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this quote by Richard Feynman sums up why I keep a Sublime library. Cards are like tricks. Every now and then you see them with fresh eyes and something clicks and it reminds me why this practice is vital:
"You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems constantly present in your mind ... Every time you hear or read a new trick or a new result,
... See morereading, watching & listening to and Human Behavior
fascinating short read on status, sorting and prestige in sports (and everywhere else). The people you might expect to be the most competitive are often the most welcoming, and vice versa.
- Mr. Johnson’s perspective with respect to the role of accounting in a chaordic world is spot-on. In the years ahead we must get beyond numbers and the language of mathematics to understand, evaluate, and account for such intangibles as learning, intellectual capital, community, beliefs, and principles, or else the stories we tell of the value and p... See more
from ACCOUNTING IN A CHAORDIC WORLD - Dee W Hock by Dee Hock
- Great user interview questions: 1. What are some alternatives to our product you've used or considered? 2. What's a problem that our product has helped you solve recently? -I have all these ideas to write but I want them in one place to draft this article. 3. What is the job that our product does for you? 4. What's a feature that keeps you usin... See more
I don’t love writing; I love having a problem I believe I might someday write my way out of.
from 300 Arguments by Sarah Manguso
- A tradeoff occurs every time you get feedback. You become slightly more mainstream, slightly more aligned with the zeitgeist. You become marginally more of an exploiter than an explorer , standing on the shoulders of the giants who conceived the paradigm you’re striving to build upon. This is very effective when you want to align your work with oth... See more
from The Feedback Tradeoff by Leber
great observation. some of the best ideas and revolutionary scientists came from people that were insulated from others’ feedback
The greatest minds are not products of thinking, but miracles in feeling