getting up from my desk after not moving from it all day
Also, every guy on a hot summer’s day.
Also, what is this? A gif for ants?
…except I now have a standing desk!
To be able to break down the barrier of space between self and other, yet at the same time to be able to maintain it, this seems to be the paradox of creativity.
The Forms of Things Unknown – fantastic and timely 1963 essay about the role of the creative arts in society (via explore-blog)
(via explore-blog)
Writing a program is almost like writing a story (cheesy analogy, I know). There are many ways you can structure it but you have to find the best way, and then when you’re done you have a product that actually does something and you created it. And it’s probably one of the most gratifying feelings in the world.
Izzi Clark, student at Stuyvesant High School
“Eight Real Tales of Learning Computer Science as a High School Girl”
Source: betabeat.com
If the anxiety is about the deadline, then the energy really focuses on the result. If there is not anxiety about a deadline, all of the anxiety goes right to the creative part.
Christoph Niemann (via The 99 Percent)
Finally saw enough of those pleading faces on top of Wikipedia pages to click, read stories, and donate. #keepitfree
Happy Knowledgedays.
Oh, Word. Why must “Comment” be the only noun here that has an adjective before it? I keep staring at this menu looking for “Comment” only to give up and go to the Review tab of the ribbon.
Of course, I wouldn’t have to worry about digging through these menus if adding a comment was in right-click context menu.
Got my first credit card today. Thoroughly impressed by how easy to read the cardmember agreement was - complete with progress bar!
It’s not ‘who you share with,’ it’s ‘who you share as’ … Identity is prismatic.
4chan’s Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It Wrong
Brief, brilliant points.
Source: readwriteweb.com
The Rise of the Zuckerverb: The New Language of Facebook
Stitching together these simple declarative statements into an autobiographical timeline creates a pale simulacrum of personal story-telling, no matter how much Facebook presents it as a way to “tell your story.”
This is what happens when language is optimized for social data-mining rather than natural communication.
Ideally it’d be the other way around - we’d be optimizing social data-mining to conform to natural communication, right? This is the kind of stuff I would love to do a PhD on someday…
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