Tag: quote
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The books we love offer a sketch of a whole universe that we secretly inhabit, and in which we desire the other person to assume a role. Pierre Bayard
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read. Carl Sagan
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[H]ip-hop guys really do view themselves as entrepreneurs. … and it comes through in the lyrics and music. How to run an organization intellectually is pretty trivial. But emotionally it’s very complex and people play on your emotions all the time. … and the rappers are only talking about the emotional challenge – the emotion…
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On Marketing Meetings
Marketing girl: We’re having a little difficulty [inventing the wheel]. Ford: What do you mean, difficulty? It’s the single simplest machine in the entire Universe! Marketing girl: Alright, Mr. Wiseguy. If you’re so clever, you tell us what colour it should be.
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I talked about power. We’ve got work we have to do with hardware partners, with Intel. There’s certainly some work to be done there. And over time where we go is where we go. But at least in the timeframe that which anybody does these models, for example, let’s go. Let’s go and we’ll be…
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Your mind is software. Program it. Your body is a shell. Change it. Death is a disease. Cure it. Extinction is approaching. Fight it. Blake Masters
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The Microsoft Surface will have a retail price comparable with competitive ultrabook-class PCs. Steven Sinofsky addressing pricing expectations at the Microsoft Surface event. I was very curious to see what a “competitive ultrabook-class PC” cost. So I googled some stuff. From the Wikipedia entry on Ultrabooks, I gather that ultrabooks typically cost between $800 and…
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…to pursue surfing not just as an athletic endeavor or as a sunny day diversion, but to try to glean whatever lessons you can from the practice. It means being aware of your surroundings, and respectful of the people and places that you interact with. It means being patient, mindful, kind, compassionate, understanding, active, thoughtful,…
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Google’s big pitch video for Glass is all about utility, with just a dollop of delight at the end, but don’t let that fool you. … This isn’t about sharing pictures. This is about sharing your vision. Robin Sloan hypothesizes how Google is going after Facebook in the battle for eyeballs. Go read Pictures and…
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Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs or the names of state capitals or how much corn Iowa grew last year. Cram them full of noncombustible data, chock them so damned full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed, but absolutely ‘brilliant’ with information. Then they’ll feel they’re thinking… Ray…
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Put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn’t in the middle of the room. Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around. Stephen King, On Writing This is my new favorite quote.
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There is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of genuine inspiration. Steve Martin, Born Standing Up
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Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance
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If a text isn’t online and publicly pointable, then it doesn’t exist. Craig Mod, “A Pointable We” This is my ideal understanding of the web, and I loved reading Craig’s thoughts on it. And I believe content providers are starting to understand this, too. Over the next year we’ll start to see the smart guys…
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If an error is possible, someone will make it. The designer must assume that all possible errors will occur and design so as to minimize the chance of the error in the first place, or it’s effects once it gets made. Errors should be easy to detect, they should have minimal consequences, and, if possible,…