Sometimes you just have to play Blondie's "Heart of Glass." That time is now.
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.
524 bits, and counting.
The best leaders command from the trenches.
If you're building a social product, every feature needs a feedback loop.
Get inspired. Right now.
Structured procrastination: structuredprocrastination.com
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
The world needs more clock towers.
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
Who you are is what you do.
It's hard to do a really good job on anything you don't think about in the shower.
— Paul Graham
Interpol makes the best album openers. "Success" is no exception.
Never underestimate the power of a good default.
A succinct codebase displayed with a 24pt font is a beautiful thing.
A version control system designed for the average person should replace commit and rollback with save and undo.