Jake

@jake

writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.

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“Robustness is when you care more about the few who like your work than the multitude who hates it (artists); fragility is when you care more about the few who hate your work than the multitude who loves it (politicians).”

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work

Intrapreneurs - internal entrepreneurs within a startup

hiring, meetings, etc

As soon as you start asking questions, you have an obligation to listen to the answers.

Ted Gioia • How to Read Plato

good questions

"Boredom has at its core the desiring of satisfying engagement but not being able to achieve that," Eastwood said. "And attention is the cognitive process whereby we interface with both the external world and our internal thoughts and feelings. So it falls logically that attention must be at the core of the definition."

Could boredom be curable? - The Boston Globe

Boredom

[RIDGELINE] Full Days and the Long Walk

Craig Mod craigmod.com

Reading List

"writing fiction in America as we enter the twenty-first century is no job for intellectual cowards. There are lots of would-be censors out there, and although they may have different agendas, they all want basically the same thing: for you to see the world they see… or to at least shut up about what you do see that’s different." - Stephen King

Writing

Offscreen Magazine Interview

Craig Mod craigmod.com

Great reading

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria

James Somers theatlantic.com

Great reading

"Seeing" by Annie Dillard

Annie Dillard reflects on the power and wonder of truly seeing the world around us, and the importance of being open to the beauty and surprises that life has to offer.

aimeeknight.wordpress.com

Great reading