How many times have you built something just thinking they will come….and then they didn’t? That’s the story of my life as a software developer. I love building software, but self-promotion? Shouldn’t the product sell itself? The unfortunate reality is that it’s a noisy world. Even killer products like the iPhone and iPad needed that […]
Insightful (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWurgmyG_Uc) by Jonathon Mann (Mr Song a Day) about silencing the inner critic: It’s all about detaching yourself from the creative process so that you don’t clam up and worry about making something “good”. It’s more important to make something, period, than it is to make something good. Especially for those of us that […]
I love Scott Berkun and he hits it out of the park with this post on how to be creative: The biggest difference between you and Picasso, or Einstein, or whoever your heroes are is that they out work you. They spend more time in front of a canvas, or guitar, or computer, working away […]
The economist has a fitting obituary for Stephen Covey: Mr Covey argued that personal character, purpose and self-discipline were what mattered. I couldn’t agree more.
I’m reviving my writing and artistic career starting with this poem and illustration. Sometimes my mind wanders when I’m sitting in the backyard…
