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This is an excellent resource for anyone who has thought about taking time out regularly to breathe.

This is awesome. I love this from the comments:

“This interpretation gains strength when the other lyrics you cite are taken into account: it is highly improbable that Bon Jovi had "been everywhere” by 1986, or that he walked “these streets” with “a loaded six-string” on his back. Given his already burgeoning fame, public perambulation with his instrument of choice would not have been wise. Even if we were to take Bon Jovi at his word here, the case is only strengthened for a number of faces seen and rocked greater than 1 million.“

As I have said before. words mean things.

“Microsoft seems to have conceded that the enthusiasts who’ve switched to the Mac in recent years are gone for good. Their apparent goal for Windows 7 was merely to make something better than Windows Vista. If Microsoft were a healthy, functional, competitive company willing and able to honestly assess its own shortcomings — like the Microsoft of the ’90s that conquered the entire industry — their goal would have been to make something not just better than Vista, but better than anything else on the market, including Mac OS X.”

As usual, Gruber nails it. Not quite sure how any one guy can be so consistently spot on and express those ideas so perfectly. Like Microsoft should be doing, I come to every blank page thinking “I want to write something better than Gruber.”

Dan Benjamin answers the question many have asked about my collection of Buddhas.

This is simply wonderful. A wonderful introduction to Twitter. It is aimed a business but there are lessons here for everyone. (via Dan Benjamin)

“We don’t revere our ascetics, and we dismiss the idea that money could be some kind of consensual delusion. For most of us, it’s as real as the next house payment. Suelo doesn’t take public assistance or use food stamps, but he does survive in part on our reality, the discarded surfeit of the money system that he denounces—a system, as it happens, that recently looked like it was headed for the cliff. ”

I’m more than a little fascinated by these types of stories. I think we all are. I think that there is something deep within us all that feels trapped by our dependence on the material world. In fact, all the worlds major religions have, at their center, stories of those who have given up material possessions to lead lives of hardship and poverty (Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed, etc.). Interesting that these are the people we hold in high esteem yet how far we live from the lives they chose.

(via Kottke)

“And so, after endless drafts, I learned a valuable lesson:

Don’t try to be clever. Just draw.”

Here is the thing: Social media is word of mouth.

Great post by Sue blowing a well deserved hole through a “study” masquerading as “research”.

Introducing Minimal Mac

Introducing my new online project — Minimal Mac. I’ve long been enamored of minimalist applications, desktop setups and resources on the Mac. There are few things I love more, or am more inspired by, than a clean, uncluttered, distraction free computing experience. I wanted a place where I could feature, review and catalog these items. Minimal Mac is that place.

I have a fair amount of stuff saved up to post and there are certainly new links, apps and resources released all the time. That said, I’m always on the lookout for more and welcome your submissions. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter (@patrickrhone) or email patrickrhone at gmail dot com.