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That bit about making a...Solve problems by writing a note to yourself By: Merlin Mann (42 replies) February 2, 2006 - 5:31am
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That bit about making a...
That bit about making a dark room brighter by adding light, not waving ones arms around is wicked - is this the Alan Watts quote or your interpretation of it? I’d like to use this in an article I am writing on explaining IT problems to people (I’d love to just point them at your excellent piece, but I get paid to write the articles…) - so do I reference Merlin Mann or Alan Watts. Can’t find the quotation listed anywhere online, which is why I am wondering whose wisdom this is.