Werner Herzog vs cinéma vérité : director as sting
Alex Gibney: In a panel I was on with you, you said that a film-maker should not be a “fly on the wall”. Rather, a… Read More »Werner Herzog vs cinéma vérité : director as sting
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Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
These might be the most important qualities for doing anything. Talent In every interview I’m asked what’s the most important quality a novelist has to… Read More »Haruki Murakami on Writing: Talent. Focus. Endurance.
Neal Stephenson on Speaking Arrangements; Art and Artists; Correspondence and Productive Writing
On Speaking [My literary agent] Darhansoff & Verrill… handles speaking requests. I almost never accept these. When I do, I charge a lot of money,… Read More »Neal Stephenson on Speaking Arrangements; Art and Artists; Correspondence and Productive Writing
Mission Protocol: is your organisation a team, a family… or something else?
I have some sympathy with Tobias Lütke (Shopify), Brian Armstrong (Coinbase), Jason Fried (Basecamp) and others when they announce – faced with the increasing politicisation… Read More »Mission Protocol: is your organisation a team, a family… or something else?
Themed days: Product. Management. Strategy.
I’ve been trying this approach – advocated by my wife but also by Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk – to managing my weeks recently, and… Read More »Themed days: Product. Management. Strategy.
Intelligent Effort
Your job is to apply intelligent effort in the service of others. Effort is work done: energy applied to solving problems. There are lots of… Read More »Intelligent Effort
Do you run faster when not listening to a podcast?
I think I do. Unless it’s an especially good day with the wind at my back, running a good time takes a degree of concentration… Read More »Do you run faster when not listening to a podcast?
What’s News? And other stories
Questions for self: Why do you read the news more than once a day? Will things really have changed since the last time you had… Read More »What’s News? And other stories
tl;dr
We live in an era where people will spend days of their lives – hours at a time – to watch a box set or… Read More »tl;dr
Five in a row
You’ve started practising*, tried fifty, and hit some. Now keep going until you stick five in a row. Then ten. If you can do ten… Read More »Five in a row