That’s how we choose who to work with. We want someone who’s good at their job. And the ones we pass up are usually labeled as, “not good enough.” And we label ourselves as … | Continue reading
Digital analogs only work when they’re better and different, not when they’re almost the same. Chat isn’t the same as chatting. Email isn’t a replacement for mail. Video con… | Continue reading
An ideal project is one where the users are better off if others are using it too. The train to the plane in Oslo is a great example. It’s faster, easier and nicer than driving. Its existence… | Continue reading
Should you give up? There are people who have read far more books than you have, and you will certainly never catch up. Your website began with lousy traffic stats, in fact, they all do. Should you… | Continue reading
It seems to be getting more difficult to trust that someone is going to do what they say they said they were going to do. “It was a misunderstanding.” “That’s not what I sai… | Continue reading
Car factories are a bit of a miracle. They make a complex, expensive device, and they do it close to perfectly. People love their cars, and regularly buy new ones long before they need to. It’… | Continue reading
There are two polar opposites: Staying still and Breaking. It's easy to visualize each end of the axis, whatever the activity. In between is stretching. Stretching is growth. Extending our rea… | Continue reading
The business of software is a bit of a miracle. Properly designed, software isn’t more expensive to create when more people use it. In fact, when network effects are involved, it’s actu… | Continue reading
Ideas don't come from watching television Ideas sometimes come from listening to a lecture Ideas often come while reading a book Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of… | Continue reading
The business of software is a bit of a miracle. Properly designed, software isn’t more expensive to create when more people use it. In fact, when network effects are involved, it’s actu… | Continue reading
Time zones are a recent invention. It used to be that local time was different everywhere. Each village had its own high noon. Factories required synchronization, so that workers would all show up … | Continue reading
Imagine a circle of ten kids, passing the ball from one to another. What you do when you don't have the ball doesn't have much impact on how fast the ball moves around. But during the mom… | Continue reading
The story goes that James Cook brought fermented german cabbage with him on a long voyage, an innovative way to combat scurvy. He knew that getting his sailors to eat this strange and stinky food w… | Continue reading
“…but it might be for you.” That’s a home run. The stuff that’s for everyone, that’s easy to click, sniff, share, produce and learn–that stuff ends up havi… | Continue reading
When we go looking for a co-worker, a freelancer, a vendor or even a boss, we’re hoping for something. It might be: Perfect Interesting Accommodating Productive Challenging and a host of othe… | Continue reading