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03/01/2010

You Should Do This

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02/25/2010

“ The problem, though, is what follows “What about…” questions. The next step from almost any discussion like this one is to conduct further research. And, “What about…” questions never stop…Even if you do analyze your questions, frequently the analytical work, no matter how robust, proves wrong because of something that can’t be anticipated. To borrow a phrase from the great military strategist Helmuth von Moltke: “No business plan ever survived its first encounter with the market.”…So what’s the alternative? Substitute early action for never-ending analysis. Figure out the quickest, cheapest way to do something market-facing to start the iterative process that so frequently typifies innovation. Be prepared to make quick decisions, but have the driver of the decision be in-market data, not conceptual analysis. In other words, go small and learn. „

How to Kill Innovation: Keep Asking Questions - Scott Anthony - Harvard Business Review (via chetgulland)

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Now Evaluating. “Double Check Your Head” Full Album Here.

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Du spinnst!

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02/24/2010

hug.

hug.

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ugh.

ugh.

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02/23/2010

Tom Geismar Interview via DesignBoom. Nothing earth-shattering, but interesting to have some perspective on logo design of the past.

Tom Geismar Interview via DesignBoom. Nothing earth-shattering, but interesting to have some perspective on logo design of the past.

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02/16/2010

maxistentialist: Here’s a great article about 3 types of knowledge. Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at something despite having no clue what you’re doing? Do you feel like a fraud, wondering what sort of voodoo you’ve unwittingly conjured up to make people think you know what what you’re doing, when the reality is quite the contrary? There are three types of knowledge: Stuff you know Stuff you know you don’t know Stuff you don’t know you don’t know Most people assume that learning is adding as much as possible to group “a,” but learning predominantly involves moving as much as possible out of group “c.” Along these lines, “wisdom” may be defined as the ability to not be dangerous. So what then is the point of education and experience? Your professors and teachers (and typical exam structure) would lead you to believe that you must cram as much information as possible into the shit you know category. I am going to be bold and suggest that this is wrong. The goal isn’t to put as much as possible into the first category, it’s to take as much as possible out of the third category. Basically - the more you know, the more you know that you don’t know. This is more or less what Plato said. Be wary of people who think they know exactly what they are doing. They legitimately think they know everything. The thing is, they don’t. These people are usually very egotistical (not to be confused with simply having a healthy ego) and don’t realize how little they really know. In other words, they have far more in the third category (shit they don’t know they don’t know), and far less in the second category (shit they know they don’t know). The first category is probably more or less the same.

maxistentialist:

Here’s a great article about 3 types of knowledge.

Have you ever received praise, or even an award, for being great at something despite having no clue what you’re doing? Do you feel like a fraud, wondering what sort of voodoo you’ve unwittingly conjured up to make people think you know what what you’re doing, when the reality is quite the contrary?

There are three types of knowledge:

  1. Stuff you know
  2. Stuff you know you don’t know
  3. Stuff you don’t know you don’t know

Most people assume that learning is adding as much as possible to group “a,” but learning predominantly involves moving as much as possible out of group “c.”

Along these lines, “wisdom” may be defined as the ability to not be dangerous. So what then is the point of education and experience? Your professors and teachers (and typical exam structure) would lead you to believe that you must cram as much information as possible into the shit you know category.

I am going to be bold and suggest that this is wrong. The goal isn’t to put as much as possible into the first category, it’s to take as much as possible out of the third category.

Basically - the more you know, the more you know that you don’t know. This is more or less what Plato said.

Be wary of people who think they know exactly what they are doing.

They legitimately think they know everything. The thing is, they don’t. These people are usually very egotistical (not to be confused with simply having a healthy ego) and don’t realize how little they really know. In other words, they have far more in the third category (shit they don’t know they don’t know), and far less in the second category (shit they know they don’t know). The first category is probably more or less the same.

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Warpaint. Kinda into it.

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02/12/2010

“ Creativity is not design. „

Andy Rutledge in Creativity is Not Design, Test 2  (via designgalleria)

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