This page republishes entries from my personal blog.
Both of Dan Ariely's books on "irrationality" are such frustrating ones - books that contain interesting experiments and insights but mixed with gaping logic holes, false assumptions, and stretchy conclusions.
Loving the feel of it! Smaller, lighter and better contrast is all I want.
The package was delivered to my work-place this morning. The DHL package tracker prompted me first even before our receptionist had a chance to notify me. So I paid a surprise visit to her. :-)
See the link for the full illustration. But let me just first coin this new meaning of PHD - Pimples of Human Discovery.
Nice illustration. Sometimes pushing itself could be simple if you know where to push in the first place.
Hail was reported in Dee Why, Turramurra, North Sydney and further west to Baulkham Hills.
My friend John sent me a perfect picture about procrastination. I replied him with "structured procrastination" as I am a proud practitioner of this black art. :-) The trick of structured procrastination is to pick the "right" items for the top of your to do list. These items should have clear deadlines (but really don't) and are very very important (but really aren't). You then try to avoid doing these things by actually doing some other important things! People rarely procrastinate doing nothing.
It is rare that I would go to see a movie a second time but I did. And I have decided not to write a plot explanation as the plot is not that intriguing by itself. But I do want to say what I think the movie is "really" about on a meta-level:
Among the one million books out there postulating information overload and technology invasion, Part II of this book offers an interesting angle: how people in the past dealt with it.
From Socrate's dismal view on the once-new accessible writing systems (and his love for real-time conversation, perhaps a "twitter" fan today), to Roman statesman Seneca's critic on explosion of books and leisure travel, to Shakespeare/Hamlet's "Tables" (a pocket-sized erasable notebook, technology darling of the day) and to Franklin's GTD/Goal tracker "artifice", it is often thought provoking and amusing.
Don't lie to me from now on.. :-)
Lighter, smaller, better contrast... and for only $139. Just pre-ordered one...
(I know, I have an iPad. But for long hours reading.. I still prefer Kindle. iPad is too heavy and a bit eye-straining)