How to be Successful, Happy, Fulfilled, and Drive a Totally Hot Car

Wil Shipley, the entity behind Delicious Library, has a hilarious (and informative) talk on why he develops software for the Mac-- and also netted $54,000 from Delicious Library on the first day with zero advertising.

How to Succeed Writing Mac Software (176kb PDF)

One of the funniest and most oddly inspiring things I've read in a long time. Highly recommended.

(via Steve Makofsky)

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Stay Gold, America

We are at an unprecedented point in American history, and I'm concerned we may lose sight of the American Dream.

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The Great Filter Comes For Us All

With a 13 billion year head start on evolution, why haven't any other forms of life in the universe contacted us by now? (Arrival is a fantastic movie. Watch it, but don't stop there - read the Story of Your Life novella it was based on

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I Fight For The Users

If you haven't been able to keep up with my blistering pace of one blog post per year, I don't blame you. There's a lot going on right now. It's a busy time. But let's pause and take a moment

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The 2030 Self-Driving Car Bet

It's my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving cars meeting SAE J3016 level 5 will be commercially available for passenger

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