“Objects of Appreciation: Every time you go to use a utensil or instrument, take pleasure and feel gratitude for the fact that you have such an object available. If you focus on this, you'll be able to be lifted many many times each day. Some common examples include: a pen, fork, cup, key, computers, clock, chair, stapler, and eyeglasses.” IfsFeelsFactsUseAblePleasureCommonFocusExampleObjectsKeysGratitudeComputerInstrumentsAppreciationAvailableCupsClockEach DayChairsPensForksEyeglassesUtensils Author:Zelig Pliskin
“We no longer think of chairs as technology, we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often "crash" when we tried to use them. Before long, computers will be as trivial and plentiful as chairs and we will cease to be aware of the things. In fact I'm sure we will look back on this last decade and wonder how we could ever have mistaken what we were doing with them for "productivity"” ThinkingShouldLooksLongFactsUseLastsWonderTechnologyComputerShould HaveLegsDecadesProductivityCeaseChairsTallCrashMistakenPlentiful Author:Douglas Adams
“... [I] recall thinking that the computer would never advance much further than this. Call me naïve, but I seemed to have underestimated the universal desire to sit in a hard plastic chair and stare at a screen until your eyes cross.” ThinkingHardEyeDesireComputerCrossesUniversalScreensStaringChairsCall MePlasticRecallsUnderestimated Book:Me Talk Pretty One Day Source: Me Talk Pretty One Day
“The trick with computers I think, is to approach old and new things with the same reverence as you would like your favourite chair and not be seduced by the constant innovation otherwise you never do anything.” ThinkingLike YouComputerApproachInnovationConstantTricksChairsReverenceFavouriteNew ThingsOld And New Author:Colin Greenwood
“My first epiphany that this might work came on my first day, when I went into biofeedback. They hooked me up to computers through electrodes, put me in a comfortable lounge chair, put an eye pillow over my face, slipped speakers onto my head and played an audio guided visualization.” FirstsMightEyeFacesComfortableComputerChairsSpeakersPillowVisualizationHookedEpiphanyAudio Author:Brad Willis
“I like to photograph miniature constructed scenes - I'll buy a very sad cake decoration like a plastic computer for a dreary office birthday party and construct a wildly colorful scene to put on its screen, or do a series of dollhouse chairs frozen in ice cubes.” PartySceneOfficeComputerSeriesPhotographScreensIceChairsCakePlasticConstructsFrozenColorfulDecorationDrearyVery SadCubesMiniaturesBirthday PartyDollhouses Author:Matthea Harvey
“When you say "bank," a bank is a building, a set of computers and chairs and things. The bankers are the people running these banks. They're the chief officers, and they push the loans because they don't care if they go bad. For one thing, they may package these bad loans and sell them off to gullible institutional investors.” PeopleIfsMayCareRunningOne ThingBuildingComputerSellsDon't CareChiefsChairsOfficersInvestorsLoanPackagesBankersGullible Author:Michael Hudson
“Nefarious. This is what we get when we hire a Yale boy.” “You missed sacrosanct earlier. And taciturn and glowering,” Jack said. “What’s glowering?” “Me, apparently.” Wilkins pointed. “Now that has to be a joke.” He turned to Davis. “You heard that, right?” Davis didn’t answer him, having spun his chair around to type something at his computer. “Let’s see what Google says… Ah – here it is. ‘Glowering: dark; showing a brooding ill humor.” SaidDarkAnswersBoysHeardTypeComputerJokesIllChairsGoogleYaleSpunBroodingTaciturn Author:Julie James