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Tumblelog byChristopher Clay, founder of Soup.io.
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Heftling (2012?)
Luminous Flux (2012–) ♥
Mixtapes (2011)
27 (2010) ♥Team Armin Soyka (2010)
26 (2009) ♥
Startupwiki (2009–)
LIF (2008)
Soup (2007–) ♥
Netznetz (2007–2008)
Metalab (2006–) ♥
CanvasPaint (2006)
Design portfolio (2005)
Textcounter.org (2003)
PS: If I write about events, that's cause I'm inviting you to come along. Get in touch!
LIF (2008)
Soup (2007–) ♥
Netznetz (2007–2008)
Metalab (2006–) ♥
CanvasPaint (2006)
Design portfolio (2005)
Textcounter.org (2003)
PS: If I write about events, that's cause I'm inviting you to come along. Get in touch!
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November 26 2011
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October 03 2011
“ I performed at colleges and scanned the room for what I could take. Even a box of chalk slipped into my pocket reassured me that I still had my freedom—the freedom to steal, to self-destruct, to ruin everything. ”— Miranda July: Shoplifting to Stay Free (The New Yorker)
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isis
isis
February 03 2011
“ Consider for a moment how many adults you know in therapy, how many with estranged relationships with their families, distorted views of their personality or even more simply how many totally ill-equipped to interact with strangers with any level of confidence. The number of socially inept, emotionally off-balance adults I know far outweighs the number of adults I know who can’t read, or do basic math. ... How it is I know the capitals of states I’ve never been to or the mundane likely-fabricated life details of presidents who died hundreds of years ago but I don’t know for certain what the best way is to deal with someone who is sad?— Dallas Clayton”
Rarely if ever do our kids get to spend any substantial amount of time working on any sort of emotional development. ... If speech can be refined, vocabulary built, and language elevated what about a child’s emotional well being?I decided to test this theory, treating emotional building blocks the same way you might treat guitar lessons...
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December 16 2010
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"I'm either going to kill myself, or I'm going to turn this into a game": Jane McGonigal turned her recovery from suicidal depression after a debilitating injury into a simple roleplaying game – what a brilliant approach.
Reality is Broken, her book on using gameplay to improve our daily lives (and no, that doesn't mean slapping points and badges on mundane activities), is out soon.
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hairinmy
hairinmy
November 15 2010
“ The ability to think about what is not happening is a cognitive achievement that comes at an emotional cost. ... People consistently reported being happiest when their minds were on what they were doing. ”— io9: Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness
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July 22 2010
“ Someone who does you an injury hurts you twice: first by the injury itself, and second by taking up your time afterward thinking about it. If you learn to ignore injuries you can at least avoid the second half. I've found I can to some extent avoid thinking about nasty things people have done to me by telling myself: this doesn't deserve space in my head. ”— Paul Graham: The Top Idea in Your Mind
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April 17 2010
“ Simplifying the interface of the [Bloomberg] terminal would not be accepted by most users because they take pride on manipulating its current "complex" interface. The pain inflicted by blatant UI flaws is strangely transformed into the rewarding experience of feeling and looking like a hard-core professional. ”— The Impossible Bloomberg Makeover | UX Magazine
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March 02 2010
“ The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility. ”— Scott Adams
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fragmad
fragmad
December 10 2009
“ Gene variants generally considered misfortunes (poor Jim, he got the “bad” gene) can instead now be understood as highly leveraged evolutionary bets, with both high risks and high potential rewards. ... [T]he children who suffer most from bad environments also profit the most from good ones. ”— The Science of Success – The Atlantic
November 02 2009
Why Your Friends Have More Friends Than You Do | Psychology Today
(It's because "you are more likely to be friends with someone who has more friends than with someone who has fewer friends.")August 11 2009
Stendhal syndrome - Wikipedia
"a psychosomatic illness that causes rapid heartbeat, dizziness, confusion and even hallucinations when an individual is exposed to art"
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notyce
May 27 2009
Fußgängerzone, Aufzug, Flughafen
über das merkwürdige Verhalten von Menschen auf engem Raum - Leben in der Masse - sueddeutsche.deReposted from
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konnexMay 22 2009
“ How much stress we experience depends more on how well we control attention than on what happens to us. ”— Psychology Today: Finding flow
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evaku
May 21 2009
“ We can be happy experiencing the passive pleasure of a rested body, warm sunshine, or the contentment of a serene relationship, but this kind of happiness is dependent on favorable external circumstances. The happiness that follows flow is of our own making, and it leads to increasing complexity and growth in consciousness. ”— Psychology Today: Finding flow
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existenZ
existenZ
May 11 2009
“ The skillful management of attention is the sine qua non of the good life and the key to improving virtually every aspect of your experience, from mood to productivity to relationships. ”— Salon.com Books | Why can't we concentrate?
Note to self: Pay more attention to what you pay attention to.
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April 25 2009
“ people tend to be at their worst when they’re feeling most insecure ”— Dude, You’ve Got Problems - NYTimes.com
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elpollodiablo
elpollodiablo
April 15 2009
“ When a lifetime of intellectual labor and study came up against a moment of emotional engagement, emotion won, in a rout. ”— The Failure of #amazonfail « Clay Shirky
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hairinmy
April 14 2009
Less Wrong: Declare your signaling and hidden agendas
Less Wrong is a group blog on rationality born out of Overcoming Bias, which I've quoted extensively here.
In this post, one author proposes that people disclose the signals they're trying to implicitly send, and the hidden agendas they might have when writing articles. He proceeds to lead by example, revealing a long list of motivations behind his previous posts: That post that on its surface was about how it's okay to be irrational sometimes, which used donation habits as an example? It's meant to signal his altruism and support the charities he mentions, of course. Two others: Meant to signal how much of an academic he is by quoting from research papers.
My first reaction after reading his list and others people post in the comments: Wow, I feel a bit cheated, and I've lost some respect for those people.
It's like they don't actually care about rationality all that much, they're driven by the same monkey tribe behavior as, say, people who flaunt brandseveryone else... got to impress your peers in order to be accepted and respected. It's just that for whatever reasons they chose this little subculture and its value system as their own.
But wait – first of all those mostly weren't the main reasons for his posts, just minor factors... and kudos for being so open and self-analytical, right? (It's meant to signal honesty, obviously).
Another statement from the comments that rings true: Asking "what are you signaling?" is like asking "what is your greatest weakness?" during a job interview. It handicaps honest people.
And of course I'm posting this on a tumblelog in no small part meant to signal what a wide array of cool interests I have...
February 14 2009
“ Then he switches on the machine. He is trying to suppress those parts of my brain responsible for thinking contextually, for making connections. Without them, I will be able to see things more as an autistic might: [...] "you start seeing what's actually there, not what you think is there." ”— Savant for a Day - NY Times (2003)
January 11 2009
lie-behind-the-lie-detector.pdf
Fascinating in-depth description of polygraph tests as administered by US law enforcement and government agencies
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