November 2011
3 posts
Morning Routine - This post over at ‘The Nate Green Experience’ has prompted me to rethink my morning… http://t.co/CK2MDrsZ
Morning Routine →
This post over at ‘The Nate Green Experience’ has prompted me to rethink my morning routine. It is worth a quick read!
Minimal Workout Ideas →
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
2 posts
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WatchGrandview - minimalist Mac OS X text editor.
April 2011
3 posts
“Un essaim de puces.
To quote Sarah Jones, the market has become a swarm of...”
– Seth’s blog.
March 2011
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The Constant Talker
Minimalism in communication is a big deal. Through my career I have had feedback from managers to keep “on message” or get to the point as succinctly as possible if you want to get people on your side.
Email is a prime way you can easily fall into the trap of being verbose. Ask yourself the question : is this the best way to get information across? Is the person I am sending...
February 2011
2 posts
“When you’re forced to be simple, you’re forced to face the real problem. When...”
– Paul Graham
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything...”
– Elisabeth Kubler Ross.
January 2011
2 posts
“In the end, it really came down to one in credibly genius idea: Dropbox limited...”
– Isaac Hall, co-founder of Syncplicity, on why Dropbox succeeded where others failed. It’s all about making that one feature magical!
December 2010
8 posts
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“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via jjcermeno)
Distraction
Some great info in an article over at the Harvard Business Review…
“We confuse the package with the message. We get so distracted by the awkward, sometimes inappropriate way in which someone is communicating that we miss what the person is communicating.”
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“Here’s the real issue: we are all clumsy communicators — both in what we say and in what we...
Six Reasons to let it go... →
“Living with doubt… is almost always more profitable than living with...”
– Seth Godin.
“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize...”
– Lao Tzu. (via Leo Babauta, www.zenhabits.net)
October 2010
1 post
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August 2010
2 posts
Be like the Bamboo : 7 Lessons From the Japanese...
In Japan, the symbolism of the bamboo plant runs deep and wide and offers practical lessons for life and for work….
(1) Bend but don’t break. Be flexible yet firmly rooted.
(2) Remember: What looks weak is strong.
(3) Be always ready.
(4) Unleash your power to spring back.
(5) Find wisdom in emptiness.
(6) Commit to (continuous) growth.
(7) Express usefulness through...
July 2010
4 posts
Minimalist Album Covers Redesigned →
In order to learn, the first step is to empty ourselves of our preconceived notions. One can not fill a cup which is already full.
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Simplicity Rarely Means Less... →
From the article :
“There are two ways to make something simple. The first is to remove features and elements from your project. This may indeed make it simpler, and easier to use - but in most cases it will also make it harder to reach your goal.
The other way is to make something simple by the means of adding focus. You don’t actually take anything away (and in many cases...
June 2010
2 posts
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“‘“Indeed a welter of physchological studies has concluded that...”
– Excerpt from ‘Free Agent Nation’ a book by Daniel Pink.
AJ Jacobs: My colossal task burden →
A great read on task management and the perks of single tasking!
May 2010
3 posts
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“My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my...”
– J. Botherton, (via minimalmac)
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“Ah yes the mans shoulder. Where would women be without it to cry on? The...”
– Man About Town, Spring/Summer 2010
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“A Key indicator of planetary well-being is the health of the species that...”
– Adbusters - ‘Thought Control in Economics’
April 2010
3 posts
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“In many ways the digital age suits us - humans are highly sociable, novelty...”
– Maggie Jackson, author of ‘Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age.’
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Dealing with distractions... →
(via www.mnmlist.com)
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One thing that's never simple...
While your loving someone you don’t stop and think about why or what the result is going to be, whether it’s good or not, you just go ahead and do it. No reserves, liberal, not thinking about it, just following a gut reaction. Because love is a part of you.
As simple and natural as love is, we can love everything and everybody and what do we do with all this love? Share! It’s...
March 2010
9 posts
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Twitter / helvetireader: Looks like Helvetireader2... →
minimalmac:
Twitter soft launch for now but, oh so good.
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Social Networks - A Lesson From The Amish
Are you on Facebook? What about MySpace, Gowalla, Foursquare, Bebo, deviantART, Flickr or Last.FM? The list of social networking sites grows and grows every day, just look at this wiki page for proof!
I was reading an interesting article on the Amish people recently. Being under the impression that the Amish automatically reject technology and do not use it at all, I found the article quite...
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Mental Clutter →
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Elevators & Airplanes
Designed to perform a multitude of actions, the computer is jack of all trades and master of none. Why should we rethink this idea, and how have apple approached this problem?
“Ed Finkler:
When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane. We’ve been giving them airplanes for 30 years, and then laughing at them for being too stupid to fly them right.”
...
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“Minimalism is not a style, it is an attitude, a way of being. It’s a fundamental...”
– Claudio Silvestrin (via konrad) (via gaelle-cloarec)
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A Great Piece of Advice for Writers... →
February 2010
15 posts
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Flickr Group : Wallpaper Minimalism →
This is the wallpaper I am using at the moment (I found it in this group)…
http://skitch.com/minimalistguide/ns949/fullscreen
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Adventures of a Barefoot Geek →
Interesting article by one of my favourite bloggers, David Turnbull.
Minimal: On the complexities of the filesystem →
I spent some time reading different comments and articles about the pro’s and con’s of the idea behind the iPhone OS, most specifically the fact that it is hiding the filesystem from the user. Personally I think it’s a great idea.
I began my computer experience way back, before the PCs, when you…
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Financial Friday
*Disclaimer - I am no financial advisor by any stretch of the imagination, these are just my own thoughts based on my own experiences.
Ever tried looking for sound, basic financial advice online? The options are many and varied with no end of people offering their own idea’s on how to set budgets, stick to them and save.
Well, I’m going to add my own two cents to the mix! Let’s...