October 2011
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A Guaranteed Way to Fail →
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”—Bill Cosby
Have you ever tried to please everyone?
“Children are often seen, rarely heard, and always underestimated.”
– Trenton Lee Stewart (via awknerrd)
“I love child things because there’s so much mystery. When you’re a child,...”
– David Lynch (via findingsaraland)
“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you’re not...”
– Dean Karnazes (via middlenameconfused)
CMU Researchers Turn Any Surface Into A... →
infoneer-pulse:
Soon you, too, will be able to talk to the hand. A new interface created jointly by Microsoft and the Carnegie Mellon Human Computer Interaction Institute allows for interfaces to be displayed on any surface, including notebooks, body parts, and tables. The UI is completely multitouch and the “shoulder-worn” system will locate the surface you’re working on in 3D space, ensuring...
“One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto...”
– ― Michael Cunningham, The Hours (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“That’s why I write fiction — so that I can keep telling the story. I return to...”
– Jeanette Winterson, Weight (via distantheartbeats)
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Writing--What's Your Favorite Part? →
Writing is hard, but there are moments that make it worth it. What are your favorite writing moments?
“You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The...”
– Sean Connery (via booksandnerds)
"Why do you care so much for a fictional...
pureinnocent-castiel:
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has...”
– Maya Angelou (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without...”
– Arthur Miller (via wordpainting) 