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24 June 2008
A reduced ability to filter and set priorities could contribute to original thinking.
From an article in the NY Times suggesting that “An Older Brain Really May Be a Wiser Brain.” For some reason I found the article both informative (a few friends (older friends, naturally) have been referencing it in conversation) and hilarious. It also seems related–albeit in a quantum kind of way–to this article posted on […]
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30 May 2008
“City Arts & Lectures” meets “The 29 Day Giving Challenge”
I just bought a series of tickets to City Arts & Lectures in San Francisco this fall: this particular program is 9 lectures called the “Literary Series” which benefit 826 Valencia which helps kids 6-18 with their writing skills started by Dave Eggers.
I also just joined up with the 29 Day Giving Challenge. There […]
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22 May 2008
microfiber
“It’s one of the greenest products out there. From the research we’ve done, microfiber cleans and removes dirt and bacteria with water alone. You do not need chemicals…”
“…cleaning my house exclusively with microfiber would obliterate the costs and the storage space demanded by a massive array of task-specific chemicals and applicators I no longer needed.”
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15 January 2008
The Accidental Innovator
The whole story is here: http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10328123&fsrc=RSS
The fascinating bits:
1) genuinely new ideas are accidentally stumbled upon rather than sought out
2) that new ideas are by definition hard to explain to others, because words can express only what is already known
3) that good ideas seem obvious in retrospect
He plans accidents, tries mental tricks, and ‘loves frustration.’ […]
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26 December 2007
artist in residence
Don’t you think it would be fabulous to be an artist in residence somewhere?
Kevin Kelly started a list on his site http://www.artistinresidence.org/ that has “organizations that offer opportunities for artists to collaborate with scientists, technologists, or professionals in business or industry.”
The first place I heard that had a program that I though might be exceptionally […]
