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notes"When I hear about a great idea that a friend has, I get excited. I can’t wait to see that idea become reality. Then I ask about the idea a few months later, and it often is not one bit closer to completion."Having ideas is easy. Despite the fact that we like to think the idea alone harbors some inherent value, they aren’t hardly worth the paper they’re written on. Otherwise, why do we allow them to pile up on the corner of our desks like so many discarded candy wrappers?
The fear of failure is what prevents most of us from simply taking the first step toward bringing an idea to life. But even if we overcome that fear, it never really leaves. Its presence is manifest in the layers of complexity that we allow ourselves to construct around the idea. We worry that the idea alone isn’t sufficient and must be propped up with a “glitzy UI” or it needs a longer list of features to gain “traction in the market.” Building those layers is just busy work which keeps us distracted so we can’t spend time worrying about whether our idea has merit. Complexity also serves as a great excuse when the project finally collapses.
Success can be closer than we think, it merely requires the courage to overcome our fears of inadequacy and the steadfast ability to stay focused on the simplest possible solution.
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"Today, I ran across an article on the iPhone that was rather the opposite. I completely agreed with the headline and the basic underlying premise. Yet, I found myself scoffing (and sometimes giggling) at the rather ludicrous assertions sprinkled throughout what had promised to be a very reasonable and interesting article."
iPhone Development: Opposite World
this article can also be found in the dictionary under “skewered”
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"Philadelphia TSA screeners forced the developmentally delayed, four-year-old son of a Camden, PA police officer to remove his leg-braces and wobble through a checkpoint, despite the fact that their procedure calls for such a case to be handled through a swabbing in a private room."
TSA forces travelling policeman to remove his disabled four-year-old son’s leg-braces Boing Boing (via ColdForged)
Seems logical. After all, the Taliban and Al-Qaida are teeming with physically challenged 4 year old Caucasians.
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When you pay an insurance company $11,000 per year to micro-manage your sickcare usage, you lose the status of “paying customer” in the eyes of physicians and hospitals. Customers are “a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.”
The current customer of the sickness industry (hospitals/doctors) is the health insurance industry.
"Jay Parkinson :: Should doctors be forced to treat patients promptly?
True “healthcare reform” (ahem, health insurance reform) will NEVER become a reality in this country until the general populous grasps this obvious, yet oft overlooked, truth.
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How have I not seen this site before?! This absolutely gorgeous blog by food stylist/photographer/writer Béatrice Peltre ranks right up there with other great foodie/photography blogs like Matt Armendariz’s mattbites.com.
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A post that includes a Gordon Ramsey quote and an Apple reference? That’s what we call an automatic reblog in these parts.
It doesn’t matter how amazing the steak is, if it’s served on a cold plate it’s crap. If it’s served with a dull knife it’s crap. If the gravy isn’t piping hot, it’s crap. If you’re eating it on an uncomfortable chair, it’s crap. If it’s served by an ugly waiter who just came in from a smoke break, it’s crap. Because I care about the steak, I have to care about everything around it. (via Contrast | The Blog | The thickness of napkins)
do it right the first time.
Also, what we believe in vs. not what we believe in.
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notes Places Nerds Have Lived- The garage (1976)
- The IT lab (1988)
- Mom’s basement (1994)
- The cubicle (1998)
- The foosball room or, like, whatever you want! (1999)
- A smaller cubicle (2001)
- The coffee shop (2004)
- The big, minimalist, DWR-furnished office (2009)
- The garage (2016)
What about the bonus room above the garage? Does that still count as official nerd territory? If not, I guess I have six years to plan my transition.
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notes"Constant vigilance is the price you pay for an elegant application. This means you have to learn to say «no». Your current customers will ask you for a feature they want. Potential customers will tell you that if you add just one specific feature, they’ll buy the app. You can’t be everything for everyone. You have to let some people be customers of your competitors." -
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Planetary Gravity Wells via xkcd
It all makes so much sense now!!
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Can I come home now?
sad outcome for such a valiant effort, methinks
