“Mayer Hawthorne Check it: We are the FIRST OFFICIAL TOUR to accept credit cards via the iPhone with Square technology! The FUTURE has arrived! That means: You can come to my show, buy a T-shirt, and pay with a CREDIT CARD. We swipe it with an iPhone and email you a receipt instantly! Technology!” —
That’s pretty cool.
Fun analysis which shows how adding a second monitor to my laptop almost immediately effects the way I use my computer.
15” MBP screen on the left, 22” external monitor on the right.
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“So, for example, I don’t have a mobile phone turned on because I’m talking to you. I don’t want the outside world to impinge on the conversation we’re having. I don’t carry a BlackBerry. I do my e-mails regularly, but I do it when I have the time on a computer. I don’t want to be sitting here thinking that I’ve got an e-mail message coming here and I’d better look at that while I’m talking to you. Every moment counts, and that moment is lost if you’re not in that moment 100 percent.” — Corner Office - Tachi Yamada and the Importance of Undivided Attention - Question - NYTimes.com
“Simplify, then add lightness.”
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I believe the most minimal computer is the one that is optimized for you. How you work. The menubar items you need. The dock items you need. The applications you need. The system you need. The peripherals you need. The tools you need to get the job done.
I believe most of us do not take the time often enough to evaluate what that need is. The entire mission of this site is to help you ask those questions and find the answer that is right. The only answer that is right. The one that is right for you and only you.
” — Minimal Mac
“If you are going to have less things they have to be great things.”
A Simple System for Getting Amazing Things Done | Focus Manifesto -
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