Category: English
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Dvorak, 3rd year
How I’m doing with Dvorak, 3 years since I switched from QWERTY.
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To become an architect
To became a member of the community of architects requires an ability to learn to view the world as an architect and to use architect’s tools in a professional way. This can happen only by observing and interacting with experienced architects within the context of a studio. — Internet, innovation and OpenSource: Actors in the…
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Chairs and motivation
Get a good chair, because you can’t always be motivated, and sometimes you have to sit on it until you’re done. — The grandfather of a friend, who had a work ethic that I share.
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Architecture astronauts
When you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. — Joel Spolsky, Don’t let architecture astronauts scare you.
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Make something well
To learn to make something well can take your whole life. And it’s worth it. — Ursula K. Le Guin.
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Change and irrelevance
If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more. — Eric Shinseki. Hat tip: Ann Dunwoody, Automattic Grand Meetup 2018.
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The UNIX way, resurfaced
Make it work, make it right, make it fast. — The UNIX way, resurfaced decades later by Kent Beck.
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Two small jumps
It seems to be much easier to make two small jumps than the one big jump in any kind of mental thinking. — Creative Thinking at Bell Labs (1952), Claude Shannon.
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Vaccine for fuzzy thinking
Objectives are like a vaccine for fuzzy thinking. — Why the secret to success is setting the right goals, John Doerr.
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The magician’s assistant
Review of Ann Patchett’s book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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Forest Dark
Review of Nicole Krauss’ book, the Reading Club assignment for January 2019.
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They came like swallows
A review of William Maxwell’s book, the Reading Club assignment for November 2018.
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Dvorak two years after
How I’m performing on Dvorak two years after the switch.
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The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Trailer of the documentary on UKL I crowdfunded in 2016.
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The girl on the train
Review of Paula Hawkins’ book, the Reading Club assignment for June 2018.
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Scratch Map Summer 2018
After some epic trips in the past years, this is what our scratch map looks like by the end of 2018 Summer. Antarctica is in our todo list.
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Summer solstice
Depending on how you think about seasons, the summer’s solstice is the beginning of the summer or the middle of it – in either case, enjoy.