September 2011
“Strident calls to action are easily discounted and rejected because they are...”
– Why Good Advertising Works (Even When You Think It Doesn’t) - Nigel Hollis - Business - The Atlantic
“Number one, everybody should realize that all this “art” and “bop” and...”
– Psychotic jest and infinite reactions: How David Foster Wallace didn’t invent the Internet’s voice » Nieman Journalism Lab
August 2011
“Sapir-Whorf merely implies that perhaps modern English speakers can think...”
– Sapir-Whorf, Lakoff, Metaphor and Thought
“ARGUMENT IS WAR and ARGUMENT IS DANCE”
– Sapir-Whorf, Lakoff, Metaphor and Thought
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“Our task is to listen to the news that is always arriving out of silence.”
– Rainer Maria Rilke (via psychotherapy)
“Sophisticated governments will realize that “shutting down radicalizes things,”...”
– In Times of Unrest, Social Networks Can Be a Distraction - NYTimes.com
“Hire the best self-driven people, set your expectations, then set them free.”
– Lessons from Valve – How to build a designer’s paradise » m. garrett amini
“Here is the recipe:
- Look at a complex and confusing reality, such as the...”
– A Big Little Idea Called Legibility
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages...”
– The world’s a smorgasbord for English | Grammar Monkeys | Wichita Eagle Blogs
“Whilst I know you mean well, good intentions don’t always lead to the most...”
– This Is Africa
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and...”
– Unhappy With Happiness by James Shelley
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“The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.”
– Albert Camus
“It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.”
– Albert Camus
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“This man beside us also has a hard fight with an unfavouring world, with strong...”
– Be Kind; Everyone You Meet is Fighting a Hard Battle « Quote Investigator
Watchreal life minecraft block #3 (by Ben Purdy)
“‘’Before all else, I learned all these playthings were not mere idle trifles...”
– a quote from Herman Hesse’s Steppenwolf, pulled from Steve: Who’s Going to Protect Us From Cheap and Mediocre Now? | Monday Note (via 1000reasonsnottostartmakingart)
“The biggest problem with a Brands First, Users Second approach is you can get...”
– A VC: Users First, Brands Second
“The larger story here is about the surprising benefits of negative moods. While...”
– The Creativity of Anger | Wired Science | Wired.com
“Those who received smiles during their speeches reported feeling better than...”
– The Creativity of Anger | Wired Science | Wired.com
“We become more normal when we actually know what is going on—we are more...”
– Study Finds the Internet Is Actually Bad for Revolutions - Technology - The Atlantic Wire
“This city is not about other people or buildings or streets but about your...”
– Ai Weiwei on Beijing’s Nightmare City - The Daily Beast
“It turns out that glucose is a vital part of willpower. Tierney writes, “Your...”
– Do you make too many decisions? : Farnam Street
“…traffic safety authorities now largely agree that “Slow: Children...”
– This column will change your life: Signs | Life and style | The Guardian
“While people strongly endorse [a] positive view of creativity, scholars have...”
– Overcoming Bias : Creativity Lip Service
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“What we have here is a post-industrial nostalgia for the pre-industrial. In a...”
– The art of craft: the rise of the designer-maker (via krislane)
