The Aesthetics and Beauty of Knowledge
Shih was the opposite of facts and raw information; shih was the elegance of knowledge, the insight and skill to organize knowledge into meaningful patterns. As an artist chooses colours or light to make her pictures, a master of shih chooses textures of knowledge – various ideas, myths, abstractions, and theories – to create a way of seeing the world. The aesthetics and beauty of knowledge – this was shih.
– David Zindell, The Broken God, 1993
Geek Attitude
The attitude thing is about flexibility, portability, creativity, sociability and jamming (ran out of suitable “ity” words!). It’s about improvising – in the practical and musical senses of the word; not getting tangled in boundaries and the “right” way to do things.
Definitely the only way to travel.
– Martin Delaney – “Laptop Music”.
Kuehleborn's Unfathomable Thoughts
Lifehacker’s Jobvertisement
Lifehacker is hiring! Of course they’re looking for a centipede:
Things You Should Be / Have
– Tech-savvy
– Nimbleness with numbers
– Details, details, details
– Expert at calendar keeping
– Brain for logic, puzzle-solving
– Love for the Interwebs
– Fan of Gmail and other Google Apps
– Tendencies toward perfectionism
– Meeter of deadlines
– Ability to explain tech to non-tech types
– Bravery in the face of demons/dragons
– Eye for marketing and presentation– Web: HTML, web traffic metrics necessary.
– Software: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, PhotoShop (simple image editing only) necessary.
* Extra Credit: JavaScript. Flash. DoubleClick DART, Atlas, PointRoll, EyeBlaster, OpenX, or Google AdSense. Bug tracking, project management apps, 37 Signals apps.
Unfortunately I miss the marketing and presentation eye. And, of course, I don’t live in the NYC area. Most important, (because all these things could be changed), I prefer my current job, low-profile as it may be in someone else’s perception; it leaves me enough time to do the things I want to do with my scarce time.
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