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Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the groundrules of society. The amateur can afford to lose. The professional tends to classify and specialise, to accept uncritically the groundrules of the environment. The groundrules provided by the mass response of his colleagues serve as a pervasive environment of which he is contentedly unaware. The ‘expert’ is the man who stays put.— Marshall McLuhan via Trends in the Living Networks § 5 months ago under quotes
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…If you’re coming from Windows XP, Windows 7 will totally feel like a revelation from the glossy future. If you’re coming from Vista, you’ll definitely go “Hey, this is much better!” the first time you touch Aero Peek. If you’re coming from a Mac, you’ll—-hahahahaha. But seriously, even the Mactards will have to tone down their nasal David Spadian snide, at least a little bit.— Matt Buchanan in his Windows 7 Review: You Can Quit Complaining Now § 6 months ago under quotes
I so want a Galileoscope, but paying $28 shipping for a $15 item ain’t gonna happen. Solution? Find enough friends and acquaintances and random bods who want one too and bulk order! Who’s with me?
§ 6 months ago
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Ok, so we did this to death on hacker news a week ago, but Freakonomics has picked it up and since I think PG has absolutely nailed it with this essay so I’m sharing it here too.
§ 6 months ago under ycombinator
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The reliability of TCP is why every exciting email from embezzling East Africans arrives in letter-perfect condition.— Joel Spolsky § 6 months ago under quotes
The Central Park International Airport Hoax Explained
I often fly into NYC so I know their pain, but if the Thames is good enough for Boris Johnson, why not doze in the GWB and whack a pontoon in the Hudson? It was good enough for Sully!
§ 6 months ago under satire
