Beginning of All Possibilities

"So being hard to talk to was not what was killing the unsuccessful startups. It was a sign of an..."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:24:25 +0530

“So being hard to talk to was not what was killing the unsuccessful startups. It was a sign of an underlying lack of resourcefulness. That’s what was killing them. As well as failing to chase down the implications of what was said to them, the unsuccessful founders would also fail to chase down funding, and users, and sources of new ideas. But the most immediate evidence I had that something was amiss was that I couldn’t talk to them.”

- A Word to the Resourceful

A stellar essay, as always, from Paul Graham. Example of how thoughtful an essay can be. And yes, it nails perfectly what distinguishes people who can get shit done.

parislemon: Okay, this is really fucking cool. It’s what the...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:52:56 +0530

parislemon:

Okay, this is really fucking cool. It’s what the Internet is all about. Nice work Facebook and Bing.

"But in reality, my ideal setup would produce a certain feeling, a feeling that arises when the space..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:13:36 +0530

“But in reality, my ideal setup would produce a certain feeling, a feeling that arises when the space is so familiar you no longer notice it, when the tool melts into you and becomes an extension of your mind or body.”

- An interview with Jack Cheng

"The greatest love letters, of course, aren’t those written for public greatness — they’re the ones..."

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:37:33 +0530

“The greatest love letters, of course, aren’t those written for public greatness — they’re the ones penned for one particular trembling heart, honeycombed with private memories and private miracles, written in the language of the possible.”

- Brain Pickings | Maria Popova

(via Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea | Video on TED.com)

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:28:59 +0530

(via Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea | Video on TED.com)

parislemon: The Assclownification Of The MPAA This gentlemen,...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:13:06 +0530

parislemon:

The Assclownification Of The MPAA

This gentlemen, is how you deal with idiocy. Excellent repartee from MG.

"What actually happened was something absurdly simple and unspectacular: I stopped thinking. A..."

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:30:05 +0530

“What actually happened was something absurdly simple and unspectacular: I stopped thinking. A peculiar quiet, an odd kind of alert limpness or numbness, came over me. Reason and imagination and all mental chatter died down. For once, words really failed me. Past and future dropped away. I forgot who and what I was, my name, manhood, animalhood, all that could be called mine. It was as if I had been born that instant, brand new, mindless, innocent of all memories.”

- Harding’s Moment of Discovery

"I think the intentional act of declaring becomes an essential moment of learning, a spot in time..."

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:00:06 +0530

“I think the intentional act of declaring becomes an essential moment of learning, a spot in time where you consider inputs and outputs and adjust your strategy for next time. If you are unable to declare, then you’re going to slog, and instead of starting new projects based on what you’ve learned, you’ll merely end up trapped.”

- Seth’s Blog: Declaring victory

Don't Feel Sorry For Yourself

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:30:06 +0530

Don't Feel Sorry For Yourself:

Head over here, if you need to interrupt your tedium.

Conditioning Company Culture

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:30:05 +0530

Conditioning Company Culture:

brycedotvc:

Last week, Renee and I dropped by Facebook to grab lunch with a friend of hers who has been at the company for a little less than a year. After the obligatory tour and oohs and ahhs over the new campus, we settle into lunch at the cafeteria. As we talked of his transition into a new company…

"Every time someone claims UX authority through an award, a kitty dies. Awards are not how we argue."

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:00:05 +0530

“Every time someone claims UX authority through an award, a kitty dies. Awards are not how we argue.”

- Awards for those on panel to assess whom to award. More nuanced than you might think.

Information Architects – Open Letter to my Friend Zeldman

"Negotiations with the carriers: Android handset makers: Here are our phones. How would you like us..."

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:30:05 +0530

“

Negotiations with the carriers:

Android handset makers: Here are our phones. How would you like us to change them so that you will sell them?

Microsoft: Here’s $200 million. Please sell our phones.

Apple: Here is our new phone. It comes in black or white. We will let you sell it.

”

- Classic quote!

Daring Fireball Linked List: U.S. Carriers Don’t Want Stock Android Phones

"All offered by a man who couldn’t get one LOLcat’s worth of attention for his writing until he..."

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:30:05 +0530

“All offered by a man who couldn’t get one LOLcat’s worth of attention for his writing until he pretended to be Steve Jobs.”

- Dan Lyons showing self-awareness? What self-awareness? | MacJournals

Siri Maami

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:25:02 +0530

tambrahmrage:

Based on ideas from @sarcasan

"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:39:59 +0530

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”

- C.S. Lewis (via laceofpearls)

Sennheiser HD 650... Wow — PaulStamatiou.com

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:42:55 +0530

After I mentioned that I was no longer happy with my Dr Dre Beats Studio headphones in a recent blog post, The Coding Zone, a mysterious package arrived from Amazon. It was a pair of pristine Sennheiser HD 650 headphones; a kickass gift from my friend Noah Kagan of AppSumo. I’ll expand on this later but I think it’s not that the Beats are horrible h ..read more..

Like Flipboard for the iPhone

Angry Birds have a word with Hitchcock! (via Om.Is.Me »...

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:00:41 +0530

Angry Birds have a word with Hitchcock!

(via Om.Is.Me » Angry Birds say hello to Alfred Hitchcock)

"The year 2000 was essentially the point at which it became cheaper to collect information than to..."

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:05:05 +0530

““The year 2000 was essentially the point at which it became cheaper to collect information than to understand it.” — Freeman Dyson”

- Collecting versus understanding — The Endeavour

yeahwriters: Fact: people who read a lot are smarter than...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:02:05 +0530

yeahwriters:

Fact: people who read a lot are smarter than people who don’t. It’s so obvious.

Can you speed it up? (via The Technium: Plateau of Progress)

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:32:05 +0530

Can you speed it up?

(via The Technium: Plateau of Progress)