Another excellent Paul Graham essay. It was written in May 2008, and the financial crisis (among other things) did a tremendous amount to change the calculus that he describes, but the themes are still quite interesting. A city speaks to you mostly by accident—in things you see through windows, in conversations you overhear. It’s not something you have to seek out, but something you can’t turn off. One of the occupational hazards of living in […]
My buddy just pointed out to me that another “Instagram for Video” announced funding today. This is a very quick post. What feels to me like a no-brainer in designing products that capture a rich user experience: is it something that you yourself can’t stop using? There have been plenty of posts about this in the past, too. Sure, baby products and medical devices don’t count. Sure, the CEO of Wal-Mart doesn’t shop at Wal-Mart, […]
Dieter Rams and Jony Ive embody pure, contagious inspiration. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
“Wap.” (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
fastcompany: Whoa. nevver: Atomic
http://kanyi.tumblr.com/post/10030786855/audio_player_iframe/kanyi/tumblr_lrayluQxZ21qatcg0?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fkanyi%2F10030786855%2Ftumblr_lrayluQxZ21qatcg0 Lana Del Rey is torturous beyond her time, if her music hangs in. And this one is so sad and beautiful.
The kettle can wait.
John Updike: “Forgive me!” “What for?” “Never mind.” Irvine Welsh: Eyeballed me, killed him. Slight exaggeration. Norman Maller: Satan — Jehovah — fifteen rounds. A draw. Andrea Siegel: “Welcome to Moeshe Christiansen’s Bar Mitzvah.” Rick Moody: grass, cow, calf, milk, France AM Homes: He remembered something that never happened. Robert Olen Butler: Saigon hotel. Decades later. He weeps. Tobias Wolff: She gave. He took. He forgot. Courtney Eldridge: — I love you… — Love ya […]
brycedotvc: I’ve always hated the term “do what you love”. Not sure why it’s grated on me but I’ve always found it trite. It’s too pretty a package for how messy and hard startup life actually is. But, a few quotes last week have me warming to it. I found the first floating in a sea of Steve Jobsisms: Spot on. Feelin it. Building a Company is Hard
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