June 2012
2 posts
May 2012
43 posts
WatchAwe-inspiring TEDTalk by the brilliant architect and designer Thomas Heatherwick.
“Good design is either delightful or unnoticeable. It is never arrogant.”
– Jonty Sharples
Watch“Good design is either delightful or unnoticeable. It is never arrogant.” -Jonty Sharples, in his CreativeMornings/LDN talk.
“Interestingness cannot be faked.”
– Clay Shirky
“The magic of cities is that they’re freewheeling and chaotic. It’s a bunch of...”
– Jonah Lehrer at the 99% Conference via Helen Walters
“As we strive to be more authentic in our communication, we should also strive to...”
– Sheryl Sandberg in her HBS commencement speech.
“Furthermore, how do you achieve excellence? Around what ultimate purpose should...”
– David Brooks in his excellent op-ed The Service Patch.
“Intolerance for ugliness is not in itself enough. You have to understand a field...”
– Taste for Makers - Paul Graham
“plus the ability to gratify it,” if only more people had that ability, the world would improve faster.
“I love words…they’re my work, they’re my play, they’re my passion. Words are all...”
– George Carlin, in his 40-year-old routine, “7 Dirty Words,” off 1972’s Class Clown (via austinkleon)
“Remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.”
– Aaron Sorkin
“Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that...”
– Aaron Sorkin
“When people realize they’re being listened to, they tell you things.”
– Richard Ford
“Listening is the better part of speaking.”
– Sarah Kay
“More and more we’ve come to expect less and less of each other, and that’s got...”
– Aaron Sorkin to the graduating class at Syracuse University
“In each case, we have resources that were once dedicated to advertising instead...”
– Why UX is better marketing than marketing (via Findings.com)
“It’s sublime, to go into another room and make pictures. It’s magic time, where...”
– Maurice Sendak
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
– Henry Miller
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening...”
– Abraham Lincoln
April 2012
33 posts
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy
“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to...”
– Unknown
