24/07/10
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–Jay Bradner to high school students at graduation
Read for the first time on this tweet by @johnmaeda
29/04/10
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and so is going to the toilet during movie breaks on TV.
06/03/10
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World renowned designer and friend Carlos Segura from Segura Inc. talks about design for the March issue of Indonesia’s Versus design magazine.
Most of Segura’s comments are applicable to many areas other than design if not to life itself. I particularly love the one I used for this post’s title.
Excerpts taken from segura-inc.com
A good design is nice to look at, but an idea makes you look at good design.
Design is not just a “visual” medium. It is a complete experience, one which draws emotion from intelligence and makes the experience a memorable one, which in turn drives you to act.
Clients tend to ask for what they want, not for what they need
(about pitching) I do not, have never and will never do free work. Period. It is ridiculous to ask someone to do this. No client that asks you to do this will do it for you. It is disrespectful, devalues our industry and the talent in it. People only value things they pay for. So, if they want your work for free, then they don’t think very highly of you.
Don’t let things happen to you. Make things happen for you. If you’re going to dream, dream big, it’s free.
Link: SEGURA INC :: News > Segura in Versus
05/03/10
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Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
Link: The Wookiepedia, audio
21/02/10
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When a thing is new, people say: “It is not true”. Later, when its truth becomes obvious, they say: “It’s not important”. Finally, when its importance cannot be denied, they say “Anyway, it’s not new”.
—William James (1842-1910)
20/02/09
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Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
13/07/08
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There’s a time to laugh a time to cry
a time to live and a time to die
a time to break and a time to chill
to act civilized or act real ill
but whatever ya do in your lifetime
ya never let an MC steal your rhyme
–Big Bank Hank from Sugarhill Gang, in Rapper’s Delight, 1978
Sugarhill Gang-Rapper’s Delight Part 1[14:36] (With Lyrics)
Sugarhill Gang-Rapper’s Delight Part 2[14:36] (With Lyrics)
02/12/07
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There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t
02/12/07
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Nobody is crying that people who used to go around selling ice to people do not have a job anymore because of the fridge
–Peter Sunde, The Pirate Bay
Now go think (while you download!)
11/11/07
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Reading Technology Review magazine (yes paper edition and not web!) about Web 3.0 and semantic web, I came accross a quotationn by Mark Greaves, former IEO of DARPA, now Sr. Research Program Manager of Vulcan that goes:
What we’re trying to do with the Semantic Web is build a digital Aristotle.
Not to mention that the article is worth reading. Here’s the link to part I of the article: Technology Review: Part I: A Smarter Web