Category: Modern Living

Friday, 17 August 2012

Saturday, 11 August 2012

Sam Muirhead Starts a Year of Living Open Source

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“For one year I am trying to go as open source as possible, in all aspects of my life – the shoes I wear, the phone I use, even how I get around. I’m not buying any proprietary or traditionally copyrighted products unless all other options are exhausted. I’m looking for and switching to more open, transparent products which are replicable by others, trying to highlight the benefits of treating others as collaborators rather than competitors. I’ll be investigating how the open source philosophy might apply to different areas of life, where it fits well, and where it might not work.” – Sam Muirhead

more @ yearofopensource.net

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Enjoy your vacation – don’t document it.

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“A growing number of hotels and resorts are offering sessions with photographers to chronicle guests’ vacations. Travelers want to record memorable moments without ruining them stressing about focus and flash. They want more sophisticated shots to share on social media. And vacationers realize that an iPhone may not catch that perfect surfing or skiing triumph.” – Andrea Petersen

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Monday, 2 July 2012

Friday, 29 June 2012

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

John Cleese on Creativity

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“…You have to create some space for yourself away from [your usual] demands. That means sealing yourself off…” – John Cleese

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Everything Was Breakin’

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Neal Conan: “You had solar panels (on your sailboat) for electricity.”

Matt Rutherford: “I did, but they broke.”

Neal: “They broke?”

Matt: “One by one.”

Neal: “I think you had a Kindle for reading books.”

Matt: “I did. It broke in a storm.”

If there’s a better betrayal of the weakness of our modern, connected, age – it is this story. The tools we are so entranced by are quite fragile and weak. A stark contrast to the relentlessness of our own will to survive.