to ride a bicycle is to learn how to fall and then how to avoid it. However, you must face a fear in order to dispel its hold. Today, we take another step up and over the things we have so far hidden behind. Astride her fears and my own, today, we ride.  
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> — [Daisy’s Dirty Secret (Marc Williams for Medium)](https://medium.com/your-intellectual-dentist/daisys-dirty-secret-5b27a1ea3120?ref=drewshannon.net)