juicy tidbits

"We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down."

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:24:30 -0500

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

"Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought."

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:24:17 -0500

“Onwards and upwards, and never give your failures a second thought.”

- George Lois

"The more you document your own life, the more you check in, you tweet, the more you post photos of..."

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 11:46:50 -0400

“The more you document your own life, the more you check in, you tweet, the more you post photos of what you did last night, the more you do all of this stuff, or even in my case, the more you listen for little lines of dialogue that can make their way into stories, the more you photograph moments, in a way, the more you start to step out of those moments, and if you do that too much, you become a spectator to your own life.”

- Jonathan Harris via swissmiss | Spectator of your own Life

"My code of life and conduct is simply this: work hard, play to the allowable limit, disregard..."

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:07:48 -0400

““My code of life and conduct is simply this: work hard, play to the allowable limit, disregard equally the good and bad opinion of others, never do a friend a dirty trick, eat and drink what you feel like when you feel like, never grow indignant over anything, trust to tobacco for calm and serenity, bathe twice a day … learn to play at least one musical instrument and then play it only in private, never allow one’s self even a passing thought of death, never contradict anyone or seek to prove anything to anyone unless one gets paid for it in cold, hard coin, live the moment to the utmost of its possibilities, treat one’s enemies with polite inconsideration, avoid persons who are chronically in need, and be satisfied with life always but never with one’s self.””

- Quote by George Jean Nathan: My code of life and conduct is simply this: wor…

"Complaining is stupid. Either act or forget."

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:54:54 -0400

““Complaining is stupid. Either act or forget.””

- Stefan Sagmeister - Things I have learned in my life

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:20:04 -0500

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

- Ben Franklin

"Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes..."

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:50:59 -0400

“Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.”

- A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs | www.nytimes.com | Readability

"You escape the madness by seeing it as a thing you do, not a thing you make. You’re not making one..."

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:28:15 -0400

“You escape the madness by seeing it as a thing you do, not a thing you make. You’re not making one pot, you are a potter.”

- The one shot world – a case for career entrepreneurship and casual experimentation | blog.thestartuptoolkit.com | Readability

"Writer’s block arrived once quality was attributed to inspiration."

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:16:57 -0400

“Writer’s block arrived once quality was attributed to inspiration.”

- Trollope on shipping – The Startup Toolkit Blog

"First, delighting customers doesn’t build loyalty; reducing their effort—the work they must do to..."

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:04:48 -0400

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First, delighting customers doesn’t build loyalty; reducing their effort—the work they must do to get their problem solved—does.

Second, acting deliberately on this insight can help improve customer service, reduce customer service costs, and decrease customer churn.

”

- Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers - Harvard Business Review

"A restaurants best investment will always be the head chef."

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:11:45 -0400

“A restaurants best investment will always be the head chef.”

- Gordon Ramsay

"One of Graphite’s greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses is the fact that very little of..."

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:24:17 -0400

“One of Graphite’s greatest strengths and greatest weaknesses is the fact that very little of it was actually “designed” in the traditional sense. By and large Graphite evolved gradually, hurdle by hurdle, as problems arose. Many times the hurdles were foreseeable and various pre-emptive solutions seemed natural. However it can be useful to avoid solving problems you do not actually have yet, even if it seems likely that you soon will. The reason is that you can learn much more from closely studying actual failures than from theorizing about superior strategies.”

- The Architecture of Open Source Applications: Graphite

"Believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say,..."

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 08:03:13 -0400

“Believe that not much happens of any significance when we’re in our comfort zone. I hear people say, ‘But I’m concerned about security.’ My response to that is simple: ‘Security is for cadavers.’”

- Bob Parsons: A New Billionaire’s 10 Rules for Success - The Wealth Report - WSJ

"Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination."

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:01:48 -0400

“Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination.”

- Mark Twain

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:01:09 -0400

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

- Attributed to Albert Einstein but it may have just been a sign hanging on his wall at Princeton.

"The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require..."

Fri, 27 May 2011 21:47:42 -0400

“The counterintuitive secret to getting things done is to make them more automatic, so they require less energy.”

- The Only Way to Get Important Things Done

"It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not..."

Wed, 25 May 2011 21:46:57 -0400

“It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.”

- Benjamin Elijah Mays

"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool that I’ve ever encountered to help me..."

Sun, 08 May 2011 22:22:49 -0400

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Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool that I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

”

- Steve Jobs

"Don’t be small because you can’t figure out how to get big. Consider being small because it might be..."

Sat, 07 May 2011 19:59:22 -0400

“Don’t be small because you can’t figure out how to get big. Consider being small because it might be better.”

- Seth’s Blog: Economies of small

"The brilliance of Facebook management is encouraging everyone to take initiative, take risks, and..."

Sat, 07 May 2011 10:15:56 -0400

“The brilliance of Facebook management is encouraging everyone to take initiative, take risks, and wear as many hats as you can.”

- Joe Hewitt