Michele Pasin / Quotes

Asking the proactive question

So on the third day, we decided to focus on the proactive question, “What is our response? What are we going to do? How can we exercise initiative in this…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #proactivity #problem #decisions

Our universe is thoroughly wiggly

Apart from such human artifacts as buildings and roads (especially Roman and American roads), our universe, including ourselves, is thoroughly wiggly.

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #artifacts #buildings #road #universe

Il dolore che rende più profondi

Si tratta di una verità spaventosa: il dolore può renderci più profondi, può conferire un maggiore splendore ai nostri colori e una risonanza più ricca alle…

La Formica Zen (italian Edition) ( ) #pain #character #hope

Il peccato di sperare in un'altra vita

«Se c’è un peccato contro la vita, è forse non tanto disperarne, quanto sperare in un’altra vita, e sottrarsi all’implacabile grandezza di questa.» Albert Camus

Adesso basta (Simone Perotti) #life #hope #religion

The jinx of "It's gonna be okay"

The horse was making me look good. It’s gonna be okay, I whispered to myself, knowing, as the words trotted through the thick fog of vain hope in my mind…

Shantaram (gregory David Roberts) #words #mind #hope

Field study (hci research method)

Field studies or case studies are an attempt to study practitioners in a realistic environment. The goal is to evaluate actual performance in a precise…

Improving The Human Factors Aspect Of Database Interactions. #practice #issues