Quote from Linuxs founder Torvalds

http://upstart.bizjournals.com/entrepreneurs/hot-shots/2012/06/19/linuxs-inventor-gently-mocks.html?page=all

I loved going to a startup,” said Torvalds. “If any of you ever get the chance—startups that are early in their startup career, when they’re still doing the early technical stuff, and they really do not see where it’s going, and everyone is really gung-ho—are an absolutely wonderful work experience.”

“And when the IPO was getting closer, it changed to not being so much about the technology, and all of a sudden you had to worry about customers and money and IPO issues, and it wasn’t fun anymore,

Medium.com

跟小全聊到 https://medium.com/

看似簡單的平台, 他說這個平台超前台灣15年

超前的原因有:

1. Sophisticated contributor
2. Business Model: the page view in the US is $0.3 while that in Taiwan is $0.03.
    Page view in Taiwan is too low to motivate corporations to build up this kind of platform.
3. Industry Maturity: Internet business maturity.

Quote from Frederick Buechner

You can kiss your family and friends good-bye and put miles between you, but at the same time you carry them with you in your heart, your mind, your stomach, because you do not just live in a world but a world lives in you. - Frederick Buechner

減少投入反而解決了問題

當事情沒有產生預期的成果時, 人們出於本能, 往往會投入更多資源去解決問題, 包括更多的人力, 時間和金錢。然而這麼做最終只會讓問題變得更嚴重。正確的作法是"精簡"。

from reWork 工作大解放

Line-blurred.

今天在研究Monocle的business strategy時, 看到了這個job-posting:

這個世界的邊界正在模糊: 以前,你可以工作一陣子,然後去學校進修,上個workshop, 然後再回來工作。現在想要進修, 不一定要去學校, 而是你可以到你想要去的企業裡作part-time, 當作是進修, 貢獻你所有的, 學別的企業的組織文化與做事方式。這是21世紀學習的方式。

Freelance Studio Manager
— London

We are looking for experienced studio managers for shift work over the Christmas and New Year period.

Successful applicants must be Myriad software-literate and capable of dealing with live studio desks, ISDN and TBUs.

You will be manning a live desk, dealing with audio content for air and maintaining a consistent and continuous playout.

You must be flexible and competent with audio-editing software. Knowledge of Adobe Audition and Pro Tools is an advantage.

Tuesday Morning Inspiration

Creativity is not just an opportunity. It's a Responsibility.

An Ode to Creative Work by Behance from Behance on Vimeo.

Bikes and The City: morning escape

Bikes and The City: morning escape: I received a message a few days ago with the info and link to this video, which features long time online buddy and bicycle enthusiast Manny...