Archive for the ‘Aphorisms’ Category

Aphorism 67

 Sometimes the best hack has no coding at all. Hadley Beeman

Aphorism 66

[Brains] are social-monitoring devices much more than calculators. Mark Earls

Aphorism 65

If everyone thinks you have a good idea, you’re too late. Paul Cheng

Aphorism 64

The creation of simplicity is a complex process Sarah Lay

Aphorism 63

In a pluralist and open society we have to tolerate many things that we dislike or findoffensive, if no for other reason than because the alternative – suppressing them – is worse. Francis FitzGibbon  

Aphorism 62

What looks from an adult perspective like radical technological change is just the background radiation of a young person’s life. Martin Belam

Aphorism 61

Two elements of successful leadership: a willingness to be wrong and an eagerness to admit it. Seth Godin (via Tim Harford)

Aphorism 60

You can’t institutionalize innovation. If you could, everyone would do it. Carl Bass, quoted by Brian Bergstein

Aphorism 59

It’s not iterative if you only do it once. Paul Hammond

Aphorism 58 (irresistibly)

I herby declare, “arguments not aphorisms” to be my new aphorism (not argument). Tom Coates