I have a rule: if the toilet seat is up, the phone remains in my pocket. I adhere to this with dogmatic loyalty.
The upside of checking that email or having fun scrolling to nothing in particular is just too small, and the downside far too great. Sure, the likelihood of catastrophe is small, but what [...]
We believe in the simple, not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. (Tim Cook @ Daring Fireball)
Emphasis mine. Apple doesn’t go into a market hoping to be “one of the [...]
First he spent 2 years and $100,000+ getting a Stanford MBA.
Then he spent the next 2 years and $10,000 learning the real thing.
It is interesting to see what happens when one exits the classroom and consulting office and makes his way down to the trenches.
Through the lens of Silicon Valley:
(HT: VentureBeat)
Scott recently described his experience with his back against the wall.
Looks like he’s been doing pretty well, too.
I’ve been feeling serious heat lately to make things happen.
(The kind where I can’t sleep until I’ve exhausted myself with effort, which, I think is how it should be when you’re trying to start several gigs at the same time (we’ll leave the wisdom of that “several” part for later).)
The urgency I feel is uncomfortable, [...]
…we do have to work closer to the limits of our abilities [Joel]
Most of the time we talk about taking too much risk. But, what if you’re taking too little?
This is a superb example of profiting from your passion. Take the time to stand out. Be more outlandish than the competition. And stick with it.
Remember, you just might succeed, if you do.
When I started Mementum, it took about 14 weeks to score my first piece of work. It was for about $250.
But then 2 weeks after that I landed a real project… which led to another… and another… and now I (very luckily) have almost as much work flow as I can handle, without a real [...]
The days here in Jersey City have been brutal lately.
The day begins at 7am with a symphony of jack hammers restoring the area’s sidewalks for reasons unbeknownst to local residents. In a way it’s nice, though; the 3 or 4 hours proceeding it provide the small period of workable temperatures for those of us without [...]