Nick Zadrozny

"I don’t clean, I play the game “Where does this belong?"

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:07:13 -0800

“I don’t clean, I play the game “Where does this belong?””

- Rands

Trying out the whole stand-up desk thing. So far so good!

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:28:41 -0800

Trying out the whole stand-up desk thing. So far so good!

"The reason you feel most comfortable with a job… is that you’ve been brainwashed by many years..."

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:48:53 -0800

“The reason you feel most comfortable with a job… is that you’ve been brainwashed by many years of school, socialization and practice.”

- Seth Godin

CrossFit Nick

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:13:03 -0800

CrossFit Nick:

Last night I fired up a blog to keep track of my workouts and various thoughts on fitness and nutrition. It’s probably not very interesting to most people, but there you have it :)

The modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:49:00 -0800

The modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions.

Jason Fried - Why You Can’t Work at Work. Another required viewing for anyone involved in building software. Especially if you’re in a management or supervisory role ;-)

We really let people make their own decisions… Quality is the leader, and everyone has to understand that that’s what this is what it’s all about: we’re making good products together here. We’re not making your idea, or my idea, we’re making a product that’s useful for our customers.

Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner: David Heinemeier...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:52:00 -0800

Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner: David Heinemeier Hansson, 37signals - Unlearn Your MBA (Entire talk). Required viewing for any entrepreneur involved in building software.

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:47:26 -0800

Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue:

All kinds of awesome. Totally worth the $5, particularly if you have any tendencies toward musical geekery.

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (via NOTCOT, who has a link to...

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:23:13 -0800

The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (via NOTCOT, who has a link to the making-of [no CG!])

Photo

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:47:50 -0800

Nuit Blanche (via Motionographer, which has a link to the...

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:29:30 -0800

Nuit Blanche (via Motionographer, which has a link to the making-of)

"What a man can be, he must be."

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:41:00 -0800

“What a man can be, he must be.”

- A.H. Maslow, A Theory of Human Motivation

Nine Questions to Ask During a Job Interview

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:50:00 -0800

Nine Questions to Ask During a Job Interview:

These questions are great not just for job interviews, but for periodically asking of your current job. For example, How is success in this job measured?

Also has some good questions to avoid during an interview, a few of which I’ve been guilty of handling less than delicately myself. Oops!

A very cool visualization of the score for Beethoven’s 5th...

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:06:14 -0800

A very cool visualization of the score for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony (allegro) (via halfapixelshort.com)

"If you want to be at the top of the mountain, you are going to have to hike up there."

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:36:55 -0800

“If you want to be at the top of the mountain, you are going to have to hike up there.”

- Max Hsu

Don’t give money to Haiti

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:58:00 -0800

Don’t give money to Haiti:

Because if a charity is worth supporting, then it’s worth supporting with unrestricted funds. Looking for charities worth supporting? GlobalHand has a list.

Owl In Flight, via Reddit

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:53:25 -0800

Owl In Flight, via Reddit

Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:32:31 -0800

Earthquake in Haiti - The Big Picture - Boston.com

The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:40:00 -0800

The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City:

The cavemen are happy in the modern world, they say, but simply want to regain the fortitude that they attribute to their ancient ancestors.

Where’s that wildness that allowed humans to flourish throughout history?

A fun, albeit ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek, look at hardcore Paleo devotees in New York City.

Agile Pyramids

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:43:34 -0800

Agile Pyramids:

Snofru was, in my opinion, the first adopter of Agile principles. His “employees” trusted him enough to be able to push back when the plan needed revising. He trusted them right back not to yank his chain about things being too steep. He made his mistakes up front, which taught him lessons about his domain, and it enabled him to be successful in the long run

From the Pivotal Labs blog.

"Always stop while you are going good and don’t think about it or worry about it until you start to..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:34:31 -0800

“Always stop while you are going good and don’t think about it or worry about it until you start to write the next day. That way your subconscious will work on it all the time.”

- Ernest Hemingway, quoted in The Second Act: Boost your productivity with Hemingway’s hack