Grand Meetup 2014 Reflections
Each year everyone at Automattic gathers in one location to meet, bond, reflect on the past year, and share new …
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My Kid and Me: Casey Neistat
Short-film director Casey Neistat offers an entertaining reflection on travel and fatherhood.
This is Water: David Foster Wallace
From a 2005 commencement speech at Kenyon College by David Foster Wallace, this meditation on coping with the annoyances of life …
The Indiepocalypse: Andy Baio
Longtime blogger at Waxy.org and founder of the xoxo conference asks of artists and creators working online, can we be independent …
Inventing on Principle: Bret Victor
A fascinating and very visual talk built around the idea that “creators need an immediate connection to what they …
Barely succeed! It’s easier! by Maciej Ceglowski
The value of staying small, remaining close(r) to your customers for a tech industry business. Maciej is the founder …
This American Life: Fiasco!
Listen at thislife.org A classic episode featuring a series of stories about good intentions gone awry.
F*ck You Pay Me by Mike Monteiro
A talk about valuing your own work specifically within a Design Studio context, but is applicable to many types of work. …
Debug: Sexism in Tech
http://traffic.libsyn.com/zenandtech/debug34.mp3 A great panel conversation between women who work in the tech industry about sexism, abusive behavior and ideas about …
Higher Order Bit by Chris Poole
Christopher Poole of 4chan and Canvas fame discusses privacy, anonymity, and the importance of distinguishing between online and offline identity.
Merlin Mann & John Gruber on Blogging at SXSW
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/media.libsyn.com/media/themerlinshowhi/SxSW_09_-_Gruber__Mann_-_HOWTO__149_Surprising_Ways_to_Turbocharge_Your_Blog_With_Credibility.mp3 A candid and entertaining live panel on the subject of Blogging from two people who have built careers as …
The Gap by Ira Glass
A brief essay by Ira Glass with a lovely video visualization. Everyone who does or strives to do creative work …
Baby’s First WordPress Site
On a bit of a whim I bought a domain and threw a WordPress site up for my oldest girl …
No News is Good News
No news is good news, it’s trite but true for us. I have not written here recently because in the …
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