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I recommend http://worrydream.com/#!/quotes http://worrydream.com/#!/quotes by the same author. I think I accumulated more time re-reading it than any other (single) web page over the years.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
Cool quotes. That site looks like the old sites that we could generate from mac.com.
- pasiaj 6y ago
  Sure, but I recommend you take a closer look. His articles, for me at least, are the most influential ones on how I think about creation and solving hard problems. Here's a couple Up & Down the Ladder of Abstraction http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ Inventing on Principle: https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366
  - ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
    Damn straight. Good stuff. I have some reading to do...
    - macintux 6y ago
      He gives some amazing talks, too. The Future of Programming is well worth a watch. https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954
jeffreygoesto 6y ago
The first quote is spot on for the people living in the eastern block in the 70s and 80s. Almost no money but very much everyday creativity. At least from what I remember from my relatives there...
hliyan 6y ago
This is an excellent collection, even though I don't agree with every quote I've read so far. The author has done a really good job in distilling long forms into points that like-minded individuals will find interesting. That's an immense amount of labor saved.
- kubanczyk 6y ago
  > I don't agree with every quote But... Isn't that the whole point?
archagon 6y ago
Great list, spent a while reading through it today. I admit it gives me some anxiety that someone could have read and internalized enough media that just a sampling of interesting quotes takes hours to get through. Perhaps I should spend less time on HN and more time with my nose in books and lectures.

I recommend http://worrydream.com/#!/quotes http://worrydream.com/#!/quotes by the same author. I think I accumulated more time re-reading it than any other (single) web page over the years.

ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago

Cool quotes. That site looks like the old sites that we could generate from mac.com.

pasiaj 6y ago
Sure, but I recommend you take a closer look. His articles, for me at least, are the most influential ones on how I think about creation and solving hard problems. Here's a couple Up & Down the Ladder of Abstraction http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ http://worrydream.com/LadderOfAbstraction/ Inventing on Principle: https://vimeo.com/36579366 https://vimeo.com/36579366
- ChrisMarshallNY 6y ago
  Damn straight. Good stuff. I have some reading to do...
  - macintux 6y ago
    He gives some amazing talks, too. The Future of Programming is well worth a watch. https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954

jeffreygoesto 6y ago

The first quote is spot on for the people living in the eastern block in the 70s and 80s. Almost no money but very much everyday creativity. At least from what I remember from my relatives there...

hliyan 6y ago

This is an excellent collection, even though I don't agree with every quote I've read so far. The author has done a really good job in distilling long forms into points that like-minded individuals will find interesting. That's an immense amount of labor saved.

kubanczyk 6y ago
> I don't agree with every quote But... Isn't that the whole point?

archagon 6y ago

Great list, spent a while reading through it today. I admit it gives me some anxiety that someone could have read and internalized enough media that just a sampling of interesting quotes takes hours to get through. Perhaps I should spend less time on HN and more time with my nose in books and lectures.