August 2012
8 posts
Thought via Path
If we spend a lot of time thinking in the future we develop a nostalgia for our imagined lore. It’s a heavier, more inspirational form of gravitational pull than something so simple and uninspiring as blind ambition. The déjà vu of arriving at a place you dreamed so deeply of, worked so hard for, fought so passionately to reach, validates the sacrifices needed to arrive at a place you heart...
On Twooks, Twiction and Collaborative Fiction
So, best selling author, Jeanine Cummings, author of Outside Boy and A Rip in Heaven, and I are teaming up to experiment with how a fictional book is written by writing a novel via twitter. We are writing the sentences 140 characters at a time. Today, some people tried to name it a Twook (Twitter + Book) and I proposed Twiction (for twitter and, well, you get the point). Feel free to follow the...
On Nostalgia- inspired by M83's song Midnight City...
Inspires the nostalgia of years gone by, moments lived and loved and lost, hearts forged in the fire of all that lied ahead, unknown and unknowable, mysteries that only stirred more mysteries, questions that led to more questions than answers, hopes and dreams that seemed so far away and yet beat and echoed and reverberated within our hearts like the lightening claps of the Gods above. Better to...
On Optimism: Living in the future. →
As an eternal optimist, I know this to be true. You cannot, by definition, have faith in a new untested idea, a new seed of innovation, without the capacity to suspend the now and live in the future- to imagine the world anew and attempt to speed the delta between the present and that imagined day ahead of you. This is why i always say entrepreneurship is a faith-based endeavor- we must have faith...
Push farther.
One of the most exciting things about life is there’s always a way to step up your game. Never be satisfied with your performance. Be in a constant state of curious exploration. There is always room to grow; infinite, unbounded space and knowledge to explore. Always try harder. Push farther. Live harder.
Beyond the "deal"
In our grand pursuit of achievement in the Silicon Valley, I see too much of pursuit of the “deal”. The deal is ephemeral. It’s a momentary dot in a long path ahead. It means nothing to win a deal. Seriously- nothing. Rather than getting addicted to winning the deal- we have to become addicted to winning for our founders, teams and stakeholders. What really means something is...
I Get Around….
“Round round get around I get around Yeah Get around round round I get around I get around Get around round round I get around From town to town Get around round round I get around Im a real cool head Get around round round I get around Im makin real good bread”
-Beach Boys, Get around
“Aw, I get around
Stll clown with the Underground,
Stronger than ever
…You ask “Why?” Don’t matter!...
