Regina Casaleggio
@uoona
Regina Casaleggio
The ultimate goal of writing online is to build a Personal Monopoly. It’s your unique intersection of skills, interests, and personality traits where you can be known as the best thinker on a topic and open yourself up to the serendipity that makes writing online so special.... See more
The Internet uniquely rewards people with Personal Monopolies because it
Packy McCormick • Differentiation
I’ve come to think of software applications as a form of digital architecture: some are places of concentration, others of collaboration, others clearly just for fun. Software’s emotional dimension is crucial: how it feels dictates how it’s used. (Architects hire environmental psychologists; tech companies hire user-experience researchers.)... See more
users favor tools aligned with their personal values.
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
When evaluating a company, one of my favorite questions to ask is whether it has an aesthetic.
We don’t talk about aesthetics as the highest form of brand or story or a reflection of team cohesion, because investing on “vibes” or “look” or “mood” is very frowned upon. Even using it as a data point is beaten out of... See more
Katherine Boylex.comIn a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste.
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
God” is only our name for it, and the closer we get to it, the more it ceases to be God. So then you’re on a real safari with the wildness and danger and otherness of God. And I think when you begin to get a sense of the depth that is there, then your whole heart wakens up.
John O'Donohue • John O’Donohue — The Inner Landscape of Beauty
- Optimize for aligned, empowered customers
- Surrender control, and embrace emergence
- Cede authority
- Treat people as ends, not means
- Enough is enough
- Play long games
- Tell the truth, even when it's scary
- Create invitations, not ultimatums
- Trust fully and unconditionally