The primary goal of a notebook is to get out of the way…to disappear. It does this by perfectly fitting into your writing situation…By fitting into how you write, a notebook becomes invisible. It wastes none of your time because any moment you spend noticing the notebook is a moment you could be noticing something else, and writing about it.
Rands in Repose on Notebooks
1 June 2008
14 May 2008
Twitter’s value has nothing to do with the technology. Measuring uptime is an interesting nerd exercise, but Twitter’s value lies in how it stays out the way and allows people to easily connect so they can share their thoughts and, more importantly, explore their differences.
Rands in Repose on Twitter
21 April 2008
I’m that guy. I’m the guy who will spend the entire goddamned weekend reorganizing my tagging system because I didn’t like the tone or the tense of my previous tagging system. Paying attention to productivity is a slippery slope. The system efficiency addiction associated with saving time can become so compelling that your process begins to control more of your time than your product.
Rands in Repose on Produtivity
10 March 2008
Once I’ve checked into the room, the first thing I do is fire up Safari and watch the first page load. Nearly instant.
Sweet, sweet broadband.
Rands in Repose on Broadband