the start of an idea
starting well, the beginning of a project, that kind of stuff
sari and
the start of an idea
“I knew I was getting somewhere when I began losing interest in the beginnings and the ends of things.”
-Sarah Manguso
It also aligned the computer with something that is often inspiring to many people and artists: nature. If I can find the sublime in microchips and SD cards in the same way that I find the sublime in mountains and waterfalls, I begin to look at my computer not as a tool but as a landscape. And when I look at it as a landscape it feels good because ... See more
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"Who cares if the first draft is good? It doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be, so you can revise it. You don’t need an idea to start a story. You just need a sentence"
- George Saunders
(good advice in general)
Andy Weissmantwitter.comsari and
I think a lot about how we don’t have anything in software in the category of luxury.
Sarah Conex.comhttps://youtu.be/it8xrIIC1cI?si=JdASJnDSetWvIlFW&t=636
(car nerd alert).
The point the journalist makes about a digital speedo replacing an analogue one is exactly this point about no such thing as luxury software.
“I kept my idea a secret from anyone who could not directly help to move it forward. That was my gut instinct at the time, but it’s now one of the best pieces of advice I have to give. Ideas are the most vulnerable at the moment you have them; that’s also the time people are most inclined to run around seeking validation from everyone they know. Di
... See moreIf that's not bad enough, the second inconvenient truth is that even with the ideas that do prove to have potential, it typically takes several iterations to get the implementation of this idea to the point where it delivers the necessary business value. We call that time to money