February 2012
13 posts
The artist is by necessity a collector.
– Paul Rand, 1955
Top five regrets of the dying
nevver:
I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
I wish I hadn’t worked so hard.
I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
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Also, read The Life Reports.
Profit is the reward for correctly understanding an aspect of reality ahead of...
– Twitter / @alaindebotton: Profit is the reward for c … (via ario)
January 2012
25 posts
It feels noble at first, but pretty quickly you realize radical honesty is just...
– rickwebb.net
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire...
– Steve Jobs via rickwebb.net
• “Why would someone spend their money with you — so what is unique about you?”...
– How Samuel Palmisano of I.B.M. Stayed a Step Ahead - Unboxed - NYTimes.com
Frontiers through the Ages
dbreunig:
Water, 1400
Land, 1840
Gold, 1850
Wire, 1880
Air, 1900
Celluloid, 1920
Plastic, 1950
Space, 1960
Silicon, 1980
Networks, 1990
Data, 2000
December 2011
16 posts
Anyone who believes in indefinite growth on a finite planet is either mad, or an...
– Kenneth E. Boulding (via ario)
A good rule of thumb is multiply the number of people on the team by $10k to get...
– A VC: Burn Rates: How Much? - via Engin Erdogan
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Design is knowing which ones...
– Scott Adams (via homedesigning)