Walnut Creek, California
Home. I wish it were not depicted on CotW as just a place people are passing thru.
I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions … We need a tax system that takes very good care of people who just really aren’t as well adapted to the market system and to capitalism but are nevertheless just as good citizens and are doing things that are of use in society.
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2012/01/11/warren-buffett-to-mitch-mcconnell-put-up-or-shut-up/#ixzz1jG67vs7g (via joshkinberg)
Word.
“Write the book you want to read” is good advice on both a literal and metaphorical level. And Fight Club may be one of the best stories ever committed to film.
When I was 18, I spent one night trying to paint LATE AGAIN in big silver bubble letters on the side of a passenger train. British Transport Police showed up and I got ripped to shreds running away through a thorny bush. The rest of my mates made it to the car and disappeared so I spent over an hour hidden under a dumper truck with engine oil leaking all over me.
‘As I lay there listening to the cops on the tracks, I realised I had to cut my painting time in half or give up altogether. I was staring straight up at the stencilled plate on the bottom of a fuel tank when I realised I could just copy that style and make each letter 3ft high.
‘I got home at last and crawled into bed next to my girlfriend. I told her I’d had an epiphany that night and she told me to stop taking that drug ‘cos it’s bad for your heart.
Necessity being the mother of invention and all.
Or, don’t miss the exact move you should make when it’s staring you right in the face.
(via brycedotvc)Love this story.
Mark Lucovsky isn’t just a man who goaded Steve Ballmer into chucking a chair across an executive office. He’s a metaphor for the evolution of modern software.
Weekend bike trip to Changi Beach in Singapore. Brought the tent and hammock this time.
Grizzly Point, California
A few miles from where I grew up. I drank more than a couple warm Budweisers at Grizzly Point as a teenager.
The designer fills many a waste-basket in order to produce one good idea
When human beings acquired language, we learned not just how to listen but how to speak. When we gained literacy, we learned not just how to read but how to write. And as we move into an increasingly digital reality, we must learn not just how to use programs but how to make them. In the emerging, highly programmed landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software. It’s really that simple: Program, or be programmed.
Andy quotes Douglas Rushkoff in our latest announcement. (via fred-wilson)
We live in amazing times.
(Source: garychou)
Secrets to happiness: Buy experiences instead of things; buy many small pleasures instead of a few big ones; pay now for things you can look forward to and enjoy later.
