Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may have dropped considerably, but the value of your time increases every minute you live past the age of 25, or move out of your parents house, which ever comes later. At some stage in your life, you reach a point where Mac and Cheese and free food at happy hour and buying used clothes are disapointments rather than choices. At some stage in your life, asking your friends to work for free is no longer “hanging out”, its imposing or freeloading. Its at that point you are going to realize that you are working really hard and scared shitless about whether you will be able to make a living doing what you love.

Associating with wonderful people is about as good as it gets.

There is no question that a playfully light attitude is characteristic of creative individuals.

We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them

There are no plus-minus stats to measure a player’s ruthlessness, his desire to beat his opponent so badly he’ll need therapy to recover. One thing’s for sure: You can’t teach it

Great cities attract ambitious people. You can sense it when you walk around one. In a hundred subtle ways, the city sends you a message: you could do more; you should try harder.

The mobile world will see a very interesting application of the haversine formula in the next few weeks.

Runny Babbit is a book full of poems with letters moved around. Because our brains are wired to recognize patters, it is hard for adults to read the book. This is the only book where my 6 year old daughter can read faster than I. She sees the words as they are printed. I see patters from past experience and have to fight my instincts.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Just as war is freedom’s cost, disagreement is freedom’s privilege.