The Da Vinci Experiment

"Notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature."

doktorspinn — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:37:37 -0400

“Notice that Autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

Facebook’s Next Privacy Issue & How To Opt Out

doktorspinn — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 07:25:56 -0400

Facebook’s Next Privacy Issue & How To Opt Out

The Human Face of Big Data Smartphone App - Launching this week. Want us to remind you?

doktorspinn — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 07:09:50 -0400

The Human Face of Big Data Smartphone App - Launching this week. Want us to remind you?

Kelli Anderson on creativity

doktorspinn — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:30:34 -0400

Kelli Anderson on creativity

The emotional guidance scale (infographic).

doktorspinn — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 04:40:07 -0400

The emotional guidance scale (infographic).

smarterplanet: Your Life as Data: The Rise of Personal Annual...

doktorspinn — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:24:22 -0400

smarterplanet:

Your Life as Data: The Rise of Personal Annual Reports | Mashable

Every time he drinks a cup of coffee, Dan Meyer makes a note on his phone. He does the same every time he opens a beer, turns on his TV or travels away from home. At the end of each month, he spends about three hours transferring these meticulously gathered notes into an excel spreadsheet. Meyer isn’t obsessive compulsive, he just likes data. Like an increasing number of data geeks, he uses his personal life as a project — compiling small events into a sometimes elaborate, graphic annual report each January.

"Beyond everyday personal goals and health concerns, though, the point of lifelogging seems..."

doktorspinn — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 16:29:49 -0400

“Beyond everyday personal goals and health concerns, though, the point of lifelogging seems sentimental. With increasingly seamless ways to gather daily reports on food, location, mood and activity, lifelogging risks turning into digital hoarding. Without a story or some kind of context, it says nothing more about us than a look in a detailed mirror. And like a reflection, it captures our attention — because it is about us.”

- A nice conclusion from Joanne McNeil’s article about lifelogging in the LA times. (via betaknowledge)

AK’s Guide to Suits

doktorspinn — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:27:28 -0400

AK’s Guide to Suits

"It’s ironic how you can find yourself by cutting through all the pretentious clutter, just to find..."

doktorspinn — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:26:01 -0400

“It’s ironic how you can find yourself by cutting through all the pretentious clutter, just to find true pretentiousness beneath.”

- Doktor Spinn (Jerry Silfwer) - Social Media Marketing

HeartMath emWave2 (by betterbabybook)

doktorspinn — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:20:22 -0400

HeartMath emWave2 (by betterbabybook)

Cool kickstarter project.

doktorspinn — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:28:43 -0400

Cool kickstarter project.

Quote of the day: Michel Foucault

doktorspinn — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:27:41 -0400

Quote of the day: Michel Foucault

Standing Desks on the Cheap: The IKEA Guide

doktorspinn — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:24:38 -0400

Standing Desks on the Cheap: The IKEA Guide:

Note to self: Get a standing desk.

"This study suggests, then, that unconscious processing is important in the incubation effect. It..."

doktorspinn — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:22:51 -0400

“This study suggests, then, that unconscious processing is important in the incubation effect. It seems that for the group who knew they’d be doing the task again, their unconscious was working away in the background thinking up more solutions.”

- The Incubation Effect: How to Break Through a Mental Block — PsyBlog

Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!

doktorspinn — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:22:25 -0400

Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!:

Hear, hear,

Productivity vs. Guilt & Self-Loathing

doktorspinn — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:19:34 -0400

Productivity vs. Guilt & Self-Loathing:

s-m-i:

This is a brilliant, do-able list.

tl;dr version:

- Stop Checking Email in the Morning (‘The quickest way to time travel into the afternoon is to check email in the morning.’)
- Don’t make Guilt Piles (‘Pick the book or two that you can read this week and put the rest away.’)
- If it’s important, Schedule It (‘If you really want to read a book, catch up on HTML5, watch a video on Python, or learn to cook, schedule it.’
- Measure, then Cut ( ‘Are you over-committed?’)
- Do smaller things (‘Find a small thing that you can do in a small amount of time and do it.’)
- Let go of Psychic Weight (‘I don’t argue on Twitter and I don’t try to read every blog post’)
- Schedule Work Sprints (‘Just focus on one thing for 25 minutes’)
- Stop Beating Yourself Up (‘Eat well, sleep well, say NO more often and try your best.’)

Swivl Overview (by Satarii)

doktorspinn — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 16:18:24 -0400

Swivl Overview (by Satarii)

Charmed, I’m sure.

doktorspinn — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 16:24:01 -0400

Charmed, I’m sure.

Einstein and his therapist. “Happiness in intelligent people is...

doktorspinn — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:22:02 -0400

Einstein and his therapist. “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” - Hemingway

"I’m utterly convinced that the key to lifelong success is the regular exercise of a single..."

doktorspinn — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:24:00 -0400

“I’m utterly convinced that the key to lifelong success is the regular exercise of a single emotional muscle: gratitude.”

- True Secret to Success: Gratitude | Inc.com