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Dan Carlberg
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What are the small lifestyle changes youve made that have had big impacts for you?

What are the small lifestyle changes youve made that have had big impacts for you?: I make sure to start every day as a producer, not a consumer. When you get up, you may start with a good routine li...

06 feb 12 1 person likes this

davemorin:46 seconds on life from Steve Jobs.

davemorin: 46 seconds on life from Steve Jobs.

24 jan 12

"Don’t try to be original. Just try to be good.” That sounds sort of naive but it’s true."

““Don’t try to be original. Just try to be good.” That sounds sort of naive but it’s true.” - Paul Rand, quoting Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (via)

05 mar 11

"We sit down every day, and you do need to sit down every day if you wanna really write. When y...

“We sit down every day, and you do need to sit down every day if you wanna really write. When you sit down to do it, it doesn’t matter what you wrote before. Like the monk that doesn’t get to stick h...

04 mar 11

I have a rubber band on my wrist […] I wear it to remember I’m alive. Every time I...

I have a rubber band on my wrist […] I wear it to remember I’m alive. Every time I see it I remember I’m alive. And I’m here. Is that cheesy? I don’t care. I remember I’m alive. And I think a lot of ...

03 mar 11

Ernest Hemingway said this: You write until you come to a place where you still have your...

Ernest Hemingway said this: You write until you come to a place where you still have your juice and know what will happen next and you stop and try to live through until the next day when you hit it ...

02 mar 11

What productivity tip have you discovered that now you can’t live without? Keep a to-do...

What productivity tip have you discovered that now you can’t live without? Keep a to-do list. A real one. One that you actually use and update throughout the day. It doesn’t need to be fancy, like th...

01 mar 11

Some of the best advice I’ve seen regarding how to write essays is from Paul Graham. He says...

Some of the best advice I’ve seen regarding how to write essays is from Paul Graham. He says writing is thinking, and, insightfully, that writing forces you to think better. He wrote, “Just as inviti...

26 feb 11

"What’s the best thing you could be working on, and why aren’t you?"

“What’s the best thing you could be working on, and why aren’t you?” - Paul Graham, Good and Bad Procrastination

25 feb 11

"Spend time, don’t waste time"

“Spend time, don’t waste time” - Marco Arment

24 feb 11

And what I like best about a conference is walking out with an opinion on something that is...

And what I like best about a conference is walking out with an opinion on something that is different than my opinion about that topic when I walked in. Convince me to change my mind about something....

23 feb 11

"Tim, like Steve, is like a metronome who sets the pace for the rest of Apple"

“Tim, like Steve, is like a metronome who sets the pace for the rest of Apple” - Meet the man filling in for Steve Jobs

22 feb 11

Best Writing Advice for Engineers I’ve Ever Seen. Period. How to make engineers write...

Best Writing Advice for Engineers I’ve Ever Seen. Period. How to make engineers write concisely with sentences? By combining journalism with the technical report format. In a newspaper article, the p...

21 feb 11

Simple five step plan for just about everyone and everything Go, make something happen. Do...

Simple five step plan for just about everyone and everything Go, make something happen. Do work you’re proud of. Treat people with respect. Make big promises and keep them. Ship it out the door. When...

20 feb 11

Why intelligent people fail Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not...

Why intelligent people fail Lack of motivation. A talent is irrelevant if a person is not motivated to use it. Motivation may be external (for example, social approval) or internal (satisfaction from...

19 feb 11

Motivation is on every single page Head First authors and editors assume that every single page...

Motivation is on every single page Head First authors and editors assume that every single page needs to provide an explicit motivation that will keep the reader continuing. And “This material is int...

18 feb 11

Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion For myself, I wish I’d known the value of...

Watching the Corners: On Future-Proofing Your Passion For myself, I wish I’d known the value of developing early expertise in interesting new skills around emerging technologies (rather than just ite...

17 feb 11

The Acceleration of Addictiveness People commonly use the word “procrastination” to describe...

The Acceleration of Addictiveness People commonly use the word “procrastination” to describe what they do on the Internet. It seems to me too mild to describe what’s happening as merely not-doing-wor...

16 feb 11

What Happened to Yahoo If circumstances had been different, the people running Yahoo might have...

What Happened to Yahoo If circumstances had been different, the people running Yahoo might have realized sooner how important search was. But they had the most opaque obstacle in the world between th...

15 feb 11

“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms

“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms: Reducing Distraction through Care (Rather than braces, armatures, and puppet strings). Removing interruptions and external distractions that ...

14 feb 11

"Doing that annoying hard stuff is how you grow, get better, and learn what real help looks lik...

“Doing that annoying hard stuff is how you grow, get better, and learn what real help looks like. Even if that’s not the answer you wanted to hear. You get better by getting your ass out of your RSS ...

13 feb 11

Merlin Mann on Malcom Gladwell: Put differently, I’ll bet he and I would differ wildly on which...

Merlin Mann on Malcom Gladwell: Put differently, I’ll bet he and I would differ wildly on which of his contributions (let alone paragraphs) will be remembered as the most effective, long-lived, and u...

12 feb 11

"When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore,..."

“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.” - Randy Pa...

11 feb 11

"A kitchen machine that you use every day in your kitchen can’t stay in a stark color. The push...

“A kitchen machine that you use every day in your kitchen can’t stay in a stark color. The push buttons on it: yes. But not the whole thing. It’s too dominating in the kitchen. And design should not ...

10 feb 11

"It’s very important to know when you’re in a pissing match. And it’s very..."

“It’s very important to know when you’re in a pissing match. And it’s very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.” - Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

09 feb 11

"My tennis coach would say: “Don’t try to hit the ball in. Try to win…” Play..."

“My tennis coach would say: “Don’t try to hit the ball in. Try to win…” Play to win. Don’t play to hit the ball in the court.” - Mark Pincus

08 feb 11

"Your engineering mandates; those are bullets and you have only so many that you can fire. And....

“Your engineering mandates; those are bullets and you have only so many that you can fire. And everyone that misses the target is a missed opportunity.” - Mark Pincus

07 feb 11

"Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out h...

“Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.” - Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

06 feb 11

Roth has pared his life down to the minimum number of moving parts. Near his desk he kept two...

Roth has pared his life down to the minimum number of moving parts. Near his desk he kept two small signs, one reading “Stay Put,” the other “No Optional Striving”—reminders to avoid temptation of an...

05 feb 11

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the bric...

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to ...

05 feb 11

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