From Mark Horstman's weekly newsletter Thing I Think I Think: "Somebody asked me the other day about what one character trait I would look for in a manager. I didn’t like…
Thanks again, Paul Graham. Good design happens in chunks. The inhabitants of fifteenth century Florence included Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Donatello, Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Verrocchio, Botticelli, Leonardo, and Michelangelo. Milan…
Learning Notes: Digital Audio Recording In short, basically: digital audio recording is using an electronic device to record sound. In short, technically: digital audio recording is translating into binary digits…
The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it. Thanks, for a third time, Paul Graham.
From friend Paul Robbins: If you find yourself in a dry time spiritually you can always find 7 minutes for this quiet time with God. 30 seconds Prayer for guidance…
Worry requires a narrow, fixated view to remain overwhelming. In fact, maybe worry is only the feeling of having your attention zoomed so far into your Current Big Problem that…
How to write a song from scratch Update 5/5/2020: Since writing, I have used each of these at least once, and plan to write about which ones were easy/hard to…
In trying to come up with a template for learning, I pulled together a few concepts and am starting to test this "5M" idea. The 5 Ms are Mindset, Method,…
What happens when we meet? Once we meet, we learn, we strive, we forget, we reprioritize, we sing, we tell, we listen, we understand, we wonder, we create, we destroy,…
Random couple of words: Konbini--convenience store, Kokoro--consummation of heart and mind and soul. Ikigai--purpose Shinzou--physical heart organ Ha-to--shape of a love 💓 heart Karoshi--worked to death Nomikai--after work drinks O…