Build Something Beautiful
The craft of building great things
Yoshio Goto and
Build Something Beautiful
work isn’t war, from Jason Fried.
fantastic.
One of the things I’ve discovered with buildings, particularly your so-called “high-road buildings” is they can become more amazing as time goes on. As that process proceeds, they are buildings that come to be loved. And once they’re loved, they’re safe, by and large. So the quality of mastery can be in the quality of the materials and crafting of a thing that invites that kind of caring, that will keep the thing going.
The Long Path that Leads from the Making of Our World to God — Building Beauty
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On the profound connection between architecture and spirituality, arguing that mindful architectural practices can enhance the wholeness of the Earth and connect us deeper with ourselves.
Most innovation is a new wrapper for an old thing, meaning there's a fanbase already foraging for it. Your marketing job? Make sure the 'new' still 'looks like food' to this crowd. Use the same images, words, and ideas that resonate.
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
I wanted to make a product and sell it directly to people who’d care about its quality. There’s an incredible connection possible when you align your financial motivations with the service of your users. It’s an entirely different category of work than if you’re simply trying to capture eyeballs and sell their attention, privacy, and dignity in... See more
Reconsider
... See moreI've consulted. I've done client work. I've advised. I've served on boards. I've invested. I've written books. I've spoken on the circuit. I've blogged for years.
I have to say, I've found no greater professional joy than working with a tight group of people to ship and support our own products. And for those products to find people willing to trade
We are very fluent in blunt, materialistic, capitalist questions: What? How soon? How much? What I hope that we can learn to do is add questions of moral imagination to that mix: questions like “Why?” and “To what human effect?” and “How much is enough?”