Set Higher Standards

"I remember waking up to such a face on day long ago and thinking “the world would have been no..."

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:55:34 -0400

““I remember waking up to such a face on day long ago and thinking “the world would have been no different if I had not been here the past six months”. That’s a terrible feeling of regret.””

- DHH, 37signals

"Learning from failure may tell you what not to do the next time, but that doesn’t tell you what to..."

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:55:03 -0400

““Learning from failure may tell you what not to do the next time, but that doesn’t tell you what to do next time. I believe paying more attention to your successes leads to better outcomes.””

- Jason Fried, 37signals

Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within...

Sat, 30 May 2009 17:31:05 -0400

Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library), Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape

Michael Merzenich: Exploring the re-wiring of the brain

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:18:53 -0400

Michael Merzenich: Exploring the re-wiring of the brain

How to measure code quality

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:17:17 -0400

How to measure code quality

"It’s been a long time since there was a direct correlation with the hours worked and the success..."

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:56:26 -0400

“It’s been a long time since there was a direct correlation with the hours worked and the success enjoyed. It’s an antiquated notion from the days of manual labour that has no bearing on the world today. When you’re building products or services, there’s a nonlinear connection between input and output. You can put in just a little and still get out a spectacular lot.”

- DHH

"My core philosophy about open source is that we should all be working on the things that we..."

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:33:13 -0400

“My core philosophy about open source is that we should all be working on the things that we personally use and care about. Working for other people is just too hard and the quality of the work will reflect that. But if we all work on the things we care about and then share those solutions between us, the world gets richer much faster.”

- David Heinemeier Hansson

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t loose faith. I’m convinced that..."

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:24:51 -0400

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t loose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.”

- Steve Jobs

"The Five Classes of Entrepreneurs Class I. Opportunist Class II. Lifestyle Entrepreneur Class III...."

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:12:20 -0500

“

The Five Classes of Entrepreneurs

Class I. Opportunist
Class II. Lifestyle Entrepreneur
Class III. Problem Solver
Class IV. Visionary
Class V. Game Changer

”

- Brian Shin

"The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction."

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:36:44 -0500

“The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction.”

- John Maeda

Creative and Inspirational Workplaces

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:36:28 -0500

Creative and Inspirational Workplaces

"How do you know when somebody gets GTD? “It’s very simple. If they at all feel out of..."

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:33:35 -0500

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How do you know when somebody gets GTD?

“It’s very simple. If they at all feel out of control or if they feel they have not the right focus, they know exactly how to get back to it, by themselves. That’s how I got a black belt in karate (“if you can train yourself”). Doesn’t have to mean you’re always in shape but if you know how to get yourself back in shape because you know the game and you know how to put yourself into the game when required, that’s it.

So, if you’re feeling out of control in any situation and you know how to get that control, or you’re feeling like I don’t have the right focus right now and I need to get the right focus. If you know how to do both of those, you’re on.”

”

- David Allen in an interview to Robert Scoble

Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative...

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:05:00 -0500

Elizabeth Gilbert: A different way to think about creative genius
(in a hurry? seek to 14:27–15:35 & 18:30–)

"Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes..."

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:44:00 -0500

“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”

- Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers”

"Understanding this may help to answer an important question: why Europe grew so powerful. Was it..."

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:19:19 -0500

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Understanding this may help to answer an important question: why Europe grew so powerful. Was it something about the geography of Europe? Was it that Europeans are somehow racially superior? Was it their religion? The answer (or at least the proximate cause) may be that the Europeans rode on the crest of a powerful new idea: allowing those who made a lot of money to keep it.

Once you’re allowed to do that, people who want to get rich can do it by generating wealth instead of stealing it. The resulting technological growth translates not only into wealth but into military power. The theory that led to the stealth plane was developed by a Soviet mathematician. But because the Soviet Union didn’t have a computer industry, it remained for them a theory; they didn’t have hardware capable of executing the calculations fast enough to design an actual airplane.

In that respect the Cold War teaches the same lesson as World War II and, for that matter, most wars in recent history. Don’t let a ruling class of warriors and politicians squash the entrepreneurs. The same recipe that makes individuals rich makes countries powerful. Let the nerds keep their lunch money, and you rule the world.

”

- Paul Graham

"A truly off-the-grid AI could not learn as fast, as broadly, or as smartly as one plugged into 6..."

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:17:00 -0500

“A truly off-the-grid AI could not learn as fast, as broadly, or as smartly as one plugged into 6 billion human minds.”

- Kevin Kelly about the web

"A good question to revisit whenever overwhelmed: Are you having a break-down or a breakthrough?"

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:11:09 -0500

“A good question to revisit whenever overwhelmed: Are you having a break-down or a breakthrough?”

- Tim Ferriss

David Allen about “Vision” in his book “Ready...

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:43:01 -0500

David Allen about “Vision” in his book “Ready for Anything”

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to..."

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:36:32 -0500

“We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.”

- Charles Kingsley

"and the riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the..."

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:31:51 -0500

“and the riches they receive will be in exact proportion to the definiteness of their vision, the fixity of their purpose, the steadiness of their faith, and the depth of their gratitude.”

- Wallace D. Wattles