About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Last night, Jamie and I joined 20 others at Josh Peppers’ Drinking with the Right Brain class at The Four Firkins. It was a super fun night of subjective, emotive, beer appreciation. Josh curated a diverse and interesting selection of beers (Fat Tire, Helios, Wells Bombadier, Tripel Karmaliet, something forgettable, and DeuS) I highly recommend …
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Drinking beer with our right brain. Introducing Open Loop. Being compelled. Thinking Fast and Slow. The time that Jamie deleted all of his nginx configuration files. Notes & Links: [0:00] Garrick’s blog post on Drinking with your Right Brain with Josh Pepper at The Four Firkins He’brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. [5:26] Blue Yeti Pro and …
“The things I did because I was excited and wanted them to exist in reality have never let me down and I’ve never regretted the time I spent on any of them” – Neil Gaiman While I’ve never read anything by Neil Gaiman – I feel a strong kinship towards him (of course I’ve seen …
“…Just create a new product.” – Dave Winer
“For the readers, old habits are not the same as current loyalty. For the advertisers, previous convenience does not translate into planned commitment. For the papers, historical longevity does not imply future resilience.” – Clay Shirky
“In long-term, facebook will be the next AOL. Think about it.” – Stewie I’ll even say Facebook is Aol in the short term. Both are frequently confused for the internet. Both very rigid, ad-subsidized publishing platforms. Both pay their writers nearly nothing in exchange for a promise of exposure and more efficient publishing tools. In …
“While it is possible to find a needle in a haystack, even using specialized machines to do so takes a considerable amount of time, particularly since bone needles cannot be picked up by magnets. The task is difficult enough to still make the saying viable.” – MythBusters, Needle in a Haystack Episode And that’s with …
I just returned from 4 days in Minnesota’s northwoods. Completely disconnected. The only things I took with me; water bottle, a couple days change of clothes, my notecards, and my wallet. I hiked waterfalls, scrambled across rocky beaches, and fell asleep to flickering fires. I pondered living in a lighthouse. Hiking a hundred vertical feet …