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Is Page listening to Jobs?

Colin Devroe — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:51:31 +0000

According to the biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Jobs reportedly told Google’s Larry Page:

[figure] out what Google wants to be when it grows up. It’s now all over the map. What are the five products you want to focus on? Get rid of the rest, because they’re dragging you down. They’re turning you into Microsoft. They’re causing you to turn out products that are adequate but not great.

Not a week ago Google shot a few projects directly between the eyes and the rest they are going to give to the world via open source. Is Page listening to Jobs?

Never work for cheap.

Colin Devroe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:39:37 +0000

When someone says they are going to go freelance this is the first piece of advice that I give them.

“Work for free
or for full price.
Never for cheap.”

/via we(heart)it.

The Paradox of Perfectionism

Colin Devroe — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:35:49 +0000

Rob Goodlatte on letting go and not being so much of a perfectionist:

“Stop being a perfectionistâ€”just throw it out there and see what happens. Itâ€™s simple advice, but something that Iâ€™ve been ignoring for too long. Not every blog post will be your opus, not every design will be your masterpiece. Stressing over every detail and clinging onto the project until itâ€™s â€œperfectâ€ only constructs a barrier in your creative process.”

Great advice indeed and something I’m continuing to think about with the various projects I have in the fire at the moment including my blog’s redesign that I only seem to get 20 minutes per day to take a look at.

Source: The Paradox of Perfectionism â€” RobGoodlatte.com.