I was just giving this Paul Graham essay another read while waiting for my sister to join me for dinner and found a quote I really dig:
Some people know at 16 what sort of work they’re going to do, but in most ambitious kids, ambition seems to precede anything specific to be ambitious about. They [...]
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Paul Graham on Ambition
June 17th, 2008 ·
African Chicken:Ingredient Creep :: Web Apps:Feature Creep
April 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
I hear so many designers talk about improving a product by taking away rather than adding features that it has almost begun to sound cliche to me.
At SXSW, every presentation on design I saw recommended removing features instead of adding clutter. Even at a fashion show I saw a few months ago, designer Scott [...]
Book Review: Let My People Go Surfing, by Yvon Chouinard
March 21st, 2008 ·
I just finished an awesome book,
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. It was written by Yvon Chouinard, founder of the Patagonia clothing company.
This is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. It covers stuff from principles of design to business strategy and corporate responsibility. [...]
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