Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
please take a moment to read Jeff Atwood's and Joel Spolsky's introductions of Stack Overflow.3 Did you notice what I did? Both describe Stack Overflow as the solution to a very specific problem: programming knowledge locked up in minds and forums whence it's difficult to retrieve. They also explain how they intend to solve the problem including us... See more
Jon Ericson • Stack Overflow's CEO doesn't understand Stack Overflow
Joel worked with his cofounder, programmer Jeff Atwood, to come up with a different approach: make the questions visible, make the answers visible, and pay for the whole thing with job advertising. After all, what better place to find great programmers than a website where great programmers come to ask questions and give answers?
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
This is end-user programming, a vision for empowered computing pursued by bright-eyed computer science visionaries.
Szymon Kaliski • https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming/
Pass on great people
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
become a pillar in a community,
Sahil Lavingia • The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less
At Ink & Switch, we believe that software should be extensible in an easy, everyday manner. We believe users want to automate, customize, or even make their own tools without much ceremony. History offers us some great examples.
Szymon Kaliski • https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming/
Inspiration is perishable
David Heinemeier Hansson • Rework
Pass on great people