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‘I’m a long term kind of person.’

Fast Company has a great audio excerpt from a Steve Jobs interview where he discusses Pixar and running a business like a marathon.

The difference between writing and speaking

I’m more a writer than a speaker, and I’ve always admired great writers more than great speakers, because writers are able to deliver both tone and content much clearer and with more depth. As a reader, as opposed to an audience member watching someone speak, I retain more more of the message.

‘Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you’

This 100 seconds of Steve Jobs dispensing his thoughts on life is probably something we should all listen to every morning.

Introverts are important

I’m no artist or creative genius, but this New York Times article by Susan Cain pretty much sums up the work environment I’ve evolved to over the past five years, or at least the setting in which I feel most creative and productive.

Talkin’ Bout a Revolution 2.0

Highly recommend Revolution 2.0, Wael Ghonim’s memoir of the events surrounding the 2011 Egyptian uprising and subsequent dismissal of president Hosni Mubarak.

Cover concept: ‘Liars and Outliers’ by Bruce Schneier

Received my copies of Bruce Schneier’s Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive for the creative concept work I did related to the book’s cover.

Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground

Finished reading and highly recommend Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground, written by former black hat hacker turned Wired.com senior editor Kevin Poulsen.

What I learned from Steve Jobs’ sister

Since I first read Mona Simpson’s eulogy of her brother, Steve Jobs, I randomly keep coming back to one part that sticks out even more so than his famous last words.

‘God is just what happens when humanity is connected’

Had dinner with some friends tonight, including Jim Gilliam. When I got home, I re-watched his PdF 2011 “The Internet is My Religion” talk. You should, too.

Inside North Korea

Inside North Korea is an excellent National Geographic documentary that highlights Kim Jong-il’s impact on every day lives of North Koreans, the DMZ, how badly its youth are affected by malnultrition and the workings of its prison camps.