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"We don’t really think it’s about reducing complexity. We think it’s about concealing complexity."

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:16 +0100

“We don’t really think it’s about reducing complexity. We think it’s about concealing complexity.”

- Dom Hofmann, co-founder of Vine.

"Mountaintops inspire leaders, but valleys mature them."

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:00:04 +0100

“Mountaintops inspire leaders, but valleys mature them.”

- Winston Churchill

Things come apart

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:18:18 +0100

Things come apart

Video

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:13:00 +0100

Ego doesn't take pauses

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:21 +0100

Ego doesn't take pauses:

Tim Cook is one of those rare people who stop and think before speaking. Standing in the same room with him I realized that he’s comfortable with silence as long as that silence is productive and appropriate. He’s not like other tech execs who ramble almost immediately and incoherently at any question lobbed at them, as if doing so will convince others they know everything about everything.

Tim Cook is a person who has confidence in his position as a leader, sans ego. Ego doesn’t take pauses. It’s rapid-fire. And it’s that confidence and lack of ego that allows him the time to examine the issues and questions at hand, no matter how lowly or silly others may think them, and address them appropriately.

Snow and glasses

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:34:42 +0100

Snow and glasses

kottke.org: The seven-minute workout

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:23:09 +0100

kottke.org: The seven-minute workout:

jkottke:

According to science, you can achieve the results of a long run and a visit to weight room by doing “12 exercises deploying only body weight, a chair and a wall.” And the whole thing only takes seven minutes.

“There’s very good evidence” that high-intensity interval training provides “many of…

More pictures, less words with Picture Cook, an upcoming...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:54:50 +0100

More pictures, less words with Picture Cook, an upcoming diagrammatic recipe book.

Apple stock manipulation

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:00:18 +0100

Apple stock manipulation:

But Apple’s stock crash has a different feel, in my opinion. It feels like hedge funds and other large entities are playing a different game with the most valuable company in the world. And the people who don’t realize that are on the losing side of that game, and will remain there.

Stock markets are a gamble, where the big fish consume individual punters.

"Only dead fish swim with the stream."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:25:51 +0100

“Only dead fish swim with the stream.”

- Malcolm Muggeridge

Ebert no more

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:45:46 +0100

Ebert no more:

I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.

Build the right team

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:00:29 +0000

Build the right team:

Supercell CEO’s focus on hiring the best talent:

“When you set up a company, the only thing — the only thing — you should care about is getting the best people. From that, good things will happen.”

Voodoo Chile on Gayageum.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:58:34 +0000

Voodoo Chile on Gayageum.

"People’s behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives."

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:00:25 +0000

“People’s behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives.”

- Thomas Mann

"Simplicity is not about making something without ornament, but rather about making something very..."

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 23:43:32 +0000

“Simplicity is not about making something without ornament, but rather about making something very complex, then slicing elements away, until you reveal the very essence.”

- Christoph Niemann, explaining the thought process behind his app Petting Zoo.

"Create more value than you capture."

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:51:19 +0000

“Create more value than you capture.”

- Tim O’Reilly

Why Apple is unique

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:41:39 +0000

Why Apple is unique:

Consumer focus is key to Apple’s success:

In my experience, the behaviors and culture of an organization (large or small) that focuses on the Consumer as a customer is diametrically incompatible with the behaviors and culture of an organization that focuses on Business as a customer.

…and further on:

The behaviors required to delight the consumer are simply at odds with the behaviors required to delight businesses. You cannot do both simultaneously in a single organization and be excellent.

Photo

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:00:18 +0000

"The way I like to work is where I touch everything."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:47:21 +0000

“The way I like to work is where I touch everything.”

- Steve Jobs

The Windless Kite Festival is more akin to synchronised swimming...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:00:07 +0000

The Windless Kite Festival is more akin to synchronised swimming than actual windless kite flying on kothas in Lahore. Nevertheless they’ve got it down to quite an art if not really as exciting as hanging around on those rooftops.