October 2011
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He believed that love happened all the time, everywhere. In that most important...
– Mona Simpson’s eulogy for Steve Jobs.
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I promise I shall never give up, and that I’ll die yelling and laughing,...
– Jack Kerouac
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Friday: 28 October
Fridays are for learning and side projects. What’s currently on my slate:
Earlier this week, I wrapped up the High Visibility Project website. A bit of a rush job, developed in WordPress, but it’s currently waiting for promised video submissions, after which it will enjoy a formal introduction to the world at large.
I’m currently redesigning all my personal web properties, a...
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We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly...
– Carl Sagan
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The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect,...
– Paul Rand
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There is a time in the life of every boy when he for the first time takes the...
– Sherwood Anderson, “Winesburg, Ohio”
My favorite book. For what it’s worth.
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You guys know about vampires? … You know, vampires have no reflections in a...
– Junot Diaz (via Tatiana Richards)
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In my perspective … science and computer science is a liberal art, it’s...
– Steve Jobs
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I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it’s much more...
– Iconic physicist Richard Feynman on beauty and curiosity
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The Lady's Reward
Lady, lady, never start
Conversation toward your heart;
Keep your pretty words serene;
Never murmur what you mean.
Show yourself, by word and look,
Swift and shallow as a brook.
Be as cool and quick to go
As a drop of April snow;
Be as delicate and gay
As a cherry flower in May.
Lady, lady, never speak
Of the tears that burn your cheek-
She will never win him, whose
Words had shown...
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I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel,...
– Ray Bradbury