Gems from “18 mistakes” by @paulg

One of the classic Paul Graham essays, shorter: In a sense there’s just one mistake that kills startups: not making something users want. We advise startups to set both low, initially: spend practically nothing, and make your initial goal simply

Gems from “18 mistakes” by @paulg

One of the classic Paul Graham essays, shorter: In a sense there’s just one mistake that kills startups: not making something users want. We advise startups to set both low, initially: spend practically nothing, and make your initial goal simply

Our high-minded goals and your promise to meet them (plus we’ll market to you)

You understand that those who attend TED do so in a spirit of curiosity, open-mindedness, respect and tolerance. You confirm that you will respect these values. You agree to honor any requests by speakers for information not to be released

Our high-minded goals and your promise to meet them (plus we’ll market to you)

You understand that those who attend TED do so in a spirit of curiosity, open-mindedness, respect and tolerance. You confirm that you will respect these values. You agree to honor any requests by speakers for information not to be released

Reviewing headphones with my tin ears

Base case – Macbook Air from 2012, Rhapsody, The Smiths “There is a Light”, set to volume 5. First up, an Apple earpod pair from an iPhone I got recently. Free with iPhone 2013?) Kind of low volume. Weird. Loose

Reviewing headphones with my tin ears

Base case – Macbook Air from 2012, Rhapsody, The Smiths “There is a Light”, set to volume 5. First up, an Apple earpod pair from an iPhone I got recently. Free with iPhone 2013?) Kind of low volume. Weird. Loose

Ballsy Apple Watch predictions

Here are some non-ballsy predictions or rather non-predictions from Gasse: http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/12/08/apple-watch-hard-questions-facile-predictions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+monday-note+(Monday+Note) Let’s make some predictions. I think these are true. Let’s see. 1. Luxury watch sales will fall. Rich people will buy Apple Watch and replace some of their fancy

Ballsy Apple Watch predictions

Here are some non-ballsy predictions or rather non-predictions from Gasse: http://www.mondaynote.com/2014/12/08/apple-watch-hard-questions-facile-predictions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+monday-note+(Monday+Note) Let’s make some predictions. I think these are true. Let’s see. 1. Luxury watch sales will fall. Rich people will buy Apple Watch and replace some of their fancy

Code As Cards the book

It’s almost done. Here is a draft. It tells you how to get leverage — do more with less without yourself turning into the lead engineer. You write english and get code out the other end. It’s an entire system

Code As Cards the book

It’s almost done. Here is a draft. It tells you how to get leverage — do more with less without yourself turning into the lead engineer. You write english and get code out the other end. It’s an entire system

How will learning work in the future?

future_of_reading-1.pdfSome things are easy to learn. Some are hard. For the latter, we need education. How will that work in the future? Alan Kay, the great inventor from XEROX PARC, on the future of reading and the future of learning

How will learning work in the future?

future_of_reading-1.pdfSome things are easy to learn. Some are hard. For the latter, we need education. How will that work in the future? Alan Kay, the great inventor from XEROX PARC, on the future of reading and the future of learning

How will learning work in the future?

The piece by Alan Kay —  future_of_reading-1.pdf   Some things are easy to learn. Some are hard. For the latter, we need education. How will that work in the future? Alan Kay, the great inventor from XEROX PARC, on the

How will learning work in the future?

The piece by Alan Kay —  future_of_reading-1.pdf   Some things are easy to learn. Some are hard. For the latter, we need education. How will that work in the future? Alan Kay, the great inventor from XEROX PARC, on the

Shorter “Yoga, Meditation and Vivekananda”

From this excellent piece a while back here http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303404704577305581227233656 JD Salinger was very into yoga and meditation, a main tool to combat depression and ultimately which led him to renounce fame and writing itself. He was a close follower of

Shorter “Yoga, Meditation and Vivekananda”

From this excellent piece a while back here http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303404704577305581227233656 JD Salinger was very into yoga and meditation, a main tool to combat depression and ultimately which led him to renounce fame and writing itself. He was a close follower of

Last minute culture

I wrote this post half a year ago and didn’t post it yet. It’s still so true. Even more true posted later than late. — Arriving in London today I don’t have a hotel for tonight. The plan is: find

Last minute culture

I wrote this post half a year ago and didn’t post it yet. It’s still so true. Even more true posted later than late. — Arriving in London today I don’t have a hotel for tonight. The plan is: find