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By: Branches » Blog Archive » Riffs on Southby

Branches » Blog Archive » Riffs on Southby — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:04:15 +0000

[...] I’ve written about this one a little bit already. It was my favorite talk at this year’s conference. The line above was in reference to an Edgar Allen Poe quote: “They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” [...]

By: Filter for 20/3 2007 - Felt

Filter for 20/3 2007 - Felt — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:31:05 +0000

[...] Branches: What this is about I was thinking the same last spring, need to get back to it. [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:46:55 +0000

Good luck, Sandy. I can’t wait to see it and let all of us know if we can help. That’s why we’re here.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:03:38 +0000

Great idea. I had a similar rush last year, and got little ways on some of the projects that came out of that before the motivation slipped again. It's a normal cycle, even if there isn't an annual event to drive it. The trick is to move it a notch forward every time.

By: Jim Gaynor

Jim Gaynor — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:04:13 +0000

(got here from John Gruber’s link)

Hell, yes. You have two things in this post:

1) Documentation of how your own view of your “career” has evolved.
2) A manifesto for evolving it further.

Fish, it sounds like you grew lungs (got out of dot-bomb), got some legs (got your own gig), and now you’re standing on the beach, blinking in the sun and watching those flying things..

“Wings. That sounds like a good idea.”

By: star

star — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:32:40 +0000

Let me know if there’s something I can help out with – I’m feeling much the same.

I learn best with goals and provocation, so collaborating with an esteemed fellow such as yourself on something slightly outside my regular purview would be great.