Monthly Archives: March 2013

The best interface is no interface | Cooper Journal

The best interface is no interface | Cooper Journal “It’s time for us to move beyond screen-based thinking. Because when we think in screens, we design based upon a model that is inherently unnatural, inhumane, and has diminishing returns. It requires a great deal of talent, money and time to make these systems somewhat usable, […]

Milosz as California Poet

Milosz as California Poet “The passionate poet who longed for detachment, a more objective place from which to see himself, found it on the Pacific coast. Distance, emotional or geographic, is hard to come by in Poland, where he was an insider. No one is an insider in California.”

Percy and Sagan in the Cosmos

Percy and Sagan in the Cosmos "Looked at in one way…Phil Donahue and Carl Sagan have very little in common; looked at in Percy’s way, they serve an almost identical function as guides who gently distract us from attention to how we’re being formed and how we might be formed differently."

How Difficult It Is to Live

How Difficult It Is to Live Mark Levine on Philip Levine, US Poet Laureate

Blog: Marginal Revolution: Jeffrey Sachs on Paul Krugman

Jeffrey Sachs on Paul Krugman by Tyler Cowen Marginal Revolution

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling

Blog: ScienceNOW: Physicists Discover a Whopping 13 New Solutions to Three-Body Problem

Physicists Discover a Whopping 13 New Solutions to Three-Body Problem by (author unknown) ScienceNOW

Blog: A’s Farm: Exclusive: A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 2

Exclusive: A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 2 by Athletics Farm A's Farm

Blog: FanGraphs Baseball: Sloan Analytics: Farhan Zaidi on A’s Analytics

Sloan Analytics: Farhan Zaidi on A’s Analytics by David Laurila FanGraphs Baseball

Blog: I Love Charts: stevekovach: Google at its best.  More on BuzzFeed.

stevekovach: Google at its best.  More on BuzzFeed. by joberholtzer I Love Charts

YouTube: Humans Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans

Humans Yelling Like Goats Yelling Like Humans oldepayphone

Blog: The American Conservative » Rod Dreher: Entitlement Vs. Responsibility

Entitlement Vs. Responsibility by Rod Dreher The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

YouTube: Ash Beckham at Ignite Boulder 20

Ash Beckham at Ignite Boulder 20 igniteboulder

Blog: A’s Farm: Exclusive: A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 1

Exclusive: A’s Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm – Part 1 by Athletics Farm A's Farm

Blog: Svbtle Featured: Dirt Road, Gravel Road, and Paved Road Managers

Dirt Road, Gravel Road, and Paved Road Managers by Bryan Power Svbtle Featured

YouTube: TEDx Duke- Dan Ariely on Self Control

TEDx Duke- Dan Ariely on Self Control TEDxTalks

The Art of Fiction No. 64, Kurt Vonnegut

The Art of Fiction No. 64, Kurt Vonnegut “One of my students wrote a story about a nun who got a piece of dental floss stuck between her lower left molars, and who couldn’t get it out all day long. I thought that was wonderful. The story dealt with issues a lot more important than […]

Blog: Ben Casnocha: Growth by Learning: Does Progress Accelerate with Mastery?

Growth by Learning: Does Progress Accelerate with Mastery? by Ben Casnocha Ben Casnocha

Blog: Via Meadia: Blue Civil War: The Battle for California

Blue Civil War: The Battle for California by Walter Russell Mead Via Meadia

Blog: Svbtle Featured: APPLE: My Key to Success

APPLE: My Key to Success by Mitchell Hashimoto Svbtle Featured