Ramon Haindl
Social media should be, and used to be, a tool to make real life easier, not replace it. We’re spending all this time indulging voyeurism and inventing people to be mad at and then looking up at the real world and asking who let it all go to shit.
- I’m glad that I’m not the only one who misses old school human curation. For me, it’s more about wanting a connection moreso than valuing the actual thing being shared. I think this trend is accelerating. With generative AI and the ever-present algorithm that has sucked itself into every facet of our life, a part of the response to it will result i... See more
from The Human Medium is the Human Message by Simon de la Rouviere
- 5. Giving Ideas Away to Make Room for New Ones
One idea that resonated with attendees was something I learned from Marvin Minsky— that the purpose of having an idea is to give it away. Many of us hold onto ideas tightly, but there’s freedom in sharing and knowing that, as hybrids, we can always find another spark. Each idea we put out there has the... See morefrom Embracing the Hybrid Path: Reflections on Creativity, Career, and Resilience by John Maeda
- Feeling part of a community helps us to feel seen and gives us confidence and identity, and reaching other steps on the hierarchy of needs becomes much easier with a social support system. A strong social network may help in times of crisis, support with job search or with moving houses. It may also be instrumental in inspiring us to reach our full... See more
from Being happy or unhappy in life comes down to this one thing
- Enjoying a newfound creative energy by approaching my output in a "New Media" spirit:
- Breaking platform and category boundaries
- Inviting the public to interact
- Designing limited edition experiences
More interesting, more fulfilling, and more funfrom Latest Tweets / Twitter
Life Countdown
- Floundering is flopping around and making little progress. A Dutch word for getting mired and lost.
Foundering is what we call it when the ship goes down. It’s an ancient French word based on bottom.
Too often, in our desperate attempt to not founder, we flounder.
Better, I think, to go down with energy and direction than to simply meander. It turns o... See morefrom Seth's Blog
Just imagine the sense of companionship we can develop within each other, if everybody would tell the real stories of a mundane and normal life
- "When you hit the wrong note, it's the next note that makes it good or bad."—Miles Davis