Archive for the 'Inspiration' Category
What use have an artist, a baker, a winemaker, a firefighter and a brewer with programming? None. Yet. An article surfaced on HackerNews yesterday arguing that Programming is the new High School Diploma, the main argument being two facts: Computers are everywhere Automation is pushing out middle-tier jobs The basic idea is really simple – [...]
I. Don’t. Know. Three simple words. Almost impossible to say. As developers, as entrepreneurs, as men we never want to admit we don’t know. If you don’t know, you are weak and an army of angry huns will come to steal your women, your business and your honor. When founders don’t know what the hell they’re [...]
Yesterday I received the best gift ever – a day completely off. Free. What’s so special about a day off, you might think, I have like two every week! Or if you’re more like me, you’re thinking Psh! Dude, I get a day off almost every month. This was different – I had a day [...]
Productivity is a big thing in my part of the universe. Everyone thinks they’ve cracked the secret for turning time into gold. Modern day alchemists, the lot of us. This gives us a pervasive culture of 20-somethings busting their backs to squeeze every last ounce of productivity out of their day. Sleep, sex, health and [...]
A lot has been said about The Zone – that magical place where doing something you love becomes instantly self-rewarding and you pull yourself along until you emerge on the other end. Slightly confused, a bit shaggy and you wonder why on earth are you hungry. In fact, a couple of hours passed since you [...]
Sunday saw the eighth TEDxevent in Ljubljana and through immense luck I was able to attend despite forgetting to reserve a ticket. Twitter is kind of cool like that, you ask if there’s any way to sneak into a sold out event happening the next day, somebody says they don’t need their ticket and then [...]
A man died today. I never knew him personally and yet I feel like writing a post about his death before even getting out of bed this morning. When I went to bed last night, he wasn’t dead yet, this morning, he was. Interesting how much can change in the world when you fall asleep [...]
Two days ago I complained about not being able to brainstorm under the shower because there is nowhere to jot down my thoughts … I tend to think a lot better when I can scribble somewhere. Quite a few of you suggested I use something called a “wax pencil“. Yesterday I visited a nearby art supply store, [...]
Beginning of May I came across a pretty interesting website, 75owords.com. The general idea of the website is that you write 750 words every day. About anything. Unedited. Unhindered. Completely free. Just write about whatever comes to mind in whichever way it decides to come. When you’re done you simply tuck it away somewhere never [...]
HackerNews was aflutter today with talk about how you should be a quiet professional, do whatever it takes and don’t even complain, take any and all ill that comes your way like a stoic shaolin monk, show no fear, show no emotion, robotically and efficiently perform any task on your path, go face-first through a [...]
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