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"what rocks my boat and keeps me going..."
For now this is just meant to be a rather sparse collection of things that tickle my curiosity, which happens to be rather volatile. Nothing really important, some things might happen to be design-related, but not necessarily...

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While nerdiness implies a certain social awkwardness that’s ultimately endearing, dorkiness connotes social obliviousness that opens you to deserved ridicule.
— Marcus Wohlsen | WIRED http://bit.ly/105b0J5
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Not having a persistent record allows us to present a nuanced identity to different people, or groups of people; it provides the space to experiment with what we could be.
— J. Chipchase “You Lookin’ at Me? Reflections on Google Glass.”  http://dthin.gs/10Xp1vU
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Like porn, techno interfaces are more focused on what looks good than what feels good. And like porn, it’s pretty hard to get people to stop buying.
— C. Brown: How ‘Minority Report’ Trapped Us In A World Of Bad Interfaces http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/how-minority-report-trapped-us-in-a-world-of-bad-interfaces
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Just favorited Soosh for Habitat by Alive Lab on Mixcloud