Category Archives: Inspiration

We Love xkcd, Real Live Version of Animated Version of xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel

February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Offbeat News

Featuring an a cast of internet luminaries, Olga Nunes and Elaine Doyle have created “We Love xkcd”, a real life version of “I Love xkcd”, which itself was an animated version of the comic xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel. FEATURING THE AWESOMENESS OF: Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, Cory Doctorow, Lawrence Lessig, Bruce Schneier, Jason Kottke, [...]

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It always takes longer than you expect;

February 8th, 2010 | Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Offbeat News

even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law. [Douglas] Hofstadter’s Law. Which law governs my life on levels so recursive, fractal, and self-referential that it could only have been described this profoundly by the Gödel, Escher, Bach guy.

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difficulty

June 4th, 2009 | Posted in Commentary, Creativity, Inspiration, Offbeat News, Self Help

I remember once having a discussion with a guy who knew a lot about professional basketball. He had read an article from a big sample of NBA players who they felt would be the most formidable one-on-one opponent in the league. The answer was fairly unanimous: Vince Carter. Now that’s surprising. Why Carter and not [...]

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Creative work, summarized

May 16th, 2009 | Posted in Creativity, Inspiration, Self Help

In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider stopping.

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to make a change

March 12th, 2009 | Posted in Clutter, Distractions, Inspiration, Self Help

Two stories that I know I should be learning from: Paul Graham on overcoming distractions. By creating an Internet-Only computer. Quote: I now leave wifi turned off on my main computer except when I need to transfer a file or edit a web page, and I have a separate laptop on the other side of [...]

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