Archive for February, 2006
The nobility of nature and the wrath of our indifference
The desperate fear that lives in every man:
… get happy ……
Metaphors of re-innovation
Regaining the helm of time
philologr: poignancy, sublime, prosaic
Wholemindedness: The brilliance of an unfettered mind
Deliberate attention to presence
philologr: bumptious
bumptious — bump·tious (bÅmp’shÉ™s) — an adjective describing actions that are crudely or loudly assertive; pushy.
It is, perhaps, a blend of “bump” and “presumptuous”.
From Jane Jacobs in The Death and Life of Great American Cities:
…“As children
The brilliance of moments: how success is ultimately determined by now
I travel from Edmonton to Calgary and back almost every week. It’s a three hour drive one-way, so I have a big chunk of time to listen to podcasts. This week I listened to an interview, by Todd at …
It is only fear and it’s mine to own.
The first scene in the Matrix shows a woman, Trinity, sitting alone in a dark room. It’s obvious she’s hiding from something, wispering away on the phone.
Her back is to the only door in the room. With the requisite …
People first. Marketers … later.
I’ve hit a snag with the Foundation Series. It reads like crap.
I’m still wobbly on what I ought to say so I default to obfuscation. Orwell said it best, “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.” I’m …
Anniversary
Today my wife and I share our 8th anniversary. And tomorrow is Valentines.
So … a love song. Get the tune here.
…“If single words like love mean more than ever before:
you’ve brought back life to time
and
RSS: Pick your watershed
Eric Schwartzman recently interviewed Doc Searls. In the chat, Doc talked about the ways he uses RSS. Listening to that conversation I finally understood the tremendous power of RSS functionality.
Until now I’ve just used RSS to keep me …
Advice for visionaries
Christopher Alexander in an interview with Kenneth Baker:
…“If you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there. … If you’re working correctly, the feeling doesn’t
Unfussy and whole
Have you heard of Christopher Alexander? I’ve written about him before (1, 2, 3).
I’m fascinated by his ideas and have yet to read a single book he’s written. But his interests in the human response …
philologr: platitudinous
platitudinous — plati·tu’di·nous — a derivative of plat·i·tude (plăt’Ä-tÅ«d, -tyÅ«d), a noun meaning a trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, …
philologr: flibbertigibbet
flibbertigibbet — flib·ber·ti·gib·bet (flÄb’É™r-tÄ“-jÄb’Ät) — a noun meaning a silly, scatterbrained, or garrulous person. A derivative of flibberty-gibberty.
Quoted by Malcolm Gladwell in Troublemakers — What pit bulls can teach us about profiling:
…“There are a lot of pit