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Super! I'd love the option to change the color of the background. Any way to do that?

feels like reading Life issue 43 years from now, not 43 years ago...

The article is basically notes taken from his Foundation interview with Kevin Rose they did a few months ago > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nld8B9l1aRE . Very cool guy. Other foundation episodes are also golden.

At wedding : 'Speak now or forever hold your peace!'

(jamming gun activate!)

At court : 'Any objections?'

(jamming gun activate!)

Someone screaming for help in library...

(too loud, jamming gun activate!)

Yeah, best idea ever! :)

'Start your day with producer, not consumer mindset.' > pure gold.

Do an 80/20 analisys of your distractions an loop until a few essentials are reached (mail etc). Than postpone interacting with procrastinators until 1-2 pm (that's when most people are sleepy and least productive). Iterate over each nuance,eat,rest and by 4 pm, you should be back to 'killer mode'. If this kind of routine is achieved, you're one focused and unstoppable behemoth.

big thanks for posting this. one of the more important solitude texts I've ever read.

I am learning rails only 4 months after my first code line in html(your typical Joe Beginner), knowing absolutely nothing prior to that exept cracking a game or unzipping a file.

I found myself able to do very basic stuff and advancing at somewhat tollerable pace, but I figured derailing a bit and learning the core basics is essential for any meaningful progress. Frustration for me comes from not knowing what happens under the hood and why the particular commands are the way they are. I see what they do, but I dont understand where they come from, nor their potential, nor their proper usage.

So I started to watch Harvard cs50 course online as well as getting my hands on anything that can help me better understand the underlaying architecture of hardware and software.

Allthough not sexy, imho, this decision is the best a beginner can make. Yes it will take you longer to make something concrete. Yes, you will find yourself touching languages you will seldom (if ever) use afterwards. But understanding the roots is essential and pays in the long run much more than hacking your knowledge learning rails immediately. Remember it is a marathon, not a sprint. Bet on deeper understanding and you will win.

PS paralel with essentials, I am learning linux (so far I have only used windows) and vim. Yeah, learning curve is rediculous. Any learning tips and resources are more than welcome. :)

incredible blog. guy really can write well. are there any similar blogs from astronauts or is this the only one?

Greatest timing ever! Just started learning ruby and rails. If some noob here is also interested, other resources (other than classical google,stackoverflow, youtube) I've found very helpful are lynda.com and peepcode videos. Thank you for this.

One more thing I found helps me a great deal > focusing your mind on something other than programming during a day. I found that I have no trouble coding for days in a row, but after a week or so, I go numb... I cant programm shit. That is why I started running and boxing. If you are the same, find something, some hobby that doesn't involve computers.

the level of smoothness and playability amazes me. better run into the salt mines to brush up on html5 :)

I'd say the right answer is something like this : 'Because if you do that we will kick that other team's ass and you will regret it. We are the best people for this project and we will kill ourselves to make this product the best in the world.' I guarantee you he would invest in us at that point. :)

bacteria are caused by a lack of immunity that is caused by the stress of running a startup :)

absolutely! and a few insomnian nervous breakdowns every now and then :) but if your intentions are pure and vision clear > those are all a mere drops of discomfort in a sea of awesomeness that is a startup. :)

You forgot the most important question > 'WHY? Why are you guys doing this that will probably fail, take you 10 years to realise it failed and cause you gastric ulcers of massive proportions?' If they fail to convince me here, I'd turn them down.

Programming potential never ceases to amaze me. I want to learn more. NOW!

hell. I have the same feeling and I am only 23...

Devouring any possible content about JS online I can find. Constulting with fellow coders to improve my skills. I've just finished my tic tac toe game, yaaay! :)

Exactly > take the red pill! :) there is too much ambiguation. People spend months,years even, daydreaming. Fuck that childish nonsense. I am learning JS atm and loving myself for actually doing something. It is hard as hell but at least I'm moving forward, instead of being trapped in a dream.

thank you dude... i went through all those learn.appendto.com JS tuts you reccomended and will now proceed to explore a bit of php as well as brush JS skills. thank you for everything man :)

That, my friends, is called a ballmer peak. there is a great xkcd comic about this (http://xkcd.com/323/) as well as a great quora thread ( http://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-truth-to-the-Ballmer-Peak ). Just dont take it too far when you read this :)

thank you so much for this. im going through the tuts now and loving it. you have any suggestions to where to educate myself in when I complete them? My ultimate goal is to be comfortable enough in js so that I can move to other languages like php and ruby. is that a good plan? What do you suggest learning after js?

thank you a lot. i have begun with new boston tutorials on youtube, wich are a decent intro, but I need something more now. ill check those out

dunno, kinda like the awesome button. you can make next and previous buttons on the left and right sides of the video, and the history on the bottom, without the box; just like a regular history. thats how i would do it. but great project though :)

super mate! yeah, try it without the box. ill have some free time tomorrow so ill try to do a little mockup if you want :)

and dont make it to end the video when you vote :)

cool project! one design advice though. Remove the large yellow rectangle above the video that shows your history. I like the idea, but dont make it so dominant, it kinda distracts too much. :)

Don't worry about credits. Give something back to the amazing online community. If someone claims it is his image? So what? He probably is a very sad man and you probably can prove that it is indeed your picture. Stop worrying about these petty things.

All the time I see networking having the best value over time when it comes to hiring. Meritocracy only looks good on paper, reality is completely different. Good grades and interesting hobbies? They say - fuck that noise. Firms simply wont take a chance with you if they got someone 'familiar' waiting in line. Get over it and exploit it.

I would just add that all these things are common knowledge. The most remarkable thing he did is - he followed and delivered on all those things. Just look at number 2:"Think long-term meaning 5 – 7 years, not 5 – 7 months". Almost every sane person knows this. But only few deliver. It takes a lot of guts and integrity to undertake such a journey, and Jeff made it look easy. Great guy.