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Selected tweets - Phil Shapiro - Twitter @philshapiro (Thanks, Shelley.)
When you increase the quality of your wondering, you increase the quality of your life.
At all times and in all ways we could all use better strategy.
Embrace ambiguity and things that you're not sure are ambiguity.
I've enjoyed spending this zeptosecond with you. From beginning to end, a memorable experience.
And now time to move on to a new zeptosecond
I have long been enamored and enraptured by the glamour of all manners of enameling. #makermovement
Libraries need to be places of dignity and bountiful doubt, because dignity is hope and doubt is the path to wisdom.
Be highly selective in the ways you are unrestrained.
Don't put old ideas into new buildings. It's an affront to the building.
If you use the word "edutainment" in my presence, I will tackle you to the ground and repeatedly punch you in a way that's not edutainment.
Librarians delight in introducing people to possibilities.
Mindshare is the precedessor of marketshare.
Penumbras fascinate me.
We need to measure the yearly progress of our legislators to make sure they are meeting the Next Generation Legislator Standards.
In college, my professors were constantly confronting my flunking of debunking, when I was just fixed at being mixed.
Study the greats so you can be inimitable in the same ways they were inimitable.
When you get tired of honing, try some fine tuning instead.
I'm interested in wildlife, but mostly as it relates to human creativity. I want to preserve wildlife - make it available for the future.
Once a fortnight I love using a uniquely British word.
Our habits and hobbies become our destiny.
Dr. Seuss was the greatest writer of the last century. There are some who believe otherwise, but they're roughly speaking wrong.
After the hunter-gathering stage, Homo sapiens would often Forex for food and sometimes even get a seat on the stock exchange.
To know you must do.
Retweet and ye shall be retweeted.
Don't be proud of just noticing. Be proud of how you noticed, why you noticed and how you responded to the noticing.
If you're not pushing back, then you're being pushed over.
What is more delightful than a happy surprise? Ever noticed how happy surprise is proportional to diversity of info sources?
The counterintuitive must always be vigorously considered.
I really want to seamlessly deploy something and then pivot, lean in while hitting the ground running and then take it to the next level.
What the Renaissance teaches us is that resistance is feudal.
Find the ways to bring back the things that were lost. They were lost, but not forgotten.
Healthy libraries believe in the creative destruction of metaphors.
Embrace paradox -- live vicariously through yourself. Seize the verb. Carpe fish. Semper distractions. Greek the geek.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and don't forget to take off your muddy boots I've told you 50 times.
In a creative economy, all persons need to become noncompliant. Those who refuse -- are also noncompliant.
If you don't value serendipity, you won't appreciate Twitter. (HT @scsdmedia)
The best pathway to discoveries is to meander unswervingly.
The fundamental library question is do we move beyond Dewey or do we not move beyond Dewey? Answer: Bop bop dew wee she bop.
If libraries are not creating meaning and purpose in people's lives, they're not libraries. #libraries
If libraries are not supporting promising opportunities in their community, they're not libraries. #newlib
Ergonomics is not so important? Poor ergonomics can place a drag on the entire economy. You might never know what was lost...
Impatience is as much a virtue as patience. #makermovement
We must pursue the counterintuitive. Logic is a pathway with too many bounds.
Here is a yarn -- a retweet is stitch.
If you know proper English grammar, you cannot loose.
In ancient Greece, Athenians walked a lot. Walking stirs the mind.
I believe in partnerships between people who believe in public/private partnerships and those who don't.
Libraries let people live outside of themselves.
Develop habits of excellence. For example, I do my best work when I'm not working.
“I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library, but probably not a Java library." ― Jorge Luis Borges
The French invented the novel. Thanks, French.
Always seek new metaphors because every metaphor contains the seed of its own destruction.
The answers we seek are contained in the questions we haven't yet asked.
To serve their communities, librarians need to live, breathe and model a growth mindset.
History always retweets itself.
Architectural design is prioritizing and then interweaving.
The route to reaching the highest possible ROI is by routinely eschewing business metaphors.
The overarching narrative of writers is that they narrate in an overarching kind of way.
I stand on the shoulders of giants, although I should probably have taken off my shoes.
The http://opensource.com web site keeps growing in popularity each month. Follow at @opensourceway
Every day I strive to step out of my comfort zone and into another comfort zone. Take risks. Find the best comfort zones you can find.
Be the architect of your life. Consider the purpose and then design accordingly.
The path forward is for every city to step by step become beta and beta
The act of wondering can be a solace. Wondering is a skill that can be developed. Develop this skill, with others, at the library.
For 2016, many corporations are shifting from nanoethics to picoethics. (Almost imperceptible ethics.)
My longest wingsuit flight to date has been 4.5 minutes -- and then I woke up and rolled out of bed.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what tweets there may be that give sustenance. (Thanks, RosenetTV)
If you're interested in the changing role of librarians and libraries, follow (and use) the Twitter hashtag #newlib
If you would learn more, listen more, reflect more, try more, wonder more.
Here is my strategy: I do something -- and then later I find out why I did it. You won't know the why before you do it.
The open source mind is forever imagining expanded feature sets. Creatively untethered. Unbounded by artificial restrictions.
Down here in the library trenches, it's metaphor to simile combat. We take no prisoners, but we'll accept overdue books.
Lobsters that don't share with other lobsters are very, very shellfish.
I just noticed -- antonym-based slang is sick.
I'm writing a new ebook -- The Lost Art of Lost Library Books. I had notes for the book around here somewhere...
When Casals was asked why he continued to practice the cello at 93, he replied, “I’m beginning to notice some improvement.”
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of tweeting one's new understanding." Leonardo da Vinci
The fundamental library questions is do we move beyond Dewey or do we not move beyond Dewey? Answer: Bop bop dew wee she bop.
Any librarian can tell you that metaphors are a sleeping giant.
Whoever tweets righteousness and honor will meet their just retweets.
Culture is defined by culture.
Conversations are the route to understanding.
Use screencasting in non-traditional ways --> Happy Mother's Day (Elsa Shapiro - 2014) https://youtu.be/zUFgW3jhsqU
A makerspace is like a standing unconference.
If you're not sure how to spell the word iterate, just start out and then refine and revise.
What we're seeing at makerspaces is enterprise quality clutter -- clutter in service of community, but with high QoS.
"If understanding be worth the time spent listening, tweet on." ~ William Shakespeare
To delight in the unexpected, turn your attention away from the expected. The unexpected can only fly in if the right window is open.
You don't need to own a camcorder to do compelling storytelling on YouTube. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ld3AtKuGxU … #LibreOfficeDraw #Audacity
Economists have arrived at a valuation for an hour of sleep: priceless.
Metaphors are libraries' secret sauce.
You can sometimes be more by thinking about being more.
I love the great outdoors and the feel of wind in my hair, so I always place a fan towards my head when watching nature shows on television.
We need to raise the minimum wage. A pittance is not a salary.
The fundamental library question is do we move beyond Dewey or do we not move beyond Dewey? Answer: Bop bop dew wee she bop.
Always remember, mnemonics is your friend.
Coincidence is a poor escape route from poverty.
When it comes to curiosity, inquiry and wondering, librarians are often first responders.
Organizing is making. #makermovement
Open source is the joy of giving gifts to people you'll never meet.
The knowledge in your head is proportional to your curiosity about the world.
Big companies make too many mistakes and then the rest of us bear the costs. Better decisionmaking please. You can afford it. We can't.
If we lose libraries, we'd be at a loss for words. #libraries
"Love many things and tweet a lot." ~Van Gogh
I'm torn between being ambivalent and not being ambivalent.
Linux allows for more people to sit at the table. Come, sit down, there is food for you, too.
People don't understand the value of untidyness. We need a kit: "Untidyness in a Box"
My favorite Linux logic puzzles - Tetravex http://youtu.be/T7Rlh4SFYJ0 (great for kids and adults - easy. medium, hard) #opensource
"Tweet confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." -Henry David Thoreau
You don't need to be a jet engine to be the wind underneath other people's wings.
How you choose to use your time will determine how your life will unfold.
Discover new lands at the library. No Niña, Pinta and Santa María required. #libraries
It's time I fine-tuned my recalibration so that I can more closely hone my hewing.
Someday I'd like to write an eloquent and finely-textured vignette that resonates.
The thrills we seek need have nothing to do with danger. #rollercoasters #mounteverest Seek the thrill of helping others in new ways.
Seek the thrill of joining a community of purpose. @opensourceway
The nice thing about living healthy is that you become less dead.
I shed a tear for the loss of empathy.
I didn't last long in my job as Government Programs Developer for the Libertarian Party.
Anyone who is able to tame wild librarians is a librarian whisperer. If you tame a lot
of librarians, you become a hoarse whisperer.
We have got to lower the boom on excessive use of metaphors.
"The worst port is better than the most excellent shoal" - Medieval Spanish Saying.
Math is greater than the sum of its parts.
I'm debating with myself about the value of debating. Currently, both sides have the upper hand.
If you have no strategies you have no direction.
The best ideas whisper themselves to you.
The future is already here. It just hasn't been adequately tweeted yet.
Social innovations can cause much greater social advances than technological innovations, but is pursued far less often. Wondering why.
I love the great outdoors and the feel of wind in my hair, so I always point a fan at my head when I watch nature shows on television.
Often questions create more value than answers. #libraries
Libraries could provide live video reference service in a manner to the Mayday feature on the Amazon Kindle Fire. Hacking Android?
I'm an autodidact grateful to all my teachers, mentors, friends, family, and extensive support network. I could have never done it w/o you.
We need a lot more folks who are singer/songwriter, artist/engineer, coder/poet, writer/librarians. Who, today, is all of these?
We need to boost the number of geeks as Members of Congress. Cluelessness is passé. Forget candidate debates. Show us your Arduino code.
Cinquagenarians -- stand tall, stand proud. You're a cinquagenarian. Never forget that.
Purists are impure.
We don't have time to tinker with the #makermovement Must be embraced as a national priority now.
Princeton University admits it operates within the intellectual shadow of the Princeton Public Library. "We owe them so much."
Social media is both a blessing in disguise and a mixed blessing. In truth, a mixed blessing in disguise. #ClearedThatRightUp
The secret to effortless spontaneity is thorough planning.
This is what's coming: Linux will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Metadata deficiency is just like any other deficiency. It hurts. And it's completely preventable. Talk to your librarian. Develop a plan.
If you're going to start a business that weighs fish, do please realize that weighing fish doesn't scale.
Web services are so expensive that they're free. I don't like free. No accountability. Take it or leave it attitude on corp's part.
We must beat our swords into ploughshares, our yachts into makerspaces.
A short 66 years between the first powered flight (1903) and the first moonwalk (1969). Both events connected to Ohio.
We must value the worth and dignity of every tweet, except for maybe the towering avalanche of cruddy ones.
When I heard that The Scream painting sold for $120 million today, I raised my hands to my head in horror. #recursion
Libraries make people less clueless. How important is that in a knowledge economy? #savelibraries
Librarians are routers.
We need to redouble our efforts to use more mathematical metaphors...
There's a new machine in my gym. I was able to buy Kit Kats, Snickers, and Payday chocolate bars.
When I was a high school student I started building shelves using off-the-shelf parts. I gave away plans because I wasn't shelfish.
I'm creating a virtual reality game which immerses you in a fantasy world where government works. Admittedly disorienting.
Planet Earth needs new sources of food. Please see if there's anything you can do to kelp.
What if high school English class were renamed to be "storytelling."
Within creative communal habits lies wealth.
“When you come to a wall that is too high to climb, throw your hat over the wall, and then go get your hat.” - Irish
saying
"Criticize by creating" - Michaelangelo
FOSS's arc is long, but it bends towards justice.
Open content is a textbook example of why textbooks are no longer needed.
Joe McKibben is setting up hackerspace in Dayton, Ohio. Wilbur and Orville would have loved it.
Sometime I'd love to make last minute preparations for a business class on just-in-time manufacturing.
Teach your students the value of looking at issues from different perspectives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stxc1BPThaA … (Double Gift/Shades of Gray)
Cluelessness merges comfortably into prejudice. #libraries
Banquet at open source conference has 600 knives and 2500 forks
Go to the library to find the unexpected.
Mornings would work much better for me if they started in the afternoon.
Libraries could offer a special on nuance, changing the pricing ever so subtly throughout the day. #newlib
Linux installation special - install Linux for free on two computers and then install Linux on the third for free.
Noticing is thinking.
For libraries to be able to help people go places, libraries need to be going places. #newlib
"Imagine a world where what you wondered was more important than what you knew." Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach @snbeach
Librarians need to be culture creators not just content curators. Passive role ended in the year 2000.
In a creative economy every student must become noncompliant. Those who refuse, well, they're noncompliant.
One of a public library's core functions is the facilitation of local communication.
A book is a conversation and a conversation is a book.
Storytellers control the stories of their own lives.
Ask not what tweets will come to you. Ask what you will tweet.
If people tweet each other well, the world will be a better place.
Libraries are places where things are combined in new and different ways. #libraries
I have a genetic predisposition for opening up too many tabs at the same time. My parents had this gene, and so did their parents...
More students need to specialize in interdisplinary everythingness, because serendipity doesn't like deep canyons.
Meteorologists note severe drought of fresh ideas in the nation's capital.
Where there are contours, liquid will flow.
Poetry screams in whispers.
I just realized that stale paradox always tastes fresh.
In a knowledge economy, creative expression is the currency. Are public libraries facilitating creative expression thru digital tools?
Thankfully, the brunt of the cold front has been stunted and blunt, causing no affront and no confront. #sandy
Nimble survives.
Libraries are about sustenance.
With the approaching hurricane, it's important to batten down the cliches, lash up those metaphors, and hunker while sheltering in place.
It's taking me forever to complete the Laziest-in-Residence application for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Tumult breaks out in meditation class as students compete to see who can be more quiet.
The best way to be heard is to become a deep listener.
My preferred learning style is to sleep late.
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