Jed's Daily Musings
My personal site of random cool stuff I find or think of on the Internets.
Ferran Adria – speaking at Google and his new book
In late September I was lucky enough to be able to hear Ferran Adria speak at Google, and also get a copy of his new cookbook. Ferran is one of the most famous chefs in the world; though lesser…
When I think of what it takes to succeed, I think of this...
When I think of what it takes to succeed, I think of this image.
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Goodbye, Steve.
You lived. You really, really lived.
Caught
The following is one of two stories we gathered during the Pitch a WTF panel at Penguicon. As I’m sure you’ll come to understand, the submitter wanted both them and their company to remain…
What to do next
This is the most important decision in your career (or even your day).
It didn’t used to be. What next used to be a question answered by your boss or your clients.
With so many opportunities and…
Ten years on…
Ten years ago, I was Engineering Duty Officer on the USS Hartford (SSN-768), in port in Groton, Connecticut. We were due to leave on a six-month deployment, and were doing last-minute maintenance…
Google+
If you haven’t heard, Google+ has launched. It’s the start of Google’s social projects, and it looks like it’s already the start of something big. (>10million users in <2 weeks!)
If you’re…
Startup accelerators in 2011
I’ve long been interested in the seed accelerator model, as started by Y Combinator. I wrote my master’s thesis on it, and wrote a follow-up post this spring. Recently, two things have…
Productize Yourself
There are so many risks you can’t account for in a startup—and in the first year especially, the entrepreneur is just trying to make sure the company doesn’t blow up above all else. “Don’t die” is…
