You Do Not Need Permission
January 15, 2015
Wisdom
Brooke Allen: You do not need permission to do the right thing. No one can give you permission to do the wrong thing
One in a Million is Next Tuesday
July 17, 2014
Programming & Wisdom
Larry Osterman: …very early on, back when I was working on DOS 4. We ran into some kind of problem (I’ll be honest and say that I don’t remember
Great Advice From Larry Wall
June 5, 2013
Wisdom
I just ran across this great bit of advice I got back in 1995 from Larry Wall, creator of Perl: Don’t get brainwashed by your education into
The Right Question
October 25, 2012
Wisdom
If you’re not asking the right question, then there is no correct answer. — Merlin Mann, Back To Work #41 Reminds me of I, Robot: “I’m sorry, but
Impossible?
December 17, 2010
Wisdom
“I was young and crazy… I didn’t know what is possible and what’s not, so I did impossible things.” — Mart Laar, Prime Minister of Estonia 1992-1994
On Failing Successfully
May 18, 2009
Wisdom
Inspired by an episode of the “Ockham’s Razor” podcast: “I want to argue that failure doesn’t get the credit it deserves. If you want to understand