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People are very bad at predicting what will make us happy.

This is why the way to happiness is a choice. Tony Hsieh of Zappos has a new book, Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose. In it, he talks about Zappos' issues that had nothing...

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We believe in the interconnectedness of all things.

"We are feedback loops; we are the stories we tell ourselves..."~ Doc Jensen on LOST   "He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder..."~ M.C. Escher In the beginning, there was nothing but...

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How to run effective startup Board meetings.

These are my thoughts on running a Board meeting for an early-stage startup: No surprises! That means: Send out agenda and materials (days) in advance.* Talk with every Board member (days) before the...

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Pandas and Lobsters: Why Google Cannot Build Social Applications...

After researching what pandas do all day, I was struck by how panda-like we are when we use the Internet. Roaming a massive world wide web of forests, most of our time is spent searching for delicious...

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Cell 13 and The Thinking Machine.

To whoever finds this, I am writing this on toilet paper from a dungeon that I'm guessing is located in Google's nether regions. The sign on the door says "Cell 13". All I've had to eat the past few...

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Whales and Lobsters: Facebook and Twitter and CASH, oh my!

It's been a month since I wrote Pandas and Lobsters, and I'm ready to delve further. Specifically, the "social interest graph" -- Pages & Likes -- is so money, and most people don't even know it...

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Be excellent.

I want to be truly great. I want to do something great. So the question is, how do we become excellent?   You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and...

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11 Reasons Why Starting a Company is Hard ...

In books we find we are not alone.        ~ Carl Sagan   In stories we find we are not alone.      ~ Jonathan Nelson   I'm giving a pariSoma talk to the Hackers and Founders Co-op Startup Class of...

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