Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing a book by ...
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What’s one word on your mind right now?
What’s an idea that jumped out at you from what you just heard?
What did this remind you of?
Share one way you might make this better.
On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident/excited/clear are you on what you just heard?
Raise your hand if you felt ____ about this. Raise your hand if you felt _____ about this. (
Sam Liebeskind • Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
"Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation." - Ray Bradbury
Zen in the Art of Writing
"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
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."
Reasons for procrastination
boredom
frustration
difficulty level
unstructured/ambiguous goal
lack of personal meaning
lack of intrinsic reward