The best leaders command from the trenches.
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.
543 bits, and counting.
If you're building a social product, every feature needs a feedback loop.
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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.
Sometimes I can't tell if I'm writing code or pruning a bonsai tree.