Archive for 2014

If you aren’t going to treat my investment of time in the engineering of your product with the same value that you give to someone’s money I do not see the point of working with you.

If you cannot change the people you are with, change the people you are with.

You have social capital and clueless people are always trying to spend it for you.

You can ascend to the greatest of heights by standing on the shoulders of giants or you can struggle to reach the cookie jar by walking on the backs of little people.

It has taken me a long time to realise most people prefer to stand around and argue about how best to do something than actually do it, because actually doing it would only prove to themselves they don’t actually know what it is they are talking about. It explains why politics is such a popular…

At the prices I charge, I don’t get bored.

Just because there is no direct financial cost to me working on your project for free does not mean that it is not an investment.

I have yet to meet an investor who could convince me the risk of taking their money was worth it.

I work “with” you, not “for” you.

I have found that all true entrepreneurs work well with other people, very few true entrepreneurs work well for other people.

Blargh! New version of Android Studio already? It must be Monday. It’s Monday right? Someone tell me it is Monday.

“Brand dead and brain dead” is what happens when you outsource your content marketing to the lowest common denominator.

Engineers that believe they deal in absolutes are not engineers. I don’t know what you would call them but certainly not engineers. Engineering is a process of trade-offs. Your job as an engineer is to select the optimal trade-off.

“90% of everything is crap.” I want you to think about that the next time you are sat in a all-hands meeting and you look around the room at your colleagues.

Always seek out the people who are both busy and prolific. They’re the ones who are changing the world without being asked.

“We’ve got a kickstarter and everything!” Omigosh! You must be a serious client, let me drop everything right now for you.

The only problem with touchscreens on laptops is when you get a cat hair on the screen, when you attempt to wipe it off, you end up activating something else.

When Steve Jobs was alive I couldn’t imagine working at Apple with him there. With Steve Jobs no longer alive, I couldn’t imagine working at Apple without him there.

Approach every project with a fervent monomania that leaves people questioning your sanity. One day people will stop calling you insane and start referring to you as a genius.

One of those days. Too late to drink coffee. Too early to drink wine.