How to be more successful

To improve your success rate over time the most helpful two things are probably: 1. Commit to a minimum system you can maintain long term Continuously finding tiny improvements and building on them is the easiest route to success. Solve problems faster. See...

Dave Winer didn’t say that. I did. Mea Culpa.

After I asked if @DaveWiner would like a correction tweeted, he asked me for “a blog post, in English, with your real name on it, that explains why you did what you did.” This is it. It includes: What did I do? What did Dave bring to my attention? Where...

Life lessons from Emerson and Rumi

Here are two of my favorite poems, both about letting go: Finish Every Day Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well...

Why Wesabe really lost to Mint

Reading the story “Why Wesabe Lost to Mint” made it seem the co-founder didn’t realize that business survival in and of itself was an opportunity for them. He states “we were not far off from supporting a small company indefinitely on...