Garrick van Buren – Page 43 – About time. And product. And being more deliberate.

Opting Out of Gmail

“I want to continue using the Google tools I love without the risk of loosing my online identity by doing something I didn’t know was prohibited (I am still not sure why that Google Adsense account is gone), without the work involved in understanding the entire Google ecosystem to manage my privacy, and without constant distraction by the latest gadgets Google came up with. Dropping Gmail is how I achieve this.” – Neubertify

Put it off.

“…Yet psychologists and behavioural economists (these charlatans) seem to think that it is a disease that needs to be remedied and cured. And pharmaceutical companies might one day come up with a pill for it. Few understand that, instead, one should lead a life in which procrastination is good, as a naturalistic decision-making.” – by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Opt-In to Happiness

“All it’s cost me are LOLs and LIKES and YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF EXPLOSIONS and news about startups. It’s more than a fair trade–it’s a no brainer. And I think almost anyone with a job based on information can set up a similar life that is just as enjoyable. It might take a few years, but you can’t do it while you’re rotting online reading junk content. Get on, make the most meaningful information and connections, and then get offline. Then, live purposefully towards happiness. Because I’ve never met a person who spent their days and nights online that was happy as I am right now.” – Brian Lam

Running Apart

“Since embracing the silence during my runs, I’ve had a lot of time to think about Static Made (as a whole) and specific client projects in a setting that’s completely removed from a display screen. Pondering technology in the absence of it is liberating. It’s been refreshing and has allowed me to develop creative ideas in a way not inherently tethered to technology.” – Jeffrey Inscho

Could You Be Fully Entertained with Openly Licensed Creative Work?

The vast majority of my business is tied to open source software. The culture I work in expects it. Being able to read the source code, update as needed (without asking permission), and share freely is part of the business of building software.

The sheer volume of work licensed under Creative Commons indexed by archive.org and Google’s ‘Usage rights‘ search – I’m confident I could be wholly and fully entertained with work I was free to remix, share, and redistribute. All commercial free, FBI warning free, and DRM-free.

How many other inconveniences wouldn’t exist if creative work was expected to be openly licensed?

What if all broadcast media, since it’s distributed across public airwaves, must be CC-BY?

A Living

“My goal has never been to dominate the market, my goal has always just been to just make a living.” – Marco Arment

The New Search for Passion

“Google is too powerful, too arrogant, too entrenched to be worth our love. Let them defend themselves, I’d rather devote my emotional energy to the upstarts and startups. They deserve our passion.” – Nelson Minar

Merlin Mann: Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are

“Some people don’t start making money until you forget who you are”

“Don’t just take a collection of your posts.”

“…when you meet someone and they ask for your business card, how cool will it be when you can say, ‘here, take my book instead.'” – James Altucher

Open Loop #7 – Turtle Turtle Turtle

Beer: Jamie – Bakken Bock, Garrick – Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale 2013 (BCJP Style Guidelines – American Barleywine)
Sam Adams’ Triple Bock (Microbrewed Adventures has the homebrew recipe)
tiny Kubb
Holiday Projects
WikiApiary
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