Ideas I want to write about
Caring what other people think is human and often learning and getting feedback on how one can improve is key to success so not living in other people’s minds does not mean not listening to or caring what other people say or think.
It means stopping using their metrics and their rulers of success to rule the way we live our life.
If nobody was lookin... See more
It means stopping using their metrics and their rulers of success to rule the way we live our life.
If nobody was lookin... See more
Exercising Belief.
“We should not forget that maybe not everybody only wants a camel cashmere turtleneck,” Olivier Rousteing remarked. Beyond the cyclical nature of fashion, Rousteing’s observation captured a mash-up of trends that has been solidifying into a durable aesthetic.
The age of functional maximalism
Fashion
That sounds fine, wonderful — real nonsense. Do more. More nonsensical, more crazy, more machines, more breasts, penises, cunts, whatever — make them abound with nonsense. Try and tickle something inside you, your “weird humor.” You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. I... See more
Maria Popova • Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
Marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. One of the shortest good definitions of
marketing is “meeting needs profitably.”
Now the point of this myth is the fact that men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves.
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media - The Gadget Lover: Narcissus as Narcosis
In Search of New Software Cultures
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
What brands have realized is, you can create a “halo effect” around this that drives revenue for your brand. People line up to buy the limited edition stuff, and if they don’t get it, they still buy something less exclusive because they have already decided that your brand is cool and desirable and they want to advocate.