October 2011
4 posts
“The more you’re able to tolerate ambiguity and lean into the unknown, the more...”
– Jonathan Fields - Uncertainty
“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via simtan) (via quote-book)
“I embrace emerging experience. I participate in discovery. I am a butterfly. I...”
– William Stafford, quoted in
John Fox, Poetic Medicine: The Healing Art of Poem-Making p 204
“Permission is like dating. You don’t start by asking for the sale at first...”
– Seth’s Blog: Permission Marketing
August 2011
1 post
July 2011
2 posts
“If you want to subvert the dominant paradigm, you have to have more fun than...”
– Ed Gillespie, the Art of Having Fun whilst Changing the World
“A solitude ten thousand fathoms deep
Sustains the bed on which we lie, my dear:...”
– http://web.mit.edu/cordelia/www/Poems/Leap_Before_you_look.html
May 2011
1 post
“It’s liquid math. It’s patterns within patterns growing ever more complex. It’s...”
– How can I not adore #shivanata?
March 2011
3 posts
Wilde (1997) →
The Social Network (2010) →
November 2010
2 posts
“There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going.”
– Beverly Sills via communicatrix
October 2010
1 post
“If you want what visible reality
can give, you’re an employee.
If you...”
– Mystical Poetry of Rumi
September 2010
7 posts
“Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.”
– Better Off Dead… (1985)
“There are always those that doubt that we, as humans, are capable of achieving...”
– Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group
“A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi to come...”
– Marian Wright Edelman
“Intractable human problems become in principle approachable if we get down to...”
– Leaving Babylon: Getting down to getting along
Ten commandments of activism
Do unto others before they have a chance to do unto you
If something you do is ineffective, stop doing it
When you lose your temper, make sure it is well-planned
Be truthful and honest at all times, but know when to keep your mouth shut
Covet thy neighbour’s vote, unless it is quite obvious you will never get it
Plan to change the world, but be happy with changing a single opinion
Be...
“Every revolutionary opinion draws part of its strength from a
secret conviction...”
– George Orwell - The Road to Wigan Pier
“It’s easy to rail against ‘the system’ if you think the system will always be...”
– Terms of Dismissal « The Dark Mountain Project
March 2010
2 posts
Banana & Chocolate Muffins →
The Six Steps of Nonviolence
Information gathering and research to get the facts straight
Education of adversaries and the public about the facts of the dispute
Personal Commitment to nonviolent attitudes and action
Negotiation with adversary in a spirit of goodwill to correct injustice
Nonviolent direct action, such as marches, boycotts, mass demonstrations, picketing, sit-ins etc., to help persuade or compel adversary...
February 2010
1 post
Joanna Macy. What a treasure.
January 2010
4 posts
“Keep still.
Don’t work so hard.
Learn to appreciate everyday life.
Pay...”
– Tao Te Ching
December 2009
10 posts
1 tag
Erinnert ihr euch noch an Jason, den Argonauten,...
How to energize geeks to attack a failing project...
R: I listed the 10 worst bugs I’d found during the weekend on the board. Next to each bug, I drew four boxes: Root cause, Fix identified, Fixed, Tested
R: I grabbed a handful of dry erase pens and rolled the board into the architect’s office and said, “This is all we’re working on”.
A: He stared at the board for 10 minutes and finally nodded, “Good, but each person needs their own color and you should assign points for each of the boxes. 10 points for root cause and fix identification, 5 for fixes and tests.”
R: “Points for what?”
A: “Points for points. We’re geeks.”
“The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they...”
– Suzuki-roshi: Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
1 tag
Just a moment
what would happen if all we had was one universe one planet one life one moment this?
(Tom Atlee)
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are...”
– Marianne Williamson
“Had a geek relapse. Started with doing a little bit of web stuff “just...”
– Tobi Kellner, Nov 2009
November 2009
1 post
1 tag
Cucumber-Mango Salad →
Mjam!
October 2009
1 post
“More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter...”
– Henri Nouwen, Catholic Priest via White Hot Truth
September 2009
4 posts
“Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
– Mary Oliver
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) →
The Party (1968) →
Burn After Reading (2008) →
August 2009
2 posts
Inglourious Basterds (2009) →
1 tag
Salade Liegeoise →
July 2009
3 posts
1 tag
1 tag
June 2009
4 posts
Traffic (2000) →