Build Something Beautiful
The craft of building great things
Yoshio Goto and
Build Something Beautiful
work isn’t war, from Jason Fried.
fantastic.
There are the two convictions: one that focuses on the numbers and one that feels.
Anonymous • Conviction
Optimization alone can't get you novelty or interestingness.
In a world of fast content incentivized by advertising-based attention-hacking business models, being slow and considered is a superpower.
André Chaperon • Values
Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle
youtube.comThere are essentially two business models right now: boring, useful things that can print money and tastemaker brands that can brute force cultural relevancy. Dumb $ is funding the middle: stuff that is neither useful nor cool enough to make it past current startup headwinds.
I know I’m being my “best self” when I’m making something
An hour on Bets
Brie set a 60-minute timer to answer the question “how can startups maintain a culture of innovation without losing focus on the core?” “Innovation is less an act of intellect than an act of will” –Joseph Schumpeter, economist What is a bet? A bet is something the company wants to accelerate p...
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On balancing focus with flare