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Soulseek is a file sharing platform that came out around the same time as Napster and Kazaa, but it’s still around and still has a passionate userbase. One part about its design that’s worth highlighting is that if you search for a song or album and find a person who has that song or album, you could go through their entire shared music folder and... See more
Charles Broskoski • Here for the Wrong Reasons — Are.na
They told us productivity would set us free. So we organized and optimized and checked all the boxes. We became very good at being very busy.
But in the quiet moments between tasks, I felt something missing. Not the missing of empty inboxes or completed lists. The missing of wonder. Of discovery. Of the slow, sacred act of paying attention.
So I
... See more“Research is a ceremony for building closer relationship with an idea”
-Shawn Wilson
Something to try the next time you’re considering a product or a service: spend a little time thinking about the motive behind it. It’s something that’s easy to skip entirely, especially when we’re busy evaluating a thing by its far more obvious and surface-level criteria. But motive is really important, and I think it can be an effective filter... See more
Neatnik Notes · Motive as a filter
my motive is simple: build the tool and community I wish I had. build something that is meaningful for the people it serves and allows my team and I to make a good living.
Clippings by Folkert Gorter
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"They subscribe to your consciousness. So many “experts” will tell you to write for your reader. I think that’s BS. I write for me. And when people enjoy it, it’s a rewarding bonus. I love connecting with my readers, but I am not altering my words for them. I am not writing the things that I think will go viral or resonate with the mainstream.”
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... See moreOur goal is to get rid of as many pixels as possible, to leave you with the most essential and delightful ones
John Cleese on Creativity In Management
youtu.beJanuary 23, 1991
A great thing about taking notes is that it subtly encourages you to live a ‘notes-worthy life’
You end up seeking interesting conversations to build your memex; experimenting with new recipes to add to your collection; reading more widely to find surprising connections etc.
Anne-Laure Le Cunfftwitter.comi relate to this. one of the nice things about having a Sublime library is that it helps me pay attention to what I pay attention to