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The Art of Momentum: Why Your Ideas Need Speed

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:11:15 +0800

The Art of Momentum: Why Your Ideas Need Speed

prashantrajan's Code Blog

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:02:00 +0800

Just started a code blog as a one-stop shop for all my code snippets, gotchas and musings on software development.

Hop on over to code.prashantrajan.com and take a look.

"Nothing gets done unless you make decisions"

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:33:28 +0800

“Nothing gets done unless you make decisions”

The Curse of a New Building « Steve Blank

Sat, 16 May 2009 03:13:39 +0800

The Curse of a New Building « Steve Blank

Did You Know?

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:35:41 +0800

Did You Know?

"Zidane added: … but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief...."

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:34:31 +0800

“Zidane added: … but most importantly he gives the players around him confidence and belief. You can’t learn that - players like him are just born with that presence.”

- Zidane names Gerrard as best player in the world

"Most software developers are optimists. Painful experience teaches us to temper our optimism, but..."

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:22:24 +0800

“Most software developers are optimists. Painful experience teaches us to temper our optimism, but without specific experience we tend toward optimism. Natural pessimists on development teams are often unpopular, even if they are consistently right. Few people will risk this reputation and take a stand against the majority without a very solid case. Most of us have had the “This makes me uncomfortable, but I can’t explain why” feeling, but sharing it rarely wins any arguments.”

- 97 More Things Every Software Architect Should Know

"Copying skips understanding. Understanding is how you grow. You have to understand why something..."

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:21:00 +0800

“Copying skips understanding. Understanding is how you grow. You have to understand why something works or why something is how it is.”

- Why you shouldn’t copy us or anyone else - (37signals)

"The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men."

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:07:03 +0800

“The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.”

- CHARLES DE GAULLE

Dan Gilbert researches happiness | Video on TED.com

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:09:34 +0800

Dan Gilbert researches happiness | Video on TED.com

"Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar..."

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:48:57 +0800

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things - air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.”

- Cesare Pavese

"Taking action without thinking things through is a prime source of problems."

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:17:49 +0800

“Taking action without thinking things through is a prime source of problems.”

- Alec Mackenzie

"Sloppy success is always better than perfect mediocrity."

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:33:33 +0800

“Sloppy success is always better than perfect mediocrity.”

- Alex Mandossian’s Blog

"There’s no teacher like experience."

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:05:52 +0800

“There’s no teacher like experience.”

"when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your..."

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:50:32 +0800

“when you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. so create.”

- _why

"Choose progress, not perfection."

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 18:50:05 +0800

“Choose progress, not perfection.”

- Alex Mandossian’s Blog

"Businesses, like armies, always have to adjust to the facts on the ground."

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:11:00 +0800

“Businesses, like armies, always have to adjust to the facts on the ground.”

- When was the last time you looked at your business plan? - (37signals)

The end-game in life

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:19:21 +0800

How would you like people to remember you after you die?

"What’s the difference between a programmer and a software engineer? A programmer hopes for the..."

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:58:56 +0800

“What’s the difference between a programmer and a software engineer? A programmer hopes for the best. A software engineer plans for the worst. A programmer loves writing code. A software engineer loves not writing code. A programmer knows how to do things. A software engineer knows how things are done.”

- Amazon.com: “Start a Silicon Valley Dot-Com”

RIP Randy Pausch

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:48:00 +0800

See “Last Lecture” CMU Professor Randy Pausch Dies