Mike Industries » Shared http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog A running commentary of occasionally interesting things. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:40:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Shared: Solitude and Leadershiphttp://www.mikeindustries.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikeindustries.com%2Fblog%2Farchive%2F2012%2F01%2Fsolitude-and-leadership&seed_title=Shared%3A+Solitude+and+Leadership http://www.mikeindustries.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mikeindustries.com%2Fblog%2Farchive%2F2012%2F01%2Fsolitude-and-leadership&seed_title=Shared%3A+Solitude+and+Leadership#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:19:45 +0000 Mike D. http://tumblelog.mikeindustries.com/post/16445945425 Comments]]> Solitude and Leadership:

Multitasking, in short, is not only not thinking, it impairs your ability to think.Thinking means concentrating on one thing long enough to develop an idea about it. Not learning other people’s ideas, or memorizing a body of information…

Takes a little while to get going, but overall a great article about the virtues of seeking solitude from distractions in order to develop your own original thoughts.

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“I think you’ve got a pretty good imagination, despicability-wise!”

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“Look Around You – Computer Games”

Can’t believe I hadn’t heard of this BBC series before. Brilliant. Make sure to watch them all. (via daringfireball)

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Do you think Chelsea Clinton asks herself if her mom would understand something complex? No. Because her mom is a badass.

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If there is a state of the art of end-of-life care, it is this: death with dignity.

This is the most concise, easily understood article on the perils of end-of-like care in the United States I’ve ever read. It is a must-read, and frankly, a must-heed, in my opinion. (via kottke)

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A nice collection of pay-what-you-will typefaces from Tyler Galpin and Riley Cran.
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These sorts of tests are common for engineering hires, but it’s nice to see an example of a good design-oriented one.

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Embarrassed I had never seen this until today. Lovely work all around. (via drawar)

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This recently unearthed video of Steve Jobs at work during the early days of NeXT is a remarkable look inside how he ran meetings, how he created culture at his startups, and how others — like Joanna Hoffman around the 11 minute mark — called B.S. on his reality distortion field. It’s also remarkable in that it reveals Jobs to be a man who picks carrots in pressed work shirts.

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Paper Birds by Diana Beltran Herrera

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The Republican Clown College by WMxdesign. These are so great. Make sure to check out the whole set.

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Sometimes when you are deciding on technologies to use on a new site (e.g. jQuery vs. YUI or MS SQL vs. MySQL) it’s instructive to examine what everyone else is doing. BuiltWith has an incredible amount of trending data to help you out in that regard. Very, very cool.

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Lots of good thinking here. No solutions, but a nice reminder that two-dimensional touch interfaces are transitional, not permanent.

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Stephen Colbert loses it on-air. Rivals another one of my all-time favorite Colbert on air crack-ups.

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