The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
Be playful as you surf the unordained waters of the Universe.
Ondrej David
Several short sentences about writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg
I’ve picked up Several short sentences on recommendation by Jason Fried (37 Signals, Basecamp). Jason has this unique down to earth/common sense demeanor I have always found refreshing in the tech startup space.
In my mind he’s the Knight of early Nike’s days, when they’ve
Hell Yeah or No by Derek Sivers
About the Book
Sivers writes succinct lessons he took on throughout his travels. Reads like lite Meditations, with philosophy of Alan Watts and a few key self-help books of the last three decades. Most of the writing resonates with me, as I concluded similarly on what my core believes of
Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
Dicks had quite a life. Moments born out of consequence read like Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Over the stretched 300 pages he does a good job of persuading me that you don’t have to be clinically dead, or be publicly slandered for a crime you didn’t
World is Unfair and Hates You
Imagine you are trying to make a living from selling a single apple pie only to your family and friends. Half of your family is gluten-free anyway. You don't make much money.
You decide the problem is in scale, make more pie and put your creation on shelves
Know What You're Selling
Let's get some things straight from the get go.
* You are running a business if your self-employment pays the bills. Businesses must adhere to the terrible truths of capitalism or will go under.
* Generalization more or less works and makes it easier to get to a point. Of
What are Packaged Experiences
Last time I was talking about better understanding what videogames are sold as.
In short I brought up a term "Packaged Experience" which is similar to "Product" in the context of games, movies or other creative and entrainment media. Let's break down why I
Musings of Many Muses
I'm immensely curious in the intricate inner workings of basically everything. Whether it's a company, human brain or a creative process. All of those seemingly chaotic interactions are interesting. The why's and what's one can find are endless.
My curiosity lead me
Twisted Journey
Jerry was floating through the weightless space at a constant – that is, non-accelerating, non-decelerating speed – towards the light-streaked blackness of the whirling Void. Of course, the dizzying rotation was just Jerry’s perspective as his heading’s space remained still. Well, ever-faster expanding, if you want to get technical about
History of Maybe Great
As many projects do, Maybe Great came out of personal interests:
I have always been an overly curious and creative individual. My attention growing up has been consumed entirely: disassembling every gadget, hacking around the limitations of old computers, being fascinated by video games, future and the concept of time,