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Maeda’s ten laws of simplicity

11 Jul, '10 in Life, Notebook

John Maeda’s Laws of Simplicity:

Law 1: Reduce
The Simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction

Law 2: Organize
Organization makes a system of many appear fewer

Law 3: Time
Savings in time feel like simplicity

Law 4: Learn
Knowledge makes everything simpler

Law 5: Differences
Simplicity and complexity need each other

Law 6: Context
What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral

Law 7: Emotion
More emotions are better than less

Law 8: Trust
In simplicity we trust

Law 9: Failure
Some things can never be made simple

Law 10: The One
Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful

The Death Penalty

11 Jul, '10 in Notebook

The Death Penalty: 10 Brutal Means of Execution -

Movies can change lives and control minds

20 Jun, '10 in Notebook

Movies can change lives and control minds

The Most Basic Form of Mind Control is Repetition from Adam Cosco on Vimeo.

Michael Shermer: The Pattern Behind Self-Deception

20 Jun, '10 in Notebook

Bookmarks for June 16th through June 17th

20 Jun, '10 in Notebook

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William S. Burroughs – Burroughs The Movie

24 Mar, '10 in Notebook

Interresting BBC (?) documentory about the great William S. Burroughs (1914-1997).

Via U B U W E B – Film & Video: William S. Burroughs – Burroughs The Movie (1985).

Sodom and Gomorrah

20 Feb, '10 in Notebook

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord,
and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.
Isaiah, Chapter 5, Verse 12
Beautifull digital art work from Alessandro Bavari

Cogito ergo sum

17 Feb, '10 in Notebook

For more than three and a half centuries, the death of René Descartes one winter’s day in Stockholm has been attributed to the ravages of pneumonia on a body unused to the Scandinavian chill. But in a book released after years spent combing the archives of Paris and the Swedish capital, one Cartesian expert has a more sinister theory about how the French philosopher came to his end.

Read the whole article @ the Guardian.co.uk Descartes was poisoned by Catholic priest

Bookmarks for October 27th

2 Nov, '09 in Notebook

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Bookmarks for September 5th through September 7th

9 Sep, '09 in Notebook

Links for September 5th through September 7th:

Bookmarks for August 22nd through August 24th

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Bookmarks for May 12th through August 18th

20 Aug, '09 in Life, Notebook

Links for May 12th through August 18th:

World Cinema Foundation

16 May, '09 in Notebook

World Cinema Foundation: Great website from Martin Scorsese dedicated to preserving and restoring neglected films from around the world. Most of them will be available for online viewing.

World Cinema Foundation / www.theauteurs.com

Discovery-driven Growth

6 May, '09 in Notebook

The Only Plan Is to Learn as You Go – Knowledge@Wharton
Ian MacMillan, Wharton professor of innovation and entrepreneurship, and Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School, believe “the only plan is to learn as you go.”
They say
1) conventional approaches and planning don’t work when you’re trying to get into new spaces,
2) assumptions are what get most companies into trouble, and
3) it’s not failure that companies need to avoid, but rather “failing expensively.

Discovery-driven Growth: The Only Plan Is to Learn as You Go – Knowledge@Wharton

Bookmarks for April 7th through April 13th

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Bookmarks for March 20th through April 1st

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Links for March 20th through April 1st:

Bookmarks for February 27th through March 20th

20 Mar, '09 in Notebook

Links for February 27th through March 20th:

5 Ways Your Brain Is Messing With Your Head

7 Mar, '09 in Notebook

Indeed, you cant even trust your own brain anymore;
Interesting article: http://www.cracked.com/article_17103_p2.html

Your time is limited

13 Feb, '09 in Life, Notebook, Quotes

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

- steve jobs, 2005

Kindle and the End of the End of History

11 Feb, '09 in Notebook

A must read for book and ebook lovers:
Amazon.com’s New Kindle Is Lighter, Brighter and Chattier.
The Kindle and the End of the End of History.
The Kindle Hardware Tax.

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