May 2013
“Even though Tumblr was never a one-person company, it usually felt like a...”
– The One-Person Product – Marco.org
“Rich products, like rich people, have histories; poor products only have pasts.”
– The Hidden Costs of Buying on the Cheap - NYTimes.com
“Tinkering with the details on a single high traffic page, because that’s what’s...”
– The drunkard’s search | 90 Percent Of Everything
“One logo on our login page is enough. Who the hell wants their app to look like...”
– Social Login Buttons Aren’t Worth It | MailChimp Email Marketing Blog
“The Product is the Service is the Marketing”
– The tyranny of digital advertising — Editor’s Picks — Medium
“It follows, of course, that no successful platform can be built on advertising....”
– stratēchery by Ben Thompson | Facebook phones and the future of mobile communication
“If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. If you...”
– The Five Things That Will Get You Nowhere Fast — I.M.H.O. — Medium
emily: do people actually like raisins?
sox: emily, plenty of people actually like asians.
“If you have purchased a jersey this year and lost weight through riding, Rapha...”
– Jersey Downsize offer | Rapha
“Don’t even think about spending money on flowers or some bullshit like...”
– mom
“We need to be in the open mode when pondering a problem — but! — once we come up...”
– John Cleese
“I have often delegated things that I thought I was pretty good at, and had my...”
– Crucial Tips On Delegating The Right Way, So Everyone Wins | Fast Company | Business Innovation
“Peter Gruber, the director of the popular movie, Gorillas in the Mist,...”
– How Your Own Expertise Is Holding You Back | Fast Company | Business Innovation
“being seduced by “dazzlingly designed forms of cognitive waste.”
– ‘Who Owns the Future?’ by Jaron Lanier - NYTimes.com
“if you’ve used no data, you should start immediately. If you’ve adopted data,...”
– Is Data Idolatry Causing Your Company to Plateau? — Book Excerpts — Medium
“Public Witness Program” - Fugazi
“Also, you claim that it is environmentally friendly to ride a bike. But if I am...”
– Ed Orcutt, WA state representative
April 2013
“Giving primacy to design involves more than a shift in the power structure. It...”
– How Jenna Lyons Transformed J.Crew Into A Cult Brand | Fast Company | Business Innovation
“The problem is you cannot selectively numb emotion. So when you numb those, we...”
– Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability | Video on TED.com
“Outside the room nobody really knows or even cares about your grand vision....”
– Albert Wenger
“I have a lot of cooling equipment to make sure my house doesn’t catch on fire,”...”
“But since Microsoft announced the end of life of Silverlight 5 in 2021, we need...”
– BREAKING: It just might be possible that MS will lose its kung-fu grip on streaming media monopoly by year 2021.
“And so scientists are testing the general theory not because they think it is...”
– There’s a lesson that never ends here.
“I’m defining pandering as using your perception of your customer’s...”
– Seth Godin
Episode 1302 | The Moth →
one of the best.
“The creative process is just that: a process. Recognizing value that others have...”
– Great Innovators Think Laterally - Ian Gonsher and Deb Mills-Scofield - Harvard Business Review 