December 2010
23 posts
“But, for now, Nokia is ailing, and its share price is plummeting. These days,...”
– Outsmarted by Apple: Nokia Looks to Recover the ‘Magic Dust’
“We make decisions about people based on our positive assumptions about their...”
– Experience is overrated « Scott Berkun
“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a...”
– Viktor Frankl on meaning of life, from Man’s Search for Meaning
“If you don’t know who you are or what you’re about or what you believe in it’s...”
– Rainn Wilson (via SwissMiss) (via lanipauli)
“Don’t hire ‘resource’, hire people.”
– http://lanipauli.tumblr.com/post/2335023076
“I don’t mind coming to work, but this eight hour wait to go home is just...”
– http://reflectionof.me/thought-for-the-day
Bureaucracy in the Planet of the Apes →
“Number 2: never let ‘em know your next move
Don’t you know Bad Boys...”
– The Notorious B.I.G. – 10 Crack Commandments
“While it’s already hard enough to tell how others perceive us physically,...”
– http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-radical-pessimists-guide-to-the-next-10-years/article1750609/singlepage/#articlecontent
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“You were born original. Don’t die a copy.”
– John Mason
“No one can do a better job of being you than you. No one can out-compete you in...”
– You can’t touch unique | Ben Coe
The law of unintended consequences
The law of unintended consequences is an adage or idiomatic warning that an intervention in a complex system always creates unanticipated and often undesirable outcomes, unintended consequences are outcomes that are not the outcomes intended by a particular action. Akin to Murphy’s law, it is commonly used as a wry or humorous warning against the hubristic belief that humans can fully...
“If you try to please everyone, the few you don’t delight will either ruin...”
– Seth’s Blog: Everyone and no one
“Trees have solar panels. They are called leaves.”
– Ah, what a wonderful example of framing. · From the Do Lectures’ Twitter (via viafrank)
“They may be very good engineers, or sales people, or marketing, or execs. But...”
– Are You A Pirate?
“So no matter how well prepared, no matter how reasonable you are with your...”
– Miscellaneous Questions
“I do the work for free, I get paid to deal with all the fucking emails.”
– Hugh MacLeod
“As a person who makes things, I want to make things that people love. There’s no...”
– Frank Chimero
“The important thing is that Cobb’s not looking at the top. He doesn’t care.”
– Christopher Nolan on the ending of Inception