Tag Archives: quote
Fancy Words and Big Concepts
Reminds me of a few meetings/conversations I recently had đ More quotes by Naval in this post: Navalism.
Attention
Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp, in an interview, answering a question on how his workspace is set up: Iâm a one-computer guyâa 12″ MacBook, so I can work from anywhere. Years ago I used multiple monitors and had multiple computers. … Continue reading
L’esprit de l’escalier
Now this sounds familiar: âL’esprit de l’escalierâ is a French term used in English for the predicament of thinking of the perfect reply too late. According to Wikipedia: During a dinner at the home of statesman Jacques Necker, a remark … Continue reading
State of the Web
Great quote â orignally by Sylvain Galineau (yet now removed) â as heard at the excellent Fronteers Conference: The web platform has always had two solutions to every problem: the deprecated one you shouldn’t use and the one that’s not … Continue reading
Building a passion driven life
Having gone through quite a lot of changes on a personal level during the past two years, this quote by Jen Sutherland-Miller â taken from her blogpost F*ck Work-Life Balance â struck me as it’s exactly what I’ve been doing … Continue reading
Schrödingerâs Backup
The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted.
The Original iPhone CPU
The original iPhone used what was basically an off-the-shelf Samsung DVD playerâs processor. It was such an underpowered piece of junk, itâs a miracle the iPhone ever worked. But thanks to some heroic effort in software, it was good enough. … Continue reading
Password Policy
"Your password must contain at least 8 letters, a capital, a plot, a protagonist with good character development, a twist & a happy ending." — Thomas J Carr (@OpenWithMit) October 13, 2014
Ship and Iterate
Ship and iterate. The companies that are the fastest at this process will win. — from âHow Google Worksâ