In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein
Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti
Something Confusing about "Hard": It's tempting to think that if it's hard, then it's valuable. Most valuable things are hard. Most hard things are completely useless -- (picture of someone smashing their head through concrete blocks kung-fu style). Hard DOES NOT EQUATE TO BEING valuable. Remember Friendster back in the day? You'd sign in, invite friends, have 25 friends, go to their profile, and then it'd show how you were connected to each one. That's an impressive [some geeky CS jargon] Cone traversal of a tree - 100 million string comparisons per page -- it won't scale. Used to take a minute per page to load, and Friendster died a painful death. MySpace -- not interested in solving problems They use the shortcut of "Miss Fitzpatrick is in your extended network" (i.e. even when you're not even signed up for MySpace) They didn't solve the hard problem. But they make the more relevant assumption that you want to be connected to hot women. [LOL] Shows Alexa graph showing that in early 2005 Myspace took off, and quickly bypassed Friendster and never looked back. -- Max Levchin, PayPal founder, Talk at StartupSchool2007
Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay
Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley