Sr. Product Manager at Amazon.com, a musician, a gadget-freak, a committed geek, a doodler, a babbler, a cook, a lover of the simple things in life, a proud T-bird...
Most interesting of all is the long black line at zero (3). The curve goes wild here, like dividing by zero. At zero, at the place where no money changes hands, we see volunteer labor and free exchange. In these situations, sometimes we see extraordinary effort, the stuff that wins Nobel prizes. Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn’t do it for money. We see the local volunteer putting in insane hours even though no one is watching. We hear the magical song or read the amazing poem that no one got paid to write. And sometimes, though, we see very little, just a trolling comment or a half-hearted bit of commentary. Remove money from the story and we’re in a whole new category. The most vivid way to think about this is the difference between a mutually-agreed upon romantic date and one in which money changes hands.
The ideal goal is to be right at the 5 mark for your paying job and the extraordinary 0 for your hobbies. :)
(via Seth’s Blog: The story of money is not a straight line)
27th April 2012
Remember, if the pain doesn’t kill you, it only hurts a lot. A lot of the time, near-fatal events are often just that — near-fatal. They don’t quite kill you.
Startups are vulnerable, but generally resilient. Your natural reaction when something really bad happens is to think about the worst-case scenario. But, that’s usually counter productive. Think about the most likely scenario and solve based on that. Try and make a realistic determination of how important it is to respond quickly.
Often, when something really bad happens, entrepreneurs make the mistake of assuming they have to respond immediately. In many cases, that’s both unnecessary — and risky. For example, if someone threatens legal action, resist the temptation to respond immediately What you don’t want to do is start compounding a bad event with panic-induced mistakes. It’s important to remain calm and give yourself time (and sometimes distance) to make plan a thoughtful response.
I know, that’s easier said than done. If it makes you feel any better (it should), know that most entrepreneurs (even the successful ones) have near-fatal events happen.
"I think this is fantastic advice for not just startups but even for events in life.
Well said, Dharmesh!
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Wow, this is a major pissing match going on between the tech companies. Gah!!
Let’s move on already.
Something @chowhiz and I were discussing is a rampant problem for Amazon Dan the world of self publishing. It’s important that we weed this out for customer experience.
And soon!
=)
But, the air is the closest to the retina experience currently. Before the current gen iPad, the 11” Air was my go to machine, because it was extremely sharp, screen and resolution wise. But, it’d be interesting to see what they can do. That said, you need stronger (much stronger) graphics processing performance to achieve super high resolutions on the Air. And they make them run hot, heavy and is a power suck.
Powerful. Via @gingermitchell
The LandingZone Is Ground Zero For Your Desk Top MacBook Air
Joshua Schnell, macgasm.netHaving recently upgraded to an 11-inch MacBook Air, I now find myself constantly plugging and unplugging my Cinema Display, as well as some other USB cables on a daily basis. The results of that process usually ends with my cables on …
Dang. Me wants.
Damn, that’s good.
Hells yeah! I expected Starbucks to never engage in such an action in the first place. WTF!
Err, what again? Be clear Elop. Clear communication and strategy is a great shot in the arm for any company and its stock. That said, why is Nokia playing the price game?
With the price game you’re going to compete for marketshare and volume especially in high end smartphones. With the Windows platform, you are NOT going to get that marketshare.
This is not boding well!
It’s cute, warm and fuzzy and all. I mean, come on, it’s Zooey.
That said, the whole “Apple” ads of Siri based iPhone 4S, where there is no character defined but cut-off-at-mouth-shots were brilliant. This, not so much. Yup, mainstream is the word that comes to mind. =D!
This is all kinds of awesome.
(via Infinite Spock)
