Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
Quick announcement - I have 5 days to raise funds to to make the first deposit of rare language materials from endangered/extinct languages into the Arctic World Archive. We've got $1,300 committed so far. This is one of the first huge steps on our mission to preserve the world's languages at Lingua Aeterna. We're depositing language data (books, ... See moreprojects / people
- @mckaywrigley I have a bunch of questions I ask. What would you build for yourself? What did previous companies you've worked for need? What are you an expert in? What have you noticed recently that seemed broken? If you were going to build something just for fun, what would it be?
Paul Graham
To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work. - Mary Oliver
- Peter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”
Peter Thiel will also sometimes ask potential hires, “What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet?”
- 16. The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
The truth of anything is multidimensional and impossible to fully grasp. So a better question than “Is this true?” is “In what scenario is this true?”
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.
—Thích Nhất Hạnh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
