“anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.”
― Jacob's Room
― Jacob's Room
“Who has not asked himself at some time or other: am I a monster or is this what it means to be a person?”
― A Hora da Estrela
― A Hora da Estrela
“I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.”
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“Principles of design:
1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head.
2. Simplify the structure of tasks.
3. Make things visible: bridge gulfs between Execution and Evaluation.
4. Get the mappings right.
5. Exploit the power of constraints.
6. Design for error.
7. When all else fails, standardize.”
― The Design of Everyday Things
1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head.
2. Simplify the structure of tasks.
3. Make things visible: bridge gulfs between Execution and Evaluation.
4. Get the mappings right.
5. Exploit the power of constraints.
6. Design for error.
7. When all else fails, standardize.”
― The Design of Everyday Things
“Stop worrying about growing old. And think about growing up.”
― The Dying Animal
― The Dying Animal
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
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