serenity and sea faring
out at berkeley marina after 4 days of windless hot weather unrelated to usual east bay summer fare. hot tubs, windsurfing, java server faces, php and meditation makes my imprisonment here on earth bearable. also keeps me from analyzing too closely the foibles and follies of my fellows. vanity, thy name is human.
found my old acid CD, loaded it and created. careful, its 5 MBs.
Friday, July 21, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
penalty kicks and funding
Why do web2.0 humans respond to these things
France outplays Italy in last half, but penalty kicks decide the winner. An almost somnambulant ending to what should be the epitome of world sports.
A startup squirms and releases, screams and pouts and prevails and enjoys. Add 50 people, inject some low level managers, change some titles to "Global VP of Something" and "Worldwide Director of Something Else", add another 50 people. Now get more funding
Why are these events exciting? Because they aren't. They are just things that happen and they have as much to do with achievement and personal growth as the Bay Bridge rebuild has to do with windsurfing at Treasure Island. They are a means to some end.
Hopefully the people that are working at your company are motivated beyond the few stock options they have been promised. Unless you've given them preferred stock and lots of it. Steve Albini has already covered this topic in reference to Major Labels and Bands.
I think stock options and growth are great, but hasn't anyone read Milton lately. Success and Failure are imaginary destinations. You are alive in the 21st Century, so go do some good work.
Why do web2.0 humans respond to these things
France outplays Italy in last half, but penalty kicks decide the winner. An almost somnambulant ending to what should be the epitome of world sports.
A startup squirms and releases, screams and pouts and prevails and enjoys. Add 50 people, inject some low level managers, change some titles to "Global VP of Something" and "Worldwide Director of Something Else", add another 50 people. Now get more funding
Why are these events exciting? Because they aren't. They are just things that happen and they have as much to do with achievement and personal growth as the Bay Bridge rebuild has to do with windsurfing at Treasure Island. They are a means to some end.
Hopefully the people that are working at your company are motivated beyond the few stock options they have been promised. Unless you've given them preferred stock and lots of it. Steve Albini has already covered this topic in reference to Major Labels and Bands.
I think stock options and growth are great, but hasn't anyone read Milton lately. Success and Failure are imaginary destinations. You are alive in the 21st Century, so go do some good work.
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