February 2012
17 posts
“On hunches, follow them, like the ancient navigators followed the stars. The...”
Sometimes.
There are customer emails that we get that just deserve this response.
V-day!
Numbers and lilies, you’re pretty great. Mm hmm :)
Friday night conversation.
Max 1: it's ok, it's just water and toilet paper. [about the clogged toilet]
Max 2: and...a tiny bit of wee.
Max 1: that's ok, it's safe to drink.
“Trite ideas, or unimaginative translation of those ideas, are often the result...”
– Paul Rand
January 2012
14 posts
Furniture built, office arranged, team ready to...
“There are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other,...”
– Harry Potter
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
– Plato
“Expect the unexpected, and whenever possible, be the unexpected.”
Grateful.
I just wanted to say — I am so grateful for the people who are in my life, who have helped me along the way, and who have yet to come into my life.
“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”
– Joseph Campbell
December 2011
14 posts
It's amazing what can happen in 1 year.
And the years just keep getting more interesting.
Peacetime CEO vs. Wartime CEO →
“In peacetime, leaders must maximize and broaden the current opportunity. As a result, peacetime leaders employ techniques to encourage broad-based creativity and contribution across a diverse set of possible objectives. In wartime, by contrast, the company typically has a single bullet in the chamber and must, at all costs, hit the target. The company’s survival in wartime depends upon...
“All truth passes through three stages: In the first stage it’s ridiculed, in the...”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
I had a candid chat with Foundville about some of... →
December Lollihop Box...
SHIPPED! #lolligifts
“It’s Very Easy To Be Different, But Very Difficult To Be Better”
– Jonathan Ive - Being different is art; anyone can do it, because we all have something already there that distinguishes us from everyone else. But being better, wow, that takes time, decades even. Being better is the same as being different, but it’s being different with a purpose.
(via...
First team outing tomorrow!
And it involves lots of trampolines :)
November 2011
16 posts
My favorite month of the year starts this week,...
“Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time....”
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There's so much to be thankful for this year, and...
If You Had Invented Siri, You Would've Invented... →
parislemon:
Well, we all knew this was coming.
In a sit down with Forbes’ Eric Savitz, Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie talks about how Microsoft has actually been doing what Siri offers for the past year with Tellme technology on Windows Phone. He dismisses Siri’s buzz as basically just good marketing and people being “infatuated” with Apple.
Sadly, the majority of...