Who would have thought I would learn a life lesson from Herman Miller. Okay, I need to backtrack a bit and tell you where this came about. I was in San Mateo this week working on-site at a customer's office (which I won't name). I noticed all of the chairs were Herman Miller and I love the way they look and function. I was curious as to the price for each of them and to no surprise they are pricy. I was thinking how much I love my Eames LCW  I have at home. What struck me is that I couldn't believe my chair was designed in 1945. The other thing that floored me was the Management Chair above, 1958 but it's still classic and futuristic at the same time. I was so impressed by how forward thinking and completely ahead of their time the designers were, I read a bit more about them. Long story short, I found a couple quotes, words to live by:

"I don't believe in this 'gifted few' concept, just in people doing things they are really interested in doing. They have a way of getting good at whatever it is." 

"Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world."

”To excel in the structuring of a problem we must be committed to a concern for quality in everything in the world around us. We must learn to care deeply.”

- Charles Eames

 

Yes, winter in Vancouver can be cold, dark and rainy. But every once in a while you get this gem of a sky at sunset. I was at QE park last night and caught this fabulous last burst of colour (yes the Canadian spelling). It was cold, but so worth it!

I recently wanted to look up when one of my favorite shows "24" started. So simple, I didn't even have to google for it. In my mind I already was going to type "fox.com/24" in Safari. Instead, I made a typo ("fox.com/14") and pressed enter before I correct. To my surprise it did the correct re-direct. Someone actually spent time to do some common typo redirects. You can try it! 14, 20, 21...29, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84,94 they all work!