Small fragments. Things I read, heard, or couldn't stop thinking about. These are too short for essays but too good to lose. Sort of like commonplace book meets tumblelog.

429 bits, and counting.

Ugly things, when used every day, tend to become more beautiful over time.

You know what 13 days gets you? Nirvana's In Utero. They recorded that whole thing in 13 days. Nuts!

I love people much more than machines, because they don't make any sense.

— Brendan Dawes

I think it's important to write a product manifesto before design and development.

Listening to High Violet on a lovely and rainy evening. Such a beautiful album.

Sometimes you just have to play Blondie's "Heart of Glass." That time is now.

If you're building a social product, every feature needs a feedback loop.

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

— Linus Pauling

The earth looks better from a star, that's right above from where you are...

— Neutral Milk Hotel, "Holland, 1945"

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

— Linus Torvalds

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

— Thomas Edison

Succumbing to an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia.

Imagination encircles the world.

— Albert Einstein

Making a mistake is completely different from failing.

What lies behind us and what lies before us is small matter compared to what lies within us.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson