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1. In all the time I’ve spent watching people use the Web, the thing that has struck me most is the difference between how we think people use Web sites and how they actually use them. When we’re creating sites, we act as though people are going to pore over each page, reading all of our carefully crafted text, figuring out how we’ve organized things

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3rd Place = social surroundings that aren’t those two (church, cafes, clubs, etc)

1. The basic rule for practicing this art is the complete concentration of the listener.


2. Nothing of importance must be on his mind, he must be optimally free from anxiety as well as from greed.


3. He must possess a freely-working imagination which is sufficiently concrete to be expressed in words.


4. He must be endowed with a capacity for empathy with another

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When considering the question of what is better, algorithms or curation, I think this observation that the core Facebook and Google algorithms are actually solving two very different problems is a useful one. Google is seeking the single best answer to a direct query from an effectively infinite number of data points (i.e. the Internet); while the ... See more

If possible, try to work out your conflicts with your spouse/partner in front of the child…peacefully of course

If you’re overfocused on your kid, you’re quite likely underfocusing on your own passion. Despite what you may think, your kid is not your passion. If you treat them as if they are, you’re placing them in the very untenable and unhealthy role of trying to bring fulfillment to your life. Support your kid’s interests, yes. Be proud—very proud—of them... See more