Do what you love for a living, and you will never have a day off for the rest of your life.

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Going to start sending this to whoever is talking too much in the meeting

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in the same week is a lot of lost genius. Reminds me of when we lost Bowie and Prince just a few months apart and it felt like the world spun off its axis.

RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

This is a terrific thread, with keen insight into some of the downsides of remote work, plus ways to mitigate or work around them. Love it. This is the kind of honest talk about tradeoffs that can help move the industry forward, thank you.

A herring is a fish. When a herring is preserved by salting and smoking, it turns red and smells. It's so pungent that it's a great diversion to distract hunting dogs from their trail. Now, a ‘red herring’ refers to anything that diverts attention from the issue at hand.

Andre The Giant (May 19, 1946 - January 28, 1993). Pictured here in The Princess Bride with Mandy Patinkin and Wallace Shawn, 1987.

Friday night June 30th, 1978: what would you watch?

Fool me once, that's normal. Im pretty stupid. Fool me twice, also very common. Fool me three times, you guessed it.

It's easier to sell something old to new customers than to create something new for old customers.

Pretty sure he has someone down the hall who’s responsible for designing shower toiletries that all look alike with print too small to read without your glasses…

Gratitude to @matthomann.com for leading off his latest "Idea Surplus Disorder" newsletter with a link to my newest Substack article, "Your law firm needs a Situation Room": www.ideasurplusdisorder.com/98/

If your question is met with silence that doesn’t mean it’s a bad question. It often means people are thinking before responding; pondering before declaring. That makes it a good question.

Super Bowl Coin Toss Fractures World Into Infinite Multiverses Where Eagles Win, Lose, Earth Explodes theonion.com/super-bowl-c...

At what moment did Wilfred Brimley begin coaching the Chiefs?

Any website that tells me it uses cookies to "improve my experience" should have to prove it.

Write generously for an audience who loves your work, not defensively for an audience who hates it

The Cubs winning the World Series shifted us into the wrong timeline and I will believe this until the day I die.

There are no MAGA graphic designers at all??

This will be my last political post. I just want to say this dude on 3rd Ave in Seattle did more to combat fascism than every member of our political and media apparatuses combined.

@gothamtim.bsky.social How are you, my friend?

@ashlynbrewer.bsky.social Welcome to Bluesky! Time for another SMCSTL Sky-Up?

Love this! A version of “How have you made the work of your peers better and/or easier?” might be a great annual review question for nearly any team.

Biggest shift I’ve made in 2025 (so far) is sticking to my “No news ‘til noon” commitment. It has made my mornings so much better. Any resolution-ish things you’re still doing two weeks in?

Mind blown …

When you focus on being exactly like your competitors, the worst thing that can happen is that you just might succeed.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but being afraid to fail has stopped you from too many cool things happening to you last year. It doesn't matter how it's going to work out - if you have been thinking about it for weeks, months or years - you should do something about it. #motivation #inspired

There's been so much instantly-occurring bad news recently that this feels so important to keep in mind.

Yet another thing that would have been complete gibberish one year ago…

In a Waymo driverless robocab in Phoenix, and what’s struck me is just how fast the experience turned from futuristic to mundane in about three miles. The time we spend in a state of wonder seems shorter everyday.

Die Hard is a Christmas battery.

So many years of bad football. So happy to have this season!! I-L-L …

Congratulations! We are all within hours of surviving 2024 & ready to face the challenges of the decade that will be 2025.

So glad you asked! The public-domain class of 2025 includes Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Woolf’s A Room of One's Own, the 1.0 versions of Popeye and Tintin, Ravel’s “Boléro,” and the first recording of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” - my favorite in this bunch.

Happy New Year! Share a pic of what your toasting with this year. And yes, I know it isn’t even 5 pm here in #STL, but I celebrate new year’s on Iceland time. #oldman #champagnesky

I thought about it for a day and I guess my main view about Jimmy Carter is that he’s the only guy who seems to have felt adequately guilty about having been President and then tried his best to make up for it

The "g" in "invisible" is there as an example

This is glorious!!!! A compilation of 70's and 80's tv shows wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. 🎥 nostalgia_chick IG

She’s not moved all day. #Caturday

Brands: maybe buy a few plain brown boxes next time you restock so the Xmas gift to my wife doesn’t land on the front porch with your branding all over the outside. At least I know she’ll like it in 5 days — because she’s already told me when she brought it inside.

*grabs a t-shirt and runs outside*

The "learning styles" myth is just that – a myth. Your brain doesn't have a preferred learning method. Focus on engaging experiences, real-world scenarios, and hands-on practice. Make learning relevant and interactive for true success. #L&D #mythbusting

Filament's elves on our shelves. That's me on the ladder!

Rebranding failure as "tuition" is one of the most profound lessons I've learned. It’s a powerful way to reframe setbacks, destigmatize failure, and highlight the value of collaboration and communication. What was the most valuable "tuition" you paid in 2024?

My wife says her two favourite things about me are that I'm soooo funny and I don't get sarcasm.

Need a great suggestion for printer for card boxes for postcard-sized game cards. 🎲 ✂️