mental models

“everything is an option for extraordinary talent”

“Beware feeling you’re not good enough to deserve it.”

Miles Davis

“When you’re creating your own sh*t, man, even the sky ain’t the limit.”

softness opens doors that force can’t move

# “The ***function*** of some things is often much more important than their ostensible ***purpose***.”



“In other words: when a thing happens repeatedly in similar circumstances, we should probably evaluate it on not just on “its own terms,” but in light of how it keeps happening in those recurrent circumstances. That kind of examination is often more necessary, and more revealing, than insisting on our personal ideals, or collective social fictions, about what that thing *could* or *should* be.”



Patrick Blanchfield

“When the design is “good,” users don’t notice it — the interface becomes comfortable and intuitive, allowing them to perform tasks without distraction. But if the design causes discomfort, for example because of sharp contrast, unreadability, it becomes noticeable and distracting, and it’s more likely that the user will have a negative experience from using your product, or will stop interacting with it altogether.”

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***Dmitry Sergushkin***, “Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds”

“Lies gain power through repetition. REPEAT THE TRUTH.”

“Bullshit Jobs” is a Terrible, Curiosity-Killing Concept

The best part of being authentic is that there is no image to maintain. You will delight some and disturb others, and none of it will concern the truth of your being.

“…a good product the right customer never hears about is only hypothetically good...”

“There is no actual, tangible reason why we allow people to starve, to be homeless, to suffer and die needlessly. Food is plentiful. Empty homes are plentiful. Medicine is plentiful. It’s hidden away behind constructs and we pretend those constructs mean something. There is an empty home and a homeless family, give them it. There is a sick child and common medicine to treat it, give it to them. There is a starving person and so much food wasted by corporations or hidden behind a dollar sign, feed them.”

“We won’t all make the same mistakes, but we’re all capable of making the same *kinds* of mistakes.”

“They might love it. Or misunderstand it. You might share it. Or keep it to yourself. Make it anyway.”

“I’m wearing dark glasses today because I’m seeing the future and it’s looking very bright”

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*David Lynch*

“You just have to get up and get shit done. It’s as simple & as difficult as that.”