Shakesbear
(via tastefully…)
The process in which well-defined and prioritized objectives are broken down into specific states and actions whose progress can be monitored and measured is not the reality of how people find fulfillment in their lives, create great art, establish great societies or build good businesses. — John Kay, in his book Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly
campfiresmell:
doin it right. ~CFS
Sometimes speeding things up, helps us understand time’s value. Reminds me of something a friend said recently: ‘The days are long, but the years are short.’
arainert:
From birth to 12 years in 2 min. 45. (by Frans Hofmeester)
Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore, we are saved by love. — Reinhold Niebuhr (via @ronaldbaker)
SCOUT, an iPhone app for location scouting.
Okay, so I have no practical or immediate use for this app, but I think it’s cool. :) Somewhere deep down inside, maybe there’s a movie stirring or something. At any rate, it certainly captures my imagination, and I think there may be other uses for it too – now just to figure out what … :)
More details available from their website, and iTunes page.
(by FCTN)
soultips:
The reason why we cannot keep our good resolutions is that we count too much on ourselves. - St. John Vianney
How can you say there are too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers. — Mother Teresa (via weweremade2love)
clearscience:
In explaining why I haven’t been writing more Clear Science posts, I said the “activation energy” was high. That’s a scientific term. Imagine something has to go from start to finish. In the plot above, notice how finish is lower than start, meaning it has a lower energy. Things want to have a lower energy, so it’s natural to go from start to finish. But there’s a problem: In order to get from start to finish, it has to go over a hump, which has higher energy than both start and finish. The energy required to go over this hump is called the activation energy. It’s like some extra energy required to get to an overall better (lower energy) state.
Gonna hafta remember this one. ;)
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