February 2012
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Building a startup is a marathon, not a sprint.
– The importance of sleep in a startup « Startup Marketing Lessons Learnt
January 2012
7 posts
Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony;...
– Albert Einstein
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A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense
– Bruno Munari
Noah Stokes | Es Bueno: Thirty Five →
esbueno:
Disconnecting helps you to really connect.
The guy who invented the wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other...
– Sid Caesar
Don't Just Declutter, De-Own. | Becoming... →
simplifyyourlife:
I just couldn’t help but share this. A good read as we start 2012. -Danny
“Owning less is far more beneficial than organizing more.” -Joshua Becker
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December 2011
20 posts
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Saying no is actually saying yes to other things.
– Patrick Rhone | Things I’ve Learned This Year
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Life always shows you the face that you show to life.
– K. O. Schmidt
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What science tells us about Apple customers'...
I just stumble upon a motivation theory called “Affect Perseverance”. It strike me as a very good explanation of why Apple’s customers are so loyal.
Affect Perseverance occurs where an emotional preference continues, even after the thoughts that gave rise to the original emotion are invalidated.
Feelings are often independent of facts and evidence, and once initiated tend to...
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There are two ways to be rich: One is by acquiring much, and the other is by...
– Jackie French Koller
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Pastore’s hypothesis can account for the finding that unfavorable...
– Briscoe, M. E., Woodyard, H. D. and Shaw, M. E. (1967), Personality impression change as a function of the favorableness of first impressions. Journal of Personality, 35: 343–357. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1967.tb01433.x
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Even if all these needs are satisfied, we may still often (if not always) expect...
– A Theory of Human Motivation, by A. H. Maslow
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Everybody is a genius. But, if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...
– Albert Einstein
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Don’t focus on the thing (the product), focus on the people.
– It’s Not About the Product. It’s About the People.
The problem is that this is exactly what the competition are doing — they are...
– Competing With an Archetype
It’s thus pretty easy to see why copying happens - because when you see a mature...
– Copycats - Matt Gemmell
The issue is that real design jobs aren’t about creating something absolutely...
– Copycats - Matt Gemmell
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Great art stretches the taste, it doesn’t follow tastes.
– Steve Jobs
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November 2011
6 posts
You donʼt have to be the best in history to be above average. But most things...
– How To Be The Best Entrepreneur In The World
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
– E. Joseph Cossman
We have become such experts at being always in touch, informed, connected. Now...
– Alain de Bottom (via mnmal)
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Visceral design is actually about designing for affect—that is, eliciting the...
– Personas, Goals, and Emotional Design :: UXmatters
Designing for the visceral level means designing what the senses initially...
– Personas, Goals, and Emotional Design :: UXmatters
October 2011
15 posts
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[…] I taught him that if you act like you can do something, then it will...
– Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (p.55)
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We used to discuss free will versus determinism. I tend to believe that things...
– Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson (p.43)
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Anything outside those happy-path design boundaries we term edge cases. The...
– Assume an Amorphous User
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Art is like masturbation. It is selfish and introverted and done for you and you...
– Colin Wright via Quotes for Designers
“Eighty percent of success is showing up”
One of the biggest and simplest...
– How to Create a Kick-Ass Life: 15 Of My Favorite Timeless Tips
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There is an important tradeoff between being completely lost in the unknown and...
– The Laws of Simplicity - John Maeda
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round...
– Apple Think Different campaign
This type of global unity tends to happen when a major celebrity passes away —...
– Here’s to the Crazy One