Posted on March 26, 2009 by danspira
“…the opponent in one’s head is greater than the one on the other side of the net!” – Tim Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis Why does “dumb” so often beat “smart?” It’s not just a matter of “wasting effort” by “overthinking the game.” It’s a matter of building up blockers that don’t need to [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2009 by danspira
Twouble with Tribbles-er-Twitters-i-mean-Tweets-wait-uh-what… (hat tip to Mitch Joel) There are some really brutal rips on the Twitterati out there, each one less appropriate than the other. Seriously, if you’d of asked me if you could Twitter my Blog ten years ago, I would have slapped you across the face. Today I learned that a person who is able to [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2009 by danspira
Cleaning my desk yields the following half-baked ideas, scribbled on various scraps of paper: “A thud is the sound of success in the making.” – M. Lyon margarita recipe: 2 shots Captain Morgan on ice 1/3 orange juice 1/3 cranberry juice 1/3 pineapple juice – M. Lowenthal Use BLOCK letters or script letters on flip [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by danspira
Everything is going according to plan. I just don’t know exactly what the plan is.
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Posted on March 13, 2009 by danspira
If you liked the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods , then you will *love* the Periodic Table of Typefaces. (Thx SMG) Unlike the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods (which missed Periodic Tables as a kind of popular visualization method, but let’s not get too recursive now…) the Periodic Table of Typefaces provides some research-based rigor behind its [...]
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by danspira
I work half the time you do I know you must hate this Hold up, I’m about to put you In a two-by-two matrix vs I got a house in the Hamptons And a penthouse loft But you’ve got intangibles Is that why your skills are so soft? Reminds me of a conversation I once had [...]
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