What is that? An official blogger app for iOS. Updated May 6th 2013. Yay for list and status. Yay for edit. Nay for only bold/italic choices for formatting. Nay for no visible way of linking or editing existing links.
Considering that the web version doesn't work at all with chrome for iPad, I guess it is a small step up - but compared to the Wordpress app it is scary bad. Proof that blogger isn't something google sees much value in, and that they have a hard time getting something decent together for tablets in general and iOS in particular.
Which like Reader seems strange to me, considering that they want to organize the worlds information, having it first hand would seem like a good choice? But I guess they crawl a lot better than they do UX, and probably more efficient all around.
But onto the quote and link for the post proper - another archived draft, this one from right after New Years, and related to dieting:
Controlling what you eat is an interesting challenge, but not nearly as important as controlling how you think.
[src] via Seth's Blog
Reading bit by bit "this will make you smarter", a collection of short essays as answers, each about two full screens in the kindle app.
Quotes would go here.... On something more suited that a google product... Stay tuned (and yay for crappy html as well - total fail)
I am my mind;
If you lead an organization, or have the sort of job that demands that you think about the world, these tools are like magic hammers. They will help you, now and through life, to see the world better, and to see your own biases more accurately.
Bias is one of the points brought forth, which ties into my other non-fic reading at the moment; Dan Ariely and a bundle of all three books. Considered jumping onto his Coursera offering, but the time just wasn't there, but finally reading all three books back to back is a good treat non the less.
Bias is the thumb that experience puts on the scale [ibid 1227]
Biases are there, we are wired into thinking some ways - but it is in part predictable, so we can, should, work with it. Not letting it go unnoticed in the autopilot lane, but taking a few minutes to reflect on why and how we assumed. Doesn't have to be a complete written expose, but checking yourself makes a lot of sense.
There is no absolute truth, since quantum states as we understand them contain probabilities all over the place. But also at a higher level, it is often more about storytelling than actual impact or 'fact'. A "causation web" rather than a pure and simple trigger for some thing, and then we try to influence various aspects of the web - based on what "makes sense" in our story, our reference frame.
Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think the universe began after the domestication of the dog? [ibid, 860]Because it makes it easier overall? Religion puts things into place, makes for an overall narrative and guidelines that make a lot of sense.
Be nice, you will be rewarded, there is a Truth out there.
Does the timeline matter in the day to day life? Does it change how you would look at gas prices and environment? Taking something for granted or realizing that it is a (rather) finite resource built up over thousands of years, not likely to be around in the time of our grandkids?
But but but...
Think happy thoughts, it is a simple saying but a profound impact. How does it relate to bias? Is it the same thing, that we shape our world by our understanding and stories of it?No, you can't heal yourself solely with (Jedi) mind tricks, but in a lot of situations your view impacts the process and the result in terms if how it makes you feel.
Energized or worn down.
Impossible or stretch.
Same thing or not?
...and the sun washed out any hope of getting further for now - just as i realized that i've passed 500 published posts. it all adds up. given time, same as this post, third time the charm and out it goes on schedule in the morning...
