We believe in the simple, not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution.
– Tim Cook of Apple, Inc.Apple isn’t shy to make claims about the grandiose, epiphanal nature of its products because—whether they pull it off or not—they have built a culture in which every product they make is designed to be world class.
– GizmodoMy Goals for 2008
1. Create a profitable shareware business by the end of the summer.
2. Be more creative and have more fun, know how to relax.
3. Stay in school and do well.
4. Be driven to succeed.
5. Be more accepting of others and don’t judge others.
6. Talk more, and get to know more people.
7. Above all, have fun.
Edit: Whoops, these were actually my 2008 goals.
My clock automatically choose to reset itself to PST time today, with my location set to San Francisco. Is that a sign?
My new favorite bash command to find a string in a folder of files (recursively).
find . -name '*' | xargs grep -l thing
Found this post on news.yc. Spencer Fry voices his opinion on the traits that make up a good entrepreneur.
Changing the Default Git Push Rules
git config --global push.default matchingRun this command to set the default push rule for branches in git.
A good argument on why we shouldn’t settle for B-quality work when A-quality work can be extraordinary in some cases.
For some reason I always thought the syntax of scp was scary… turns out it’s very simple and very useful.
You can’t look a big problem too directly in the eye. You have to approach it somewhat obliquely. But you have to adjust the angle just right: you have to be facing the big problem directly enough that you catch some of the excitement radiating from it, but not so much that it paralyzes you. You can tighten the angle once you get going, just as a sailboat can sail closer to the wind once it gets underway.
– Paul Graham
I think what happens is you go along and try a lot of different things in relationships with different people…and then you realize your not going to attract the person that is right for you until you become a whole person yourself. It’s really not about completing someone or being completed by someone. It’s about being a whole person. It’s about being able to walk through the world on your own and be alright with that. It’s a long process but mostly it just really comes down to sooner or later you beat your head against the wall long enough and then you realize wow…I can have happiness if I choose to have it now.
– Jim Carey
