Words to write by
Alain de Botton: To edit oneself properly, one has to let enough time pass to forget what one was trying to say – so as to see if
Quote of the day: Kenzo Awa on teaching vs. learning
And if I tried to give you a clue at the cost of your own experience, I should be the worst of teachers and should deserve to be
This XKCD comic comes dangerously close to summarizing everything I’m thinking about
Not completely. But close. from the brilliant xkcd
Quote of the day: Hieronimo Squarciafico
From Hieronimo Squarciafico, Memory and Books, 1477: Abundance of books makes men less studious; it destroys memory and enfeebles the mind by relieving it of too much work.
Susan Blackmore on leaving academia
This echoes feelings I've had, and I've heard plenty of other people express: I have given up my secure academic job as Reader at the University of the
Francis Bacon on “the contemplation of things as they are”
The contemplation of things as they are without substitution or imposture without error or confusion is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention. (Francis
Quote of the day: Merlin Mann
An oldie but a goodie: Joining a Facebook group about creative productivity is like buying a chair about jogging.
Quote of the day
On the downside of ease: [Learning things] the hard way's hard, but not as hard as the easy way. (Esmeralda Weatherwax, in Terry Pratchett's Lords and Ladies)
“Personal technologies today are prosthetics for our minds,” but we need “personal technologies that are prosthetics for our beings”
Linda Stone makes the case for post-productive, "conscious computing:" Personal technologies today are prosthetics for our minds.... Thirty years ago, personal computing technologies created a revolution in personal