February 2010
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WatchJason Fried on Why You Can’t Work at Work
This is a few days old, but it’s great. I can’t help but wonder if the work utopia he describes really exists.
I saw Jason speak at SXSW a few years ago and felt he had an idealistic arrogance to the way he talked. The reason it wasn’t disillusioning was that he had the confidence and track record to stand behind it.
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“The Cave” by Mumford & Sons.
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A conversation I have every month or so
dwineman:
Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone) Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off. Me: I just want to know how late you’re open. Website: Nope. Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something? Website: I’m ignoring you. Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever...
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“[Computing is] a place where you don’t have to be a Ph.D. or anything else. It’s...”
– Alan Kay in 1972, by way of 37signals
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Pure gold from Greg Knauss on the “new cynicism”. A hilarious bookend to Mark Morford’s essay from last week.
“And people are disappointed?” “They want more.” “Like the people disappointed with the computer?” “Yes.” “So people in 2010 are dicks?” “They’re cynics.”
Look around. We are surrounded by awesome.
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