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Charlie Park
About Me: I make PearBudget (a really simple budgeting tool) and Monotask (a pre-beta attention management tool). Want more info? charliepark.org.
Contact: My e-mail address is my first name, followed by “@pearbudget.com”
“ What makes us feel liberated is not total freedom, but rather living in a set of limitations that we have created and prescribed for ourselves. … Things that we think are liberating can ultimately become restrictive, and things that we initially think are controlling can sometimes give us a sense of comfort and security.
Andrea Zittel
Mommy? What’s that one owl doing to that other owl?
Rafer sez:
We’d need campaign finance reform to make it practical, but how about disallowing the purchase of fructose and transfats with foodstamps?
Charlie says: Amen.
“ Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Eidetaker, at MetaFilter, via Merlin
“ Optimizing design time is mostly about focusing on decision points. At what points do your users decide something?
Joshua Porter
“ Here’s the secret: PITCH THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SOLUTION.
Dave McClure - Your SOLUTION is Not My PROBLEM
“ Middle-class Americans really don’t want to hear about sacrifices or trade-offs—except as flattering descriptions about how ready we, as a people, are, or used to be, to accept them. We like the idea of hard choices in theory. When was the last time we made one in reality?
Blame the childish, ignorant American public—not politicians—for our political and economic crisis. - By Jacob Weisberg (via ayjay)
