Dabble Dabble Toil and Kick Ass

SXSW 2008 Presentation with Amy Hoy.

Transcript

1. Robert Heinlein A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. “ Specialization is for insects. 1
2. now you too can be smarter, sexier, better at your job.... just by taking up silly hobbies! amy hoy & john athayde www.hyphenateme.com 2
3. JOHN amy 3
4. amy JOHN + = crayzee! 4
5. amy JOHN + = hyphenated people (but also crayzee!) 5
6. amy designer, programmer, ui wonk, writer, speaker, photographer, (really) amateur guitar player, volunteer language, psychology, neuroscience, marketing, business, anthropology, teaching, typography, colors, history, creativity, games & gaming, guitars, singing, poetry, philanthropy, ethics, philosophy, buddhism, science, research, understanding the universe, tin robots, anything to do with squids, victorian era postcards, antique scientific equipment, art nouveau lithographs, antique posters, sock monkeys, economics, plush lizards, learning german, Swiss Modern design, travel 6
7. JOHN DESIGNER, ARCHITECT, PRO MUSICIAN, PRODUCER, HACKY PROGRAMMER, FILMMAKER, COMPOSITOR, 3D RENDERER, PHOTOGRAPHER. MUSIC, ARCHITECTURE, TYPOGRAPHY, ANTOINE PREDOCK, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, FORMER FUTURE ASTRONAUT, RECOVERING DOT-COMMER, BOY SCOUT, VINTAGE RECORING EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL, GUITARS, PIANOS, KEYBOARDS, POLITICS, CELEBRITY GOSSIP, TRAVEL, LABRADORS, DIGITAL DELAY, WILDERNESS SURVIVAL, FARMING, CAMPING, INVETERATE GOTHAM ALL- CAPPER 7
8. why we’re hyphenated { “comma-delimited people” just doesn’t have the same ring } ------ 8
9. we’re not Robert Heinlein { thank god } but we do do lots of stuff { lolz you said “do do” } 9
10. you. {yeah, you. you with the unflattering badge picture.} 10
11. you. {speaking of unflattering...} 11
12. so. are you a human being {© [phil_h], CC- licensed, some rights reserved} ? 12
13. or a dead bug waiting to happen? 13
14. speaking of bugs { least favorite topic ever } 14
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25. your brain { psychoanalyzer? i hardly know ‘er! } 25
26. ॳ৺ { good thing this is a slide, not your right shoulder, cuz then you’d be totally lame. } shoshin 26
27. translated roughly as “n00b brain” {roughly} ------ ॳ৺ 27
28. W-W-W-dot- duh-wha? { Image © EUSKALANTO, CC- licensed, some rights reserved} 28
29. { Image © EUSKALANTO, CC- licensed, some rights reserved} I didn’t know enough to know it couldn’t be done. 29
30. Shunryu Suzuki In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few. “ 30
31. Marcel Proust The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands, but in seeing with new eyes. “ 31
32. neuro- plasticity { gesundheit! } 32
33. be able to think, longer { you’re not gettin’ any younger, y’know } 33
34. Lloyd Alexander We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself. “ 34
35. { well, how did you think they got so smart? } 35
36. your life { you do have a life, don’t you? } 36
37. joy. { curiousity killed the cat... but satisfaction brought him back } 37
38. Robert Lynd One of the greatest joys known to man is to take flight into ignorance in search of knowledge. “ 38
39. Franklin D Roosevelt Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. “ 39
40. leave your ego behind { but... but... i like my ego! it’s really great! } 40
41. Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one’s self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. Thomas Szasz “ 41
42. your work {you do work, don’t you?} 42
47. least forgivable visual metaphor ever.* * not counting goatse 47
48. Thomas Edison I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that didn’t work. “ 48
49. ideas are like rabbits { put two together and they multiply! } 49
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53. for when you hate your job. { as if you’d ever do that! } 53
54. {Image © TedsBlog, CC-licensed, some rights reserved} it’s good to have outside interests 54
55. stuff to talk about at parties. { “i’m a designer” used to always get me blank stares... } 55
56. Malcolm Gladwell When we say, then, that Lois Weisberg is the kind of person who "knows everyone," we mean it in precisely this way. It is not merely that she knows lots of people. It is that she belongs to lots of different worlds. “ http://gladwell.com/1999/1999_01_11_a_weisberg.htm 56
57. pop the bubble effect { cuz syncophants are only fun for the first 24 hours } 57
58. it’s what you know. and who you know. and what they know. { theeee more we get together, together… } 58
59. {Image © alexadan, CC-licensed, some rights reserved} seeing 59
60. the curse! of knowledge { that font is “Zombie Guts,” in case you’re wondering } 60
61. Made to Stick Lots of research in economics and psychology shows that when we know something, it becomes hard for us to imagine not knowing it. “ 61
62. the renaissance { and it’s [art] history 101 time again, folks... } 62
65. the facts: { and it’s [art] history 101 time again, folks... } ~14th—17th century re-valuing of classic wisdom reform artsplosion! advances in all major fields 65
66. the facts: { and it’s [art] history 101 time again, folks... } ~14th—17th century re-valuing of classic wisdom reform artsplosion! advances in all major fields 66
67. renaissance translated as “rebirth” { pretty but hard to spell } ------ 67
68. your renaissance 68
69. your renaissance starts… now. 69
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75. Jaussi, et al ...John-Steiner’s (1985) research suggested that in combining two unrelated areas, if one is from an aspect of one’s inner life (or something one is passionate about), creativity will occur more easily. “ I Am, I Think I Can, and I Do: The Role of Personal Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Cross-Application of Experiences in Creativity at Work CREATIVITY RESEARCH JOURNAL, 2007, VOL 19 75
76. computational origami { gesundheit! } 76
77. go to at least 2 talks way outside your interests. about the relevance of knitting today, maybe. or old people and computers. or “social” anything. 77
78. take notes. 78
79. find serendipity in the book store. { just remember to bring a healthy credit card } 79
80. take looooooooooo ooooooooooo ong showers. { friends — and singing — optional } 80
81. Freeman Dyson I think it’s very important to be idle…people who keep themselves busy all the time are generally not creative. So I am not ashamed of being idle. “ 81
82. keep a lot of balls in the air. wear many hats. { make subtle puns about genitals in public presentations } 82
83. The Myths of Innovation Edison, Darwin, da Vinci, Michelangelo, and van Gogh all regularly switched between different projects, occasionally in different fields, possibly accelerating an exchange of ideas and seeding their minds for new insights. “ 83
84. pick up a ukelele. { john does! } 84
85. dramatization 85
86. {© zen, CC-licensed, some rights reserved} commingle. 86
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88. consequences. 88
89. Oliver Wendell Holmes Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. “ 89
90. Piet Hein The road to wisdom?—Well, it’s plain and simple to express: Err and err and err again but less and less and less 90
91. Socrates The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. “ 91
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