January 2012
2 posts
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“Motivation is in the mind; follow-through is in the practice. Motivation is...”
– Bregman, P. (2012, January 4). Your problem isn’t motivation. HBR.
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“[On science writing]:
“So I invented rules, such as you won’t go...”
– Aitkenhead, D. (2011, December 4). Siddhartha Mukherjee: ‘A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it’. The Guardian.
December 2011
1 post
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“[on respect:] “In assassinations, there are gradations of respect,” said Gladki....”
– Clover, C. (2011, December 16). Who runs Russia? FT.com.
November 2011
6 posts
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“Rave Mobile Safety, for example, started off helping universities broadcast...”
– Krippendorff, K. (2011, March 30). Disruptive opportunities within 911 calls. Fast Company.
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“The app works by pointing your phone’s camera at the company’s red holiday...”
– Wasserman, T. (2011, November 8). Starbucks Holiday Cups Come to Life With Augmented Reality App. Mashable.
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“New research we’ve just conducted this year shows that the best...”
– Comment from Matt Dixon (2011, October 15; 10:07 PM) in reply to Paul_E_Rogers
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“No one disputes the value of a good marriage, of course. Andrew Oswald, an...”
– Senior, J. (2008, November 23). Is urban loneliness a myth? NYMag.
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“A metaphor, perhaps, but this isn’t the first time a little applied...”
– Kingsley, J. (2011, October 31). Google translate. Slate.
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“While talking about their neighbors, one of whom was a woman who was married to...”
– Harnick, C. (2011, October 3). Martha Stewart’s Daughter Reveals Not-So Perfect Childhood In Tell-All Book. AolTV.
October 2011
17 posts
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The genesis of Virgin Atlantic →
quote: “In ‘79, when Joan, my fiancee and I were on a holiday in the British Virgin Islands, we were trying to catch a flight to Puerto Rico; but the local Puerto Rican scheduled flight was cancelled. The airport terminal was full of stranded passengers. I made a few calls to charter companies and agreed to charter a plane for $2000 to Puerto Rico. Cheekily leaving out Joan’s and...
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“Most of the Macs today,” writes Johnson, “are being freewheeled into...”
– Elmer-DeWitt, P. (2011, October 27). Hell freezes over: Forrester urges IT to support the Mac. CNNMoney
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“His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like...”
– Simpson, M. (2011, October 30). A sister’s eulogy for Steve Jobs. NYTimes.
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“Tom Bray, a bellman at the Disneyland Hotel for 24 years, makes $8.25 an hour,...”
– Lopez, S. (2011, October 19). Disneyland workers answer to ‘electronic whip.’ LA Times.
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“[on presentation:] [Steve Jobs] went on to announce the deal at a Macworld...”
– Weir, B. (2011, October 24). 11 most startling revelations in ‘Steve Jobs.’ ABCNews.
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“[on negotiation:] When Jobs announced that the iPhone and iPad would not play...”
– Weir, B. (2011, October 24). 11 most startling revelations in ‘Steve Jobs.’ ABCNews.
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“[on principles:] Isaacson wrote that Jobs was livid in January 2010 when HTC...”
– Rachel Metz, Barbara Ortutay and Jordan Robertson, AP Technology Writers,On Thursday October 20, 2011, 8:50 pm EDT. Jobs questioned authority all his life, book says.
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“[on color and decision-making:] Many decorators develop their own shorthand for...”
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Green, P. (2011, October 19). The paint doctor is in. New York Times.
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“[on decision making:] Unless a decision has ‘degenerated into work,’ it is not a...”
– Drucker, P. F. (1967, January-February). The effective decision. Harvard Business Review.
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“[on marketing:]
Steve Jobs made computers and music players and telephones and...”
– Nudd, T. (2011, October 10). Steve Jobs: The greatest marketer of the age. Adweek.
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“[on maps:] steveforbesnash 85 points 2 hours ago
are the direction/lengths of...”
– Google Maps Team AMA, Reddit
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“[on cluttered designs:] Jared: So, we have this definition of the word...”
– Carmichael, S. (2011, September 29). Hagan Rivers – Simplifying Complex Applications.
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“[on confidence:] He said, If I asked someone who had only used a personal...”
– Bonanos, C. (2011, October 7). The man who inspired Jobs. New York Times.
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“[on rhetoric and science:] “just as the process of sight starts with the...”
– Wolfram Schultz, neuroscientist at Cambridge [quoted in Lehrer, J. (2009). How we decide. New York, NY: Mariner]
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“[on being awesome:] Staff believe that the octopus called Otto had been annoyed...”
– Otto the octopus wreaks havoc, The Telegraph (2008, October 31).
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“[on useful words:]
Petrichor: The it smells outside after rain.
Muntin: The...”
– Dave Stopera, 25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names
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“[on the fundamentals of design:] “In most people’s vocabularies,...”
– Steve Jobs
September 2011
2 posts
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“[on tradition:] With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best...”
– Myhrvold, N. (2011, September 1). Texas’s cult of smoke, barbecue-land journeys: Nathan Myhrvold. Bloomberg Businessweek
“[on leadership and change:] We were fixing one bad behavior, not manufacturing a...”
– Goldsmith, M. (2007). What got you here won’t get you there. New York, NY: Hyperion.
August 2011
16 posts
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“[on writing and motivation:] On any long task, from doing the income taxes to...”
– Pryor, K. (1985). Don’t shoot the dog!: the new art of teaching and training. New York, NY: Bantam.
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Watch
Jason Fried: Education as a customer acquisition strategy (Posted Nov 13th, 2008)
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“Without having a goal, it’s difficult to score.”
– Arden, P. (2003). It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be. London: Phaidon.
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on opportunity
Fred Wilson, on missing out on Airbnb: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/airbnb.html
We made the classic mistake that all investors make. We focused too much on what they were doing at the time and not enough on what they could do, would do, and did do. […] We missed Airbnb even though we loved the team. Big mistake. The cereal box will remain in our conference room as a warning not to make...
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“[on relationships:] I was yelling at him because he was there and I wanted...”
– McCord, G. (2011, July 5). The temperature inside: Blueberry pie with thyme & honey and fearless chocolate winners. Vanilla Garlic
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“[on leadership and body language:] Dr. Soder also urged him to wave his hand...”
– Lublin, J. S. (2011, August 12). How to look and act like a leader. WSJ
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“[on education and awesome people:] online educational is reaching a disruptive...”
– Brook, P. (2011, August 11). Free online class shakes up photo education. Wired [and comment at http://www.wired.com/rawfile/2011/08/free-online-class-shakes-up-photo-education/#comment-284748057]
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“[pr:] OK, here’s your big chance to make your pitch to Chicagoans. Beyond...”
– Noel, J. (2011, August 2). New route connects Chicago to Watertown, N.Y., but why go? Chicago Tribune
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“[on design:] People in restaurants have a sense that they want to create an...”
– Manjoo, F. (2011, August 9). Overdone: Why are restaurant websites so horrifically bad? Slate
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“[social experiment:] He has noticed an interesting dynamic: “Every time...”
– Guynn, J. (2011, August 8). Jonathan Stark wants you to use his Starbucks card. Los Angeles Times
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Injured boy mugged during disturbances in London →
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“[on perspective:] How is it possible that the Japanese leadership did not react...”
– Cook, G. (2011, August 7). Why did Japan surrender? The Boston Globe
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“How does any company encourage teamwork? At Pret A Manger, executives say, the...”
– Clifford, S. (2011, August 6). Would you like a smile with that? New York Times
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“Google is an engineering company, and as a researcher or designer, it’s very...”
– Adams, P. (2011, July 12). Why i left google. what happened to my book. what i work on at facebook. Retrieved from http://www.thinkoutsidein.com/blog/2011/07/why-i-left-google-what-happened-to-my-book-what-i-work-on-at-facebook/
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“After 87 years, the downtown L.A. eatery quietly raised the price of coffee to...”
– Pool, B. (2011, July 28). No more free cuppa joe at the original pantry. Los Angeles Times
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“[understatement:] Swanberg feels that using strawberry syrup and a premade soft...”
– Eng, M., & Borrelli, C. (2011, August 5). Local ice cream makers face shutdown by state. Chicago Tribune