Jake
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writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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I remember looking at my first iPod and being like: “This is a vessel that holds what I’m into.”
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
And also the early iPod didn’t have a lot of space, so you really had to curate what was on there in a way that people don’t do on their phones.
SSENSE • On the Record with Apple Industrial Designer Eugene Whang
The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable... See more
Epiphanies Come From Waiting
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing a book by ...
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"my books tend to be based on situation rather than story. Some of the ideas which have produced those books are more complex than others, but the majority start out with the stark simplicity of a department store window display or a waxwork tableau." - Stephen King