Preserve and cherish the Pale Blue Dot.
It turns out that the baby brain actually contains more brain cells, or neurons, than the adult brain: The instant we open our eyes, our neurons start the “pruning process,” which involves the elimination of seemingly unnecessary neural connections…
while the pruning process makes the brain more efficient, it can also narrow our thoughts and make learning more difficult, as we become less able to adjust to new circumstances and absorb new ideas.
— From Inside the Baby Mind, a look at how babies’ brains develop.
J.J. Abrams’ talk at TED … “mystery is the catalyst for imagination”.
We’re surrounded by strangers. Millions and millions of people you see every day that are just like fish. They’re just extras in the movie starring you and you’re an extra in the movie starring them. It’s just peculiar.
— Tom Waits
Tonematrix
Instant Phillip Glass machine. Try it out… so much fun.
If the vehicle is parked and you are outside of the car with the windows down, they can be rolled up by holding down the lock button on the remote.
— One of the features listed for the Bentley Continental in the Valet’s Guide to Driving Exotic Cars. It seems this feature could easily be implemented on all levels of cars, not just ones in the $150K+ range. Yet my (much more modest) car has a practically unexplainable “panic alarm” feature on the keys. To what extent is good user-centered design only for the elite to enjoy?
There’s an optimal release point for anything you make. That’s when you should get it out there. After that, you’re just fiddling for the sake of fiddling. And you might even make it worse.
