January 2009
10 posts
“We need to understand the difference between location and place. Computers and...”
– Matt Jones (via Paul Mison)
I also love his notion of “bionic noticing”—something I myself became aware of awhile back as I used Twitter and Flickr to document a solo road trip I did to New Mexico.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Robert Heinlein (via Caterina, via zachklein)
“In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is...”
– Text of President Barack Obama’s inaugural address
You heard the man, America—the way out of our collective malaise is through hard work, risk taking, and innovation. Let’s get down to business!
“Previously, Kay had not fully understood what Sutherland was doing inside his...”
– John Markoff in “What the Dormouse Said”
Longtime readers may recall that I once proposed that the wide-ranging interests of early personal computer pioneers were what made them such profound technologists, so of course I was excited to run across this actual confirmation of the role...
“To make a great program there’s got to be at least one person at the center who...”
– Andy Hertzfeld in Rosenberg’s Dreaming in Code (via timyoung)
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or...”
– Jim Jarmusch (via afternoontea)