“TO DO: Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.”
Paul Graham, founder of start-up incubator YCombinator
Dear recommendation engine: Sometimes I want to experience the interplay of human emotion…
Dear recommendation engine: Sometimes I want to experience the interplay of human emotion and other times I want to see stuff blow up. Plus, it is my daughter who likes fairies.
The Religion of Analytics
Here are a few notes from a recent cross-country flight. I’m not sure what I was reading at the time (“The Lean Startup?”), but it’s sound advice. Any really good accountant will tell you that the numbers should inform your decisions, not make them. Analytics work best when chasing incremental growth, not opening up new
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Nothing Like A Content Strategy Discussion That Ends With “Shut Your Dirty Whore Mouth”
Anil Dash takes some good-natured ribbing from Lia Bulong. (Wikiquote tells me that the phrase is from the television show “Popular.”)
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The Totem of Chat
The totem of chat: The lowest, that would be Facebook, followed by Gchat, then texting, then email, then phone. Face to face would be ideal, but it’s not of this time. — Lena Dunham of HBO’s “Girls”
Listening to Users: “Go Away Pig, What Do You Know About Bacon?”
In an essay entitled “The Age of Criticism,” Randall Jarrell said that most critics’ attitudes toward living poets was, “Go away, pig! What do you know about bacon?” When you plan new projects, launch new products or market your site, how much do you listen to your users?
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Definition: “Opportunity Cost”
The thing that you team didn’t do with the time they spent on Project X. Or the thing your company didn’t buy with the money they spent on Project X.
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“If your job is to hold meetings and send email, hold great meetings, send great email.”
“If, as a manager, your job is to hold meetings and send email, hold great meetings and send great email.”
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“Saying You Have More Than Two Priorities Is Like…”
“Saying you have more than two priorities is like saying you have more than two arms. You still only have two, but now you’re also crazy.”
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