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Linkdump for February 24th

by Rob Friesel
  • Great article, even if it glosses over certain things. Especially good in combination with: crisisofcredit.com — that said, I'm still not sure what a "credit default swap" is…
  • Does enlightenment bring with it responsibility and obligation? That is, making sure your projects live up to the standards you are aware of and are capable of. As a lover of great food, should I kick and scream as Nicole drags me by my ear into the Olive Garden? Or should I shut up and just eat my oily pasta dish? As you progress as a woodworker and learn more about creating quality work, do you feel guilty if you stop short? Do you ever say “good enough”, even though you know you could do better? I am curious to hear where you draw that line….. I’ll go first. I definitely feel a sense of guilt if I don’t do something to the absolute best of my abilities. But there are times, as a business, that I must come up with cost saving solutions that frequently mean lowering my standards. When making my own personal pieces, however, I really do try to make everything as good as it can possibly be given the tools/materials on hand and my current skill set.

  • I don't plan on starting my own (certainly not any time soon) but there's still some great material in here for anyone in any enterprise — no matter how established, no matter how personal… I especially like #s 3-5, 7, & 10 (in part because if you do #3, you can get to #5 by doing #4 (by way of #7), tempering it with #10)
    (tagged: essay business )
  • Bad ass.
  • at Meetup.com (via Flickr)
  • via Mac.AppStorm: interesting idea… overkill or…?

About Rob Friesel

Software engineer by day. Science fiction writer by night. Weekend homebrewer, beer educator at Black Flannel, and Certified Cicerone. Author of The PhantomJS Cookbook and a short story in Please Do Not Remove. View all posts by Rob Friesel →

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