January 2012
1 post
“Electronics are our talismans that ward off the spiritual vacuum of modernity;...”
– Mat Honan
December 2011
1 post
“We are not students of some subject matter, but students of problems. And...”
– Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations
November 2011
2 posts
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your...”
– Franz Kafka (via tittysandpancakes)
October 2011
4 posts
Guy Steele on the future of computing
Two hundred years from now we will have decided that computers aren’t interesting, that they are really boring, and we will move on to something else. It will just be a technology in the background like refrigeration technology now.
This quote by Guy Steele comes from the panel discussion at the end of Don Knuth’s Things a Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About.
“Whenever the creature’s desire for existence is dominant, everything else...”
– Dorothy Sayers
I started a new blog, wherein I post interesting snippets from the books I’m reading: http://noahsreadings.tumblr.com
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life with ease left a name worth...”
– (via heysaturdaysun)
September 2011
3 posts
malcolm gladwell - creation myth →
“This is the legend of Xerox PARC. Jobs is the Biblical Jacob and Xerox is Esau, squandering his birthright for a pittance. In the past thirty years, the legend has been vindicated by history. Xerox, once the darling of the American high-technology community, slipped from its former dominance. Apple is now ascendant, and the demonstration in that room in Palo Alto has come to symbolize the...
“Dang. Who has time for all that? Basically everyone with discipline.”
– Mark Larson
“If you can’t ignore it, participate fully.”
– Marty Baron, Boston Globe Editor
August 2011
5 posts
“I’ve heard minecraft’s success ‘explained’ in so many...”
“People think that it’s a joy to own things. But it really isn’t.”
– John McAffee after losing 90% of his net worth
“People more readily accept affliction and outward penances than the task of...”
– Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game
“I can’t stress enough how important it is to write bad songs. There’s a lot of...”
– John Mayer
July 2011
5 posts
“If I go to a religious meeting it puts me on thinking whether I go in sincerity...”
– John Woolman
“We operate on a principle that people are basically good—when you give them a...”
– Dick Costolo
“While economic historians remind us of the importance of the twin innovations of...”
– Mark Mills
“I say, beware of
all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new...”
– Walden, by Thoreau
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to...”
– R. Buckminster Fuller via Moritz Stefaner (via feltron)
May 2011
4 posts
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April 2011
10 posts
“To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.”
– Henry Ford
“永不滿足”
– Shenzhen experimental school alma mater
What makes someone a great Product Manager? →
“Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking...”
– Be lucky - it’s an easy skill to learn
March 2011
12 posts
“Never owe any money you can’t pay tomorrow morning. Never let the markets...”
– Warren Buffett
“Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable...”
– Carl Jung, Memories and Transitions
WatchSalman Khan’s TED Talk on Khan Academy
Hacking In-N-Out →
After documenting the goods, I went back for me second order.
“Hey—you’re back. Still hungry?”
“Yep. I’m going to order a few more weird things.”
“So, are you just trying to order everything on the menu?”
S—, I thought to myself. The gig is up.
“Yeah…,” I said sheepishly.
“Awesome! I’ve...
The Letter-Heads →
Typographic artwork from Firefox Labs.
“[S]haring an experience with someone is inherently distracting, because it...”
– The power of lonely
“You have got to be willing to be poor [as an entrepreneur]. There was a time...”
– Sean Parker
February 2011
8 posts
“To express oneself honestly — not lying to oneself — that, my...”
– Bruce Lee’s “Lost Interview”
