Kyle Daigle

Find Exercise in Life's Margins

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:37:01 -0400

A great post by Nick Crocker about how exercise doesn’t need to be a separate thing “to do”. You can do it here and there and have great success.

Jake Nickell – Coolest Dude on Earth: Prioritizing your hobbies

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:44:50 -0400

Jake Nickell – Coolest Dude on Earth: Prioritizing your hobbies:

jakenickell:

Every major thing I’ve ever done that’s affected my career has been the result of my hobby taking over whatever other thing I’m currently doing. When I was 14, I taught myself HTML by clicking “view->source” in my web browser. I started making little websites for things like the bunion surgery I…

Get Yourself a Good Co-Founder

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:31:37 -0400

Kyle: I'm just kidding. I love you. Like a brother.
Brian: I love you like a son. A disappointing son.

"If I hadn’t launched it that day, I was about to just can it and go on to the next thing I was about..."

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:25:14 -0400

“If I hadn’t launched it that day, I was about to just can it and go on to the next thing I was about to do.”

- Mark Zuckerberg, talking about building Facebook in his dorm and the many projects he built and threw out.

"In some ways, it’s too early for feedback unless I’m, like, totally stealing an idea..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 09:40:57 -0400

“In some ways, it’s too early for feedback unless I’m, like, totally stealing an idea from something. Because you can’t say wether an idea is good or not in the beginning because so much is about the execution or about how.”

- Tim Schafer, Double Fine Production, when talking about getting feedback from the public on his new game from Kickstarter.

Changes: The Future

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:03:00 -0400

This Friday will be my last day at Geezeo. When I joined Geezeo over 4 years ago, I never realized how much I would learn, how great my co-workers would be, or that we would be working with some of the best credit unions and banks in the country. I’ve met a lot of really great people through my time at Geezeo and I look forward to keeping in touch with all of you. Feel free to drop me a line any time at kyle at digitalworkbox dot com. The Geezeo team is really onto something good and you’d be stupid not to use them for your PFM.

I’m leaving to forge my own path with Digitalworkbox. It’s both exciting and terrifying. We’ll be working with clients to build great web applications as we tinker with some of our own products. You can learn more about us (and hire us) at www.digitalworkbox.com.

I’d like to thank everyone for their support. If you’re ever in the Connecticut or Boston area, feel free to drop me a line and we can get a beer. My treat.

Give it a Digg. Freebird! Baaaa.

Nike’s “Make It Count” campaign shown in an...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:48:04 -0400

Nike’s “Make It Count” campaign shown in an amazing way.

Ira Glass on how to work through the “only OK” phase...

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:32:00 -0400

Ira Glass on how to work through the “only OK” phase of your creative life.

"The best figure skaters practice the jumps they know they can’t land."

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:48:34 -0400

“The best figure skaters practice the jumps they know they can’t land.”

- Joshua Foer @ 99 Percent Conference on how to break through the “OK Plateau”

"The courage to start things needs to be matched with the discipline to see them through. They’re..."

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:32:25 -0400

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The courage to start things needs to be matched with the discipline to see them through. They’re both critical, and my guess is that you can probably assess which one you need to work on.

I suggest an alternate mantra—just finish it.

”

- Your Goals Suck And You Should Feel Bad About It

"This is awesome. The worst state for a startup is mediocrity. It kills creativity and, eventually,..."

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:55:42 -0400

“This is awesome. The worst state for a startup is mediocrity. It kills creativity and, eventually, is the ultimate cause of company death. Being able to fail quickly, and to honestly acknowledge it openly, is an extremely admirable quality.”

- Dustin Curtis speaking about Oink’s impending shutdown.

"It doesn’t matter how many designers, supply chains, workers, materials and factories were..."

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:05 -0500

“It doesn’t matter how many designers, supply chains, workers, materials and factories were involved—if the box is improperly sealed, that’s how you will be judged.”

- Seth Godin

"My final wish is the hardest to define. I am not regularly using my iPad for anything substantive in..."

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:50:01 -0500

“My final wish is the hardest to define. I am not regularly using my iPad for anything substantive in my day. I use it, but I don’t depend on it. Whereas if my iPhone isn’t within arm’s reach, I get twitchy. I don’t know what combination of features might make the iPad more attractive, but I’m certain that a dose of snappiness, a plethora of the pixels, and the three subtle details that no one will predict but everyone will love could make a difference.”

- “Rands in Repose” when talking about the soon-to-be-released iPad 3. (I completely agree.)

Such a killer album from the game Dustforce. Only costs $3.99 if...

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:41:05 -0500

Such a killer album from the game Dustforce. Only costs $3.99 if you buy direct from the artist instead of iTunes.

http://lifeformed.bandcamp.com/album/fastfall

"You know all the little choices you made, and all the shortcuts that were taken. And you remember..."

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:29:34 -0500

“You know all the little choices you made, and all the shortcuts that were taken. And you remember the riskier things you could have tried but ended up not, because you couldn’t risk the schedule. And so when you are watching the movie, you can see all the flaws, and it isn’t until you see the faces of your friends and family that you start to forget them.”

- Matt Silas (@matty8r), a long-time Pixar employee, when asked about this favorite Pixar movie

When I saw this video last night, it so beautifully summed up my...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:05:30 -0500

When I saw this video last night, it so beautifully summed up my family’s new feeling about food. We all can at least be aware of the choices we make on a day to day basis. It isn’t easy (and it isn’t cheap) but your health is one area that you can’t ignore.

Every Tweet Could Be Your Last

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:26:41 -0500

For the past several weeks, I’ve been pretty quickly re-evaluating my social media intake. It’s one of the moves I’m taking to stop consuming so much and start producing more.

I started off by using Unsubscribe (an awesome service) to remove myself from a metric-crap-ton of newsletters I’ve been receiving. I’m as close to Inbox Zero as I have ever been.

Then came Twitter. I love Twitter. I use Twitter the most out of all the networks I’m on. I’m pretty passive on Facebook and basically non-existant on LinkedIn. But Twitter? I love my Twitter. But I’ve decided to essentially look at every tweet and evaluate it with the following process:

Did reading this tweet do anything for me at all?
If yes, continue to follow this person.
If no, can you remember the last tweet the person/company did? If yes, continue to follow this person.
If you can’t remember the last tweet and this tweet isn’t doing anything for you, it’s likely the tweet is one of the following: social media/self promoting bullshit, something that I do not need to/want to know about, your original content to retweet ratio is far too high, or “who are you again?”

If you’ve made it to step 4, you’re getting un-followed. Please do not take it personally (I know thats basically impossible if we actually know each other in real life). We all consume far too much information: let’s at least make the information we consume worthwhile.

How to Get to Inbox Zero

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:40:51 -0500

Log into Google Mail and choose the “Select All” option by clicking the selector box and choosing all.
Click on the link that says “Select all conversations in Inbox” (the number will vary).
Choose “Archive”.
Profit!

(Listen: Archive lets you search your messages later. And if you are nervous of “I should get back to some of those people”, get over it. You won’t.)

"Hopelessness is a real cause of failure."

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:19:23 -0500

“Hopelessness is a real cause of failure.”

- How To Practice (His Holiness the Dalai Lama) by https://findings.com The Dalai Lama His Holiness, Jeffrey Hopkins Ph.D. (via Findings.com)

How bad do you want it?

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:54:55 -0500

How bad do you want it?