February 2012
3 posts
January 2012
6 posts
“When I cannot be with you
I will send my love (so much
is allowed to human...”
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“Marcel Proust called reading a “miracle of communication in the midst of...”
– The Rise of the New Groupthink - NYTimes.com
“A tiny number of ideas can go a long way, as we’ve seen. And the Internet...”
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December 2011
5 posts
November 2011
4 posts
October 2011
4 posts
travel
When I got here on Friday, Christophe handed me a copy of Alain de Botton’s The Art of Travel, and I keep coming back to this bit on page nine:
If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few activities reveal as much about the dynamics of this quest - in all its ardour and paradoxes - than our travels. They express, however inarticulately, an understanding of what life...
Steve Jobs on Creativity
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they...
“Your Time is limited. Don’t waste it living someone else’s life”. – Steve Jobs
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did...”
– steve jobs
September 2011
7 posts
4 tags
Drewbot: On Facebook Timeline: Teaching Data to... →
“This refactoring of digital tools back into the language of the process it was designed to improve is a constant theme within the last half century of consumer technology. The push/pull between tech advancement and mass user comprehension see-saws back and forth towards an optimized future.:
“THE LAUGHING HEART
by Charles Bukowski your life is your life
don’t let it be...”
– via Jonathan Carroll
“Stefan Sagmeister’s list of how to be happy: Complaining is silly. Either...”
– Jonathan Carroll
“Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to...”
– swissmiss | Reasonable People
August 2011
3 posts
“Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like volcanoes and then subsides. And...”
– Jonathan Carroll | Blog 2008
12 tags
“The reason that most of us are unhappy most of the time is that we set our...”
– swissmiss | Coudal On Goals
July 2011
3 posts
“I love making the stuff, that’s sort of the core of it. I love creating the...”
– Louis C.K., found via jimray. The sentiment makes me want to rewatch Ryan Sims’ talk on practicing from Build 2009. (via viafrank)
“AQUARIUS: for the week of July 21
You really need to tell your stories....”
– Free Will Astrology : Aquarius Horoscope
“To others in pursuit of handstand, this is what matters: you got out of bed. You...”
– blog | the pursuit of handstands | lululemon athletica
June 2011
5 posts
“We tell ourselves that these devices help us communicate more effectively. What...”
– Alec Baldwin: Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being
“Roller derby had saved my life, anyway. It had taught me not to settle, that I...”
– The Trephine › My cinematic year, part 1: The exposition.
May 2011
7 posts
The 30 Most Satisfying Simple Pleasures Life Has... →
via Jonathan Carroll
“I have this one wish. Take whatever time you need, and if it takes you years...”
– jonathan carroll
April 2011
20 posts
“To be noticed, but not interrupted. It’s comforting to be seen in our grief,...”
– Look at Me, I’m Crying - NYTimes.com
“The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to...”
– Jonathan Carroll