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Kansas Governor Signs Bill Allowing Pharmacists And Doctors To Deny Women Birth Control -
Remind me not to move back to Kansas anytime soon. Scary.
Just went on a late-night internet rabbit hole binge with periods of nostalgia, picture-looking, and old-writing reading, and new writing.
9 days.
(via How To Start Your Blog With A Bang - A Beautiful Mess)
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This is one reason people can function well in their environment and still be unable to describe what they do. For example, a person can travel accurately through a city without being able to describe the route precisely.
People function through their use of two kinds of knowledge: knowledge of and knowledge how. Knowledge of—what psychologists call declarative knowledge—includes the knowledge of facts and rules…Knowledge of how—what psychologists call procedural knowledge—is the knowledge that enables a person to perform music, to stop a car smoothly with a flat tire on an icy road, etc.
” — Design of Everyday Things, by Dan Norman, p. 57
Design of Everyday Things, by Dan Norman
“We have now encountered the fundamental principles of designing for people: (1) provide a good conceptual model and (2) make things visible.” — Design of Everyday Things, by Dan Norman, p. 13
“Designers create for humans; programmers create for computers. Working together, they can create a holistic solution.” — ignore the code: Designers are not Programmers
“But when I ask her about “runner’s high,” she lights up. “Oh, it’s really like an empowerment. And zen at the same time. You feel strong and light, and you feel relaxed.” — ‘Wired To Run’: Runner’s High May Have Been Evolutionary Advantage : Shots - Health Blog : NPR
“Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.” — Kripalvanandji
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while” —
Steve Jobs
“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” —
Steve Jobs
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“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek.” —
The Mary Sue
