Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
Riley Walz
walzr.com
• What are your goals for yourself? What steps are you taking to achieve them?
• When are you most energized at work? How can you do more of that?
• On a scale of one to ten, how challenged do you feel? How challenged would you like to feel?
Dan Rockwell • Set Goals That Strengthen Relationships
To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer
If you're small, you're in a position where it's to your advantage to be weird—you can have a point of view that the big tech companies never could. In the world of chairs—you're not going to build a cheaper chair than Ikea. Why not build something they couldn't—like a more interesting one?
(Not Boring) Software Inc. • No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software
When something isn’t getting done, it’s because the person a) doesn’t have the time b) doesn’t have the skill or c) has some sort of psychological block. The third case is surprisingly common.
Sam Gerstenzang • Operating well – what I learned at Stripe
“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
—Terry Pratchett
"Mostly when I think of pacing, I go back to Elmore Leonard, who explained it so perfectly by saying he just left out the boring parts." - Stephen King