Agatha Christie, British author [Wikipedia] We owe most of our great inventions and most of the achievements of genius to idleness — either enforced or voluntary. The human mind prefers to be spoon-fed with the thoughts of others, but deprived of such...
Unless you live in Seattle, you probably are not familiar with The Stranger, a weekly newspaper in the state of Washington. I just found out about it as I was doing some fresh research on my prior blog on geniuses. I was surprised that the paper was founded by Tim...
By Ken Quandt It was Margaret Mead who said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Mead probably never imagined the communication tools readily available...
Cecil Beaton, British artist [Wikipedia] Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. Luci Swindoll...
“I wake up every morning and think to myself, ‘How far can I push the company forward in the next 24 hours?’ ” — Leah Busque, Founder and CEO, Taskrabbit “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” —...
The dance between humans and how they interact with new technologies ultimately leads to new words, deeds and norms (behaviours). In 2003, I don’t think I knew what “LMAO”, “OMG”, “CULater”, “S´up” and many other...
