“ Can we realise the value? In financial jargon, financial benefits must be “realised”, before they count. In other words, if we save $1.7 million, can we get this as cash or equivalent?

posted : Saturday, February 6th, 2010

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“ Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
— Steve Jobs (via kari-shma)

posted : Friday, February 5th, 2010

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reblogged from : twentythree :

“ The mobile phone world was stuck in a feature-intense Stage II until the experience-focused iPhone came along; the game console space was all about putting better hardware in the box until the Wii suggested a less-hardware-but-better-experience approach.
— Jared Spool on Market Maturity (via)

posted : Friday, February 5th, 2010

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“ As a web designer you are supposed to design for the end-user and, I know it’s a hard truth, but, the end-user probably wont congratulate you on your use of RGBA and they sure-as-shit don’t care about your baseline grid.
— Samuel Cotterall (via brendandawes.posterous.com)

posted : Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

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“ it’s not a subject that keeps me up at night. Readers will always decide if the work is meaningful and relevant to them, and I can live with whatever conclusion they come to. Again, my part in all this largely ended as the ink dried.
— Bill Watterson, when asked about the legacy of his comic strip ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ (via)

posted : Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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“ The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life
— Jessica Hische (via)

posted : Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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“ …Despite all of the challenges, there’s something to be said for waking up every morning and pouring your heart into work that you love…. …It’s not easy, but nothing worth doing ever is…

Garrett Dimon (via)

Recommended reading. Honest review of switching to self-employment, devoid of all the ‘be your own boss’ pointless optimism.

posted : Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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“ Lorem Ipsum, wireframes, personas, etc are just tactics. The only thing that matters is: Do people love what you built?
— Joshua Porter (via)

posted : Monday, January 25th, 2010

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“ I no longer feared not having any money (I knew I could work)

I started freelancing. I had a great time working from home, though I never had “holidays”. I managed to travel a lot more than before and on the cheap. I no longer feared not having any money (I knew I could work), and started to enjoy life instead of waiting for retirement to do so.

-Divya Manian (via A Decade in Review)

posted : Monday, January 25th, 2010

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“ Step away, purposefully. Take a meaningful break. Think about what really needs to be done, then step back and do it.
— Chris Guillebeau (via)

posted : Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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“ There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve got to do is turn around and say, ‘watch me’.
— Layne Beachley (via)

posted : Friday, January 22nd, 2010

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“ All processes have a core of complexity that cannot be designed away. The only question is what handles it: the system, or the user.
— Larry Tesler (via Controls are Choices)

posted : Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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“ Lack of motivation. It sounds lame, but you will get days where no matter how hard you try, you can’t produce anything. Usually a sign of needing a break.
— Jon ‘Firefox’ Hicks (via Why you can never work ‘full time’)

posted : Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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“ Users won’t give you major innovations. You have to get that one yourself. Users will give you incremental innovations which might prove pretty important.
— Richard White of UserVoice (via)

posted : Thursday, December 17th, 2009

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A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.

While 2009 has been a less than desirable year in contexts of peace, relaxation, stress and sleep, It is important to remember that being able to make it out alive leaves us much better prepared to sail peacefully through the storm should it happen again

posted : Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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