February 2010
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January 2010
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“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I...”
– Winston Churchill
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“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience and compassion. These...”
– Lao Tzu
Spice Advice: tips on usage of spices in a great... →
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“Truth is truth. To the end of reckoning.”
– William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”
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“The ignorant create their own agonies when they allow their desire, greed and...”
– (via carlosmiguelp)
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“By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Rule of Silence: When a program has nothing surprising to say, it should say...”
– The Unix Philosophy
Kanzi →
Wikipedia:
Kanzi (born October 28, 1980), is a male Bonobo who has been featured in several studies on great ape language. According to Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, a primatologist who has studied the bonobo throughout her life, Kanzi has exhibited advanced linguistic aptitude.
Born to Lorel and Bosandjo at Yerkes field station at Emory Universityand moved to the Language Research Center at Georgia...
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“Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both...”
– Edward V. Berard
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“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
– Dalai Lama
Can a smartphone make you more patient? →
“Let’s not kid ourselves: filling your time checking your phone doesn’t make you more patient on the inside. Patience is a virtue. There’s not an app for that.”
Excerpt from the Cluetrain Manifesto
The most amazing thing about the list below is that it was compiled in 1999. Nearly every item on it is amazingly accurate in describing the world we’re in just a decade later, and networks are continuing to push business even further down this inevitable path.
Markets are conversations.
Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors.
Conversations among human beings...
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a...”
– Albert Einstein
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“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...”
– Leonardo da Vinci
Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism? →
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“The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.”
– Mark Twain
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“You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the...”
– Brian Tracy
Predictions made by Raymond Kurzweil →
American inventor and futurist Raymond Kurzweil has become well known for predicting the future of artificial intelligence and the human race. His first book, The Age of Intelligent Machines, written in 1990, put forth his theories on the results of the increasing use of technology and notably foresaw the explosive growth in the internet, among other predictions. Later works, 1999’s The Age...
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“The shortest answer is doing.”
– Lord Herbert
