Smarter Than I Am...

"When you’re new to something, all the pain is out in the open. You stub your toes until they’re..."

Mon, 28 May 2012 11:56:21 -0400

“When you’re new to something, all the pain is out in the open. You stub your toes until they’re black and blue on things the veterans have all learned to avoid.

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This is the time to do the impossible, because you don’t know enough to know what can’t be done yet.”

- David Heinemeier Hansson

"New ideas often exaggerate to make a point."

Sun, 27 May 2012 11:58:02 -0400

“New ideas often exaggerate to make a point.”

- Jeffrey Zeldman

"Writing is the connective tissue that creates understanding. We, as social creatures, often better..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:49:48 -0400

“Writing is the connective tissue that creates understanding. We, as social creatures, often better perform rituals to form understanding one on one, but good writing enables us to understand each other at scale.”

- Michael Loop

It makes me think that the thoughts that I have in my head that...

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:56:22 -0400

It makes me think that the thoughts that I have in my head that make me feel the most lonely, because I don’t feel that anyone else thinks them, are also the thoughts that have the most potential to make me feel connected. - zefrank

Ultimately, any market that doesn’t have a leader in simplicity...

Thu, 24 May 2012 11:56:14 -0400

Ultimately, any market that doesn’t have a leader in simplicity soon will. And if your company doesn’t play that role, another will lead the charge.

- Aaron Levie

(via Todd Chandler)

There’s work and there’s you life’s work. -...

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:52:17 -0400

There’s work and there’s you life’s work. - Apple

I would much rather go to my grave knowing I tried and failed at...

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:59:58 -0400

I would much rather go to my grave knowing I tried and failed at the think I love to do thank to know that I suffered and succeeded at the thing I hated

- Patrick Rhone on The Enough Podcast

(via Aaron Curtis)

"If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d..."

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:17:13 -0400

“If we listened to our intellect, we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go into business, because we’d be cynical. Well, that’s nonsense. You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

- Ray Bradbury (Hat tip to Shawn Blanc)

"You can only be as good as you dare to be bad."

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:24:53 -0400

“You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.”

- John Barrymore (Hat tip to Shawn Blanc)

I didn’t stop pretending when I became an adult,...

Fri, 18 May 2012 12:02:46 -0400

I didn’t stop pretending when I became an adult, it’s just that when I was a kid I was pretending that I fit into the rules and structures of this world. And now that I’m an adult, I pretend that those rules and structures exist. - zefrank

"I am looking for people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done."

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:53:24 -0400

“I am looking for people who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.”

- Henry Ford (Hat tip to Shawn Blanc)

"Creativity is fostered, not inherited."

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:59:42 -0400

“Creativity is fostered, not inherited.”

- Shawn Blanc

"Disruption often blindsides."

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:53:32 -0400

“Disruption often blindsides.”

- MG Siegler

"Great design makes learning frictionless."

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:57:00 -0400

“Great design makes learning frictionless.”

- Michael Loop

"Never before have we been so crazed by the speed of communication — but never before have we had the..."

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:02:07 -0400

“Never before have we been so crazed by the speed of communication — but never before have we had the opportunity to turn it all off with a single button. “Fully off” is instant, immediate, and full escape.”

- James Shelley

"Some bloggers don’t like comments but for me they are the crucial so that I can get feedback on new..."

Sat, 12 May 2012 12:01:42 -0400

“Some bloggers don’t like comments but for me they are the crucial so that I can get feedback on new hypotheses. Blogging new hypotheses also means a decent portion of your blog posts need to be ignored or ridiculed. Otherwise you are playing it too safe.”

- Chris Dixon

"Don’t quit your day job. Start evenings and weekends and figure it out with small failures."

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:07 -0400

“Don’t quit your day job. Start evenings and weekends and figure it out with small failures.”

- Seth Godin on how to make money online

"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric."

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:46:30 -0400

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

- Bertrand Russel (Hat tip to Gabe Weatherhead)

"Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy."

Sat, 05 May 2012 12:02:47 -0400

“Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.”

- Seth Godin

"Life is anything but inevitable. But it continually amazes me how when I stop pursuing something..."

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:55:00 -0400

“Life is anything but inevitable. But it continually amazes me how when I stop pursuing something that isn’t really right for me that I discover something perfect.”

- Randy Murray