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Stories are written “to be sucked off the screen of a smartphone in a swaying subway train”

@zseward

I am an eye. A mechanical eye. I, the machine, show you a world the way only I can see it

— John Berger

Fast is better than slow. While slow is adding unnecessary embellishments, fast is out in the world. And that means fast can learn from experience while slow can only theorize. Those who ship quickly can improve quickly. So fast doesn’t just win the race. It gets a head start for the next one.

—Facebook

@worrydream

See also Alan Kay - Arthur Koestler on Creativity and Outlaw Thoughts

You have to make the back of the fence that people won’t see look just as beautiful as the front, just like a great carpenter would make the back of a chest of drawers … Even though others won’t see it, you will know it’s there, and that will make you more proud of your design.

— Steve Jobs

Wild optimism helps - Not sure where this came from

Writing exercises from the letters of Ted Hughes