Connection
It may seem like a stretch to draw a comparison between winning football games in Green Bay and developing web browser software in Cupertino, but a significant part of attaining excellence in any field is closing the gap between the accidental and intentional, to achieve not just a something or even an everything but a specific and well-chosen thin
... See moreKen Kocienda • Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
Hello no it’s not! If there is no pattern or connection visible, then it’s more likely because it’s beyond our present perception or we’re not looking at it from the right perspective.
On Finding Your People:
I’m told I have an unusual talent for finding wonderful people. Below is my strategy for having a rich social life in any large city
Disclaimer: This will require you acting in a way that is not normal. You may need to decide whether you want to be normal yet lonely or unusual yet c... See more
Tyler Altermanx.comThe adjacent possible is about taking two seemingly unconnected ideas and metaphorically placing them next to each other to see how they might work together.
Dan Mall • “Stealing Your Way to Original Designs,” an article by Dan Mall
Are these connections or intersections?
More generally, it’s not beginnings and ends that count, but middles. Things and thoughts advance or grow out from the middle, and that’s where you have to get to work, that’s where everything unfolds.
– Gilles Deleuze, On Leibniz
Gifts, to me, are deeply meaningful, which is why I get so mad when a business gives me a cheap tote with a branded USB drive. Try harder! Do better! Gifts are a way to tell people you saw, heard, and recognized them—that you cared enough to listen, and to do something with what you heard. A gift transforms an interaction, taking it from transactio... See more
Notes & Highlights for Unreasonable Hospitality by Will Guidara
My time working at Amazon made me sick when I would get their “goodies” for special occasions. The corporate gifting is horrible. My best gifts, though were the soundbar and the headphones, very bland, basic but have served me well for 3+ years. No branding, no gimmicks and cheap shit. Just good products that work because they were made for people to buy and use. It might not be personal but it served my basic needs and I'm grateful for that.
This is basically the origin of the LOTR world. Am I wrong?