October 2011
25 posts
“We all — in the end — die in medias res. In the middle of a story. Of many...”
– Mona Simpson, eulogy for her brother Steve Jobs
“Two years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. I figured wanting would lead to...”
– Tyra Collette, Friday Night Lights
“There’s no particular sophistication required to be a critic. We know this,...”
– Chris Shiflett
“Never say ‘I could have done that’ because you didn’t.”
– Karim Rashid, from his Karimanifesto
Toys will be toys →
Yet another great post from bobulate:
Chris Dixon on the next big thing:
The reason big new things sneak by incumbents is that the next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a toy. Disruptive technologies are dismissed as toys because when they are first launched they “undershoot” their users’ needs. The first telephone could only carry voices a mile or two. The leading incumbent of...
“The immediacy and humanity of giving (or not) to someone who is standing right...”
– Sasha Dichter, Acumen Fund
“Design’s DNA does not come just from the birth certificate of the designer...”
– Paola Antonelli, MoMA
Feeling nostalgic. From my former life: this is an...
I’m finally going to force myself to think about this question: What does it mean to live everyday like it’s your last?
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