December 2009
7 posts
“Money is more than a transfer of value. It’s a statement of belief.”
– An ad agency that won’t buy ads, a consultant who won’t buy consulting, and a waiter who doesn’t tip big—it’s a sign, and not a good one. (via Seth Godin: Watch the money)
November 2009
21 posts
“I enjoyed talking about design because I have a passion for it. Although I will...”
– via Smashing Magazine Killed The Community
Make it up and make it happen.
“Confabulation is how we understand ourselves and the world. Without it, we’d have nothing but a pool of unconnected thoughts. No beliefs about how things should be, no visions of the future, no understanding of how each of our personalities and beings remain consistent from moment to moment. We’re all making things up all the time.”
(via Confabulation and improv)
“Peace of mind is not the absence of conflict from life, but the ability to cope...”
– Unknown (via)
“No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel...”
– Leon Battista Alberti
“The future sociopath must be an under-performer at the bottom. Like the average...”
– (via)
The importance of building a passionate UX based...
Basically it will be all the people who now go for Microsoft — the ones who put up with that awful experience in exchange for a low price. The ones who didn’t mind all that crapware that came on their new Dell machine, or maybe they minded but they didn’t know any better. Those people will move to Google-based machines and devices because the hardware will be free and maybe even...
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
– Oscar Wilde (via kari-shma)
“I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted a paycheck.”
– via
Beware of Statistics in Isolation
“Arguing about the greatness of a batsman with numbers and averages is to me mostly an exercise in futility, somewhat like evaluating movies based on box office collections or the taste of food by its glycemic index.”
- The Great Bong (via)
“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
– Oscar Wilde (via kari-shma)
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn...”
– W.C. Fields (via kari-shma)
“The world will carry on without you and me when we’re gone. Let it carry on...”
– Let’s play hopscotch in malls. Let’s drive fast with the top down. Let’s turn up the music as loud as it’ll go. Let’s put a couch on an island in the middle of the freeway and wave at everyone on their way to work. Let’s hug strangers in parking lots. Let’s hand out secret messages at traffic...
“Life’s under no obligation to give us what we expect.”
– Margaret Mitchell quote (via kari-shma)
Quarter-Life crisis?
Many people feel confused and depressed in their early twenties. Life seemed so much more fun in college. Well, of course it was. Don’t be fooled by the surface similarities. You’ve gone from guest to servant.
- Paul Graham (via Wealth)
Almost always, the best gig I could get is...
The definition of “can get” is essential. Maybe it seems like this gig or that gig is the best you can get because that’s all you’re exposing yourself to
Surviving is succeeding, no doubt about it. Doing the work is better than not doing the work. Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress. But, and it’s a huge but, you define yourself by the work you do, and perhaps you need...
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I...”
– Douglas Adams
“It’s easy to “design” when you’re unencumbered by things like metrics, creative...”
– Joshua Blankenship - Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days)
“I don’t believe in the 40-hour workweek, so we cut all that BS about being...”
– Jason Fried [The Way I Work on Inc Magazine]