August 2009
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Tenenbaum ordered to pay $675,000 (or $22,500 per... →
The absurdity of these cases is overwhelming.
July 2009
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When we were working on our own startup, back in the 90s, I evolved another...
– Paul Graham, Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
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We all know that there’s no fucking way in the world we should have microwave...
– Fake Steve Jobs on cheap overseas manufacturing.
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Regret Minimization Framework
Jeff Bezos on regret minimization:
I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park in New York City and the conclusion...
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When you turn over rocks and look at all the squiggly things underneath, you can...
– Fred Purdue, Pitney Bowes
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Never lose faith in the end of the story.
– Admiral Jim Stockdale
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For no matter what we achieve, if we don’t spend the vast majority of our...
– Jim Collins, Good to Great
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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire...
– E.B. White
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The fact that both of these important brain networks become active together...
– Zoning Out Is a Crucial Mental State
All I ever wanted was to know what to do.
– Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity!
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We try not to bring out another product that’s just different. ‘Different’ and...
– Jonathan Ive on The Key to Apple’s Success
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12:34:56 7/8/9
That is the current time/date. This doesn’t happen very often.
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