Jeff Goodell: Would you explain, in simple terms, exactly what object-oriented software is?   Steve Jobs: Objects are like people. They’re living, breathing things that have knowledge inside them about how to do things and have memory inside them so they can remember things. And rather than interacting with them at a very low level, you … Continue reading When software imitates life… →

Press. Play. Happy.   For more, head over to my soundcloud collection here. tho, I should probably warn you, you've probably never heard many of the tracks in there 🙂

What Harvard Business School alums of ’63 have to share (published on its 50th reunion). Not everything is relevant, of course. Its therefore an art to know which ones to leave out. (Source: http://hbs1963.com/wisdom/)

Interesting to read Robert J. Sternberg's (Professor at Cornell) investment theory of creativity: Creative people are like good investors: They buy low and sell high in the world of ideas. The creative person buys low by presenting a unique idea and attempts to convince other people of its value. After convincing others that the idea … Continue reading An Investment Approach to Creativity →

Our identity in permanent beta and as a by-product of our interpretation of (or reaction to) the world. From "The Start-Up of You": You remake yourself as you grow and as the world changes. Your identity doesn’t get found. It emerges. (Source: The Start-Up of You)

wow, ‘Mars One - First Private Mars Mission in 2018’ just completed its crowd funding (ya I donated so I can haz a Mars Orbit selfie too, but thats besides the point). Yes, we will never know how far this project will take us, but at least they are trying (perhaps we should forever change … Continue reading To Mars and beyond? →

Olivier Libaux (Nouvelle Vague) covers "Go with the flow" by Queens Of The Stone Age. Beaut. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6eznWL9oJE ..and lyrical genius that Josh Homme is: She said "I'll throw myself away They're just photos after all" I can't make you hang around I can't wash you off my skin Outside the frame, is what we're leaving … Continue reading Uncovered QOTSA – “Go With The Flow” →

Seth Godin tops himself once again. Someone who is likable, honest, curious and thoughtful is easy to think of as gifted. This natural charisma and care is worth seeking out in the people we choose to work with. The thing is, it's a copout to call these things gifts. You might be born with a … Continue reading Seth Godin – Not a gift →

From Robert Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (page 151): You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or … Continue reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance →