Joshua Foer: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone and Study Yourself Failing from 99% on Vimeo.

currently reading his book on memory………!

joshua foer talks about how after reaching a certain stage of “being good at something” you sort of stop getting any better at it even though you are constantly practicing. so he talks about how professionals, or experts in any professional field, become better and the best of who they could be.

and in a sense, he is saying, you could become a really good writer, or you could become a really good typist, mathematician, or a really good physicist. basically, by making changes to how you do things, you could get even better at it.

a very good talk, only 17 minutes, you can spend it on this

joshua foer is the brother of jonothan safran foer. and he actually sold his book, for 1.2 million dollars before having written a single word. the kicker being while he was only 24. i think we all love facts like that right?

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The Animals House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix from PURETUNE on Vimeo.

must watch!

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from the source

Anyways, they say that “Messiness is often associated with artistic, creative and scientific or mathematical genius, spontaneity, but also with carelessness, eccentricity, madness and unreliability.”

They also noted that other messy-deskers were Francis Bacon, Alexander Fleming, and Alan Turing.

there’s a quote from the play Arcadia by Tom Stoppard that goes something like

there’s an island of order in a sea of madness (chaos?)

i always try to google this phrase but i could never find it so i keep think that i got it from the wrong place
but anyways, you rise above the mess ……….! and create irregardless?

i’ll link you there

one of the best series that i’ve ever seen.

part three is no exception

this has been around for a few days so you might’ve seen it already. if you have never seen this series before, i direct you towards part 1 and part 2

but enjoy part 3

Everything is a Remix Part 3 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

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Paulo Coelho – on the fear of failure. from Berghs' Exhibition '11 on Vimeo.

Stefan Sagmeister – on the fear of failure. from Berghs' Exhibition '11 on Vimeo.

Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure. from Berghs' Exhibition '11 on Vimeo.

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I think, I’m sure, this has been posted where else, but i’m posting it here today. I finally had some attention span left in me that i could sit seriously and sift through my RSS feed, anyways this came on thefoxisblack feed.

it came from this –> website

i had so many things that i wanted to say about this entry, and it inspired me so much but i think it’ll be more useful for you to just go ahead and read it yourself. i seriously don’t think you’ll regret it.

so yeah, here’s the link again, HOW TO STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST + 9 OTHER THINGS

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to end today on a high note because there definitely was a lot of complaining from me.

I saw this video once this morning and I’m going to watch it again right now because it’s something worthy of seeing again.

so that means I highly recommend it

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A Visit to Patrick Roger Chocolate in Paris from David Lebovitz on Vimeo.

I really admire people that do something and they stick to it, for as long as they live perhaps. And that’s just absolutely amazing to me because I am not one of those people….

I need to go to Paris soon! And practice my French, been so busy with learning Asian languages that I forgot about the first language that I learned outside of English, French!

So delicious, if I ever make it to Paris I’ll definitely have to go.

And that christmas tree? WOW

Also will be reading that book he mentioned; sweet life in paris.

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edit: THEY HAVE AN ONLINE STORE. I was just wondering that, but I can’t afford..it.. I’ve never seen chocolate that expensive. ;___;