December 2009
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Shane Recommends
Here are the best things I came across on the infinite abyss I like to call the Interweb in 2009. If you pay any attention to my tweets or my “Net Worthy” section on the right side of my blog you most likely already saw all of these. Enjoy™ The Four Ways People Decide Style VS. Design Creating a Timeless User Experience Goodbye, Google The secrets of Google’s design team 10...
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Formula to Happiness
THE PREFACE Over the years I have learned the formula to achieving happiness. However just as in math knowing the formula is only half the battle. It’s an entirely different story when you actually have to apply the formula to actually solving the real world problem (equation). I should know, seeing as how I always struggled in math class. The majority of the time I was able to completely...
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80 Percenter
I’ve always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession and degree of specialization that doesn’t appeal to me.— Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing, Founder and owner, Patagonia, Inc. Related Article: A while back I wrote an article...
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Still Fighting
Sunday I was driving home from church and I was listening to Ben Folds Five and this song came on and it seemed to perfectly tell the story of my life and where I am right now, and my sentiments. Good morning, son. I am a bird Wearing a brown polyester shirt You want a coke? Maybe some fries? The roast beef combo’s only $9.95 It’s okay, you don’t have to pay I’ve got all...
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Where the Wild Things Are
Every night for almost a month I would read “Where the Wild Things Are” to Hannah before she went to bed. The entire time I was reading she would be busy playing with toys on her bed. I never thought she was paying attention, until one day I was in the middle of the book and she stopped playing and stood up on her bed and began reciting word for word the book from that point on. She...