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Nathan Borror Designerly Ways of Knowing

"Objects are a form of knowledge about how to satisfy certain requirements, about how to perform certain tasks. And they are a form of knowledge that is available to everyone; one does not have to understand mechanics, nor metallurgy, nor the molecular structure of timber, to know that an axe offers (or 'explains') a very effective way of splitting wood. Of course, explicit knowledge about objects and about how they function has become available, and has sometimes led to significant improvements in the design of the objects. But in general, 'invention comes before theory'—the world of 'doing and making' is usually ahead of the world of understanding—technology leads to science, not vice versa as is often believed.

"Invention comes before theory," I like that.

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Nathan Borror read 33 pages in Designerly Ways of Knowing

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Nathan Borror read 66 pages in War and Peace

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Nathan Borror read 31 pages in How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

An Inquiry Into Values

By Robert M. Pirsig

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Nathan Borror How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

"Words are fickle, open to abuse, double meaning and downright deceit—all too often, they say what we don't really mean. But the intimacy of touch catapults communication between us into another dimension, a world of feeling and emotion that words can never penetrate."

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Nathan Borror read 61 pages in How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

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Nathan Borror Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

"The more he studied, the more convinced he became that no one had yet told the damage to this world that had resulted from our unconscious acceptance if their thought."

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Nathan Borror read 45 pages in Hot & Cool

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Nathan Borror read 11 pages in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Nathan Borror read 48 pages in The Penguin and the Leviathan

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Nathan Borror read 29 pages in Understanding Media

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Nathan Borror read 78 pages in Objective-C Phrasebook

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Such a good series if you want terse explanations.

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iOS Programming

The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

By Joe Conway, Aaron Hillegass

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Nathan Borror read 33 pages in Design Patterns

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Reference

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Nathan Borror read 42 pages in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

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Nathan Borror read 1 chapters in iOS Programming

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Nathan Borror read 18 pages in Eisenhower in War and Peace

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Nathan Borror Eisenhower in War and Peace

"Focus, common sense, simplicity, and attitude—the recipe for Ike's success."

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