“It’s a job. It’s not a hobby. You don’t write the way you build a model airplane. You have to sit down and work, to schedule your time and stick to it. Even if it’s just for an hour or so each day, you have to get a babysitter and make the time. If you’re going to make writing succeed you have to approach it as a job.” IfsWayWritingJobsHoursSucceedApproachModelsDown AndSticksEach DayAirplaneHobbiesSchedulesBabysitter Author:Rosellen Brown
“success in L.A. is completely arbitrary. One day you're the brilliant genius of life, the next day people act like there's a bad smell when you approach. Lots of expensive, late-model cars are offered in the L.A. Times every day by people who have suddenly begun to smell bad. The stakes are just too high for human dignity.” PeopleHumansNextCarGeniusOne DayLateApproachModelsDignityHollywoodSmellBrilliantExpensiveLos AngelesStakesNext DayArbitraryHuman Dignity Author:Cynthia Heimel
“Holland's and Kauffman's work, together with Dawkins' simulations of evolution and Varela's models of autopoietic systems, provide essential inspiration for the new discipline of artificial life, This approach, initiated by Chris Langton (1989, 1992), tries to develop technological systems (computer programs and autonomous robots) that exhibit lifelike properties, such as reproduction, sexuality, swarming, and co-evolution.” TryingInspirationTogetherEvolutionDisciplineEssentialsComputerApproachModelsProgramPropertySexualityWorking TogetherArtificialTechnologicalRobotsExhibitsReproductionAutonomousSimulationHollandArtificial Life Author:John Henry Holland
“I was very pleased when PRS presented me with my SE Angelus acoustic, a beautiful guitar of stunning quality. It was in response to the challenge of building a guitar that shared the integrity and attention to detail that the Alex Lifeson Private Stock Angelus possesses in a package more broadly accessible. The SE Alex Lifeson Thinline is that model. Carefully selected materials, expert craftsmanship and a smart approach to concept resulted in a guitar that is beautiful to look at and rewarding to play.” LooksPlayBeautifulChallengesAttentionQualityBuildingMaterialsIntegrityApproachModelsSmartConceptsResponseGuitarDetailsExpertsPackagesAlexSelectedAcousticsStunningCraftsmanshipAttention To Detail Author:Alex Lifeson
“The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?” ShouldDoeFaithUniverseAnswersApproachModelsMathematicalBotherUsualMathematical Models Author:Stephen Hawking
“People deserve to have their experiences understood in a genuine bio-psycho-social approach. All too often, this is ignored in favor of what is a very reductionist, bio-medical, model.” PeopleSocialApproachModelsUnderstoodDeserveMedicalFavorsGenuineIgnoredPsychoBios Author:Peter Kinderman
“You can increase the odds of spotting the weak points in your approach if you really think about the end-to-end business model you plan to follow - how you plan to create, capture, and deliver value.” IfsThinkingEndsValuesPlansApproachModelsWeakIncreaseCaptureOddsBusiness ModelsWeak Points Author:Scott D. Anthony
“The good news is that, at least in economics, I've seen movement away from its overemphasis on mathematical models of purely rational behavior to a more eclectic and commonsense approach: research that is, among other things, more respectful of insights from psychology.” PsychologyMovementBehaviorApproachNewsModelsResearchEconomicsInsightRationalMathematicalGood NewsRespectfulEclecticMathematical Models Author:Robert J. Shiller
“I see myself, in terms of the question of capitalism, as I would support democratic socialism over a capitalist system, because any approach... or participatory economics, which is another great model that people like Michael Albert are putting out there... any system that encourages us to think about interdependency, and to be able to use the world's resources in a wiser way, for the good of the whole, would be better for the world than capitalism.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWholeUseWould BeAbleTermSupportApproachModelsCapitalismResourcesEconomicsDemocraticSocialismCapitalistWiserDemocratic Socialism Author:Bell Hooks
“Historically, many of the great names in alpine climbing seemed to have just gone climbing as training. In fact, the model alpinist has often portrayed himself in literature as a half-crazed nonconformist, living life on the edge every moment he's sober enough to climb. It is true that amazing feats of skill and daring have been accomplished using this rather random approach. For some climbers that "life on the edge" approach may be the only way they can accomplish these feats, but there are far better methods to prepare for the challenges of alpine climbing.” WayMayHas BeensEnoughMomentsFactsLiteratureNamesChallengesHalfGoneSkillsApproachModelsTrainingMethodEdgesAccomplishLive LifeAccomplishedClimbsClimbingDaringSoberFeatsClimbersNonconformistAlpineLife On The Edge Author:Steve House
“A technology becomes truly disruptive when it drives the marginal cost of something that used to be scarce and expensive to approach zero. Thus, it used to be to deploy software at scale, you had to fund a data center, buy a set of servers, storage, and networking gear, build an in-house IT management capability, and buy an expensive stack of enabling software before you could even get started. Now you can get all that from Amazon or Microsoft on a pay-as-you-grow model.” UsedHouseGrowsPayTechnologyCostApproachModelsManagementScalesUsed To BeDataExpensiveFundZeroSoftwareCapabilityNetworkingGearsMicrosoftScarceAmazonEnablingStorageDisruptiveServerData Centers Author:Geoffrey Moore
“In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing - an object to be understood and shaped into my own sense of self, the same is true of the play, the novel, the short story. Yet, for some reason, I approach these existing genres with the kind of confidence that the reggae artist approaches any song floating around out there.” KindSelfReasonPlayStoriesArtistSongChallengesMy OwnNovelPossibilityObjectsApproachModelsUnderstoodRemainsExcellenceArtisticGenreShort StoryFloatingSense Of SelfReggae Author:Kwame Dawes
“Angel and Muse approach from without; the Angel sheds light and the Muse gives form (Hesiod learned of them). Gold leaf or chiton-folds: the poet finds his models in his laurel coppice. But the Duende, on the other hand, must come to life in the nethermost recesses of the blood.” GivingHandsLightFormBloodPoetApproachModelsAngelGoldShedMuseLeafsFoldsLaurelsRecess Author:Federico Garcia Lorca