October 2008
12 posts
Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer →
So I keep hearing about catastrophe that will befall us all if big institutions who greedily fucked up their businesses aren’t bailed out by a magnanimous US government. But I’ve yet to hear what catastrophe actually means. Why not let the markets do their work and weed out the failures, provide new opportunities for growth, remove the incentive to take on ridiculous amounts of risk...
Douglas Rushkoff on the credit crisis (May 08) →
Douglas Rushkoff, author of Get Back In the Box (one of my favorite books) on the credit crisis. In GBiTB, Rushkoff writes about how centralized currencies developed and why sometimes they’re not so awesome, and that thinking is clear in this illuminating piece.
September 2008
19 posts
“I didn’t get into this to build a big company as fast as I could no matter what...”
– A great post on Muxtape’s struggles with the labels, by founder Justin Ouellette Read the post
DailyOM - Doing Things Slowly →
I’ve spent the last 6 months trying to figure out what’s important in my life, eliminating things that aren’t, and slowing down to enjoy the things that are. This was a reminder of how much I’ve enjoyed life since April: Slowing down lets you become more absorbed in whatever it is you are doing. The food you eat tastes better, and the stories you read become more...
“Everybody has time. Stop fucking watching Lost.”
– Gary Vaynerchuk(via gregnews)
“Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.”
– On the importance of Building to Change instead of Building to Last
10 Things We’ve Learned at 37Signals →
Some new good ideas here. Example: Focus on what doesn’t change and think about the things that matter today and will matter 10 years from now. “Speed is a really important thing for our products. 10 years from now people will still want speed. We could make a Facebook app or we could just make things faster - so we make things faster.” Reinvest in the things that don’t change. Competitors will...
“Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep...”
– Salman Rushdie via
“Mastery is exhibited by how much of the creator’s vision survives the journey...”
– Why the Google Chrome Comic Rocked - Scott McCloud’s “Invisible Art” (McCloud’s “Understanding Comics” is a brilliant book on storytelling)
“A tradition in the cafés of Naples is to order a caffè sospeso – literally, a...”
– Caffè sospeso, from Wikipedia (via factoryjoe)
What a beautiful idea! I wonder how you could start this locally… for coffee or beer or a snack. (via superamit)
“Success is measured by how many of the people you want to have love you, who...”
– Warren Buffet (via jdubblog)
“Happiness is the gap between what you have and what you expect to have in life....”
– A simple formula for happiness: The world is becoming a happier place
“I say to you, this morning, that if you have never found something so dear and...”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the sermon “But, If Not” delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church on November 5, 1967. Stop Rationalizing and Make Hard Decisions: Learning from Dr. King - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
An even-handed look at how Twitter, Facebook, etc... →
It’s written by Clive Thompson, who writes wonderfully about the social impact of science and technology.
How Improv Teaches You to Build a Better Product →
WatchDo you have Noobitis?
“I believe that the biggest advantage a startup has over a big competitor is...”
– Laserlike via ericds
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...”
– Steve Jobs (via ThinkSimpleNow, (via gregnews)