January 2010
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The Importance of Abandoning Crap
There’s a flimsy line between wimping out and moving on. I should know; in recent years I’ve left a comfy full time job, launched six websites, abandoned two, ditched archery, and turned my back on origami. I remember the sad words of my Cello teacher when I announced I was quitting that:
“Don’t tell me you’re starting a bloody rock band.”
I told her I’d defected to the guitar because...
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“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will...”
– Oscar Wilde
About Modern Nerd
MODERN NERD blends essays, news, and how-tos into brain food for designers, developers, and creators. It’s written and curated by Nick Cernis, a designer and programmer from West Yorkshire in the UK.
Artlessly spanning topics from email overload and the lure of the iPhone to the need for luxury loo roll, Modern Nerd aims to examine, poke fun at, and occasionally solve everyday nerdish...