November 2011
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How Music Works →
Mined and presented by brainpickings.org, this blog introduces the excellent BBC4 series that describes music from the perspectives of melody, rhythm, harmony and bass, with links to episodes & segments.
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In the world of content, context is everything.
– a personal observation, but surely others have said this before me.
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War is what happens when language fails.
– Margaret Atwood, Cat’s Eye (Canadian writer)
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‘Do you have any idea how many people want to publish as poets?’
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– Notes from Poetry Class, by Dan Kennedy
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Only words
can fly for you like birds
on the wall of the sun.
A bird is a...
– “The Carpenter,” Patrick Lane (poet, Canada)
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Laughter is the language of the soul.
– Pablo Neuda
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User experience doesn't stop at the nav →
Okay, a warning: this is nerdy content strategy & UX stuff. But, if you’re into that sort of thing, Karen McGrane is a smart lady. And she’s readable. And, she doesn’t just tell you interesting things, she shows you what they mean.
In this post from her blog, she talks about user experience design and (attempted) information about hearing aid compatibility on a clever...
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Night-time soundscape, rural Taiwan
2 am: Quiet. Only a few crickets chirp. No rain. After 3 days of rain, no rain.
5 am: Roosters. Their crow sounds half-hearted, though. Too early?
6 am: Dogs barking. A neighbour gets up and shouts at them. The barking dies.
6.15 am: The birds awaken. A cacaphony of many birds chirping.
6.40 am: A single vehicle drives by.
6.45 am: Hens and chicks cluck. Roosters and birds continue their throaty symphony.
7.00 am: Occasional staccato of a scooter, or dog. More birds. Fewer roosters.
7.10 am: Vehicles. A car horn gives two short blasts. A child's voice.
7.15 am: Traffic. Birds. The punctuated barking of dogs. The soundscape of today begins.
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The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known...
– Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (via momentary)
On suffering and insight…
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