616 entries from "Toronto"

[Therapists are responsible for maintaining the container, the walls of a safe space.]

[You can open things up when the container has integrity.]

The Memex Method. When your commonplace book is a public…

[If it seems significant I will blog about why I think it's important and what it adds to the picture.]

[It's neither my last word nor a repetition of what I have to say.]

it represents the synthesis of recent events with a long run of earlier events, interventions, scandals and actions. Further, it represents the evolution of my ability to convey these complex and thorny ideas, based on the reception earlier pieces on the same subject received.

[If writing is about clarifying your thoughts, your older work will naturally make you cringe. But systematically reviewing older work to observe what you got wrong and right makes it easier to avoid your own pitfalls. The structure can even be a public recap of what happened 5, 10, and 15 years ago on this day.]

[By the time someone arrives at your paywall, they've already used your app so much that they probably trust you more than if it was some random app they just found.]

[If you're not sure which kind of yoga, try them all.]

The Problem With War: You Break It You Buy It

[The launch is for everyone that has to know. The next releases are for everyone who wants to know.]

[Labeling people heroes means we will let them die.]

[If you don't have the courage to make something illegal, make it impossible.]

[You're living off the land in the digital world. Digital homesteading.]

[The basis of hintustani music is the raga. The basis of carnatic music is the composition.]

[Los Angeles suffers from an 'over the shoulder effect' where people are sometimes distracted while engaging with you, thinking about who's more interesting around.]

It's nice to be surprised, to talk about something we didn't expect to talk about. Avoiding expectations facilitation perpetual surprise?

By doing, we understand better structures for doing.

[People will pay a lot of money to talk.]

How to Build a Life You Love by Quitting Everything Else

[Most people start by building something without asking what problem they're trying to solve.]

How 150 personal emails sparked a community of 60,000 entrepreneurs

[Turn your process for advancing into a series of ascending steps.]

[Create something of value and put a price on it.]

[Makers are happy to create. IndieHackers want to make money.]

Constraints, Longevity, and Avoiding Competition with John O'Nolan from Ghost

[Blogging used to be writing about your experiences.]

[Use a paywall to give yourself space.]

[Enable an ecosystem of businesses to thrive around what you build.]