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An idea is not a design
A design is not a prototype
A prototype is not a program
A program is not a product
A product is not a business
A business is not profits — http://www.quora.com/Startup-Advice-and-Strategy/As-first-time-entrepreneurs-what-part-of-the-process-are-people-often-completely-blind-to/answer/Mike-Sellers (via cdixon)
That's the spirit.
The Pace of Productivity and How to Master Your Creative Routine | Brain Pickings
The Pace of Productivity and How to Master Your Creative Routine | Brain Pickings
Finding Your Passion In Work: 20 Awesome Quotes | LinkedIn
A DOZEN THINGS I'VE LEARNED ABOUT BUSINESS | 25iq
Small minds discuss people.
Average minds discuss events.
Great minds discuss ideas.
Storytelling
booooooom:
Tim Biskup.
vimeo:
“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau
(gif from Leviathan (trailer))
Culture is suspicious of technology. Politics is mostly indifferent to and above it. War-making uses it, but maintains an arms-length separation. Business? It gets into bed with it. It is sort of vaguely plausible that you could switch artists, politicians and generals around with their peers from another age and still expect them to function. But there is no meaningful way for a businessman from (say) 2000 BC to comprehend what Mark Zuckerberg does, let alone take over for him. Too much magical technological water has flowed under the bridge. — http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/06/08/a-brief-history-of-the-corporation-1600-to-2100/ (via cdixon)
Scaling is about dealing efficiently with events that occur with a predictable frequency. Hard disk failures are rare catastrophes for individuals. They are an operating condition for data centers. — http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2012/10/15/economies-of-scale-economies-of-scope/ (via cdixon)
454 W 23rd St New York, NY 10011—2157: Well right, naturally you should hate spirituality.
Often wrong, but never in doubt.
The art of noticing, then creating. —
We've come a long way. Today we understand that a startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. And that what we are doing when we iterate or pivot is that we are firing the plan before we start firing executives. — Steve Blank
Vision Vs. Hallucination - The Accelerators - WSJ
3D is antithetical to storytelling, where immersion in character is the goal. It constantly reminds you you're watching a screen - and it completely prevents emotional involvement. Natural human vision bears no resemblance to 3D in the cinema. — Oliver Stapleton (via mappeal)
Mainly agree.
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Talent begins with a brief, powerful encounter that sparks motivation by linking your identity to a high-performing person or group. This is called ignition, and it consists of a tiny, world-shifting thought lighting up your unconscious mind.
It pays off in your life when you're in an elevator and people are uncomfortable. You can just say, "That's a beautiful scarf." It's just thinking about making someone else feel comfortable. You don't worry about yourself, because we're vibrating together. If I can make yours just a little bit groovier, it'll affect me. It comes back, somehow. — Bill Murray, Star of 'Hyde Park on Hudson' - NYTimes.com (via rickwebb)
Web & Rev Models | Hackpad Fred Wilson
Obvious to those skilled in the art.