December 2011
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Lessons from David Brook's "Life Reports" essays...
In October, NY Times op-ed columnist, David Brooks, put out a call for readers over 70 to send him essay reports of their life so far, what they did well or not so well, and lessons learned. Those essays have become this great collection of “Life Reports” in his column.
A few days ago, he topped off his column with a distillation of life lessons from these essays. Lots of good...
November 2011
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Hidden Habits of Ineffective People
No one sets out to be ineffective, but it’s easy to pick up the habits. Too easy.
Consuming more than you create
Effective people tend to create a lot of content. Content can mean a lot of things - but the rule is always the same, create more than you consume. Ineffective people, on the other hand, spend the majority of their time consuming the fruits of others’ labor. They are consummate...
July 2011
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Links for July 11, 2011
Dudley Clendinen has Lou Gehrig’s disease a short time to live. Which is fine by him; he’s got a plan for living life. via
The (in)famous Stanford Experiment, 40 years later, from interviews with the participants. via
Ernest Nussbaum, the inventor of the Practicello, a full-height practice cello that breaks down to fit in carry-on luggage, in photos and video.
Microsoft’s...
June 2011
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April 2011
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us...”
– Ira Glass
March 2011
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“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than...”
– _why (via mavenist)
February 2011
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January 2011
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“The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. It is the one thing...”
– From Aristotle’s De Poetica. via Lapidarium (via viafrank)
December 2010
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"Master of Play" (Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of... →
The New Yorker profiles Shigeru Miyamoto, the man behind Mario, and a person whom I consider “a pure creator”.
“By one estimate, […] creating Wikipedia took eight years and 100 million...”
– Dr. Jane McGonigal, game designer and researcher at the Institute for the Future in the NY Times article “On a Hunt for What Makes Gamers Keep Gaming”
November 2010
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“We’re of the school that if you have an idea that you think might work, the...”
– Jim Coudal, quoted in the article Eight Successful People Doing Exactly What They Want (via swiss-miss.com)
The Pirates Are Winning! by Jeffrey Gettleman →
I’m fascinated by the existence and continued successes of the Somali pirates. This article goes into some detail about how their success with hijacking boats isn’t translating into wealth for the pirates and also how the pirates came to be.
October 2010
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September 2010
2 posts
August 2010
5 posts
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be...”
– William Morris — designer, artist, and writer (via magtheme)
