Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
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@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 Grahamx.comPaul Graham
/// 100 QUESTIONS /// to gain clarity via Alex Morris:
Why are we doing this?
Ask that of yourself and the team with regularity.
What’s the simplest explanation?
What reaction should all the creative achieve?
What’s your most controversial opinion?
What little frictions exist that might bleed out the work if allowed to compound?
Are you solving a
work and
What Doesn't Seem Like Work?
paulgraham.com
What project would you be happy to devote 50 years of your life to, despite (or because of) it only being 10% done when you die?
Ht @hannu @gwern and Antoni Gaudi for inspiring the question
michael_nielsenx.com“The temptation to save something for a future piece is a signal to use it now”
- paraphrasing Annie Dillard
To the extent that we can give a brief answer to the question of where novel ideas come from, it's curiosity. That's what people are usually feeling before having them.