joseph adisurya
Bookmarks
The internet is a place full of wonders, this is a personal archive of everything I find interesting or worth-sharing. This is going to be a forever-growing list, and there might be some links that lead to an expired website, but like they say, nothing lasts forever.
Become better at talking to people
Sadia from PickUpLimes shared some keypoints on how to become better at talking to people based on her experience as a socially awkward person and various sources she found
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Life is easy. Why do we make it so hard?
In this talk hosted by TEDxDoiSuthep, Jon Jandai, a farmer from Northeastern Thailand, shares his perspective on life, and how we might see it wrong all this time. He shares how he moved from his village to the city, because everyone told him to do so, but he then realized it wasn't the right choice.
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The enchanting music of sign language
Through her art, Christine Sun Kim discovered that sound doesn’t have to be known only from hearing, but it can also be felt, seen and experienced as an idea
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day through tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. Written by James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation
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Untuk Selalu
A very interesting short documentary about how the Dutch colonialism makes Indonesian culture still embedded in some of the people in The Netherlands now
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The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down
Haemin Sunim, a buddhist monk invites us to face the fast-paced world by being calm and see life from another perspective
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A Concerto Is a Conversation
Oscar-Nominated Op-Doc, about a virtuoso jazz pianist and film composer tracks his family’s lineage through his 91-year-old grandfather, from Jim Crow Florida to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and learn various lessons from his grandfather's life journey
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It’s not you. Bad doors are everywhere
The mistakes we make when we try to open a door might be caused by the design of the door itself
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10 ways to have a better conversation
Celeste Headlee has worked as a radio host for decades, and she knows the ingredients of a great conversation: Honesty, brevity, clarity and a healthy amount of listening. In this insightful talk, she shares 10 useful rules for having better conversations
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Blink
A book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently stumbling into errors
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The hilarious art of book design
Chip Kidd doesn’t judge books by their cover, he creates covers that embody the book — and he does it with a wicked sense of humor
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How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
Manoush Zomorodi explains the connection between spacing out and creativity
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How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed
Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin thinks there’s a way to avoid making critical mistakes in stressful situations. “The idea is to think ahead to what those failures might be.” he says
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Why cities are full of uncomfortable benches
Around us, there are a lot of “defensive design” applied around us. Although not everyone is a fan of it, it has a clear purpose to maintain the object’s function, and prevent irresponsible misuse
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Company of One
An approach to entrepreneurship focusing staying small and avoiding excessive growth - maximizing happiness, sustainability and profitability
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Dreams of Dali
Go inside and beyond Dali’s painting Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s Angelus and explore the world of the Surrealist master in 360° video
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Design as Art
An illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design, by the enfant terrible of Italian art and design for most of the twentieth century
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DICKS: Do you need to be one to be a successful leader?
Max Joseph made a short video essay as he talked with some directors and experts in his search of finding the answer whether you have to be a dick to be a successful leader
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Digital Minimalism
Bestselling author Cal Newport talks about how we can apply minimalism, the art of knowing how much is just enough, on personal technology, as our daily life gets closer and closer with the digital world, and how we can use technology to support us, instead of letting it to use us
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What really matters at the end of life
This moving talk with BJ Miller, a palliative care physician who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients, asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life
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Goodbye, Things
Fumio Sasaki shares his personal experience being a minimalist, and how it improved both his space and life in general
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You've been training AI for free
Vox explains how a lot of the things we do daily, often give informations needed by AI without us noticing. From a simple activities like tagging friends on social media, to those online tests to proof that we are humans, it's all also teaching the machine behind it to get smarter
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Love for Imperfect Things
This books talks on how we should accept and understand ourself before we can be at peace with others and have a fulfilling relationship with them
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What Realistic Films Dialogue Sounds Like
Nerdwriter1 explains why and how The Meyerowitz Stories (2017), written and directed by Noah Baumbach, captured how’s a real conversation and successfully translated it into the movie
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How sign language innovators are bringing music to the deaf
A short overview on how interpreters visualize rhythms and rhymes through American Sign Language and translating music to the deaf
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You are fluent in this language (and don't even know it)
Christoph Niemann shares how understanding visuals is a language we fluent instantly, and how it makes his art possible
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Why we say OK
Apparently OK is not a short for okay, but an abbreviation of Oll Korrect, started as a joke on how to say all correct done by young intellectuals in 1830s Boston
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How Postwar Italy Created The Paparazzi
Apparently the job paparazzi was 'invented' pretty much accidentally because an opportunity and finally became something popular and the film industry helped it spread
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Proof of evolution that you can find on your body
Look closely and you’ll see body parts that aren’t there because you need them, but because your animal ancestors did. No longer serving their previous function, but not costly enough to have disappeared
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Quiet
usan Cain shares how introvert often get misunderstood, and how introverts and extroverts have their own role that completes each other. This books explains how the world we live in right now, a lot of things have standards based on extrovert personalities, and introverts often feel left out and often judged as not good enough. While apparently the reality is not that simple, and there is a scientific reasons behind it
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Start With Why
People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with why. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the why behind it
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The Body Keeps The Score
This book explains how trauma can affect our thinking and how we see and feel, both mentally and physically, whether we realise it or not. Written by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma
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The Psychology of Money
Money is often associated with math and things that's very logical. But managing money is very affected with how we think and feel, this book talks about that side of money, personal finance, and investing
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Ways of Seeing
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings, he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures. By now he has.
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Thinking Fast and Slow
Two systems drive the way we think and make choices, Kahneman explains: System One is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System Two is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Examining how both systems function within the mind, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities as well as the biases of fast thinking and the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and our choices
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Books Read By
Books Read By showcases books read by figures around the world, from entrepreneurs, designers, innovators, editors, and many more. Some of them are very famous figures that you might know as well. This website is a project run by Anonymous Studio, a creative lab based in Singapore. They are also known for their previous projects, such as Food Cinema, and A Design Film Festival.
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Lovers Magazine
An online magazine with spotlight on designers who are creating the future and touching the lives of many. From independent designers, to designers at top companies like Facebook, Google, Spotify, etc.
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The Shape of Design
A little philosophical handbook by award-winning Frank Chimero about design and making things for other people. It has been used as a foundational reading around the world by creative practitioners. It is available for free online, as an ePub, PDF, and also a physical copy you can buy
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designculture.it
A website aimed at promoting the ‘culture of quality’ in design through the publication of interviews with designers from all over the world, monographic profiles of great designers from the past, and essays about important design topics
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The Talks
The Talks publishes an interview and portrait with a leading creative voice of our times, a curated selection of up to 300 interviews with personalities from the fields of art, film, fashion, food, music, and sports. From Olafur Eliasson to Bong Joon-ho to Massimo Bottura to Björk to Ai Weiwei to Mike Tyson
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How trees talk to each other
Ecologist Suzanne Simard shared her research in Canadian forests that have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances
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Why We Sleep
Apparently there are a lot of important things behind having a sufficient amount of sleep. It's not just to be healthy, but also to work better
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Beyond Beauty
Four women primarily known for their appearance, discover their inner beauty. Featuring Emma Watson, Natalie Portman, Cara Delevingne, and Jennifer Lawrence.
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