"Just because it is not your fault does not mean it is not your problem."
Movie Narrative Charts - By Randall Munroe (via Pedro Custodio)

Movie Narrative Charts - By Randall Munroe (via Pedro Custodio)

A Great Conundrum | SRS BZNS What if Pinocchio said: “My nose will now grow.”

A Great Conundrum | SRS BZNS

What if Pinocchio said: “My nose will now grow.”

"… if you can’t explain your mission in the form, “We help $TYPE_OF_PERSON be awesome at $THING,” you are not going to have passionate users."
- Kathy Sierra (via Joel on Software)
"Engineers apply the principles of science and mathematics to develop economical solutions to technical problems. Their work is the link between scientific discoveries and the commercial applications that meet societal and consumer needs."
- US Bureau of Labor’s definition of the role of an engineer
"Rails is magical and sexy, it’s the Ferrari of web frameworks, it’s the foul mouthed, sullen browed, twenty-something on the sport bike. Django is more of a refined tool that is only really appreciated with experience. Django is the Bentley, the Aston Martin, the Rolls Royce of web frameworks. I’m pushing 34 now, (…) I’m not looking for a Ferrari, I’m looking for the Aston Martin."
- Christopher Roach, in I Hate Magic: Why Django Rocks!
"If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said ‘a faster horse.’"
- Henry Ford
"You alone have control over your time."
- NaturalContradiction
"Good software ain’t cheap and cheap software ain’t good."
- Bob MacNeal’s comment
"Always ask yourself “is this the best you can do?”."
"It is playfully instructive to note that the word ‘reactive’ and the word ‘creative’ are made up of exactly the same letters. The only difference between the two is that you ‘C’ (see) differently."
-

John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the USA

(via Kevin Keithley @ kevintren’s posterous, who believes the “c” stands for Communication.)

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Reblogged from Leo Xavier
leoxavier: Novo slogan da Pepsi em Portugal baseado na análise ao comportamento de 95% do mercado português com a marca. Credit a alguém que deu esta ideia na mesa de almoço do último Barcamp PT em Coimbra - não me lembro quem!

leoxavier:

Novo slogan da Pepsi em Portugal baseado na análise ao comportamento de 95% do mercado português com a marca. Credit a alguém que deu esta ideia na mesa de almoço do último Barcamp PT em Coimbra - não me lembro quem!

Kary Mullis’ next-gen cure for killer infections | Video on TED.com

Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. Nobel-winning chemist Kary Mullis, who watched a friend die when powerful antibiotics failed, unveils a radical new cure that shows extraordinary promise.

"Que perfeito coração
no meu peito bateria,
meu amor na tua mão,
nessa mão onde cabia
perfeito o meu coração."
- Alexandre O’Neill
"Ideas without implementation are merely fantasies"