August 2010
15 posts
“The most important measure of success to me is whether everyone in the company...”
– Jeff Butterworth of Alien Skin Software, via Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud at 37signals
“If you’re absolutely hopeless at something, you lack exactly the skills...”
– John Cleese
Apple's Attention to Detail →
In July 2002, Appled filed a patent for a “Breathing Status LED Indicator” (No. US 6,658,577 B2). They described it as a “blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator in accordance with the present invention mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing.” The average… Read more
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On Japanese Food
So, yesterday was the day when the endless cycle of grilled fish, rice, miso soup, pickles, broth, tofu, seaweed, sashimi and the odd bit of sushi or beef for breakfast, lunch and dinner (miso soup, rice and mackerel for breakfast must take forever to become normal) finally got to us.
We cracked.
Spent the night in our hotel room in Toyooka eating dry special-k, raw carrots, peppers &...
