March 2012
February 2012
Mattel Apptivity hands-on
You must remove interaction to improve interaction.
– Twitter / @UXYoda: You must remove interactio …
Coagulate like blood. Close up whatever has been unhealthily open, and do it as...
– M. July
Hope always feels like it’s made up of a set of reasons: when it’s...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: Hope always feels like it’ …
All of man’s troubles stems from his inability to stay alone in his room.
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: Back from Aus to Pascal: ’ …
One of the dumbest forms of criticism is to shout down an expert in one field...
– Seth’s Blog: Stick to what you (don’t) know
(via boris hoppek - Full service - The lost ball)
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We often try to fight problems by yelling at them instead of accepting the...
– Right versus pragmatic – Marco.org
There’s no way to take a time-out from our social life and describe it to a...
– Maciej Ceglowski (via syntheticpubes)
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A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made...
– hunter s. thompson Twitter / @joshjet: “A man who procrastinates …
Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a...
– What You Can’t Say
I remember watching a segment on Japanese TV where some independent scientist...
– Byron Aihara (via naomijade)
In order to arrive at a personal style, you have to have a technique to begin...
– Glass & Glass on creativity « Scott Berkun
A genius is the one most like himself.
– Thelonious Monk (via marlolavonne)
So many of our problems would be alleviated if we had 3 or 4 exceptional friends...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: So many of our problems wo …
Time to leave a job is not when it’s difficult or frustrating, but when...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: Time to leave a job is not …
My morality hasn’t changed for the worse since I left the faith. If anything,...
– Life Without God : An Interview with Tim Prowse : Sam Harris
That irrational sense, on going through Arrivals, that someone significant has...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: That irrational sense, on …
If you want something you’ve never had, you must do something you’ve never done.
– Kivan Polimis (via thepiquant)
A Persian-Tajik thirteenth-century poet Ibn Yamin (Ibn Yamin Faryumadi)(ابن یمین...
– There are known knowns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A grandfather was talking to his grandson about many things.
He said, “I feel...
– THE ONE I FEED | Leah Kangas
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his...
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (via naomijade)
The right thing at the wrong time is wrong. The wrong thing at the right time...
– Robert Fripp (via moredarkthanshark)
Everything terrible is something that needs our love.
– Rilke Twitter / @JPBarlow: Everything terrible is som …
very true for UX.
The task of philosophy is to turn tears into knowledge.
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: ‘The task of philosophy is …
If the mind is disciplined, the heart turns quickly from fear towards love.
– John Cage Twitter / @tanasprague: ‘If the mind is discipline …
It can take a really heavy snowfall before we can do what we wanted all along:...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: It can take a really heavy …
Most problems have no ‘solutions’ beyond the pleasure to be had in...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: Most problems have no ‘sol …
Whatever startup you’re working on right now probably won’t exist in ten years....
– Marco.org
No one gets in trouble for saying that 2 + 2 is 5, or that people in Pittsburgh...
– What You Can’t Say
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A person’s suffering is commensurate with the degree to which they fight...
I don’t like people who have never fallen or stumbled. Their virtue is lifeless...
– Boris Pasternak (via naomijade)
Gather up as much speed as you can, find a path and let go. You can’t get...
– Seth’s Blog: In search of a timid trapeze artist
I said that the more we can name what we’re seeing, the more language we have...
– Mark Doty (source; adapted from itgivesitthew)
I also don’t believe that Christians are just assholes. Some of them really are...
– Louis C.K. walks us through Louie’s second season (Part 3 of 4) | TV | The Walkthrough | The A.V. Club