Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Make sure you do net-new work every day
Some people buy a car to go to work, and then work to make the car payment. Don’t be that guy.
There’s a lot of "tax" we pay in our daily lives just to keep up: laundry, commuting, even going to the bathroom, servicing the car, managing bank accounts and investments, the list is almost infinite. […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Do, don’t Have
Was thinking today that in my memoirs I’d much rather say "I did" than "I had". Because really, what good it is to collect worldly knickknacks? Can’t take it with you. But do, because the experiences you take away are priceless. And more importantly, the experiences you leave with others through your interactions with them […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
A movie that makes it cool to be an engineer
I could love Iron Man for no other reason than that. Through the relatively artistic application of this movie, using the huge lever that is blockbuster releases in Hollywood, if this movie makes even more little kid think "I want to make things" and helps him or her find the direction in their lives then […]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Living in the moment
Remember to spend your time living in the moment. When you’re working, just work. When you’re hanging out with a friend pay your whole attention to him or her. Don’t spend life thinking or daydreaming about other things while you’re doing one thing (but do leave time to daydream - the bus ride is a […]
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The forward-looking memoir
People tend to write memoirs when they’re old, retired, and looking back at a life that’s (hopefully) been fruitfully lived. This is somewhat analogous to what the press writes about a tech product when it finally launches after years of dedicated work by the engineering, marketing, and management teams involved. The press, albeit from the […]