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Care in Design Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of...
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Care in design is ultimately about feeling rather than seeing. It is about being thoughtful of users—of humans. It is designing product details that you might randomly discover (sometimes even years later) rather than only designing what should be seen. Care in design is worrying...
Diaries of Note
The Pole at Last!!! Born in Pennsylvania in 1856, Robert Peary spent 23 years of his life preparing to achieve what had...
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Born in Pennsylvania in 1856, Robert Peary spent 23 years of his life preparing to achieve what had eluded explorers for centuries: reaching the North Pole. Driven by ambition and unwavering determination, Peary, an American explorer and United States Navy officer, believed he...
Jason Crawford
Announcing Progress Studies for Young Scholars Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of...
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over a year ago
Excited to announce that I’m launching an online high school summer program in the history of technology: Progress Studies for Young Scholars. Daily online content, plus a speaker series featuring Tyler Cowen, Patrick Collison, Max Roser, Joel Mokyr, Deirdre McCloskey, and more....
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Stop Dribbbling, Get a Design Education at Costco My design mentor Paul was a commercial artist in Chicago in the era before computers, back when...
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My design mentor Paul was a commercial artist in Chicago in the era before computers, back when being a designer still involved ink-stained fingers and drawing pictures.
Ryan Hoover's...
Introducing Ask Product Hunt 🤔
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College Our problem is in the real world—not the ivory tower—and so is the solution
11 months ago
DYNOMIGHT
Please show lots of digits Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve...
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4 months ago
Hi there. It’s me, the person who stares very hard at the numbers in the papers you write. I’ve brought you here today to ask a favor. Say you wrote something like this: There were 446 students tested. The left-handed students passed 5.67664% more often than right-handed...
Letters of Note
I’ve got a hunch In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to...
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In July of 1938, American novelist Thomas Wolfe was struck down with pneumonia and taken to hospital. He was soon diagnosed as having tuberculosis of the brain, from which he would never recover. Wolfe died on 15th September, aged just 37. A month before his death, as he lay in...
Scarlet Ink
Failure is Necessary for Achievement and Growth — Why Success is Dangerous for Learning You can only succeed if you are willing to fail. You can only learn if you are willing to be...
4 weeks ago
journal – Winnie Lim
documenting everyday moments because they will become precious A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old...
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A few months ago someone popped up on the Singapore reddit and started posting photos of old Singapore from the 1950s-1970s. He is the grandson of Ivan Polunin, a medical doctor who...
Diaries of Note
Bugger On 18th June 1960, during a practice run for the Belgian Grand Prix that was to take place the next...
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On 18th June 1960, during a practice run for the Belgian Grand Prix that was to take place the next day, British Formula One driver Stirling Moss almost died when the left rear wheel of his Lotus-Climax 18 fell off on the treacherous Burnenville curve. Moments later he was thrown...
Tech and Tea
Creativity isn't just for painters and poets Making space and time for nurturing the inner artist in all of us
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
My 2019 Year in Review I entered 2019 with more optimism than I have ever had going into the new year. I just felt like big...
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I entered 2019 with more optimism than I have ever had going into the new year. I just felt like big things were on the horizon. I was right.
Mind Mine
one thing at a time the only antidote to overwhelm
7 months ago
Left To Write
№ 77: Reflecting on 2023 Doubt, love and growing more into myself.
a year ago
The Ruffian
In Praise of Slow Learners How the Tortoise Beats the Hare
12 months ago
Left To Write
What I Learned In 1 Year of Writing A Newsletter Hey Friends, A year ago — in June 2022 — I started this newsletter. I had so many ideas of what I...
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a year ago
Hey Friends, A year ago — in June 2022 — I started this newsletter. I had so many ideas of what I wanted this newsletter to be: copywriting and creativity, behavioural science, business, or personal essays. But after a year of writing Left to Write,
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Good Interviews In early 2019, I came to the realisation that people prefer to read about people more than they do...
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In early 2019, I came to the realisation that people prefer to read about people more than they do about things. It’s not exactly a phenomenon, but it was significant for the editorial direction of Minimalissimo. Since relaunching the latest version of the site, you will notice a...
The Ruffian
Notes on Radiohead The weirdest success story in pop
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
What’s Your Talent Stack? Could understanding Donald Trump’s success help designers get hired?
over a year ago
DYNOMIGHT
Why I’m skeptical of minimum prices for ride-sharing The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies...
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The Attorney General of Massachusetts recently announced that drivers for ride-sharing companies must be paid at least $32.50 per hour. Now, if you’re a hardcore libertarian, then you probably hate the minimum wage. You already disagree with this policy, so you need no convincing...
journal – Winnie Lim
testing positive Today is the 9th day of my covid infection. I wanted to write something much earlier, but couldn’t...
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Today is the 9th day of my covid infection. I wanted to write something much earlier, but couldn’t find it in me to do so. I guess after writing several times here...
Tech and Tea
What I've been eating... Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating...
a year ago
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a year ago
Anyone who spends any time with me knows that I love food — thinking about food, making food, eating food, telling people about food. Why not add it into Tech and Tea?
Both Are True
full convo w claude about my demons lol and an actual convo with my meta-critic who, in the convo, I name Brad
a week ago
Castles in the Sky
Foom Anxiety Castles in the Sky #41
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
5 things I find very interesting about the Boeing downfall Laetitia@Work #70
9 months ago
The Convivial...
The Ambling Mind The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 6
10 months ago
Diaries of Note
This must be a specially sad day Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in...
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Born Hermione Llewellyn in 1913, the life of Hermione, Countess of Ranfurly took a dramatic turn in 1941 when her husband, a lieutenant in the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry, was captured by Rommel’s Afrika Korps, leading to his imprisonment as a prisoner of war in Italy. She wrote...
Passing Time
The Illusion of Solitude Deconstructing the Myth of Wilderness
4 months ago
RhysTranter.com
These are some of the things that we see on our walks.
over a year ago
The Honest Broker
He Might Have Been the First Jazz Star... But Ford Dabney kept making wrong bets at the wrong time
8 months ago
Ryan Hoover's...
You’re looking good (on Product Hunt) 😽
over a year ago
Diaries of Note
His tiny tadpole body… When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a...
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When she wrote this diary entry in April of 1890, Beatrice Potter could not have imagined that a mere two years later, this man with the “tiny tadpole body,” Sidney Webb, would become her husband. Nor could she have foreseen the powerful intellectual partnership that would...
Diaries of Note
You can see the magic in him Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death...
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Each weekday at 9 a.m., beginning in November 1976 and continuing until just days before his death in 1987, Andy Warhol would engage in a lengthy phone call with Pat Hackett, a close friend who had initially started working for him as a typist in 1968. During his conversations...
The Honest Broker
Healing with a Tin Whistle Also a story about Dave Brubeck (and more)
a year ago
The Honest Broker
30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok And why did youth mental health problems accelerate after 2010?
10 months ago
Diaries of Note
How lucky were we? Natascha McElhone was 5,000 miles from home and pregnant with their third child when the call came,...
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Natascha McElhone was 5,000 miles from home and pregnant with their third child when the call came, and in that instant her world crumbled. Her husband of a decade and one day had died unexpectedly from heart failure while she was filming in Los Angeles. He was 43. As she faced...
The Prism
25 Useful Ideas for 2025 Mental models to kickstart the new year
2 months ago
Paul Cudenec
Industrialism is a manifestation of Evil Nature, in the organic radical tradition, is regarded as the manifestation of Good.
4 months ago
The Convivial...
What You Get Is the World The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 21
over a year ago
Atoms vs Bits
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Can audio engineering ideas help us deal with life in the city?s
10 months ago
The Convivial...
The Enclosure of the Human Psyche The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 13
3 months ago
journal – Winnie Lim
43 I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I...
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I wrote this time last year that I felt like I was coping better than the year before. This year I don’t feel like I have made much progress, and perhaps I...
Atoms vs Bits
The Al Capone Problem Al Capone went to prison for tax evasion, and didn't go to prison for tax evasion.
a year ago
Stoic Simple
Successful Stoicism: How Stoics Deal with Success in Life Success is something that most people strive for, but few can handle it well. Ironically, success...
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Success is something that most people strive for, but few can handle it well. Ironically, success often brings with it a whole host of new challenges and pressures. So how can one deal with the ups and downs of success in a healthy and productive way? One answer may lie in the...
The Ruffian
In (Partial) Defence of Jeff Bezos It's Weird That Newspapers Endorse Politicians
4 months ago
How to Be a Stoic
Stoic advice: my friend is a jerk, what do I do? [Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org....
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[Feel free to submit a question for this column, addressing it at massimo at howtobeastoic dot org. However, consider that I have a significant backlog, and I may not get to your question for some time, or at all.] M. writes: My friend has been an avid member of the Red Pill...
Raptitude.com
Feedback is What Makes Everything Work The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about...
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The other day I closed a savings account at a tiny credit union branch. I expected it to take about five minutes, but the teller took so long that I started to experience time distortion. I knew it had been at least fifteen minutes, but perhaps it was much longer. Twenty-five...
Jason Fried
Introducing Writebook You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And...
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You know, it's really easy to publish short form content on a variety of social platforms. And individual blog posts on a number of other platforms. These are solved problems. But it's surprisingly challenging to publish books on the web in nice, cohesive, tight, easy-to-navigate...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and Free Will: What Do Stoics Believe About Choices? Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been around for thousands of years. It was first developed in ancient Greece and has since spread throughout the world. One of the core principles of Stoicism is the concept of free will. Understanding this concept is vital to understanding the...
journal – Winnie Lim
reviewing my past selves with obsidian Around this time last year I started manually entering my tweets, facebook statuses, select quotes...
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Around this time last year I started manually entering my tweets, facebook statuses, select quotes from dayone entries, etc into Obsidian and used Dataview to generate an “on this day” table view...
Atoms vs Bits
Release Valve Principles The choices you make when you can't make a choice.
a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
Cherish mistakes
over a year ago
Castles in the Sky
Tracking how many of The Atlantic's Great American Novels I've Read An ongoing project
11 months ago
Both Are True
Gaza, God, and turning toward the hard stuff without needing to solve it Noha Beshir on Both Are True LIVE
2 weeks ago
Mind Mine
gossip steals your sovereignty talk is easy, action is hard
5 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Alien Intelligence Housecats give us the most realistic insight to what it would be like to encounter space aliens.
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a year ago
Housecats give us the most realistic insight to what it would be like to encounter space aliens.
RhysTranter.com
The Letters of Thomas Merton I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books....
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I have recently finished re-reading Merton’s The Seven Storey Mountain, one of my favourite books. Now, I am dipping into the multi-volume edition of his letters...
Raw Thought (from...
Look at yourself objectively
over a year ago
The Convivial...
Embracing Sub-Optimal Relationships The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 10
7 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
Best Investments For Everyone The best investments for *you*
a month ago
Diaries of Note
I have never been less communicative with a crew It was in 1992, four years after his iconic movie debut as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, that Alan...
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It was in 1992, four years after his iconic movie debut as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, that Alan Rickman began to keep a daily diary—the first of 26 volumes he would go on to fill during a glittering decades-long career on stage and screen, right up until his death at the beginning...
DYNOMIGHT
Things to argue about over the holidays instead of politics III How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for...
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How much should a couple talk if they are having dinner in a restaurant, after being together for one month/year/decade? If it’s safer to face backwards in vehicles, then what is it that’s shared by infants in cars and soldiers on military planes but no one else? Among rock bands...
The Ruffian
How To Swear At Your Coworkers Two Ways To Use Bad Language In The Workplace
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
Simplicity, Expertise, and Bullshit The difference between understanding and communicating
a year ago
The Ruffian
The best reason to believe Woody Allen is innocent is the simplest one How we form opinions on limited information
a year ago
Castles in the Sky
The Moral Case for Small Business Starting, running, and supporting our way to a better world
a year ago
The Ruffian
The Trump Shooting Was Fake News On Events and Non-Events
7 months ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Things I Learned This Year Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies. Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and...
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Personalisation sells, but good design satisfies. Don't wait for perfect execution. Ship and iterate. You don't need to fill your time. Creating calendar white space provides a buffer for work and play. Find the intersection of doing what makes you happy, what is smart for you...
Nat Eliason's...
Permission to Slow Down In... Out...
over a year ago
Mark Manson
14 of the Best Nonfiction Books You Should Read All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should...
a year ago
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All ye readers, buckle up. Today, I'm giving you 14 non-fiction books I believe everyone should read. For each book, I've provided a brief summary. Now it's up to you to decide if it's worth your time. Let's dig in. This book dives deep into the world of trauma, discussing its...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Masterpiece Hallucinations What can you see through blurry eyes that you can't see with 20/20 vision?
over a year ago
The Ruffian
Creativity Needs Stupidity How artists think and unthink
8 months ago
The Convivial...
Dots Will Be Connected The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 3
over a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Building The Goose Palace The man who is most likely to ruin the place he loves is exactly the man who loves it with a reason....
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The man who is most likely to ruin the place he loves is exactly the man who loves it with a reason. The man who will improve the place is the man who loves it without a reason. — GK Chesterton Dear friends, In May I announced I was going to timber frame a 12x16 barn, though I...
Diaries of Note
Magic must always triumph Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art...
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Keith Haring was a magnetic force in the 1980s New York City art scene, his vibrant street art redefining the boundaries between high art and pop culture; his animated figures, marked by bold lines and vivid colours, becoming potent symbols of social commentary on issues like...
The Map is Mostly...
Why make something beautiful? on starting a rose garden
a week ago
Raptitude.com
Two Ways to Change Your Momentum This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in...
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This is hardly a brilliant insight, but I’ve noticed that making small, “good” decisions early in the day makes the whole day work better. If I wake up and avoid screen time and loafing around, I get more and better work done, I make more sensible meal choices, I’m less needy and...
Diaries of Note
A movie has come to life and engulfed us On the evening of 23rd March 2020, in a televised address to a shellshocked nation, British Prime...
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On the evening of 23rd March 2020, in a televised address to a shellshocked nation, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a legally-enforced, pandemic-induced lockdown across the UK that would immediately force millions to stay at home for months on end and countless...
Both Are True
someone is impersonating me so i reached out to them going undercover to meet myself -- a video of our entire 30 minute long convo
8 months ago
Nat Eliason's...
30-Day First Draft: Week 2.5 Report & Lessons 70,117 Words Later
6 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why Are Music Fans Throwing Things at Pop Stars? The latest trend in music is injuring your favorite artist
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
What Will Happen When Your Analytics Become Illegal? When your users become aware of the data you are collecting will they be angry? Will you lose their...
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over a year ago
When your users become aware of the data you are collecting will they be angry? Will you lose their trust? How long do you think you will be able to keep this secret?
Farza's Newsletter
just bit into a baklava but it was a cement brick damn what a scam It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing...
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It was a fun week. Tough, but fun! Zip doubled in size which is cool. Startups are a cool thing where learnings really stack on top of each other regardless of the product/company… Going to try our best to keep the growth going into next week! Something that’s going well:...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Seven Minutes on David Letterman Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be...
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over a year ago
Abandon it in a garden and it may never catch anyone’s gaze. Lost in plain sight, it could be mistaken for an odd stone or the tip of a dark root protruding from the earth. The steel egg is alien, not beautiful in the way humans have decided is appropriate for display in art...
Diaries of Note
I distinctly saw the rising sun insignia on his wings On December 7, 1941, a tranquil Sunday morning transformed into a historic tragedy when hundreds of...
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On December 7, 1941, a tranquil Sunday morning transformed into a historic tragedy when hundreds of Japanese aircraft unexpectedly attacked Pearl Harbor—a cataclysmic event that would lead to the United States entering World War II. Fifteen miles away, Major Leonard D. Heaton, a...
Diaries of Note
My God, my God they can’t have On 28th May, 1968, the acclaimed English novelist Beryl Bainbridge embarked on a three-week road...
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On 28th May, 1968, the acclaimed English novelist Beryl Bainbridge embarked on a three-week road trip that would span the breadth of the United States—a 5,000-mile voyage carefully planned by her American friend, Harold, who had vowed to guide her through the nation’s most...
The Convivial...
Language Under Digital Conditions: Power and Action The Convivial Society: Vol. 4, No. 1
over a year ago
Raw Thought (from...
Take a step back
over a year ago
Left To Write
I Want What You Have Let's talk about envy and its shenanigans
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
Rest is Resistance Laetitia@Work #59
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Hot weather is the mother of procrastination Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking...
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Although Thomas Edison filled numerous notebooks with writings pertaining to his groundbreaking inventions, he kept a personal diary only once in his eighty-four years. Spanning a period of just nine days in July of 1885, the diary was written when Edison was already renowned and...
Stoic Simple
What Caused the Growing Popularity of Stoicism in Modern Culture? Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in...
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Stoicism - a philosophy that originated in ancient Greece - has been gaining increased popularity in modern culture. It has been embraced by people from all walks of life, from high-powered business executives to the average person seeking ways to cope with the daily stresses of...
Ryan Hoover's...
Why YourStack failed
8 months ago
The Honest Broker
Why Recording Studios Are Unplugging From the Internet And other recent articles of interest
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Who Was Kid Bailey? I try to solve the last big mystery of the Delta blues
7 months ago
The Honest Broker
My 'Personal Favorites' Carla Bley Playlist I pay tribute to the jazz pianist and composer—who left us yesterday at age 87
a year ago
Mark Manson
Why You’re So Unhappy This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how...
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This isn't going to be your typical pep talk about how the universe works in mysterious ways, or how everything will fall into place if you're patient. Spoiler alert: it won’t. The cold hard truth is this: the universe doesn’t care about your happiness. You do. Maybe you've...
Both Are True
can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI The robots aren't coming, but the people who can't shut the fuck up about them are already here.
9 months ago
Daniel Bourke
ZTM 2023 State of AI Tools & Coding Report How are developers using AI tools?
a year ago
The Tao Of Wealth
How To Live Slowly and Simply In A Frantic World This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel...
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This post is about how you can choose to slow down, how you can step off the ever-revolving carousel of want-buy-want upgrade, opt out of the comparison games, stop cramming a month’s worth of engagements into a weekend, refuse to live your life according to trends, tread lighter...
The Ruffian
My Book of the Year Yes, I'm Calling It Early
6 months ago
RhysTranter.com
Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of...
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In 'A Hidden Life: Telling the Story of Saints', Mark Cooprider offers an accessible analysis of Terrence Malick's 2019 biopic of the Austrian conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter—executed in 1943 for his refusal to swear allegiance to National Socialism. Cooprider explores...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism and the Subtle Art of Acceptance Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining...
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Stoicism is a philosophy that has been practiced for centuries and has more recently been gaining popularity as a means of promoting mental well-being. At its core, Stoicism teaches us the art of acceptance, that is, the ability to accept what we cannot control and focus on what...
The Honest Broker
An Open Letter to Taylor Swift I'm asking a favor—but not for me. I want you to do a favor for the music.
a year ago
The Convivial...
The Wisdom of Daybreak The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 1
a year ago
Diaries of Note
God invented art as a regulating device Born in Paris in 1911, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ most famous work is, on the surface,...
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Born in Paris in 1911, French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ most famous work is, on the surface, the stuff of nightmares: a 30-ft high spider made of bronze, marble, and stainless steel that towers above the landscapes of art institutions around the world. Yet, this...
The Honest Broker
Death: A Literary Guide Can you really prepare for it or even understand it? These 10 books are my cherished touchstones on...
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a year ago
Can you really prepare for it or even understand it? These 10 books are my cherished touchstones on the matter.
DYNOMIGHT
Underrated reasons to be thankful IV That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and...
3 months ago
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3 months ago
That you can apparently learn to meditate your way into a state of profound relaxation and bliss and pleasure on par with heroin or orgasm, which was certainly not on my bingo card, which is good because bliss is good, and also because it’s cool that there can still be huge...
Atoms vs Bits
Meta-Surprise Surprise!
a week ago
Diaries of Note
I thought I should have vomited For three unhappy years, starting in August of 1835 when she was just nineteen, Charlotte Brontë...
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a year ago
For three unhappy years, starting in August of 1835 when she was just nineteen, Charlotte Brontë served as a teacher in the Yorkshire town of Mirfield at Roe Head—the same school where she had been a pupil just a few years earlier. With Jane Eyre a decade away, Brontë’s only...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Gestaltung It may came as no surprise that one of the most influential figures in my life (whether he knows it...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
It may came as no surprise that one of the most influential figures in my life (whether he knows it or not) is the renowned German industrial designer, Dieter Rams. His work speaks for itself and has been the inspiration behind many product designs we use and love today. Rams...
Jason Fried
Surface area vs. Depth in product design Some of the most rewarding features to add to products are ones that don’t increase surface area,...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
Some of the most rewarding features to add to products are ones that don’t increase surface area, but increase depth. This is how you continue to make a product a whole lot better without it feeling like it got a whole lot bigger. Basecamp’s new References feature is a great...
The Tao Of Wealth
The 7 Common ( But Unhelpful) Beliefs That Keep Us From Feeling OK Your mind is not wise. From an early age we are taught to listen to our mind, remember that reason...
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over a year ago
Your mind is not wise. From an early age we are taught to listen to our mind, remember that reason and logic are the way to get ahead and to strengthen our mind. We think we are our mind. But we also have a heart.  The mind is a very good computer, but that’s aboutContinue...
Atoms vs Bits
Carrot Problems It's not the crime, it's the coverup.
a year ago
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Hungry Scalpels A wise designer's sharpest tool is an ability to reduce. Reduction requires a ruthless desire to...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
A wise designer's sharpest tool is an ability to reduce. Reduction requires a ruthless desire to slice through the clutter searching for a truth worth saving. Find truth and our job feels like a noble occupation.
Both Are True
i think my son hates me PLUS: i am not handling it well AND ALSO: a baby update
a year ago
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Light In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have...
a year ago
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a year ago
In winter I get up at night And dress by yellow candle-light. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Bed in Summer This post is part of a series about building a house that looks and feels traditional in New Hampshire. However, this...
The Honest Broker
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We mutually agreed to call it The First World War Born in South West England in 1858, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington was forced to...
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Born in South West England in 1858, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles à Court Repington was forced to retire from the British Army in 1902 due to a scandalous affair with the wife of a fellow officer. Returning to London, he quickly pivoted to journalism and rose to prominence as one of...
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Pretty late into my run yesterday I went into a meditative-like zone where my breathing was slow and even, my legs were going at a consistent rhythm, and I found myself thinking:...
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Dear friends, there is a tale, Long ago there lived a king who had two sons. Both children were overindulgent in spending and habits, and the king was much vexed by this careless nature. Being very old, he worried that after his death they would shortly blunder away their...
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Thoughts on the Boris brand, Biden's prospects, why the Brits got so good at pop, and what to read.
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How beautiful that leaf was, so simple in its death Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual leader who spent much of his adult life...
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Jiddu Krishnamurti was an Indian philosopher and spiritual leader who spent much of his adult life teaching and sharing his insights on self-awareness, freedom from conditioning, and the importance of living in the present moment. He traveled the world, engaging in dialogues with...
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It’s almost impossible to predict the future. But it’s also unnecessary, because most people are living in the past. All you have to do is see the present before everyone else does. To be less pithy, but more clear: Most people are slow to notice and accept change. If you can...
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The know-it-all can never be surprised. Everything he learns is an appendix to some distant education. What little new insight is gained is but a footnote to that framework of original knowledge, the dusty document of knowledge canonized long ago when his education was...
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Over the past few months I’ve been working on completely redesigning and rebuilding a site from the ground up. This week we launched Minimalism Life Version 2, and it’s a project I’m super proud of for several reasons. The project was initiated by an article I wrote last year on...
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Parenting is a challenging, rewarding, and ever-evolving journey. Sometimes, it can be difficult to navigate the ups and downs of raising children, especially when it comes to managing difficult emotions and maintaining a positive relationship with them. That's where Stoic...
DYNOMIGHT
It’s probably just money: Why hosts do well at the Olympics They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so,...
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They say that countries win more medals when they host the Olympics. But do they? And if so, why? I’ve seen various theories: Jetlag. Maybe it’s because athletes from the host country don’t need to travel as far. Esprit de corps. Maybe athletes feel lifted up by the local crowd...
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099 SPLY In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar...
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In the spring of 2022, I had a call with Stefan Jandl, who runs Favorit Studio. As we have similar tastes and approach to design, we wanted to collaborate on a project together. Initially, we toyed with the idea of NFT art given its rise in popularity at the time, but it didn't...
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practicing is also a practice Most skills if not all requires practice. Recently I realised to be capable of the discipline and...
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Most skills if not all requires practice. Recently I realised to be capable of the discipline and regularity that practicing needs, is a practicable skill too. We think of discipline as some inherent character...
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How to Emasculate the Mississippi What kind of filth was being carried downstream, rolling by, hidden under the muddy Mississippi...
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What kind of filth was being carried downstream, rolling by, hidden under the muddy Mississippi River? Massive flooding had lifted the water to the top steps climbing closer to the base of the St. Louis Arch. As a photographer I stood in awe of the destruction, wondering how my...
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the amazing tools and research we now have for our metabolic health [cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes...
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[cw: metabolic health, diet] My paternal grandmother died before I was born, apparently of diabetes complications. When I was younger I couldn’t understand what it meant to die of diabetes complications –...
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In Search of Dupree Bolton How I tracked down the most mysterious musician in the history of West Coast jazz
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Born in Illinois in 1886, Minnie Vautrin became an unlikely hero in 1937 during one of history’s darkest episodes. As a missionary and educator, she turned Ginling College into a sanctuary for over 10,000 Chinese women and children as the Imperial Japanese Army unleashed a wave...
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Say you want to plot some data. You could just plot it by itself: Or you could put lines on the left and bottom: Or you could put lines everywhere: Or you could be weird: Which is right? Many people treat this as an aesthetic choice. But I’d like to suggest an unambiguous...
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I am delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of my recent writing.
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In 2018 I undertook a social experiment to see if I was self-disciplined and self-aware enough to live without 12 things. These 12 things would last just one month at a time between January–December, with the intention of identifying whether or not doing without these things...
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widening the spectrum of future possibilities I used to really dislike washing dishes. I would leave them in the sink, and they would feel...
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Tweet Less, Write More It has never been simpler to create a personal website than it is today. There are dozens, if not...
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It has never been simpler to create a personal website than it is today. There are dozens, if not hundreds of companies that provide you with all the tools you need to create your own personalised platform of unfiltered self-expression. If you have the skills and knowledge to...
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By Tanner Campbell Recently it was suggested to me that a Stoic could be apolitical. While I believe this is theoretically true, I don’t believe, in practice, that anyone could call themselves a Stoic while abstaining entirely from political involvement. I want to talk about why...
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There's this weird fantasy we all share of not giving a flying fuck about what people think. We all wish we could be impervious to others' opinions, like Superman deflecting bullets. But instead of bullets, we're out here trying to deflect the fucks we wish we didn't give. We...
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blog questions challenge Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to...
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Though I’ve already done something similar for people & blogs, I thought it could be interesting to answer similar questions in a different slice of time after being tagged by Naz Hamid...
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I never threw a party until I was in my late 30s. I was always afraid people wouldn’t show up, or, even worse, that they would show up and quickly want to leave. It felt like this particular fate could not be risked, which meant party-throwing was off the table. Other people...
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obsessively compulsively thinking about death, loss and existence Some time ago while reading a blog post on autism I learnt about the concept of existential OCD...
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Some time ago while reading a blog post on autism I learnt about the concept of existential OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder): Existential OCD involves intrusive, repetitive thinking about questions which cannot possibly...
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Arnold Bennett was one of the most successful British novelists of the Victorian era, a prolific wordsmith whose output spanned 34 novels, seven collections of short stories, a dozen plays, and hundreds of articles—and amidst it all, he somehow found time to keep a daily diary...
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How Virtual Reality Died Meta, Microsoft, and Apple lost billions trying to convince us to live in the Matrix. Can you guess...
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Meta, Microsoft, and Apple lost billions trying to convince us to live in the Matrix. Can you guess what they're doing next?
journal – Winnie Lim
Paik Jong Won …is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of...
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…is a celebrity chef in South Korea. He also owns multiple restaurant franchises with thousands of branches mainly in korea with some splattered all over the world. I first knew of him...
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As the year draws to a close with gloomy December days compensated with lots of artificial lighting, it's not surprising that many people take the time to reflect on their recent past — what we've managed to achieve, what we learned, what we failed in, where we went, and what we...
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There used to be a small park just off a Colorado highway down in the Big Thompson Canyon. If you stopped there you would usually see several photographers pointing their cameras at the glow of pre-married couples, the awkward smiles of pimply high school seniors, or toddlers...
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Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest — The Fool, King Lear Some works are better for their brevity. Fan Ho needs very little: Most of the image is black, or blurry. You can scarcely tell what materials you’re looking at. But the...
Stoic Simple
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The Social Media Cage Fight A Rattle Bag of Goodies, Including Some Shameless Self-Promotion
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Going Up North Eight days of travel. Six days driving. 1508 miles from the shores of St George Island to the shores...
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Eight days of travel. Six days driving. 1508 miles from the shores of St George Island to the shores of Lake Superior. It was too fast. I knew it was too fast, but we wanted to get out of the heat. I was ready for the toll it takes on us, but I was not prepared for the toll it...
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3D Printing and Rethinking How You Buy I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible...
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I previously wrote about the beauty of 3D printing and how in recent years, we have seen incredible advancements and accessibility to technologies that have impacted the health sector and everyday consumers. 3D printing is still a very new concept to most of us. At least in terms...
journal – Winnie Lim
creative experiences in osaka A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She...
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A few months ago I joked with my partner that we should visit Osaka at the end of the year. She seriously replied that if so we could visit a sewing studio...
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Greenfield Village It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan,...
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It's always seems slightly perverse to me to head east in a country that once lived by the slogan, go west. Whatever the case, we're eastbound again and when planning our route we ran across something called Greenfield Village. Greenfield Village is difficult to describe, but...
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My love of solitude is growing with my growth Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an eminent 19th-century British poet most famous for her two-volume collection, Poems, published in 1844, and the verse novel Aurora Leigh, which came out in 1856. It was in 1831, three years after the death of her mother, that Barrett Browning kept...
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Famous for the autobiographical monologues he performed on stage, American actor and writer Spalding Gray turned his life into riveting art, his unique shows, such as the acclaimed Swimming to Cambodia, providing a compelling insight into his personal experiences. In 2001, while...
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Why We Do Things We Hate Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as...
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Many of us harbor a deep-seated desire to adopt a particular identity, often picturing ourselves as something that we are not. For example, I've longed to be a surfer for years. The idea fascinated me so much that I even booked several weeks of surf lessons in Costa Rica. Surfing...
Both Are True
Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?! 45 years ago today, the world was changed // hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you...
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45 years ago today, the world was changed // hint: its not about frikkin piña coladas I can tell you that right now
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A kind stranger dmed to tell me that my rss feed was broken – turns out the code for displaying custom fields on rss was throwing a php fatal error (Uncaught TypeError:...
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Remember the last time inspiration blessed you with its divine presence? The clouds parted, angels sang, and an idea descended like a holy dove. What, it doesn't happen that way for you? Me neither.
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Building a Membership In late spring of 2020, Minimalissimo introduced a membership platform as a means to generate...
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In late spring of 2020, Minimalissimo introduced a membership platform as a means to generate passive income for greater sustainability, engage more with our community, design things members can use, discover how advertisement-free reading is valued, and determine to what extent...
DYNOMIGHT
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Thank you to the 966 people who filled out the survey. And thanks also to the strangely numerous people who read all the questions and wrote to me about them but didn’t answer them. (Though: why?) Many asked: Will the survey data be public? Unfortunately no, because I’m a big...
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Uncovering the Historical Origins of Stoicism . Stoicism is a philosophy that has been studied and practiced for centuries. Though the modern...
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. Stoicism is a philosophy that has been studied and practiced for centuries. Though the modern understanding of Stoicism is associated with the Roman Empire, its roots can be traced back to Ancient Greece. This article will explore the historical origins of Stoicism, its core...
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Stories are bad for your intelligence How Historians (and Others) Make Themselves Stupid
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Experience in some careers is viewed as universally positive, but that's not necessarily the case in tech. Why is that, and what can you do about it?
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I am delighted to say that today I accepted a role as Head of Religious Education and Chaplaincy Coordinator at St David's Catholic College. I joined the college as a pastoral tutor four years ago this month, after a religious conversion prompted me to seek out a new career in...
Diaries of Note
Heavy rains have fallen On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end...
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On 18th November of 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple cult met a tragic end in Jonestown, Guyana, in a mass murder-suicide orchestrated by their leader, Jim Jones. Among the victims was Edith Roller. Born in Colorado in 1915, she had worked at San...
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journal – Winnie Lim
sending out pieces of my self In one of my recent posts I documented my experience with the risograph, and at the bottom of the...
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In one of my recent posts I documented my experience with the risograph, and at the bottom of the post I wrote that I’ll be giving away 5 pieces of the poster...
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I haven’t been well since my birth day. The very next day I woke up with elevated heart rate again – I am more aware of this because I use a bunch...
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A Graduate Student’s Attempt to Find Sunshine as the Cloud Reigns Summary: I tried doing my laundry without a smartphone. This proved to be difficult, since our laundry machines can only be operated with a smartphone app. After lots of struggle, I finally managed to do it,...
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When a Single Person Controlled the Copyright on All Music (Even Blank Music Paper) Music copyright law is a mess today—but it's always been that way
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The Selective Memory Eraser I can’t remember the day I won the top artist award in college. I know it happened, I know I was...
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I can’t remember the day I won the top artist award in college. I know it happened, I know I was thrilled, but I can’t tell you anything specific about that day. Why did the high point of my college career, the culmination of my boyhood dream, vanish from memory?
Diaries of Note
Whoomp-whoomp-whoomp On 7th August 1942, Allied forces landed on the shores of Guadalcanal, igniting one of the most...
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On 7th August 1942, Allied forces landed on the shores of Guadalcanal, igniting one of the most significant campaigns in the Pacific during World War II. While U.S. forces grappled with a formidable Japanese defence in a treacherous jungle environment, American journalist Richard...
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Was a busy week at ZipSchool! It’s interesting, we’re quickly moving more toward an experience that the student themselves can control. This sounds kinda obvious in retrospect (as most things do). For basically the last 6 months the experience we’ve been building has been pretty...
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Nine Observations on the Avant-Garde Has it disappeared? Does anybody care? Should they?
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All that talk by the world’s biggest polluters about going “green” and wanting to “save the planet” has always been a transparent fraud.
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The joy of side projects is that you don't have to answer to anyone but yourself. Free from the bureaucracy of your day job you can listen to those little voices that would normally get shouted down in business situations.
The Honest Broker
Open Mic: What Should I Write About? And some coming attractions at The Honest Broker
a year ago
The Honest Broker
Terry Gibbs Celebrates His 100th Birthday—but Why Isn't He a NEA Jazz Master? A newly-discovered recording from 1959 reminds us of this artist's greatness
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Diaries of Note
Blood, sweat and tears Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston...
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Sir John Colville served three Prime Ministers as private secretary, most notably to Winston Churchill during the tumultuous years of World War II, and in this capacity had a front-row seat to some of the most consequential decisions and events of the 20th century. His diaries,...
Stoic Simple
Stoic Quotes on Marriage: The Best Stoicism Sayings & Phrases Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a...
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Previous Next What exactly did the ancient Stoics think about marriage? It's true, there isn't a huge amount of quotes to find from them specifically about marriage, although there are plenty about love, relationships and caring for people in our lives. It's worth keeping in mind...
The Intimate Mirror
The God-Shaped Hole in Our Nervous Systems Why connection with the divine may be the missing key to nervous system health
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Diaries of Note
Diana forgot to steer Few people witnessed the tumultuous events of mid-20th century Britain quite like Duff Cooper, a...
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Few people witnessed the tumultuous events of mid-20th century Britain quite like Duff Cooper, a charismatic politician whose life was as colourful as it was influential. Born in 1890, he was known as a steadfast politician who famously resigned from his government post over the...
Ryan Hoover's...
Let’s continue to build Product Hunt, together
over a year ago
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Capsule Wardrobe A capsule wardrobe is simply a collection of essential items of clothing that don’t really go out of...
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A capsule wardrobe is simply a collection of essential items of clothing that don’t really go out of fashion, which can then be augmented with seasonal pieces. Although a capsule wardrobe could certainly be defined as minimal in its own right, my wardrobe goes a little beyond...
Left To Write
Your Map Is Not The Territory Afflictions of the human condition
a year ago
Passing Time
Manufactured Data Scarcity All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the...
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All your information is under the hood even if you’re be interested in seeing what is driving the engine.
Naveen Arun's Blog
“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is...
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I asked ChatGPT to rewrite “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, but in legalese. This is what it gave me: “WHEREAS, this Agreement is made, entered into and fully understood on this day, by and between two primary entities, both of distinct characteristics and...
Stoic Simple
Stoicism as a Way to Learn Patience, Acceptance & Be Calm Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a...
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Whether it's waiting in line at the grocery store, dealing with a difficult coworker, or facing a personal setback, we all encounter moments that test our patience. While it's natural to feel frustrated or angry in these situations, practicing patience can bring a sense of...
Stoic Simple
The Benefits of Practicing Stoic Mindfulness Are you looking to cultivate emotional resilience, improve decision-making skills, and enhance your...
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Are you looking to cultivate emotional resilience, improve decision-making skills, and enhance your relationships with others? Consider practicing stoic mindfulness. While mindfulness is commonly associated with Zen Buddhism and other Eastern religions, it has roots in ancient...
Jason Fried
Don't have a biggest customer On X, Dinesh Kherajani asked: "How should you handle a customer who has outgrown your B2B SaaS...
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On X, Dinesh Kherajani asked: "How should you handle a customer who has outgrown your B2B SaaS product? The customer has been using it for years, but has scaled up and no longer fits your ICP. This is one of your largest...
Thu Le
The journey and the destination When is it about the journey, and can it also be the destination?
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Raptitude.com
Fix Three Broken Things Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically...
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Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically wasteful with their time. There are at least two ways to take this. One is that Seneca thought he used his time better than you and I do, and maybe he did. Another interpretation...
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
Minimalism Life®: A New Chapter This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in...
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This week sparked a new chapter, direction, and era for Minimalism Life®, a project I cofounded in 2016. Almost 8 years on from then, with much experimentation, many highs and lows, strategy changes, and a lot of ground work, we announced the relaunch of our website:...
Diaries of Note
I always forget how important the empty days are Born in Belgium in 1912 and raised in the United States, May Sarton was a writer who mastered...
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Born in Belgium in 1912 and raised in the United States, May Sarton was a writer who mastered various literary forms during her career, from evocative poetry and compelling novels through to a number of deeply introspective journals in her later decades. One of her greatest is...
Paul Cudenec
Vote for Nobody! Nobody cares.
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Diaries of Note
Nobody wants to give me what I don’t want Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the...
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Walter Ripton Morris was fifty-four when he was fired from his job. The year was 1961, and the company for which he had worked for some time had been swallowed up by a bigger corporation who deemed him to be disposable. Four years later, Morris published the diary he had kept...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Lambo for the People If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead...
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If you count eyeballs, the zombie-mobileis the most popular story I have written. This week instead of my normal essay I want to simply point you to a show that will surely appeal to fans of car design and haters of the crossover.
Left To Write
Fresh&Thick Exploring Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity in the age of social media
a year ago
Laetitia@Work
How much rest do we really need? Laetitia@Work #52
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Daily Stoic
What Does It Mean To Be Wealthy? “These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.”...
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“These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us.” — Seneca We all know those people who have lots of money, and yet, they are miserable. On the flip side, we all know people who live happy and fulfilled lives despite not having...
The Map is Mostly...
Designing a New Old Home: Defining Constraints Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came...
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Designing a New Old Home series, Table of Contents Beginnings — Why an “old” home, and how we came to buy land Curiosity — Advice on starting Research, Sketch, Collect — Essential research for home design Defining Constraints ← You are here The Elements
Paul Cudenec
The global mafia's not-so-good club Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and...
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Rockefeller Foundation trustee Patty Stonesifer is a “technology multimillionaire and philanthropist”.
Adrian Hanft, III:...
A Job Interview Trap Designers Might Avoid I was caught off guard during a job interview after I told the story of my Ghost-O-Meter app. My...
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I was caught off guard during a job interview after I told the story of my Ghost-O-Meter app. My audience was several designers and one developer who sat quietly on the edge of the group eying me skeptically.
Ryan Hoover's...
Product Hunt Radio is back
over a year ago
The Convivial...
"The Pathologies of the Attention Economy" (Audio), Links, Miscellany Listen now (23 min) | The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 16 (supplement)
over a year ago
RhysTranter.com
“This is what we are about”: The Romero Prayer A beautiful prayer about vocation by Bishop Ken Untener of Saginaw, often attributed to St Óscar...
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Ryan Hoover's...
Habit Startups
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Diaries of Note
My body is the record of those I have loved American sculptor Anne Truitt was a singular figure in the field of minimalism, best known for her...
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American sculptor Anne Truitt was a singular figure in the field of minimalism, best known for her large, colour-saturated, wooden column sculptures. Born in 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland, Truitt studied psychology at Bryn Mawr College before venturing into art, her studies taking...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
How to use your AirPod Pros to Trigger Flow It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as...
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It’s 2020 and if you are like me you are hoping to spend as much of this year in a flow state as possible. I am always looking for hacks that allow my to get into the zone faster, stay there longer, and increase my creative output. Here’s a new trick that has been working for me...
The Honest Broker
The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened The state of the culture, 2025
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Raptitude.com
How to Avoid Getting Lost in Thought Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve...
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Say you’re walking through Death Valley, trying to find your way back to the highway. Luckily you’ve got a good paper map. As you walk, you scan the territory around you for landmarks. You see some large-scale details: hills, rock formations, and gullies. Also some minute ones:...
Ryan Hoover's...
From Rejection to Product Hunt
over a year ago
Both Are True
well this is embarrassing when you're madsad about the caviar problems
8 months ago
Both Are True
Alex Dobrenko SAVES the Sublime website (BRAVE) a seven minute long story that people are calling the next Apple's 1984 ad the one w the hammer
7 months ago
Laetitia@Work
The Authority Gap Laetitia@Work #47
over a year ago
Stoic Simple
The Most Powerful Lesson To Be Learned From Stoicism by Michael McGill There are a lot of powerful lessons to be learned from the ancient philosophy of...
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by Michael McGill There are a lot of powerful lessons to be learned from the ancient philosophy of Stoicism. Stoicism gives us ways of thinking to help us to be mentally stronger. It teaches us mental frameworks that allow us to live more tranquil lives. But there's one lesson...
The Tao Of Wealth
How To Develop Extreme Resilience 1. There is no destination. Only the journey. Have you ever said something like, “If I had a higher...
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1. There is no destination. Only the journey. Have you ever said something like, “If I had a higher salary, then I would be happy”or “I’ll be satisfied when I get this promotion”? Many people don’t find out in time that “when” never comes. Stress appears in our life when we let...
Tech and Tea
Reader Mailbag: Struggling to do it all A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and...
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A reader writes in with questions about technical up-skilling, finding balance in life and work, and getting in touch with their identity outside of work.
Passing Time
On For Grantedness Finding secular thankfulness
over a year ago
RhysTranter.com
Vivid Expression From distant Paris, Fr Huvelin offers spiritual advice to St Charles de Foucauld as he works as a...
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From distant Paris, Fr Huvelin offers spiritual advice to St Charles de Foucauld as he works as a gardener in Nazareth
Jason Fried
What's still here? Be curious about what's new, sure. That's expected. But it's more interesting to be curious about...
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Be curious about what's new, sure. That's expected. But it's more interesting to be curious about what's old. 
What stood the test of time? What worked before and still works now? What survived through all the jabs that you assumed would knock it out, but didn't? That's worth...
The Honest Broker
The Best Recordings of 2023 (Honorable Mention List) I'll soon share my 100 favorite albums of the year—meanwhile here are 50 honorable mention records...
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I'll soon share my 100 favorite albums of the year—meanwhile here are 50 honorable mention records of exceptional merit
Carl Barenbrug RSS...
A Blog Post Marketplace This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content...
over a year ago
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over a year ago
This is a response to Manu's post, Adoption Sponsorships. How can bloggers monetise their content without going down the path of a paywall such as Patreon or premium newsletters? Donations are possible but rely on a small number of very generous people. A blogger definitely isn't...
Stoic Simple
5 Stoic Strategies for Anger Management Are you someone who struggles with managing your anger? Do you find yourself constantly feeling...
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Are you someone who struggles with managing your anger? Do you find yourself constantly feeling frustrated and overwhelmed? If so, it might be time to consider turning to the ancient wisdom of Stoicism. In this article, we'll explore five Stoic strategies for anger management...
Adrian Hanft, III:...
Why Do the Homeless Hate Whoppers? A story about the stories we tell ourselves.
over a year ago
The Convivial...
Vision Con The Convivial Society: Vol. 5, No. 3
a year ago
Diaries of Note
The instinct explains so much Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and...
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Born in Dorset in 1890, Mary Butts was a modernist writer who fused spirituality, mythology, and reality in that were largely unappreciated during her lifetime. Twice married, first to writer John Rodker in 1918, and later to artist Gabriel Atkin in 1930, Mary navigated...
Diaries of Note
I have drunk of the wine of life at last In 1907, fourteen years before she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, The Age of...
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In 1907, fourteen years before she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was introduced to Morton Fullerton, a journalist with whom she would embark on a passionate affair. It was months after that first encounter, in October, that she...
The Convivial...
Year End Miscellany and "What You Get Is the World" (Audio Version) Listen now (14 min) | The Convivial Society: Vol. 3, No. 21 (supplement)
over a year ago
Ryan Hoover's...
Knowing When It's Time to Move On
over a year ago
Paul Cudenec
Impact imperialists eye big 'opportunities' in India Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft...
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Rockefeller Foundation board of trustees member Ravi Venkatesan was formerly chairman of Microsoft India, where he “helped build India into Microsoft’s second-largest presence in the world”.
The Ruffian
27 Takes On What It Means To Be a Serious Person Plus a rattle bag of goodies
10 months ago
Both Are True
When You're Done with that Condom, Just Throw it Anywhere just a lil guy
2 months ago
Mark Manson
33 Powerful Books That May Change Your Life I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I...
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I've read over 1,000 nonfiction books in my life, and these 33 are the most powerful of them all. I can honestly say they changed my life, who's to say they won't change yours too? Don't just take my word for it though. Read on for my summary of all 33 books and see for yourself...
Diaries of Note
Practically all were intact Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable...
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Frank Hurley was an audacious Australian photographer and adventurer best known for his remarkable images of Antarctica, particularly those he took on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. When Hurley wrote this diary entry on 2nd November 1915,...
Raptitude.com
What Human Civilization is All About An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If...
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An assassin is coming to kill you! At midnight tonight! Unless you do 100 pushups first, that is. If this were true, you would do the pushups, no question, no problem. Any motivation issues would evaporate, thanks to your assassin. If the assassin did this every weekday, you’d...
Daniel Bourke
Introducing Nutrify 1.2.3 Whole Food Streaks, Widgets, Quick Summaries and 41 New Foods.
4 months ago
Atoms vs Bits
If Not Could Not Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at...
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Suppose you're hiring for a sales job. In the first interview, the candidate says: "I'm very good at selling things." Well, that's nice: the job is all about selling things, so someone good at selling things would indeed be a good fit.
The Ruffian
Notes on Succession Life is not a story
a year ago
Diaries of Note
Love Will Never Do without You In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a...
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In the early hours of 14th August 2013, Kevin Coughlin was stunned to notice light reflecting off a mirror in his bathroom, marking the beginning of an extraordinary recovery. Having lost his sight in 1997 due to a rare genetic disorder named Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy,...
Left To Write
#6 Writemas: The Intersection of Disparate Skills My mother used to say to me, “Go work for a good company and build your career within it.” Her...
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My mother used to say to me, “Go work for a good company and build your career within it.” Her advice came from a good place. She didn’t want me to struggle and have the safety of a salary. As many of you know, I didn’t do that. However, when I look back and reflect on that...
Castles in the Sky
Becoming an adult, one toddler tantrum at a time. A letter from a father
11 months ago
The Honest Broker
I Give the Worst Writing Advice in the World But I believe every word of it
3 months ago
Daily Stoic
Stoicism and Christianity: The History of the Stoics and the Christians It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the...
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It’s pretty remarkable to think that two of history’s greatest philosophers walked the earth at the same time. That’s right, Seneca and Jesus were both born in the year 4BC. Not only that, they lived roughly parallel lives despite being separated by geography, culture, and social...
Mind Mine
being in bloom don’t forget to smell the roses
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Diaries of Note
At dusk it takes on a life of its own Born in Keswick in 1905, Enid J. Wilson grew up surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Lake...
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Born in Keswick in 1905, Enid J. Wilson grew up surrounded by the majestic beauty of the Lake District. As the daughter of both a climber and a botanist, Enid developed a deep understanding and appreciation for the natural world. Her love for the environment, combined with her...