I have a very clear daily rhythm. My best writing, clarity, creativeness, code, whatever happens in the first 5-6 hours after I wake up in the morning. After that, my ability to concentrate drops off significantly. My energy level slows significantly. By the evening, it’s almost like I’m viewing the world as a different person.
The [...]
When you say:
I want to get to xxx followers on twitter
Help people listen to me
Join this site to get more attention/followers/money
You cheapen your message and damage your credibility. If your blog/site/application is worth paying attention to then these things will happen on their own. Instead of begging for it, why don’t you take that energy [...]
I noticed a new Twitter hashtag this morning for the first time: #SaveNASA
I love rallying cries.
I also love the huge list of things that the world benefits from as a result of NASA over the last 50 years.
BUT (come on, you knew there was a BUT in here)
Making lists of things accomplished in the past [...]
There’s an interesting trend lately. There has been a surge in new wide open groups where the barrier to join is basically that you want to join the group. Then anyone in the group is given access to post whatever they want on the group’s blog.
While the trust of individuals is a cool in a [...]
Some sites are talking about a press conference being set up on Thursday to talk about what they are calling “Evidence of Water on the Moon – Lots of It”.
If you’re not a space geek, let me back up a second since NASA isn’t even on most people’s mind these days and fill you in [...]
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories — and maybe, a way forward.
Thanks to @julie_Thorn for this one:
24 Jun, 2009
Posted by: mike In: Think| space| take action
This afternoon (June 24, 2009) at 2:30pm Eastern Time, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the United States Senate’s Appropriations Committee will be marking up the FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. For those of you feeling lost by that sentence, the plain English translation is: this afternoon, [...]
My wife and I are creative people. We’re creatively different (you might say opposite) but often known as people with the ideas. I didn’t say “all the good ideas”, just “ideas”.
We like to change.
Your brain is wired to recognize patterns. It’s very very good at it. The lazy thing for your brain to do is [...]
Louis CK revisits his famous Conan appearance and reassures us that while all the examples he gives of our cultural impatience are actually him, he also thinks we’re a shitty generation. Not a shit generation, though. Just shitty. If we had jetpacks, we’d think they were the crappiest jetpacks out there.
