“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” —>
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The first key quality of a user-friendly device is something that fundamentally makes the user’s life easier.
“Tobler’s law. Tobler’s law states that near things are more related than distant things. In other words, things that are closer together are more related than things that are farther apart. This seems intuitive when we say it, but the reality is that many traditional statistical and machine learning–based approaches ignore this reality.”
— Spatial Statistics Illustrated by Lauren Bennett, Flora Vale a.co/aNt4YyG
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COGNITIVE LOAD, IT’S EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT ANY ONE PERSON HAS A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH INFORMATION THEY CAN HOLD IN THEIR BRAINS AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
“data does not equal information. You can be data rich and information poor. You can have a lot of data and know nothing at all. In fact, you might even say that sometimes the more data you have, the less you know.”
— Spatial Statistics Illustrated by Lauren Bennett, Flora Vale a.co/2I134SS
“What are the current usage patterns for each type of public transit?”
— Spatial Statistics Illustrated by Lauren Bennett, Flora Vale a.co/2I134SS
““Step by Step, Ferociously.””
— Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos, With an Introduction by Walter Isaacson by Walter Isaacson, Jeff Bezos a.co/0ezfhsZ
“Those who know do not talk. Those who talk do not know. Close your mouth. Guard your senses. Temper your sharpness. Simplify your problems. Mask your brightness. Be at one with the dust of the earth. This is primal union. Those who have achieved this state Do not distinguish between friends and enemies, Between good and harm, between honor and disgrace. This is the highest state of being.”
— Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition by Lao Tzu
“There is no greater sin than craving, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for ourselves. Therefore those who know that enough is enough will always have enough.”
— Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition by Lao Tzu a.co/42OX8km
“Creating, yet not possessing, Working, yet not taking credit. Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever.”
— Tao Te Ching: Text Only Edition by Lao Tzu a.co/fxuIUxg
“Insist on the Highest Standards: Leaders have relentlessly high standards—many people may think these standards are unreasonably high. Leaders are continually raising the bar and drive their teams to deliver high quality products, services, and processes. Leaders ensure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.”
— The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon by Steve Anderson, Karen Anderson a.co/gz8Zr8P
“Frugality: Accomplish more with less. Constraints breed resourcefulness, self-sufficiency and invention. There are no extra points for growing headcount, budget size or fixed expense.”
— The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon by Steve Anderson, Karen Anderson a.co/6RFmMkn
““Amazon Leadership Principles—Customer Obsession: Leaders start with the customer and work backwards. They work vigorously to earn and keep customer trust. Although leaders pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers.””
— The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon by Steve Anderson, Karen Anderson a.co/4EqLUib