January 2012
15 posts
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“”They found this amazing little spider called an ant spider. And the way...”
– Scientists find new world that’s heaven for spiders, hell for ants
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“Negotiations with the carriers:
Android handset makers: Here are our phones....”
– Daring Fireball
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“You can use their ideas and you can copy their products, but you cannot copy the...”
– Baby Software — Shawn Blanc
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“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
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“Take the time to eat an orange in mindfulness. If you eat an orange in...”
– Shambhala Sun - The Moment is Perfect
“Why do we assume that simple is good? Because with physical products, we have to...”
– Jony Ive (From Steve Jobs, by Walter Isaacson)
(via The Russians Used A Pencil which was sent to me by Wells Baum)
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“Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an...”
– Seth’s Blog: I was wrong
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“A minimalist values quality, not quantity, in
all forms.”
– The Benefits of Minimalism – Simplicity and Freedom | The Art of Manliness
“Why is the only true source of power. Without it you are powerless.”
– Merovingian (The Matrix Reloaded)
December 2011
21 posts
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“It looks like a human was involved in choosing what went where,” Marissa told...”
– Marissa Mayer addressing Google designers, as quoted in “In The Plex” by Steven Levy (via buzz)
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“Records are set by the people who said fuck your limits and found their own.”
– Seven degrees of slip - (37signals)
A New Model of Empathy: The Rat →
In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the...
“Don’t worry about being better than anybody you know personally or whose work...”
– Advice from Bill Allard as he explains on how he became a National Geographic photographer. I suspect we’ve all gone through this feeling of not liking ones own work and the times I’ve done it, I can’t recall anything good ever coming from it. The consequence of it can go either way. You’re either...
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“But there can be no such thing; real intimacy can never, ever be broadcast. It...”
– The Aporeticus - A Problem with Path
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“Several studies have demonstrated that the intake of sugar can decrease the...”
– Why Sugar Makes Us Sleepy (And Protein Wakes Us Up) | Wired Science | Wired.com
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“Someone builds a cool, free product, it gets popular, and that popularity...”
– Don’t Be A Free User (Pinboard Blog)
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“When you take the friction out of sharing, you also remove the value.”
– The end of social - O’Reilly Radar
“Make every detail perfect. Limit the number of details.”
– @Jack (via sabbatical)
“That’s the whole secret, is if you hire great people and you don’t mess them up...”
– Woody Allen on directing actors (not a bad business philosophy in general if you ask me). (via lonelysandwich)
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“One reason why it has taken Tumblr so long to become a formidable player in...”
– The Rumble Around Tumblr | Hypebeast (via Joshua Nguyen)
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“Comments seem like a relic of the pre-Tumblr era, when starting your own blog...”
– Marco.org
Agree completely. Tumblr’s commenting (or lack of it) is one of its best features.
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“If you ask a parent, they might call it intuitive.
If you ask a musician, they...”
– iPad 2 TV Ad
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10 steps to better blogging – SplatF →
November 2011
7 posts
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“What knows without knowledge is the true mind.”
– Kensho, The Heart of Zen
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“Vimeo has always focused on people who [make] video,” CEO Dae Mellencamp...”
– Vimeo Goes Its Own Way | Adweek
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“Among its peers, it’s the only one that staunchly believes that personal moments...”
– How Path Is Becoming A “Smart Journal” | Fast Company
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“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
- Hanlon’s Razor.
Except that malice IS stupidity.
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“Sometimes I’d rather be a tree frog. I don’t think they fall asleep...”
– Stephen Fry’s answer to What precisely was the knowledge that God didn’t want Adam & Eve to have? - Quora
October 2011
13 posts
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“So was Mr. Jobs smart? Not conventionally. Instead, he was a genius. That may...”
– Steve Jobs’s Genius - NYTimes.com
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“The biggest risk is not taking any risk…In a world that’s changing really...”
– Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston | TechCrunch
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Competition is a force of nature much like a snowstorm or an earthquake. It can put you out of business. But you don’t spend your life obsessing over a snowstorm or an earthquake.
The truth is not an “ism”.
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