“Our digital experiences are out of body. This biases us toward depersonalised behaviour in an environment where one’s identity can be a liability. But the more anonymously we engage with others, the less we experience the human repercussions of what we say and do. By resisting the temptation to engage from the apparent safety of anonymity, we remain accountable and present - and are much more likely to bring our humanity with us into the digital realm”
― Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
― Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age
“Your now is not your forever.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Without a shared design language and practices, collaboration is difficult.”
― Design Systems
― Design Systems
“Metaphors failed him, then. He had gone beyond the world of metaphor and simile into the place of things that are, and it was changing him.”
― Neverwhere
― Neverwhere
“In a multi-tasking world where pure focus is harder and harder to come by, paper’s seclusion from the Web is an emerging strength. There’s nothing like holding a sheaf of beautifully designed pages in your hands. The whole world slows down, and your mind with it.”
― Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
― Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
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