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Better — Merlin Mann

“To be hon­est, I don’t have a spe­cific agenda for what I want to do all that dif­fer­ently, apart from what I’m already try­ing to do every day:

The price of design | via StyleJam

Design is not “mak­ing things pretty”, it’s defin­ing the gram­mar you will use in your appli­ca­tion to talk with your users. The designer needs to act as a fil­ter between the entre­pre­neur and the pub­lic, trans­lat­ing a vision to an imple­men­ta­tion. There’s a rea­son I chose the word “gram­mar”, it’s because most ele­ments, like typog­ra­phy, the nav­i­ga­tion, the grid sys­tem, the palette used and the gen­eral brand­ing, should be com­mon in all the pages: con­sis­tency is a good thing. via … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Art of Momentum… | via The 99 Percent

In his won­der­ful book Musi­cophilia, neu­rol­o­gist Oliver Sacks describes Clive Wear­ing, a musi­cian and musi­col­o­gist whose mem­ory was erased almost entirely after a severe brain infec­tion. Post-trauma, Clive’s short-term mem­ory lasted only a mat­ter of sec­onds. Sacks writes, “He remem­bers almost noth­ing unless he is actu­ally doing it, then it may come to him.”Yet Clive’s musi­cal self, his per­for­ma­tive self, remained almost com­pletely intact. It just needed to be acti­vated. When play­ing music or con­duct­ing a choir, Clive could … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Craftsman’s Creed by Josh Kaufman

Beau­ti­ful stuff: “The Craftsman’s Creed” by Josh Kauf­man I am a crafts­man. I am ded­i­cated to per­fect­ing the art and sci­ence of my craft, which I have cho­sen freely. I am con­stantly, relent­lessly search­ing for ways to improve my craft. I am ded­i­cated to learn­ing from the mas­ters who have pre­ceded me in every way I am able. I cre­ate valu­able things that other peo­ple want or need. I gen­er­ously offer my work as a gift when it is wise, but my pur­pose is … Con­tinue read­ing →

Facebook is Big and Boring | via — Rachel Baker

Small Talk is Bor­ing The life stream­ing shar­ing is dis­ap­pear­ing. What you post on Face­book can get you fired or sued are the social media un-savvy users decid­ing that it isn’t worth the trou­ble? How many thoughts does any­one really want to share with imme­di­ate or extended fam­ily, cur­rent or poten­tial boss, former/current class mates, part­ner and friends?* With the “What’s on your mind” sta­tus updates gone, we are left with small talk. Small talk … Con­tinue read­ing →

Exposing Yourself to Positive Black Swans | via: The Blog of J.D. Moyer

What’s the take­away?  If you’re lucky enough to have an activ­ity that excites and inspires you, then put in the time and put in the money.  There’s zero risk if you enjoy the activ­ity itself (the means is the end), and you expose your­self to the pos­si­bil­ity of luck and suc­cess.  Suc­cess comes unevenly, so 99% of  your efforts might yield zero rewards.  But that 1% — the black swan event — can make it … Con­tinue read­ing →

Genius | via paulcoolj​mans​.com

Genius is the high end of the dimen­sion of cre­ativ­ity. Cre­ativ­ity in turn is the expres­sion (effect, result, pro­jec­tion) of aware­ness. Aware­ness is what the indi­vid­ual expe­ri­ences inside one’s mind (the expe­ri­ence of expe­ri­ence itself; the being aware of the fact that one or any­thing exists), while cre­ativ­ity is what oth­ers per­ceive when observ­ing that indi­vid­ual. Aware­ness and cre­ativ­ity are the inner and outer aspects of the same thing. One’s cre­ativ­ity is a mea­sure of one’s … Con­tinue read­ing →