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Hypocrisy gets a bad rap. I’m a huge hypocrite. I believe humanity should create a robotic workforce so we can spend our lives living as intensely as possible, but I’ve spent a couple hours implementing a business idea just this evening. I believe that our political system is inherently corrupt and attempts to change it [...]
“I’ve been a designer for 11 years.” “We’ve been in business for 97 years.” These types of statements are batted around as if they’re meaningful. They are meaningful. They mean you’ve been a designer for 11 years or that you’ve been in business for 97 years. However, beyond that, statements of experience are worthless phrases [...]
I live on a sailboat (@sailtotrail / sailtotrail.com). I explore, kayak, run an ad agency (@jetatomic / jetswithbombs.com), and am known to wear a kilt. If you'd like to ask what I wear underneath... at least buy me a drink first. Maybe two.
Following the rules doesn't only make for a boring existence, it also severely limits your ability to do anything remarkable. Deconstruct everything, figure out the good parts, re-engineer without assumption. Otherwise you'll spend life working toward death on an installment plan.