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Mar
29
2012

  • Consuming more than you create -
    Effective people tend to create a lot of content. Content can mean a lot of things - but the rule is always the same, create more than you consume. Ineffective people, on the other hand, spend the majority of their time consuming the fruits of others' labor. They are consummate lurkers.
  • Watching your own vanity metrics -
    Everyone suffers from some level of vanity. A need to be liked. The Internet feeds that need, keeping popularity at the forefront of any online identity with lists of 'Friends,' 'Followers,' 'Connections,' 'Re-Pins' and even the 'Like' itself. Ineffective people tend to feed on these popularity metrics, whereas effective people recognize that these are shallow indicators. Effective people focus more on engagement and strength of relationships; they create quality content to solicit engagement from others, or seek out interesting people and proactively engage them on their own terms.
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Dec
15
2011

2 hard things: Get started and get things done.  Ship it!

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  • This will sound condescending, but I'll say it anyway: Become the kind of guy who finishes things. Forget about the programming part for a minute. It's the finishing things part that's the hard part. If you focus on that, you'll master whatever details you need to get you there.

    I like to think of finishing things as a demon I have to conquer. The last 20% sucks so hard, but if you do it, you'll be rewarded well, because most people suck at the last 20% too, and thus, never finishing anything either. Learning to be someone who ships makes you a rare person indeed.

    I still struggle with finishing things, but I've gotten a lot better in the past year. The best advice I can give you is to "show up" every day and do the work, no matter what. Sit down x amount of time every day, butt in seat, and do the next things on your list of things that are necessary to ship. Not what's fun, not what looks interesting, not surfing the web or HN. The next thing standing in the way of shipping. If you can make that a habit, and do it without fail, you can't help but ship.

  • My problem is worse (I think). When I think of what might be a cool idea for a project, I always manage to convince myself that it's not as cool or glamorous or useful as I thought before I begin actual work on it (or very shortly after).

Feb
22
2010

  • anyone who is serious about being an innovator MUST keep a log. innovation occurs from the connection of ideas and you don't want to limit yourself merely connections between ideas that just happen to occupy your head at any given time. jotting down ideas (your own, and your reactions to other people's) allows you an easy way to play with connections.
  • Creativity is a thing that just gets killed by planning. Often it happens when you are dealing with a problem. But the scrum process, puts blinders on developers, as you are supposed to work only on what you planned/committed to, and nothing else, like a good horse just watch the path you are told to by your manager/pm/team lead, and don't get distracted by anything else. Kills any instrict motivation, and sends a group towards a path of mediocrity as it delegates all decision making/creativity on the team lead (manager, or mp).
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  • One app that doesn't come preinstalled is iBooks, Apple's one-stop shop for reading and shopping for e-books. The first time you access the App Store, you get a prompt asking whether you want to download iBooks. And of course, you can add apps from the Apple App Store.

  • I travel quite frequently, so I also see myself using the iPad in an airport, doing interviews, on an airplane, and at a local coffee shop. What's more, I see myself being productive and getting work done.

  • It's not just Apple that is making the iPad a productivity winner; other companies are delivering cool products, too.

     

     TLA Systems announced the iPad version of its scientific calculator, PCalc for the iPad, on Friday. FileMaker announced that its personal database app, Bento, is also available for the iPad--and that's just to name a few apps. 

     

     Apple will kick off the launch of the iPad with more than 1,000 apps specifically made for the iPad, in all categories. 

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