“Suffering-oriented programming greatly reduces risk by ensuring that you’re always working on something important, and it ensures that you are well-versed in a problem space before attempting a large investment.” – Nathan Marz
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
“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
Slab City – Opting out of Public Services
A nearby RV has a generator. There’s no running water, no power lines, no sewage service and no trash pickup, which can give the place a Mad Max post-apocalyptic feel. Rusted bicycles and box springs peek through small mountains of twisted metal. – Gloria Hillard
+Creeping
“There are times I don’t want to be marketed to.” – Dave Winer