Life's Work
In a rare interview with the animator, Margaret Talbot described Miyazaki as a “workaholic,” and “detail oriented to the point of obsession.”
Nix 🕊 • Taking Things Seriously
Really pay attention to when you forget to be curious. Smartest people know enough to judge how accurate their assessment is
I've not found an engineer who doesn't get excited by a good demo. And the goal is to always give yourself a good demo.
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
I don't try to enumerate all the big sub-projects at this stage. I just kind of get an idea of the rough shape the project will take and find one that I can build in isolation and also physically see some sort of real results
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
"Make something people
want" is the destination, but "Be relentlessly resourceful" is how
you get there.
want" is the destination, but "Be relentlessly resourceful" is how
you get there.
Relentlessly Resourceful
The best way to control your emotional capital is to fine tune your internal monologue and replace your hunger for approval with a desire to grow.
Sari Azout • Letter to a Friend Who Is Thinking of Starting Something New
it can be difficult to stay motivated and complete large technical projects. A method that works really well for me is to continuously see real results and to order my work based on that.
Mitchell Hashimoto • My Approach to Building Large Technical Projects
Ideas start out small, weak and fragile.
In order to grow, ideas need financial capital.
But they also need emotional capital
In order to grow, ideas need financial capital.
But they also need emotional capital
Sari Azout • Letter to a Friend Who Is Thinking of Starting Something New
That’s the promise of depth. You get more scaffolding around language, a deeper and richer vocabulary, to describe how you feel.
Nix 🕊 • Taking Things Seriously
the rider sees more of the elephant