Thinksmith Scrapbook

"You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously."

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:53:42 -0500

“You can’t do better design with a computer, but you can speed up your work enormously.”

- Wim Crouwel

Photo

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:37:29 -0500

wnycradiolab: quantumpie: Great physicists and their...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:24:38 -0500

Fermi

Niels and Aage Bohr

Dirac

Oppenheimer

de Brogli

Pauli

Feynman

Heisenberg

Bohr

Einstein

wnycradiolab:

quantumpie:

Great physicists and their blackboards

"Is the view worth the climb?"

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:40:22 -0500

“Is the view worth the climb?”

- An old saying about choosing your battles.

wearethedigitalkids: “A wise CEO of a healthcare company gave...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:58:57 -0500

wearethedigitalkids:

“A wise CEO of a healthcare company gave me advice I’ll never forget. ‘Just start. Don’t wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you. No one expects you to get it right in the very beginning and you’ll learn more from your mistakes than you will from your early successes anyway. So, stop worrying so much and just look at your best bets and go.’”

-Jacqueline Novogratz

Image borrowed from here.

davemorin: 46 seconds on life from Steve Jobs.

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:57:50 -0500

davemorin:

46 seconds on life from Steve Jobs.

"I will either find a way, or make one."

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:54:38 -0500

“I will either find a way, or make one.”

- Hannibal Barca, 247–182 BC - General to the Army of Carthage

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:00:06 -0400

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth:

This may be familiar to many of you, so open it up you haven’t for a while. Really good timeless thinking – condensed down to what works and what you can use to create great work and grow.

Good artists copy…

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:36:06 -0400

Good artists copy…

1. Unrelenting attention to detail.2. Impeccable taste.3....

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:25:13 -0400

1. Unrelenting attention to detail.
2. Impeccable taste.
3. Indefatigable passion.
4. Absolute conviction.
5. Unwavering vision.
6. Boundless curiosity.
7. Mercurial motivator.

One or two of these will help you make a living.

Three or four of these will make you successful.

Four of five of these will make you a legend.

Five or six of these will make you iconic for all time.

All seven will make you Steve Jobs.

- Jason Calcanis on Steve

Video

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:18:05 -0400

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:07:14 -0400

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Photo

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:10:36 -0400

"Search all the parks, in all the cities, you’ll find no statues, of committees"

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:06:05 -0400

“Search all the parks,
in all the cities,
you’ll find no statues,
of committees”

- David Ogilvy

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Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:56:25 -0400

“The only thing that we can be sure of the future is that...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:54:25 -0400

“The only thing that we can be sure of the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic.”

"Question everything generally thought to be obvious."

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:11:32 -0400

“Question everything generally thought to be obvious.”

- -Dieter Rams

70 minutes of music to help you work.

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:38:38 -0400

70 minutes of music to help you work.

"Lost time is never found again."

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:03:40 -0400

“Lost time is never found again.”

- Benjamin Franklin, - This quote chills me to the bone

"People don’t buy 3/4 inch drill bits. They buy 3/4 inch holes."

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:32:00 -0400

“People don’t buy 3/4 inch drill bits. They buy 3/4 inch holes.”

- Terry O’Reilly, and his mantra for advertising. Why they chose a risky strategy over a conventional one – it broke with tradition, because according to the mantra, tradition was broken.

Burn the boats: Brands that risked and won