“Also, I still haven’t personally found a practical reason for the implant.” – Dan Berg
Author Archives: garrick
#notsellingit
“Burdened by the oppressive need to start a reply with a period (‘.@soandso That looks awesome!’) to ensure it’s not seen by only mutual followers of the person I’m replying to #firstworldproblems” – Mike Keliher
Charter City: iii Citadel
“The Citadel Community will house between 3,500 and 7,000 patriotic American families who agree that being prepared for the emergencies of life and being proficient with the American icon of Liberty — the Rifle — are prudent measures. There will be no HOA. There will be no recycling police and no local ordinance enforcers from …
#optout
“Writers should be thinking of big ideas, but Twitter sucks you into small, petty battles. It can distract you from the important to the urgent. Like a game of whack-a-mole, you can end up chasing the things that irritate you — hoping to correct every misconception or lie. This is no way to be productive. …
Blatt Free
“Maybe you’re not aware of it, but your typing is disturbing people around you. This is the Quiet Car, where we come to be free from people’s electronic bleeps and blatts.” – Tim Kreider
Redirect Yourself
“Imagine what it would be like to steer a car if it was always guessing at where you want to go instead of obeying your actual commands? Or if the steering wheel tugged you toward every McDonalds you passed because McDonalds is an advertiser and the car’s algorithm-obeying driver thought it knew you were hungry …
“They – put themselves in front of you” – Banksy
Other People’s Bias
“&spend more time thinking and less time reading. Too much reading leads people to think of small variations on existing studies.” – Richard Thaler
Closeted
“my iphone5 is as powerful as my PowerMac g4 350mhz that is still running in my closet as a webserver… and strangely, I can do more with my old mac than I can with my phone.” – Calvin
At least do the food justice
“Chef David Bouley often ushers people he sees snapping his plates back into the kitchen so they can get a picture on a marble background with proper lighting. He’s even working on a system that will allow users to choose from an array of digital images of his dishes that they can send to their …