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Some lesser-known truths about programming | Dot Mac
My experience as a programmer has taught me a few things about writing software. Here are some things that people might find surprising about writing code: * A programmer spends about 10-20% of ... Read more
http://dotmac.rationalmind.net/2010/08/some-lesser-known-truths-about-programming/
Tags: programming, productivity, inspiration, philosophy, development, management, article, dev, software, facts Saved by: admin at 21 Aug 2010

Minimalist Living: 100 Things I Don’t Own « miss minimalist
Minimalist Living: 100 Things I Don’t Own « miss minimalist http://is.gd/c8Rb7
http://www.missminimalist.com/?p=906
Tags: minimalism, lifehacker, toread, interesting, lifehacks, organization, lists, simplicity, stuff, philosophy Saved by: admin at 10 Aug 2010

the best goal is no goal | zen habits
I live without goals, for the most part. It’s absolutely liberating, and contrary to what you might have been taught, it absolutely doesn’t mean you stop achieving things.
http://zenhabits.net/no-goal/
Tags: productivity, goals, life, zenhabits, philosophy, zen, @toread, aa, ktd, lifeliving Saved by: admin at 28 Jul 2010

The Acceleration of Addictiveness
Sounds pretty eccentric, doesn't it? It always will when you're trying to solve problems where there are no customs yet to guide you. Maybe I can't plead Occam's razor; maybe I'm simply eccentric. But... Read more
http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html
Tags: addiction, culture, psychology, internet, technology, philosophy, health, paulgraham, acceleration, attention Saved by: admin at 28 Jul 2010

How to be Insanely Productive and Still Keep Smiling | zen habits
"Do you want to be more productive? Maybe you do, but I’m sure you don’t want to feel stressed, overwhelmed, or unhappy – which happens to many super-productive people. But there is good news: ... Read more
http://zenhabits.net/productive-and-smiling/
Tags: productivity, motivation, philosophy, inspiration, development, procrastination, design, life, zen, zenhabits Saved by: admin at 22 Jul 2010

Web Designer as The Artist, Scientist And Philosopher - Smashing Magazine
Web professionals have to be both flexible and creative to meet the needs of each client — and these characteristics often transcend the design and development process. Each of us has a unique appro... Read more
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/07/09/web-designer-as-the-artist-scientist-and-philosopher/
Tags: webdesign, design, art, inspiration, philosophy, science, philosopher, manual, webdesigner, smashing Saved by: admin at 10 Jul 2010

The next wave of programming languages - O'Reilly Radar
This year's OSCON will showcase a host of new programming languages in the first Emerging Languages Camp. I got in touch with Alex Payne, BankSimple co-founder and the Camp's co-organizer, to find out... Read more
http://radar.oreilly.com/2010/07/the-next-wave-of-programming-l.html
Tags: programming, development, language, languages, future, interesting, toread, c++, oreilly, philosophy Saved by: admin at 07 Jul 2010

The Egg
te: I wrote this some time ago and posted it here. Later on, someone posted the entirety of the text to 4chan without my name, and then reddit posted an image of that page. Somewhere along the way the... Read more
http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html
Tags: philosophy, god, religion, story, fiction, reading, interesting, writing, egg, reddit Saved by: admin at 06 Jul 2010

When Intuition And Math Probably Look Wrong - Science News
e first thing you think is ‘What has Tuesday got to do with it?’” said Foshee after posing his problem during his talk. “Well, it has everything to do with it.” Even in that mathematician-f... Read more
http://sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/60598/title/When_intuition_and_math_probably_look_wrong
Tags: math, probability, puzzle, statistics, mathematics, philosophy, intuition, fun, puzzles, interesting Saved by: admin at 30 Jun 2010

Confirmation Bias « You Are Not So Smart
Be careful. People like to be told what they already know. Remember that. They get uncomfortable when you tell them new things. New things…well, new things aren’t what they expect. They like to kn... Read more
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/06/23/confirmation-bias/
Tags: psychology, memory, bias, marketing, persuasion, fallacies, philosophy, research, testing, toread Saved by: admin at 25 Jun 2010