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Louis Pasteur is credited with the observation that chance can only help the well-prepared mind. I also think that my long string of lucky breaks can be credited to my mode of paying attention: I look at funny things and never hesitate to ask questions. Most people would not have noticed the dirty blackboard, or [...]

I may be overstating the case, a little bit. Very probably, youre sick to death of hearing social media disrespected by cranky 51-year-olds. My aim here is mainly to set up a contrast between the narcissistic tendencies of technology and the problem of actual love. My friend Alice Sebold likes to talk about getting down [...]

Tomorrow I’m going to be speaking at ZURBsoapbox in Campbell, California at noon. If you’re in the Bay Area please come out and say howdy.

The Internet measures everything. And I am a slave to those measurements. After so many years of pushing much of my life through this screen, Ive started measuring my experiences and my sense of self-worth using the same metrics as the Internet uses to measure success. I check my stats relentlessly. The sad truth is [...]

I believe the mini-bubbles above are different ripples in what might call the surface of a superbubble: an opulence bubble. Here’s what I mean by opulence bubble: our conception of the good life, as I’ve discussed with you, has been centered on what I call hedonic opulence having more, bigger, faster, cheaper, now. But [...]

Joel Falconer has written a pretty definitive article on WordPress: The Free Software With a Big Economy & How You Can Get Involved.

Went for Napa / Vacaville hot air balloon ride with Janitorial team at Automattic, had dinner at 54 Mint, and caught the end of the symphony masquerade ball in San Francisco. Here are Nick’s pictures from the same day.

I’m honored to be have been chosen alongside some cool folks like Kevin Rose, Dave Morin, Andrew Mason, and Charlie Cheever as one of Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs in 2011. I only have 3 more years before I’m too old for these lists.

Batters Up: Major League Baseball Now onWordPress.com. MLB’s blogging system used to be powered by Movable Type, and about 15,000 blogs switched over to WordPress.com as part of this. It’s an honor and delight to have so many great bloggers joining the family. They’re also in good company with VIP blogs for the NFL, NBA, [...]

Bruce Mau Design Incomplete Manifesto for Growth — “Written in 1998, the Incomplete Manifesto is an articulation of statements exemplifying Bruce Maus beliefs, strategies and motivations. Collectively, they are how we approach every project.” I dig. Hat tip: Noel. Update: Bruce Mau has moved his site to a new CMS (Behance) and broken all previous [...]

Nassim Taleb on Living with Black Swans — “During a recent visit to Wharton as part of The Goldstone Forum, he spoke with Wharton finance professor Richard Herring — who taught Taleb when he was a Wharton MBA student — about events in the Middle East, the oil supply, investing in options, the U.S. economy, [...]

Ricardo Semler on Leading by Omission, a good weekend watch.

I think theres a difference between having a bestselling bookmeaning through marketing, PR and buying that first wave of customersand writing a bestselling book. The second implies that the product propels itself to the best seller list. Thats not to say that Im Tolstoy or the best writer, but I used Facebook and Twitter more [...]

Douglas Van Bossuyt says What VaultPress means to me.

At SxSW last month I was interviewed byCris Valeriofrom Bloomberg TV. The interview aired recently and you check it out below: