Einstein quotes.
My favs:
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
“Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.”
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.”
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.”
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”
Leached here.
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Architect Unknown: For each of these buildings the architect is unknown. I should get this site to cycle through a few photos whenever I feel driven to make a lasting, unforgettable statement.
In The Traditional Japanese Garden: An analysis of traditional Japanese gardens.
Squashed Philosophers: The books that defined Western thought squashed into readable lengths.
Personality tests: I’m nutty for these tests. Love em.
Language Acquisition: Vygotsky on human language and cognitive development.
An explanation of number spirals, primes, factor curves, and formulas.
Mr. Picasso Head: Ok, no reading. Fun though … right?
Hugh, you’re doing way more talks right? I think it’s so bizarre to be able to follow you around the world, watching/listening through all these little web portals. I got a question for you: In which conversation (this one or this one) did you best say what you meant to say? And related, but different, in which were you best heard?
I think it’s the second one, on both questions … in a huge way.
Why? And, next time you’re asked to speak, can you get to that “way” more quickly?
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apt — apt (ăpt) — an adjective describing something/someone exactly suitable; appropriate; having a natural tendency; inclined. It comes from Old French apte, which is from Latin aptus, which is the past participle of apere, which is “to fasten”.
Found on productdose:
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obsequious — ob·se·qui·ous (ŏb-sē’kwē-əs) — an adjective describing one who is full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning. Excessively eager to serve or obey: menial, servile, slavish, subservient.
A Middle English word, from Latin obsequiōsus, from obsequium, compliance, from obsequī, to comply : ob-, to; see ob– + sequī, to follow.
By Hugh MacLeod in praise, praise, praise the competition etc:
“This is my favorite English Cut post for a while.
Not only is a great story, full of local history and color, it does a superb job of pulling off what has become my favorite thing to do as a marketer:
i.e. Praising one’s competition to the hilt:
‘If you fancy a new suit, he’s one of the best. Hardcore old school.
Brian Staples: +44 (0) 207 734 5069.’
Of course, you can only do that when [A] your praise is sincere and [B] your own product is up to snuff. Otherwise you just sound obsequious.”
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There’s been a big dust up between Robert Scoble, Shel Israel, and Werner Vogel (CTO Amazon).
The hubbub brings to a point several interesting dynamics:
1. Bloggers are entrepreneurs unable to strategically quantify their intuition (and that’s fine).
2. The corporate executives trying to understand blogs are looking to crunch some numbers (and that makes sense).
3. These guys, and almost all influential bloggers/executives, aren’t the people to carry this up the evolutionary chain (and that’s the gap).
What we need is a younger, new kind of player: a breeder. Someone capable of intuition and strategic thinking.
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