The Insomniac's Tumbleog

"Technologies aren’t inherently bad or good. They’re only appropriate or inappropriate for certain..."

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:27 -0800

“Technologies aren’t inherently bad or good. They’re only appropriate or inappropriate for certain circumstances. They’re a means to an end, not solutions within themselves. Each one is powerful in its own right to accomplish a certain goal. The responsibility to use an appropriate technology lies with the one who made the choice. Unfortunately, we’ve misinterpreted irresponsible development as inadequate technology.”

- A List Apart: Articles: Flash and Standards: The Cold War of the Web (via adactio)

"Thinking locally means focusing your attention exclusively towards things you can act on. It means..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:52:24 -0800

“Thinking locally means focusing your attention exclusively towards things you can act on. It means not wasting brain cycles on economic crises, swine flu cases, terrorist plots, and Toyota recalls. Focus on what you can change. Otherwise you’ll be stuck living other people’s lives.”

- ( via Think Locally by Rob Goodlatte )

"It would be ignorant and arrogant for me to presume that your priorities are anything like mine."

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:33:22 -0800

“It would be ignorant and arrogant for me to presume that your priorities are anything like mine.”

- Marco Arment ( via Feature checklist dysfunction)

"When your whole life breaks down. That’s the moment when you have to somehow choose what your..."

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:19:39 -0800

“When your whole life breaks down. That’s the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

I learnt a new word today: HiPPO [Highest Paid Person in the Organization]

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:01:25 -0800

I learnt a new word today: HiPPO [Highest Paid Person in the Organization]

"Can we realise the value? In financial jargon, financial benefits must be “realised”, before they..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:34:00 -0800

“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?”

- via 25 reasons why saving time on your intranet is a bad metric

"Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma -..."

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:30:31 -0800

“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)

"The mobile phone world was stuck in a feature-intense Stage II until the experience-focused iPhone..."

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:06:34 -0800

“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)

"As a web designer you are supposed to design for the end-user and, I know it’s a hard truth, but,..."

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:41:03 -0800

“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)

"it’s not a subject that keeps me up at night. Readers will always decide if the work is..."

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:04:23 -0800

“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)

"The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of..."

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:04:28 -0800

“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life”

- Jessica Hische (via)

"…Despite all of the challenges, there’s something to be said for waking up every morning and..."

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:45:00 -0800

“…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.

"Lorem Ipsum, wireframes, personas, etc are just tactics. The only thing that matters is: Do people..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:56:58 -0800

“Lorem Ipsum, wireframes, personas, etc are just tactics. The only thing that matters is: Do people love what you built?”

- Joshua Porter (via)

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

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:18:34 -0800

“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)

"Step away, purposefully. Take a meaningful break. Think about what really needs to be done, then..."

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:19:00 -0800

“Step away, purposefully. Take a meaningful break. Think about what really needs to be done, then step back and do it.”

- Chris Guillebeau (via)

"There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve got to do is turn..."

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:02:00 -0800

“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)

"All processes have a core of complexity that cannot be designed away. The only question is what..."

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:30:18 -0800

“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)

"Lack of motivation. It sounds lame, but you will get days where no matter how hard you try, you..."

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:52:42 -0800

“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’)

"Users won’t give you major innovations. You have to get that one yourself. Users will give you..."

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:45:52 -0800

“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)

A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:40:24 -0800

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