April 2011
173 posts
The best part about traveling is the forced minimalism. My life at home, as it...
Clarity is better than cleverness.
Great products are triumphs of taste. And taste is a byproduct of study,...
– Steve Jobs
一期一会
(ichigo ichie)
– literally means “one opportunity, one encounter”: every encounter is once in a lifetime
So, given the choice, make specific common use simpler and more direct at the...
– Kevin Henney
Solitude gives birth to the original in us.
– Thomas Mann
So how is minimalism different? It’s basically an extension of simplicity — not...
– Leo Babauta
Simple and light equals freedom, agility and mobility.
Pick your battles…
Add things until it starts sucking, take things away until it stops getting...
– Frank Chimero
Sensible defaults can reduce friction and provide simplicity anywhere one can...
– Patrick Rhone
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where...
– Wayne Gretzky
Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die...
– Ezra Pound
I like focus — simple software that doesn’t have a lot of bells and whistles...
– Leo Babauta
It means subtraction in order to get to a point, in order to make a point clear....
– Robert Hood (when asked: How would you define the word ‘minimal’?)
Ingenious ideas are simple. Ingenious software is simple. Simplicity is the...
– Suck Less
There are no contests in Aikido. A true warrior is invincible because he or she...
– Morihei Ueshiba