Merce Cardus's Blog, page 126
October 7, 2014
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The history of any part of the Earth, like the life of a soldier, consists of long periods of boredom and short periods of terror.
~British geologist DEREK V. AGER
In A Short History of Nearly Everything
, Bill Bryson puts the miracle of life, the universe and everything into perspective. He warns us that even though the book is called A Short History of Nearly Everything, it is not short. It can’t be, since it is about how it happened, and contains how we went from there being nothing at all to...
TUESDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Enjoy the success of others!
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Quote of the day
Admiration and envy are responses that point us toward what we value most.
PSYCHOLOGY
The surprising downside of looking on the bride side, The Creativity Post
WELL-BEING
The comparison trap: how to enjoy the success of others, 99u
HEALTH
Where skinny people sit in restaurants, Science of us
NETWORKING
Not on a social network? You’ve still got a privacy problem, Wired
AMAZON/APPLE
Are you an Apple family or an Amazon family...
October 6, 2014
Writing is a way of organizing experience and life itself
Patricia Highsmith, known for her psychological thrillers like The Talented Mr. Ripley
and Strangers on a Train
, shows us in Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction
how there is no secret of success in writing, except individuality, or call it personality.
Nobody can’t deny she had a great deal of personality. For instance, in Daily Rituals: How Artists Work
, Mason Currey wrote that Highsmith once attended a London cocktail party with a gigantic handbag that contained a head of lettuce and a hundr...
MONDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Stop complaining
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Quote of the day
Complaining is almost never a positive reaction to our circumstance.
~JOSHUA BECKER
CREATIVITY
Why does criticism sting?, Accidental Creative
THE INTERNET
10 research tips for finding answers online, TED Blog
HEALTH
The Ebola Epidemic is stoppable, The New Yorker
Regular exercise is part of your job, HBR
LIFESTYLE
The rise of the hipster nomad, TechCrunch
How to complain less, Becoming Minimalist
WRITING
The source of bad writing, The Wall Street Journ...
September 30, 2014
Tuesday Links: Reads on Writing & Better Living
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Quote of the day
Choose the tool that allows you to follow the process you want. Don’t let the tool dictate how you work.
~RANDY HUNT
CREATIVITY
Pick the tool that allows you to creatively work how you work best, Creative Something
GENDER
Why men never remember anything, Slate
COFFEE
The correct coffee size is small, Gawker
AGING
Should we hope to live to very ripe old ages?, Marginal Revolution
BLOGGING
15 lessons from 15 years of blogging, Anil Dash
TRUTH
The sophi...
A secret bookstore in NYC
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Give me your card.
I don’t have a card. I’m a secret bookstore. It would be ridiculous to have a card.
Real Estate put me out. (…) It’s a continuation of just me being a bookseller the way I wanted to be.
If it’s all about money, there’s just better things to sell.
September 12, 2014
Weekend Links: Reads on Writing & Better Living
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Quote of the day:
Breakthroughs, by very definition, only occur when assumptions are broken
~SHANE SNOW.
CREATIVITY
How to apply lateral thinking to your creative work, 99u
FREEDOM
With eye on Scotland, Catalonia hails its Secession bid, NYT
PASSION
How to live passionately –no matter your age, TED
NETWORKING
Does networking make you uncomfortable? Science of Us
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
You are not in complete control of yourself, Big Think
TIME
Ten rules to st...
September 10, 2014
Everything I wanted to do was not a choice
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Are we free to choose?
The only way that has ever discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntary is through the free market. And that’s why is so essential to preserving individual freedom.
~MILTON FREEDMAN.
There was a time when I wanted to publish my book on my own.
But it wasn’t a choice.
There was a time when I wanted my self-published books into bookstores.
But it wasn’t a choice.
There was a time when I wanted to enroll in a kindle Matchb...
Hump Day Links: Reads on Writing & Better Living
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Quote of the day:
Ditch the dream and be a doer, not a dreamer.
~SHONDA RIMES.
WRITING
Isocolon: Definition and example for writers, The Write Practice
MARKETING
How to use NoiseTrade Books, Jane Friedman
CREATIVITY
How creative geniuses come up with great ideas, Entrepreneur
AMAZON
A writer defends Amazon, Slate
THE BRAIN
Why walking helps us think, The New Yorker
HEALTH
The complete guide to getting yourself to like healthy food, Quartz
MOVIES
Love isn’t dead: How...
September 5, 2014
Weekend Links: Reads on Writing & Better Living
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Quote of the day:
Marketing used to be what you say. Now, marketing is what you do.
~SETH GODIN.
CREATIVITY
The new rules of a creator’s life, Creative Something
APPLE
To trust or not to trust. That’s the question, Daring Fareball
WINE
Wine and exercise: a promising combination,The Atlantic
10 unconventional ways to open a wine bottle, Foodbeast
NEW YORK
An explorer’s guide to a New York less traveled, Hello NY.
WRITING
25 ways to tighten your writing,...
