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"You get in shape, and more importantly stay in shape, by accumulating significant, but livable,..."

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:30:30 -0400

“You get in shape, and more importantly stay in shape, by accumulating significant, but livable, improvements to your lifestyle over time, and building on that. Not by going through some horrible ordeal requiring Olympian willpower.”

- Beginner’s Health and Fitness Guide

"Peter required that everyone be tasked with exactly one priority. He would refuse to discuss..."

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:43:15 -0400

“Peter required that everyone be tasked with exactly one priority. He would refuse to discuss virtually anything else with you except what was currently assigned as your #1 initiative. Even our annual review forms in 2001 required each employee to identify their single most valuable contribution to the company.”

- Why did so many successful entrepreneurs and startups come out of PayPal?

"After their heart attacks, patients who had done any binge drinking during the previous year had a..."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:25:13 -0400

““After their heart attacks, patients who had done any binge drinking during the previous year had a death rate that was 73 percent higher than patients who did not do any binge drinking. Even occasional binge drinking (as they defined that term in this study) increased the risk of death.” Binge drinking they define as having three or more beers in a day.”

- How To Use Statistics To (Hopefully) Live Longer

"So imagine if we could combine the hardworking pragmatism of the Midwest with the energy,..."

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:24:59 -0400

“So imagine if we could combine the hardworking pragmatism of the Midwest with the energy, creativity, and craziness of Silicon Valley. What we would we get?”

- Terry Cross: Michigan Needs to Break Down Its Proverbial Silos

What I learned from a month of blogging and 250k visits – The Startup Toolkit Blog

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:05:41 -0500

What I learned from a month of blogging and 250k visits – The Startup Toolkit Blog

HTML5 Rocks - How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:36:29 -0400

HTML5 Rocks - How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers

#46 – Why software sucks « Scott Berkun

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:24:53 -0400

#46 – Why software sucks « Scott Berkun

Rip Rowan - Google+ - Stevey's Google Platforms Rant I was at Amazon for about…

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:10:45 -0400

Rip Rowan - Google+ - Stevey's Google Platforms Rant I was at Amazon for about…

"But when we take the stance that we know how to design the perfect product for everyone, and believe..."

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:07:56 -0400

“But when we take the stance that we know how to design the perfect product for everyone, and believe you me, I hear that a lot, then we’re being fools. You can attribute it to arrogance, or naivete, or whatever — it doesn’t matter in the end, because it’s foolishness. There IS no perfect product for everyone.”

- Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant

"When software — or idea-ware for that matter — fails to be accessible to anyone for any reason, it..."

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:49:55 -0400

“When software — or idea-ware for that matter — fails to be accessible to anyone for any reason, it is the fault of the software or of the messaging of the idea. It is an Accessibility failure.”

- Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant

Crunching the numbers: How many people have ever lived? | 1000Memories

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:42:29 -0400

Crunching the numbers: How many people have ever lived? | 1000Memories

mag-17Sugar-t.html

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:13:20 -0400

mag-17Sugar-t.html

"Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him."

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:51:33 -0400

“Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I posses, and the way..."

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:40:31 -0400

“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among my people the greatest asset I posses, and the way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.”

- Chales Schwab

"If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I’ll tell you what you are."

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:39:21 -0400

“If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I’ll tell you what you are.”

- Dale Carnegie

"The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:37:37 -0400

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”

- William James

"There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything…and that is by making the..."

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:36:28 -0400

“There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything…and that is by making the other person want to do it.”

- Dale Carnegie

Modern JavaScript - rmurphey

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:38:56 -0400

Modern JavaScript - rmurphey

Futzing around with Garage Band for the first time, ever.

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 21:09:13 -0400

Futzing around with Garage Band for the first time, ever.

Life beyond HTTP 1.1: Google’s SPDY - igvita.com

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:40:20 -0400

Life beyond HTTP 1.1: Google’s SPDY - igvita.com