Just Be Cool
Making work easier. This is the problem. So obsessed with getting to the answer, completing the project, producing a result which are all valid things, but not where the richness of the human experience lies.
Jerry Seinfeld's Speech At Duke's 2024 Commencement (Transcript)
this week, if you have time to do one extra thing, I suggest connecting with someone in a way that counts. It doesn’t have to be big, or take a lot of time.
Cat Ferguson • https://sf.gazetteer.co/those-weird-spam-texts-are...
• About 99% of the time, the right time is right now.
• No one is as impressed with your possessions as you are.
• Dont ever work for someone you dont want to become.
• Cultivate 12 people who love you, because they are worth more than 12 million people who like you.
• Dont keep making the same mistakes; try to make new mistakes.
• If you stop to listen
Kevin Kelly • 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
Like a visual or brand system, your soundscape is experienced as a whole where each element speaks to one another. Consider how your sounds live together within a coherent world. Does it sound physical, digital, musical? Experiment with different “worlds” of sound early on to find what aligns with what you want to say. Surprise yourself. Try... See more
The Sound of Software | !Boring Software
Celebrate smallness. Don’t rush past it too quickly. Embrace it. Relish it as a beautiful moment that we can only hold onto for so long.
Yancey Strickler • Small is more meaningful than big
Dawn of Def Jam: Rick Rubin Returns to His NYU Dorm Room
youtube.com"Nothing that happened was intentional. Nothing. Everything was trying to make something cool to play for our friends that they would like. That was all it ever was," Rick Rubin