Fascinating article in the NY Times that explores how language shapes the way we think about the world. Different languages, different ways of experiencing it. > When your language routinely obliges you to specify certain types of information, it forces you to be attentive to certain details in the world and to certain aspects of…more
> Worry isn’t work. Being stressed out isn’t work. Anxiety isn’t work. Entertaining a sense of impending doom isn’t work. Incessant internal verbal punishment isn’t work. Indulging the great unknown fear in your own mind isn’t work. Hating yourself isn’t work. > Work is the manifestation of value, and anyone who tells you that a…more
[Nice 1-day conference](http://devicedesignday.com/) by [Kicker Studio](http://www.kickerstudio.com/) last Friday. A few notes: *Kim Goodwin and Michael Voege, IxD + ID* – When ID & IxD can work together from the start, can be a good convergence process. Start wild, gradually narrow down – ID often requires more *emotional* cues from people in user research – Daily,…more
Watch a School Bus Go 367 MPH On Fiery Rocket Power.
> “Think about the metric by which your life will be judged, and make a resolution to live every day so that in the end, your life will be judged a success.” – [Clayton Christensen](http://hbr.org/2010/07/how-will-you-measure-your-life/ar/pr). Another excerpt: > “It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to…more