Tweets

July 20, 2023: The past is not true : https://sive.rs/pnt
June 30, 2023: dashing dog, searching for purpose : https://sive.rs/pdog
May 18, 2023: $575K of books sold. $575K to save lives. https://sive.rs/575k
April 21, 2023: The joy and freedom of harmlessly upsetting social norms : https://sive.rs/nor
April 20, 2023: Why I let go of my U.S. citizenship : https://sive.rs/xus
April 15, 2023: the Michael Browne suits : https://sive.rs/suits
March 8, 2023: Aim off-center to counter a bias : https://sive.rs/aim
March 7, 2023: Thinking something nice about somebody? Tell them. https://sive.rs/nice
March 2, 2023: 50 conversations in Bangalore and Chennai : https://sive.rs/meet-chbg
February 9, 2023: Explorers are bad leaders : https://sive.rs/exled
February 6, 2023: Travelling just for the people : https://sive.rs/travp
February 3, 2023: Want anonymity? Make a persona not a mystery. https://sive.rs/anon
January 31, 2023: I want to lose every debate: https://sive.rs/led
January 29, 2023: Conversations with Tyler Cowen: https://sive.rs/tyler
January 27, 2023: Reading the Bible, start to finish: https://sive.rs/bible
January 22, 2023: Who should I meet in Chennai and Bengaluru? https://sive.rs/meet-chbg
October 31, 2022: My podcast is live again! Season 3. Very short episodes. https://sive.rs/podcast
October 30, 2022: make believe : https://sive.rs/mb
October 28, 2022: a daily run, part two : https://sive.rs/run2
October 8, 2022: Static HTML comments: https://sive.rs/shc
September 28, 2022: a daily run, part one : https://sive.rs/run
September 20, 2022: Doubt explanations : https://sive.rs/confab
September 14, 2022: shortest date, and ketchup : https://sive.rs/ketchup
September 13, 2022: Added some GREAT new books to my book notes page: https://sive.rs/book (click “newest”, up top)
September 8, 2022: New release: full-length videobook for “YOUR MUSIC AND PEOPLE”: https://sive.rs/ymap
August 3, 2022: interesting that the population of China, India, and Africa are each about 1.4 billion
June 20, 2022: Try writing one sentence per line : https://sive.rs/1s
June 19, 2022: The joke that changed my life : https://sive.rs/joke
June 8, 2022: Find a good available .com domain: https://sive.rs/com
May 9, 2022: Travel is best with young children : https://sive.rs/tk
May 8, 2022: Short URLs: why and how : https://sive.rs/su
April 14, 2022: Updated all four of my book pages, starting at the home page with the stack of books: https://sive.rs/
April 13, 2022: Built a web app to help people translate my books. Used by over 300 translators, editors, and reviewers, to translate my books into 30 languages. Now it has a name: https://inchword.com/
March 9, 2022: Why I left America : https://sive.rs/left
March 2, 2022: Write plain text files : https://sive.rs/plaintext
March 1, 2022: Generate unique random values directly in the database : https://sive.rs/rand1
March 1, 2022: Database triggers to clean text inputs : https://sive.rs/clean1
February 28, 2022: Database trigger recalculates totals, for data integrity : https://sive.rs/recalc
February 28, 2022: Database functions to wrap logic and SQL queries : https://sive.rs/api01
January 26, 2022: The best ideas I’ve found in the last 320+ books I’ve read: https://sive.rs/book
October 27, 2021: Considerate book pricing: https://sive.rs/bp
October 24, 2021: Parents of young (age 5-10) readers: We just finished reading the “HILO” comic books - which my boy’s librarian recommended - and it’s the best we’ve ever found. GREAT writing/story/twists/everything. https://www.juddspillowfort.com/hilo/ If you know another this good, please let me know.
September 14, 2021: My newest and best book, “HOW TO LIVE - 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion”, is officially released and shipping worldwide now, exclusively through me: https://sive.rs/h
August 13, 2021: How many pets do you have? https://sive.rs/pets
June 16, 2021: Now that I’m done writing “How to Live”, I’m listening to music again! Starting with Ted Gioia’s great “Hundred Best Albums of 2020”: http://www.tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2020.html — buying them all on Bandcamp.
March 29, 2021: If you do what most people do, you’ll get what most people get.
March 26, 2021: Nobody cares what you’re bad at, and neither should you.
February 19, 2021: I’m a fan of: Ravel Boléro, Erika Lemay, Debussy, Black bean burrito, Ruby, PostgreSQL, OpenBSD, Vim, Blackcurrant black tea, New Zealand, silence.
February 2, 2021: Just added twelve new book notes to my site: https://sive.rs/book
December 7, 2020: Open-sourced all the code and contents of my sive.rs site: https://git.sr.ht/~sivers/sive.rs
November 24, 2020: The Art of Living with Less Stress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amS0u15AL14 - from https://sive.rs/relax
October 20, 2020: My limited-edition signed hardcover book “YOUR MUSIC AND PEOPLE” finally arrived from the printer today! Shipping next week. https://sivers.becdn.net/YMaP-4x.mp4 (All thanks to https://saeah.com/ who produced it!)
October 16, 2020: “Your feelings are justified!” ← this is what everyone wants to hear
September 12, 2020: Real question: What’s the difference between feminism and anti-sexism?
September 1, 2020: One of the best (and funniest) things I ever did was produce this album by “Captain T” : https://captaint.com/ + https://sive.rs/capt
August 28, 2020: An open mind, like an open mouth, must eventually close on something.
August 27, 2020: Sincere question: What non-obvious ways do you find or make BALANCE in your world?
August 6, 2020: $250K books sold. $250K to save lives. https://sive.rs/250k
August 5, 2020: Changed sivers.org to sive.rs because it’s shorter. (No other reason. “.org” felt like unnecessary noise.)
July 28, 2020: Fun interview with @shaneaparrish https://fs.blog/knowledge-project/derek-sivers/ I’ve been a fan (and subscriber) of his for years, so it was an honor to finally talk.
July 22, 2020: “YOUR MUSIC AND PEOPLE”, my new book, is available now at https://sive.rs/m
July 22, 2020: “HELL YEAH OR NO”, my newest book, is available now at https://sive.rs/n
July 4, 2020: Moved back to New Zealand for good, today.
April 28, 2020: 8 years ago I spent the day in Singapore with my hero Kevin Kelly, then at the end he told me it was his 60th birthday. Today he posted this must-read gem: https://kk.org/thetechnium/68-bits-of-unsolicited-advice/
April 20, 2020: If you haven’t heard “Tango Til They’re Sore” by Tom Waits (from Rain Dogs) in a while, now’s a good time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmRzZX4dRSw
April 10, 2020: Season 2 of my podcast is in full swing. Completely different than Season 1, it’s me being interviewed by many different hosts. Listen at https://sive.rs/podcast
March 23, 2020: Sometimes the winds of change are a hurricane.
March 21, 2020: I’ve answered 2100 emails in the last 48 hours. 4000 left. This is intense, but I’m thankful for the connection.
January 20, 2020: My #1 most-gifted book is “The Third Ear” by Joachim-Ernst Berendt. Forever changes how you think of sound. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805020071
December 30, 2019: Time is personal. Your year changes when your life changes. : https://sive.rs/mny
December 3, 2019: I performed at Nara Dreamland with my circus for two weeks in 1992. Then it became this… https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/01/haunting-photos-capture-abandoned-nara-dreamland-theme-park-in-japan-7903779/
November 17, 2019: How I became Ryuichi Sakamoto’s guitarist (now on podcast) : https://sive.rs/sakamoto + https://sive.rs/podcast
November 15, 2019: Now on podcast : Sammy Cahn said thank you : https://sive.rs/sammy-cahn : https://sive.rs/podcast
November 14, 2019: Posted to podcast : “Human Intervention as a Competitive Advantage” : https://sive.rs/hi || https://sive.rs/podcast
November 7, 2019: Experiments in music and life : https://sive.rs/eml
November 4, 2019: podcast now also on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcE0XVmYoKM8gcT6nHNHDiK0rSjm8X6eb
November 2, 2019: My podcast is launched : https://sive.rs/podcast (Each episode is VERY short, of course. You know how I am.)
November 1, 2019: Writing daily, but posting when ready : https://sive.rs/nod
October 30, 2019: How I got rich on the other hand : https://sive.rs/richand
October 29, 2019: Podcast RSS generator in Ruby : https://gist.github.com/sivers/e3a90a742cfc0802ede9dbf553339174
October 28, 2019: When in doubt, try the difference : https://sive.rs/trd
October 27, 2019: Why experts are annoying : https://sive.rs/exan
October 26, 2019: What you learn by travelling : https://sive.rs/trav1
October 25, 2019: PostgreSQL example of self-contained stored procedures : https://sive.rs/pg2
October 24, 2019: Mastery school : https://sive.rs/masch
October 23, 2019: Monthly self-expansion project : https://sive.rs/exex
October 22, 2019: Living according to your hierarchy of values : https://sive.rs/vls1
October 17, 2019: How to ask your mentors for help : https://sive.rs/ment
October 16, 2019: When you win the game, you stop playing : https://sive.rs/wtg
October 16, 2019: https://sive.rs/random jumps to a different random article on my site every time. (Thanks to Dan Maldonado for the idea.)
October 15, 2019: Digital pollution : https://sive.rs/polut
October 14, 2019: Cut out everything that’s not surprising : https://sive.rs/d22
October 13, 2019: Heed your fears : https://sive.rs/gofear
October 12, 2019: Daydreaming is my favorite pastime : https://sive.rs/daydream
October 11, 2019: Anti-chameleon : https://sive.rs/antic
October 10, 2019: Where we do and don’t want automation : https://sive.rs/autom
October 9, 2019: Human nature to focus on the one bad thing : https://sive.rs/negz
October 8, 2019: Back and forth between super-hot and super-cold : https://sive.rs/sauna
October 7, 2019: Err on the side of action, to test theories : https://sive.rs/erra
October 6, 2019: Blowing off work to play : https://sive.rs/hooky
October 5, 2019: The joy and strategic wisdom of ignoring plans : https://sive.rs/ldn
October 4, 2019: Tour -isms : https://sive.rs/isms
October 3, 2019: Meta-considerate : https://sive.rs/metac
October 3, 2019: To me, this is the most beautiful bike frame: https://surlybikes.com/bikes/straggler I love a horizontal top tube, and for the top, seat, and down tubes to be same thickness. Simple symmetry.
October 2, 2019: Daydreaming the downside, for once : https://sive.rs/ddown
October 1, 2019: Where to find the hours to make it happen : https://sive.rs/uncomf
September 30, 2019: Your heroes show which way you’re facing : https://sive.rs/hf
September 29, 2019: Don’t quote. Make it yours and say it yourself. https://sive.rs/dq
September 29, 2019: I’m hard to impress when it comes to tea, but “Singapore Breakfast” tea from T2 is the best tea I’ve had in YEARS. Get it if you can. https://www.t2tea.com/
September 28, 2019: Have a private email account : https://sive.rs/pe
September 27, 2019: Cross the world four times : https://sive.rs/4
September 27, 2019: Future posthumous autobiography : https://sive.rs/abio
September 26, 2019: What I did belies why : https://sive.rs/ww
September 25, 2019: Would you make your art if you were the last person on earth? : https://sive.rs/tp3
September 24, 2019: Travel without social praise : https://sive.rs/tp2
September 23, 2019: Travel without a phone to be in the moment : https://sive.rs/tp1
July 31, 2019: My old clothes don’t fit : https://sive.rs/clothes
July 18, 2019: Hearing Arvo Pärt “Für Alina” for the first time and loving it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCr_Alina (Took 2+ listens to slow down my inner clock and appreciate.) Thanks to https://joellaviolette.com/ for the tip.
July 1, 2019: doors and windows and what’s real : https://sive.rs/dw
July 1, 2019: I’ve answered 811 emails in the last 5 days. This might be unsustainable.
June 25, 2019: Instead of many hours nudging things with a mouse in Pro Tools or Cubase, I wrote a little Ruby script to use sox to programmatically generate it. So much better: https://gist.github.com/sivers/b900bf4004e148b32a5ddf3fffbe3a1c
June 25, 2019: I’ve often been with someone and wished I was alone. I’ve never been alone and wished I was not.
June 11, 2019: Just finished recording the audiobook for “Hell Yeah or No”. It’s really good. I’m excited. https://sive.rs/n
June 10, 2019: Looked up origin of the word “seesaw”. It’s imitating French “ci-ça”, meaning “this-that”. ♥ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw
June 3, 2019: I just finished my next book: “Hell Yeah or No”. https://sive.rs/n Get on my private email list if interested: https://sive.rs/list
April 25, 2019: Loving with your head is like running with your hands.
April 12, 2019: New notes from two books on Artificial Intelligence. One good, one great. https://sive.rs/book/SurvivingAI + https://sive.rs/book/Life30
March 8, 2019: I’ve moved from New Zealand to Oxford England : https://sive.rs/ox1 (Email me if you want to meet up anywhere in Europe.)
March 5, 2019: Settling in to Oxford, England : https://sive.rs/now
January 28, 2019: Benefits of a daily diary and topic journals : https://sive.rs/dj
January 7, 2019: Must-read book for those over 60. Should-read for those over 40: https://sive.rs/book/BrainRulesAging
January 1, 2019: Three new book notes, including the great “Atomic Habits” : https://sive.rs/book
December 5, 2018: Subtract : https://sive.rs/subtract
December 4, 2018: (updated) Unlearning : https://sive.rs/unlearning
November 24, 2018: Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes you to add, because that benefits them. But the secret is to focus on subtracting.
November 18, 2018: The Art of Selfishness : https://sive.rs/aos
September 8, 2018: The code to my sites and database are now mirrored on GitHub: https://github.com/sivers Use anything you like.
August 6, 2018: You don’t need confidence, just contribution. https://sive.rs/contrib
August 2, 2018: My definition of success: http://grantpirosblog.com/a-definition-of-success/ (thanks to Grant Piros for putting it succinctly)
July 25, 2018: New notes on four great books: https://sive.rs/book - especially “Story of Philosophy” and “Courage to be Disliked”.
June 18, 2018: Imagining a band: John Bonham, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Evans, Michael Hedges, and Björk, produced by Brian Eno.
June 7, 2018: Unlearning : https://sive.rs/unlearning
April 17, 2018: New books added to my book notes collection, plus a search box. Total of 250 books now. See new FAQ: https://sive.rs/bfaq
March 21, 2018: Why I deleted Facebook : https://sive.rs/facebook
March 6, 2018: My writing process : https://sive.rs/7
March 1, 2018: (for musicians) — Be an extreme character: https://sive.rs/evers
February 27, 2018: My “Hell Yeah or No” in the New York Times : https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/smarter-living/if-its-not-a-100-yes-its-a-no.html
February 26, 2018: Get specific! https://sive.rs/get-specific
February 24, 2018: What it means to be resourceful : https://sive.rs/res (new version)
February 22, 2018: If they wish I would have said a little more, I said just the right amount.
February 19, 2018: Rock stars have a boss? https://sive.rs/noboss
February 18, 2018: Never wait : https://sive.rs/neverwait
February 1, 2018: About me: https://sive.rs/about
December 11, 2017: Unlikely places and untangled goals : https://sive.rs/unun
December 4, 2017: “The opposite of feminism is ignorance.” I like this: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/world/europe/iceland-gender-equality-women-political-leaders.html
November 20, 2017: I’m doing this amazing iOS course: https://www.udemy.com/course/ios-13-app-development-bootcamp/ HIGHLY recommend. @yu_angela is a great teacher.
July 25, 2017: How to Read a Book : https://sive.rs/book/HowToReadABook
July 14, 2017: Just realized that none of my friends or family have a TV.
July 3, 2017: What are the odds of that? https://sive.rs/odds
June 26, 2017: Parenting : Who is it really for? https://sive.rs/pa
June 21, 2017: To hone your writing, hire a translator : https://sive.rs/tra
June 17, 2017: Idea: a collection of photos of the tiny source of each of the world’s biggest rivers.
June 16, 2017: Ego is the enemy : https://sive.rs/ego
June 16, 2017: Actions, not words, reveal our real values : https://sive.rs/arv
April 14, 2017: Updated my OpenBSD page to 6.1 : https://sive.rs/openbsd (6.1 is better and faster than ever.)
April 5, 2017: Great new book notes just posted from Seth Godin, Derren Brown, Ryan Holiday, and more. Go to https://sive.rs/book then click “newest”.
March 13, 2017: Think like a bronze medalist, not silver : https://sive.rs/bronze
March 10, 2017: Art is useless, and so am I : https://sive.rs/useless
February 23, 2017: I thought it’d be funny to make a news outlet that’s just “Everything You Don’t Need to Know”, but then realized that’s all news is, anyway.
February 16, 2017: I’ve done nothing but Esperanto since Christmas. I love it, and love being single-focused.
January 26, 2017: Spent 55 hours this month learning Esperanto. Built these tools to help: https://github.com/sivers/langdb Usable for any language. Enjoy.
January 18, 2017: So excited about what I’m doing now : https://sive.rs/now Learning so much.
December 30, 2016: Quitting something you love: https://sive.rs/quit
December 29, 2016: What I’m doing now : https://sive.rs/now (updated today)
December 27, 2016: I’m a solitary socialite : https://sive.rs/soso
December 25, 2016: Spent 2 riveted hours tonight doing http://lernu.net/en/kurso/nakamura section 1. First time with Esperanto ever. What a cool language!
December 22, 2016: In 2016, I answered 30,904 emails from 11,971 people. Here are the answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions : https://sive.rs/faq
December 19, 2016: How to do what you love and make good money : https://sive.rs/balance
December 9, 2016: Deleted Google+, too. Keeping twitter.com/sivers and facebook.com/sivers That’s enough.
December 8, 2016: Just deleted my LinkedIn account. Man that felt good. Never used it. Having it active felt like a lie. Should I delete G+ next?
December 6, 2016: I’m hiring a creative illustrator : https://sive.rs/hiring
December 5, 2016: Tilting my mirror (motivation is delicate) : https://sive.rs/tilt
November 15, 2016: In Singapore until the NZ quakes stop.
November 10, 2016: We’ll see.... https://sive.rs/horses
October 21, 2016: Only dead fish go with the flow.
October 11, 2016: Now update : https://sive.rs/now
September 27, 2016: Added five new book notes: https://sive.rs/book Highlight is https://sive.rs/book/NotFuck
September 14, 2016: Two unexpected phone calls. Best post I’ve read in a long time: https://ecstatically.live/2016/08/22/two-unexpected-phone-calls/
September 6, 2016: “gerbil” is a yucky-sounding word. “monkey” makes me smile.
September 5, 2016: Why are you doing? https://sive.rs/why
September 1, 2016: OpenBSD 6.0 : why and how : https://sive.rs/openbsd
August 26, 2016: I’m a very slow thinker : https://sive.rs/slow
August 5, 2016: “Ego is the Enemy” is a great book with such an important point. I wish everyone would read it. https://sive.rs/book/EgoEnemy
August 4, 2016: Keep earning your title, or it expires : https://sive.rs/expire
August 2, 2016: When you’re extremely un-motivated : https://sive.rs/unmo
July 27, 2016: Disconnect : https://sive.rs/dc
July 25, 2016: Don’t add your 2 cents : https://sive.rs/2c
July 7, 2016: On a hopeless crusade to correct those who say they’ll “revert” back to my email. Werewolves revert to humans. People *reply* to emails.
July 1, 2016: 7 new books on my book summaries : https://sive.rs/book (click "newest", up top). A few great ones.
June 29, 2016: Someone just called me “a not-for-profit Dear Abby for the internet generation”. Answering strangers’ emails 4-6 hours a day, I agree.
June 27, 2016: Debussy “Claire de Lune” moving air in a way that makes my chest change its pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fvo_iOuSck
April 27, 2016: SQL awesomeness gets me so damn inspired: https://blog.jooq.org/2016/04/25/10-sql-tricks-that-you-didnt-think-were-possible/
April 27, 2016: Possible futures : https://sive.rs/futures (with bonus in comments)
April 22, 2016: My 200+ book notes & reviews, now with updated ratings. Top recommendations up top: https://sive.rs/book
April 21, 2016: I sound strange because I’m singing the counter-melody : https://sive.rs/counter
April 20, 2016: I split https://sive.rs/d1 into separate pages because people were not noticing the category names.
April 18, 2016: Do this. Directives - part 1 : https://sive.rs/d1
April 13, 2016: Don’t start a business until people are asking you to : https://sive.rs/asking
April 6, 2016: A relationship is like where you live. Your happiness is like the weather.
April 1, 2016: Funniest review of my book: “I call BS on this book and its author. Nobody is dumb enough to…” (…names 2 of the many dumb things I did.) http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1BA4NUYO3VRJ/
March 23, 2016: Wow. James Altucher pulled some interesting insights out of our interview. Read the article first before listening: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2016/03/ep-159-derek-sivers-zen-master-entrepreneurship/
March 17, 2016: Why I don’t promote : https://sive.rs/nopr
March 8, 2016: Moved all my code to Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/u/sivers (nothing against Github, but it creeps me out when everyone uses the same company)
March 4, 2016: Happy, Smart, and Useful : https://sive.rs/hsu
February 28, 2016: Assume men and women are the same : https://sive.rs/mw
February 25, 2016: After great Tim Ferriss interview with Seth Godin - http://fourhourworkweek.com/2016/02/10/seth-godin/ - noticed that when I interviewed Tim in 2008, we talked about Seth: https://sive.rs/2008-08-tim-ferriss
February 25, 2016: A warning to anyone receiving advice : https://sive.rs/advice
February 24, 2016: Disappointed in the number of followers/fans of your creative work? See https://vimeo.com/151128399
February 23, 2016: Over-compensate to compensate : https://sive.rs/compensate (with cute illustration)
February 20, 2016: Added 5 new book notes. 2 great. 2 very good. https://sive.rs/book Click “date” up top to see newest.
February 18, 2016: How to take a compliment: https://sive.rs/thx
February 17, 2016: Belgium pride: “Papaoutai” by Stromae. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiKj0Z_Xnjc then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3p43-Pxd6k
February 16, 2016: Why I don’t want stuff: https://sive.rs/gifts
February 14, 2016: Updated for 2016+: “Should you learn programming?” https://sive.rs/prog & “How to learn JavaScript” https://sive.rs/learn-js
February 9, 2016: Re-wrote http://musicthoughts.com/ from Ruby+Sinatra to static HTML, generated by a Ruby script. Fun!
January 27, 2016: Switch strategies : https://sive.rs/switch
January 26, 2016: Answered 4778 emails in the past 44 days. Learned a lot. Time to start writing publicly again.
January 13, 2016: I’ve been answering about 150 emails a day for the last 30 days. Did 250 today. Each one with big questions about life/career/etc. Oh my.
December 8, 2015: This is probably the best talk I’ve ever done: https://sive.rs/wds (40 minutes)
November 20, 2015: The story about nownownow.com : https://sive.rs/now3
November 18, 2015: Selling a company is like getting divorced, graduating college, and winning the lottery on the same day.
November 16, 2015: “Never tell your problems to anyone. 80% don’t care, and the other 20% are glad you have them.” - Lou Holtz, revised
November 12, 2015: Everyone with a /now page gets a profile: http://nownownow.com/ Click any (+) then keep browsing. So fascinating. Can’t tear myself away.
October 29, 2015: See http://nownownow.com/ : home of the /now pages. Fun to browse. So many interesting ones.
October 28, 2015: If you liked my “Keep your goals to yourself” TED talk (https://youtu.be/NHopJHSlVo4), you’ll love this: https://youtu.be/V68SMFrpFt8
October 22, 2015: The /now page movement : https://sive.rs/nowff
October 21, 2015: What happened when a guy in Guatemala read my book and emailed me: https://medium.com/@chrsaravia/the-internet-contacting-your-idols-and-being-grateful-51a108d28aed
October 16, 2015: I live in the windiest city in the world: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/oct/15/where-world-windiest-city-spoiler-alert-chicago-wellington
October 15, 2015: 6 new books at https://sive.rs/book Top picks: https://sive.rs/book/OnWritingWell + https://sive.rs/book/RollerCoaster
October 2, 2015: Relax for the same result : https://sive.rs/relax
September 29, 2015: Is there a course like this for hip hop? http://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/how-to-listen-to-and-understand-great-music-3rd-edition.html
September 28, 2015: Musicians: if you get an email "Seeking Your Music For Radio Airplay", saying they are partnered with me: No. I am not. Never heard of them.
September 24, 2015: Saying no to everything else: https://sive.rs/no2
September 16, 2015: My book “Anything You Want” is released worldwide on Portfolio/Penguin today: https://sive.rs/a (I recommend the 90-minute audiobook.)
September 14, 2015: Business-owners focusing on money is like car-owners focusing on their odometer number. If you think it’s the point, you should look up.
September 11, 2015: Learning Elm using https://pragmaticstudio.com/elm & https://pragmaticstudio.com/elm-signals Extra appealing since I want to learn Haskell.
September 4, 2015: Curious where I’m going with the “just tell me what to do” https://sive.rs/2do idea? See https://springismylove.wordpress.com/2015/09/03/derek-sivers-purge-the-vampires/ & http://videos.theconference.se/derek-sivers-how-to-like-people
September 2, 2015: I am such a Vi Hart fan: https://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart
August 29, 2015: “Just tell me what to do”: compressing books into directives: https://sive.rs/2do
August 27, 2015: Don’t worry about your ambition, about stepping on people’s toes. You’re just teaching them how to dance.
August 20, 2015: What’s the best way to achieve a new goal? http://www.npr.org/2015/08/14/431540456/what-s-the-best-way-to-achieve-a-new-goal
August 18, 2015: That great No Diggity riff http://youtu.be/3KL9mRus19o is from Bill Withers Grandma’s Hands http://youtu.be/IxjNauWYFfc
August 8, 2015: Best instrument seen in Musical Instruments Museum http://mim.be/ is Benjamin Franklin’s Glass Armonica https://youtu.be/8D9BBMDWoNM?t=20s
July 28, 2015: “The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.” — Voltaire
June 30, 2015: I sponsored the OpenBSD port of Elixir 1.0.5 & Erlang 18: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/lang/elixir/
June 24, 2015: Must-read: “Easy vs Hard”: http://www.sandpapersuit.com/2012/11/easy-vs-hard.html
May 29, 2015: Attention New Zealand: http://tedxwellington.com/blog/2015/05/25/tedxwellington-2015-date-announcement-call-for-speakers-performers/ Looking for interesting ideas, no matter who from. Please sign up soon. I’m curating & coaching.
May 8, 2015: 3 new book notes: https://sive.rs/book (sort by date to see newest or rating to see best)
May 5, 2015: When I write a tech blog post it feels like: ME: “I like doing this.” WORLD: “No! Idiot! You’re wrong! I don’t like doing that!” ☺
May 4, 2015: (for programmers) Simplify: move code into database functions: https://sive.rs/pg
April 30, 2015: Her: “I’ll need a few weeks to process before I’m ready to move on.” Me: “For you a few weeks tends to take about a day.” Her: “Good point.”
April 17, 2015: She is a bird. He is a tree. She asks him to fly. But when he can’t, she doesn’t understand why.
March 26, 2015: I know more people than I know.
March 23, 2015: Extra-sad to not be home in Singapore today. R.I.P. to one of the strongest leaders the world’s ever known. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/23/world/asia/lee-kuan-yew-founding-father-and-first-premier-of-singapore-dies-at-91.html
February 25, 2015: “My output was being sourced from my weaknesses, not my strengths.” Good insight & question to ask yourself: http://tynan.com/firstthing
February 17, 2015: Just back from 5 days in paradise: http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/tracks-and-walks/fiordland/northern-fiordland/milford-track/
February 2, 2015: Getting out of a bad place: https://sive.rs/bad
January 21, 2015: Why I’ve been quiet online lately: https://sive.rs/boring
January 9, 2015: Treat yourself to 3 minutes of some of the most interesting music you’ll ever hear. The Bulgarian women’s choir: http://youtu.be/mrcgDhpS3uo
January 7, 2015: People who say “day job” are my kind of people.
December 19, 2014: What’s the opposite of effort? (Real question. Any suggestions?)
December 10, 2014: Mark Manson is one of the best writers I know: http://markmanson.net/best-articles
December 2, 2014: If you liked my “First Follower / How to Start a Movement” TED talk, see this short vid: http://rowansimpson.com/2014/11/27/the-quiet-ones/
November 27, 2014: Great new book about smart shortcuts to success: “Smartcuts” https://sive.rs/book/Smartcuts
November 14, 2014: 5 new books added to my book notes page: https://sive.rs/book
October 17, 2014: Awww... really nice compliment: http://www.quora.com/What-are-some-blogs-worth-following/answer/Shobhit-Bakliwal
October 8, 2014: Two months ago removed snacks from the house, and started eating only when actually hungry. No other changes. Lost 30 pounds so far.
October 6, 2014: How to change or build your career: https://sive.rs/career
September 24, 2014: Of the 185 books I’ve read in the last 7 years, this one has stuck with me the most: https://sive.rs/book/TimeParadox (email me when you finish it)
September 21, 2014: Fixed mindset vs Growth mindset. Crucial to recognize the difference in yourself & others: https://sive.rs/mindset
September 17, 2014: “Don’t divide the world into the weak and strong, or successes and failures. Divide the world into the learners and nonlearners.” - B Barber
September 2, 2014: Sadly selling my paradise house in New Zealand. I’ll miss it a lot: http://nelson.nzsothebysrealty.com/nelson-properties/?Location=37-Shelbourne-Street-Nelson&PropertyID=2413
August 26, 2014: Awesome customer service from a guy named Thor at Amazon: http://i.imgur.com/IDFkz82.png
August 21, 2014: I’ll be at TEDxWellington this Sunday. http://tedxwellington.com/ If you see me, come say hi. Gotta get to know my new home.
August 17, 2014: Moved to Wellington (Te Aro)
August 3, 2014: One more reason to spend a few months (or years) in Ubud, Bali: http://www.hubud.org/ See also: http://woodegg.com/id
July 17, 2014: Some great new additions to my list of book notes: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date (Click “Sort by rating” to see top recommendations.)
July 12, 2014: On our 3rd date, years ago, my wife said her dream was to see the Moorish architecture of southern Spain. Today we leave for Granada. ☺
July 10, 2014: Seth Godin’s birthday. Looking back at his projects over the years. So inspiring: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2014/07/thirty-years-of-projects.html
June 29, 2014: The philosophy of great customer service: https://sive.rs/cs
June 16, 2014: Leaving for Belgium now, through the end of July. Email me if you want to meet up.
June 8, 2014: “A good day is when no one shows up, and you don’t have to go anywhere.” - Burt from Burt’s Bees http://youtu.be/xBfMtEebvN0
May 23, 2014: AMAZING presentation "Emerging Global Web": http://woodegg.s3.amazonaws.com/yiibu.pdf Makes my heart race. This is why I do http://woodegg.com/
May 18, 2014: Loving what I used to hate: https://sive.rs/hate (Tom Waits, Indonesia, and weight lifting)
May 10, 2014: I’ve never been captivated by dance until now. Wow: http://youtu.be/2vjPBrBU-TM (Maddie Ziegler in Sia’s Chandelier video)
May 5, 2014: My new 19-minute talk (after 2 years of improvements) is The Meaning of Life: https://sive.rs/ml
April 18, 2014: The power of the soundtrack: http://youtu.be/1IAXrxlDK6c Brilliant.
April 12, 2014: 11 new book notes added: https://sive.rs/book (click “date”, up top, to show newest)
March 30, 2014: Change careers like Tarzan : https://sive.rs/tarzan
March 19, 2014: What if you didn’t need money or attention? https://sive.rs/full
March 15, 2014: I’m not bad at sleeping. I’m just really good at staying awake.
March 13, 2014: Impulsively skipping TED to go to Iceland tomorrow instead!! https://sive.rs/hellyeah (I re-fuel my soul in Iceland. Favorite place in the world. So excited.)
February 20, 2014: Transcript of my “office hours” chat about outsourcing, profit, publishing, and having an unfair advantage: http://drt.fm/office-hours/derek-sivers/
February 20, 2014: The best thing I ever created: http://www.shutterstock.com/blog/the-best-thing-i-ever-created-derek-sivers
February 17, 2014: Great video interview (or download audio) with Bob Baker: http://www.diycareermanifesto.com/2014/02/derek-sivers-interview.html
February 14, 2014: Audio interview. Good conversation. See the overview, and download it for later listening: http://www.enchantinglawyer.com/journey-self-employed-successful-business-owner-derek-sivers/#more-520
February 6, 2014: How will this game end? https://sive.rs/game
February 3, 2014: Imitate. We are imperfect mirrors. https://sive.rs/mirror
January 25, 2014: Nice long audio interview at LeanPub about music and Wood Egg: http://blog.leanpub.com/2014/01/derek-sivers.html
January 21, 2014: Nice MP3 interview about independent/DIY book publishing: http://winningedits.com/authormba-podcast/#sivers
January 21, 2014: Understanding Singapore : https://sive.rs/sg14 (1st chapter of my “Singapore 2014” book)
January 21, 2014: Understanding Indonesia : https://sive.rs/id14 (1st chapter of my “Indonesia 2014” book)
January 21, 2014: Understanding Vietnam : https://sive.rs/vn14 (1st chapter of my “Vietnam 2014” book)
January 19, 2014: Understanding Japan : https://sive.rs/jp14 - insightful look at Japanese culture.
January 18, 2014: Interview with me on Elance about Asia & my Wood Egg books: https://www.elance.com/q/blog/expanding-asia-here%E2%80%99s-priceless-advice-asia-2014-author-derek-sivers
January 18, 2014: Go to https://sive.rs/quality again to see Benjamin’s top 2 comments, clarifying the point better than I did.
January 16, 2014: Same word. Different places? Different meanings. https://sive.rs/quality
January 12, 2014: Wood Egg 2014 books are on sale now. See https://sive.rs/we14 then http://woodegg.com/
January 6, 2014: Print paper books? Refuse? Ideas? See http://theclimatemessage.com/print-paper-books-refuse-ideas/
December 24, 2013: Jac Holzman : https://sive.rs/jac
December 22, 2013: “When you are convinced that you alone are right, you are most likely to be deeply wrong.” — Malcom Brown
December 21, 2013: This beautiful short article remembering Milt Olin made me cry again: http://causesandeffectmyyearofgivingdaily.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-final-ride.html
December 20, 2013: “Why am I here?” https://sive.rs/here
December 12, 2013: Why my code and ideas are public: https://sive.rs/ws
December 10, 2013: OK, Milt Olin, I’ll start writing again : https://sive.rs/milt
November 27, 2013: Confirmed I’ll be at TED 2014 in Vancouver, and TED Global 2014 in Rio de Janeiro. Email me to meet up: derek@sivers.org
November 11, 2013: 2014 Wood Egg books almost done. Opinions or suggestions for book covers? (License a photo of yours?) http://woodegg.com/covers
November 2, 2013: New book notes from "How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big" by Scott Adams: https://sive.rs/book/HowToFail
September 12, 2013: “If it sounds like writing, rewrite it.” — Elmore Leonard
September 10, 2013: Every smart person I know has read “Paradox of Choice”: https://sive.rs/book/ParadoxOfChoice
August 28, 2013: Memorizing http://underscorejs.org/ using http://ankisrs.net/ like this: https://sive.rs/srs
August 25, 2013: "I Forgot My Phone" video is brilliant & powerful: http://youtu.be/OINa46HeWg8
August 7, 2013: Forbes put me in "25 Entrepreneurs To Follow" list with Richard Branson, Tony Hsieh, Craig Newmark and other bigshots. http://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2013/07/31/25-entrepreneurs-to-follow-on-twitter/
August 1, 2013: Rewrite of https://sive.rs/ as generated static site. Code section near bottom has open source Ruby code behind it, if interested.
July 19, 2013: #1 top-selling nonfiction book on Kindle today. Had to screenshot the moment. https://sive.rs/images/sivers-amazon-2013-07-19.png
July 18, 2013: My book "Anything You Want" is #1 in all 3 of its categories on Amazon! https://sive.rs/a https://sive.rs/images/sivers-amazon-2013-07-18.png
June 16, 2013: Why my baby’s photos aren’t online: We should be able to choose when we are ready to have an online presence, not have it forced upon us.
June 16, 2013: Fragile Plan vs Robust Plan : https://sive.rs/robust
June 13, 2013: Anyone else think of music this way? http://youtu.be/Av_Us6xHkUc I tend to draw in the air like this, as I sing or listen to anything.
June 9, 2013: Story behind Wood Egg (my new company): https://sive.rs/eg
June 3, 2013: Some will always say you’re wrong: https://sive.rs/wrong
May 27, 2013: Think the Chinese are just copycats? Check out these DIY inventors: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/05/chinese-diy-inventions/100511
May 24, 2013: Ahhh... a must-listen for guitarists. Joe Pass solo jazz guitar: http://youtu.be/JFqiDcvRW2Y
May 20, 2013: No rules in this game: https://sive.rs/360
May 10, 2013: Tiny 4-question interview with me: http://onepercentcollective.org/derek-sivers-generosity-talks
May 2, 2013: New Ramen Music issue: http://ramenmusic.com/issue-11/3187ca6d61 Great format. Great curation. Great service. I highly recommend subscribing (or submitting your music!)
May 1, 2013: Brilliantly awesome and so true: the McDonald’s Theory: http://medium.com/what-i-learned-building/9216e1c9da7d
April 30, 2013: CD Baby nostalgia: http://youtu.be/zzFfQbSeSyg?t=1m47s Hadn’t seen this video in 8 years. Great warehouse footage.
April 15, 2013: My cousin had twin baby boys yesterday. They named them Tomahawk and Skookum. No joke. Those are their real names. I’m so proud. ☺
April 15, 2013: Seeking inspiration? See https://sive.rs/io
April 11, 2013: Skateboard from Sydney to Woolongong in one day? http://www.rotub.me/blog/my-skate-of-mind.html We’ve all got a wonderful ridiculous thing we’ve been wanting to do.
April 9, 2013: What book impacted you the most? See http://rise365.com/pivotalbooks/
April 6, 2013: The Great Movies: https://sive.rs/ebert2
March 28, 2013: Awesome life-changing project: http://blog.ted.com/2013/03/27/my-year-of-ted-how-54-talks-changed-a-life/ Reminder: it’s not what you read or watch. It’s what you consistently DO about it.
March 26, 2013: Got instrumental music with American Country feel, similar to Horse Whisperer soundtrack? Email indie filmmakers roamingwildfilm@gmail.com
March 25, 2013: Learning JavaScript - my experience and advice: https://sive.rs/learn-js
March 22, 2013: Sing like you, not them. Design like you, not them. Nice analogy: http://ninjasandrobots.com/i-cant-sing
March 22, 2013: Human Intervention as a Competitive Advantage: https://sive.rs/hi
March 18, 2013: Changing my operating system: https://sive.rs/os
March 18, 2013: I don’t tweet about food, but if I did, it would be laksa : http://thesilverchef.blogspot.sg/2013/01/top-10-best-singapore-food-of-2012.html
March 6, 2013: Please try http://musicthoughts.com/ - especially language links at bottom. Works OK? Looks OK? Any feedback appreciated.
February 28, 2013: Patience. Persistence. More patience. More persistence. Must-read: http://jeffjlin.com/2013/02/23/ang-lee-and-the-uncertainty-of-success/
February 26, 2013: The secret of success is to never quite succeed.
February 17, 2013: This: http://benyu.org/connections-dont-build-things is the perfect follow-up to https://sive.rs/xn and I totally agree with it.
February 12, 2013: I’m at Webstock in New Zealand for the rest of the week. Come say hi if you see me, or email to meet up. http://www.webstock.org.nz/13/
February 11, 2013: It’s all who you know? : https://sive.rs/xn
February 7, 2013: Driving a car for the first time in years, means listening to the radio for the first time in years, means discovering I like Taylor Swift.
February 5, 2013: Just finished an amazing book about Willpower : https://sive.rs/book/WillpowerInstinct Highly recommended!
January 28, 2013: Prove it! http://breckyunits.com/prove_it (Words don’t prove anything. Just actions.)
January 28, 2013: Focus, entertain, or both? : https://sive.rs/boring
January 25, 2013: Listen, try this: For the rest of the day, say "Listen." before every sentence.
January 24, 2013: Wow! This summary of my book made me want to read it again: http://www.actionablebooks.com/summaries/anything-you-want/ :-)
January 13, 2013: Yes, you should learn basic programming: https://sive.rs/prog
January 11, 2013: Animation of my “Don’t Announce Your Goals” talk: https://vimeo.com/55495626 - by Luca Cioni from Italy
January 6, 2013: Memorizing a programming language using spaced repetition software: https://sive.rs/srs
December 27, 2012: Learning JavaScript from the great "Professional JavaScript for Web Developers" - http://goo.gl/1Y6ro - and http://eloquentjavascript.net/
December 10, 2012: Everything is my fault: https://sive.rs/my-fault
December 3, 2012: You don’t have to be local : https://sive.rs/local
November 27, 2012: Did all Ruby Koans today - http://rubykoans.com/ - Wonderful refresher. Highly recommended. Thanks to brilliant @jimweirich
November 25, 2012: Find people on Facebook with same name as you. Imitate their photo. Then send friend request. Brilliant! http://imgur.com/a/IqXWj
November 10, 2012: 2 inspiring friends I’m actively thankful to know: Kevin Kelly http://www.kk.org/about-me.php + Alexis Ohanian http://about.me/alexis
November 4, 2012: I can go without food and water longer than I can go without solitude.
October 21, 2012: Spoke at Dynamite Circle conference in Bangkok http://www.tropicalmba.com/innercircle/ Anyone I met there, please email me to keep in touch.
October 17, 2012: 20 years ago I saw Chiang Mai on the map and decided to go someday. Today I’m here. Some goals take time.
October 13, 2012: Speaking at INK in India, today: http://www.inktalks.com/conferences/ink2012
October 7, 2012: New book notes posted at https://sive.rs/book?sort=date (click "rating" header to sort with highest recommendations at top)
October 3, 2012: Why I don’t have [like] buttons all over my site: http://informationarchitects.net/blog/sweep-the-sleaze/
September 29, 2012: In Taiwan for my first time. Absolutely love it. Speaking at TEDxTaipei tomorrow. http://tedxtaipei.com/
September 18, 2012: I updated https://sive.rs/comfort with the scariest moment of my life: forgetting my lines backstage at TED.
September 3, 2012: Just finished amazing FunConf. Great conversations. If we met there, please email me to keep in touch: derek@sivers.org #funconf
September 3, 2012: https://sive.rs/donkey = http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20120902.gif = ☺☺☺
August 27, 2012: Week in Iceland. Highlight: 6am walk through Snæfellsnes lava canyon. Found silent grassy patch & sat through sunrise. Iceland is my style.
August 13, 2012: Push, push, push. Expanding your comfort zone. https://sive.rs/comfort
August 11, 2012: Good interview with me about freedom, indie, future of music, etc. Free PDF: http://magcloud.com/browse/issue/424234
August 5, 2012: Keeping all my tweets at https://sive.rs/tweets
July 23, 2012: Би монгол хэл сурч байна. (I’m learning Mongolian. Going to Mongolia tomorrow.)
July 22, 2012: So reassuring to watch a master at their craft - any craft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VGjA66RSm0 Imagine if everyone put this attention into their work.
July 21, 2012: Stumped? Try just looking at it: http://heydave.org/post/27681989546/the-just-look-at-it-hack-to-problem-solving Maybe if already looked at it, try listening to it. Avoid trying to solve.
July 18, 2012: Studying the Icelandic language with a teacher, in preparation for an August visit there.
July 3, 2012: Speaking at TEDx Kuala Lumpur next week. @tedxkl Advance article: http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/6/30/business/11569316&sec=business
June 30, 2012: The only true voyage of discovery is not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes. - Marcel Proust
June 25, 2012: Today my hero is @MohitPawar for his amazing work with http://woodegg.com/in + more. So so impressed with this man. http://mohitpawar.com/about/
June 19, 2012: All of my talks on life, business, music, philosophy, etc: https://sive.rs/presentations Enjoy!
June 16, 2012: Speed through a 90-day Asia trip, at 1 second per day: http://youtu.be/OjD995hJKOM Brilliant format to quickly share vacation experience.
June 8, 2012: Programmers who have made a REST API separate from JS/HTML client, I’d love your advice, here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10941249/separate-rest-json-api-server-and-client Thanks!
June 8, 2012: Separate REST JSON API server and client? http://stackoverflow.com/q/10941249/1031790?stw=1
June 6, 2012: My life is simple: one inbox: derek@sivers.org I almost never check Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc. Just email. Reach me there.
June 1, 2012: RT @AmberRubarth: Digging into good convos with one of my favorite humans Derek Sivers http://instagr.am/p/LTpDfqs8NJ/
May 28, 2012: Candy Chang inspires me more than anyone. See http://candychang.com/i-wish-this-was/ + http://candychang.com/before-i-die-in-nola/
May 25, 2012: RT @NextBankAsia: Considering a ’Next Startup/Small Business Bank Asia’ inspired by @sivers NBA talk. Who’s for it? Massive opportunity there.
May 17, 2012: Smart people don’t think others are stupid: https://sive.rs/ss
May 16, 2012: Watched "Tree Of Life" movie & started crying like I haven’t in years. Maybe great movie or maybe just right time. Either way... oof!
May 10, 2012: RT @ladyxtel: First Expletive Award at #NBASG12 goes to @sivers. Loving how he said fuckyeah in his presentation with pizzazz
May 6, 2012: RT @viviansessoms: Me with Ryuichi Sakamoto (Victor Bailey, Manu Katche & Derek Sivers in there too!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2VkeTquhEE
May 4, 2012: My quotes have been posterized: http://strikingtruths.com/anything-you-want/ (for real motivation, just add image of mountain climbing or kitten cllimbing tree) ☺
May 1, 2012: Lush review of Baraka - one of my fave movies: http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/04/the-ultimate-expression-of-humanity.html
May 1, 2012: RT @arsenio: @sivers The Baraka ’sequel’ is finally coming soon: http://laughingsquid.com/samsara-new-non-narrative-film-by-ron-fricke/
April 24, 2012: Advice on moving to Los Angeles : https://sive.rs/la
April 18, 2012: Use flashcards to help remember programming lessons: http://www.jackkinsella.ie/2011/12/05/janki-method.html (I do this already. Thrilled to see someone write it up.)
April 8, 2012: OnlyIndie looks like a very smart way to buy or publish ebooks: http://www.onlyindie.com/
April 8, 2012: RT @jfarmer: In a startup, the hard thing isn’t killing bad ideas. It’s killing all the good ideas you shouldn’t do right now.
April 8, 2012: In New Zealand South Island for the rest of the month. (Dunedin/ChCh/Nelson/etc.) Email me (derek@sivers.org) if you’d like to meet up.
April 3, 2012: I’m still learning this lesson: https://sive.rs/quirks It’s really hard to just do things the normal way (stock Rails) instead of my own.
March 31, 2012: https://sive.rs/semi-expert = http://flightfox.com/ = !!!!
March 29, 2012: Here’s my wild life: asleep by 11pm, wake at 6am to learn jQuery at http://codeschool.com/ Riveting. Love it. (not sarcastic)
March 28, 2012: I guess I’m doing an "Ask Me Anything" in the comments to this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3761013 (original article linked at top)
March 18, 2012: 10 questions, 10 answers: http://derek.sivers.spillsthebeans.com/
March 9, 2012: Going to SxSW? Make sure you see this first: https://sive.rs/sxsw 65 people sharing their best advice on getting the most from SxSW.
March 9, 2012: College students and recent grads who want to do big things (+ spend July in Boulder) @BoldAcademy is now open: http://tumblr.heyamberrae.com/bold-academy
February 19, 2012: Favorite TED talk: a scholar of traditional children’s games: http://youtu.be/hRVrm3svaUk (click [cc] translate button). Want to go to his school!
February 19, 2012: “If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” ― Oscar Wilde
February 16, 2012: What is your comfort zone? http://www.whatismycomfortzone.com/
February 15, 2012: “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” - Abraham Lincoln
February 13, 2012: "Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies." - Gore Vidal
January 30, 2012: All talk of paradise only starts when something has been lost.
January 29, 2012: "Only a fool never changes his mind." - Freddie Laker.
January 29, 2012: "If there’s a fear of falling, the only safety is deliberately jumping." - Carl Jung
January 28, 2012: My hero Harry Beckwith just posted this one about "you": http://www.beckwithpartners.com/2012/01/how-to-engage-someone/ ☺
January 24, 2012: Media industry’s takeover of creativity is the real piracy: http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/on-pirates-and-piracy.html "How dare you terrorize the whole world?"
January 24, 2012: Dumb mistakes that turned out smart: http://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/the-smartest-dumb-thing-i-ever-did.html
January 23, 2012: Finally learning JavaScript, after all these years.
January 19, 2012: "Whenever people are certain they understand our peculiar situation here on this planet, it is because they just stopped thinking." - Wilson
January 18, 2012: RT @muz4now: When I don’t like a piece of music, I make a point of listening to it more closely. ~ Florent Schmitt #music #quote
January 17, 2012: I completely agree with everything here: http://rdegges.com/how-i-program-stuff - especially the isolation/introvert stuff.
January 13, 2012: What do you hate NOT doing? https://sive.rs/hatenot
January 13, 2012: RT @benjaminspall: NEW — Lessons Learnt from Derek Sivers and Thomas Edison http://liferapture.com/derek-sivers-thomas-edison/
January 8, 2012: One time, at band camp... http://youtu.be/gqG4oSfQYIY
January 7, 2012: Get to know your friends & family better: ask wide-open questions. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unthinking/201112/how-know-another-person (Makes better conversation, too.)
January 6, 2012: Great 3-hour hang with Dan Andrews aka @TropicalMBA, in Singapore for his first time.
December 31, 2011: Stevie Wonder "Superstition" rehearsal is even funkier than the album version: http://youtu.be/wDZFf0pm0SE (love outro at 3:50 too)
December 30, 2011: Best book of 2011? http://www.brigittelyons.com/2011/12/best-book-2011/ (According to the brilliant @brigittelyons, that is.)
December 30, 2011: Proudly exclude some customers to define your niche. Great example? Read https://sive.rs/proudly-exclude-most then see http://youtu.be/1L3eeC2lJZs
December 29, 2011: Without longing, we are lost.
December 27, 2011: "Good taste is the enemy of creativity." - Pablo Picasso
December 22, 2011: Word for the day: metamotivation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamotivation (a worthy goal)
December 21, 2011: Friends from memory: https://sive.rs/friends
December 20, 2011: Strange people still leave comments on this 2-year-old post: https://sive.rs/super-power (skip article. read comments starting at 38.)
December 16, 2011: Pursuing a meaningful life. Nice distinctions: http://blogs.hbr.org/haque/2011/05/is_a_well_lived_live_worth_anything.html
December 12, 2011: Best way to learn is to teach. Start by teaching yourself. Take notes! http://swombat.com/2011/12/11/taking-notes
December 6, 2011: My ultimate minimalist hardware and software: http://derek.sivers.usesthis.com/
December 3, 2011: The only explanation you ned for doing anything : "Because it’s fun!" http://phpadvent.org/2011/because-its-fun-by-derek-sivers
December 3, 2011: Android developer: I’ll pay for a few hours of making me a VERY simple app. I watch your screen+chat while you work. Email derek@sivers.org
November 30, 2011: Got a startup idea? I’ll be mentoring for incubator JFDI - part of TechStars in Singapore. 2 weeks left to apply. Go to http://bootcamp.jfdi.asia/
November 26, 2011: Singapore English = Singlish. Info, examples, and debate: http://youtu.be/jG5Gr-rjEWY (I agree with girl at 05:00 + YouTube comments.)
November 24, 2011: RT @shauntrennery: Read 80% of @sivers’ "Anything You Want" on the plane home last night. Best to-the-point entrepreneurial book I’ve read https://sive.rs/a
November 22, 2011: I’ve never been bored when alone. Only times I’ve been bored, it’s because I was stuck with other people. Clear sign I’m an introvert, huh?
November 21, 2011: The co-op business model: share whatever you’ve got. https://sive.rs/sharing
November 16, 2011: Very worthy of a short pause in your day to appreciate this beautiful world: The National Geographic Photo Contest: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/11/national-geographic-photo-contest-2011/100187/
November 16, 2011: 232 sand dollars: https://sive.rs/232
November 11, 2011: Find a community, learn what they love, and build something for them. It’s not passive. http://blog.thestartuptoolkit.com/2011/11/what-i-learned-from-a-month-of-blogging-and-250k-visits/ (by @robfitz)
November 9, 2011: I’m convinced that Colin Charles - @bytebot - is the most powerful man in Malaysia. Thanks for all your help, Colin.
November 3, 2011: I keep sending people to this great Jason Fried article: How to get good at making money: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110301/making-money-small-business-advice-from-jason-fried_Printer_Friendly.html
November 2, 2011: If you are both a developer and a musician who wants to beta a good open source tool for your site, please email me: derek@sivers.org
October 30, 2011: Snake under dinner table last night. Bats overhead. This morning, a monkey stole a muffin off my plate as I was eating. I love Malaysia.
October 24, 2011: The order in which I’d tackle life: http://tynan.com/stepsoflife (best article I’ve read in a long time. highly recommended.)
October 19, 2011: It’s not who you share with, but who you share as. People are multi-faceted. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/4chans_chris_poole_facebook_google_are_doing_it_wr.php Brilliant.
October 19, 2011: Conference in Cambodia 3 days ago, Singapore today, Brunei tomorrow, Malaysia on Friday. I guess I really live in Asia now.
October 16, 2011: Funny how some days you wake up just OVERFLOWING with love and apprecation for your friends, family, and life.
October 15, 2011: Speaking at TEDxPhnomPenh in Cambodia today. Any #tedxpp people please email me via https://sive.rs/ so we can keep in touch.
October 15, 2011: RT @breezyskies: Derek Sivers on stage for why we need to fail. #TEDxPhnomPenh http://instagr.am/p/QLG-s/
October 13, 2011: In Cambodia now. Huge floods. See http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/worst-flooding-in-decades-swamps-thailand/100168/ 8-hour bike ride through them, water to chest. Awesome.
October 9, 2011: Wow. Watch as you shoot into space in one minute: http://youtu.be/rvDqoxMUroA Best thing I’ve seen in a long time.
October 5, 2011: World’s leading Creative Class countries (by author of ’The Creative Class’ book) http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2011/10/worlds-leading-creative-class-countries/228/ VERY surprised by #1!
October 3, 2011: Finding new ways to deal with the world is better than over-training old patterns.
October 3, 2011: RT @brotherjwill: Get it while it’s hot! - "Anything You Want" by @sivers is on sale 4 $1.99 on Kindle http://amzn.to/q4Z2Hq & more @ProjectDomino books 4cheap
October 3, 2011: https://sive.rs/ <-- new design. Feedback? Please email me any suggestions.
September 20, 2011: Fascinating story of an American family who moves to Russia and puts their kids into a radically-cool Russian school. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/magazine/my-familys-experiment-in-extreme-schooling.html?_r=1&ref=general&src=me&pagewanted=print
September 19, 2011: Just realized “The Big Lebowski” title was not referring to The Dude.
September 18, 2011: Love this cover by Yuna : http://youtu.be/C0dwfRt8LcI Interesting story: http://youtu.be/CgttH2GmK8Q Welcome home to KL, @yunamusic
September 9, 2011: Great profile of my buddy @bpinaud from Rio, Brasil : http://adboardingpass.com/2011/09/06/introducing-bruno-pinaud-a-brazilian-creative-who-writes-directs-codes-and-has-a-mean-roundhouse-kick/
September 7, 2011: Updated my book list: https://sive.rs/book I was giving too many 10-ratings, so I bumped all -1 except 4 all-time faves. Please read those.
August 24, 2011: Great conversation with @lucian (Let’s do it again soon.)
August 23, 2011: Anyone done INSEAD+Tsingua ’TIEMBA’ program? Love to hear your thoughts. Please email: derek@sivers.org
August 23, 2011: RT @kamal: This is my favorite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0rCS8qpq20
August 23, 2011: Help give 2100 children the gift of hearing: http://givehearing.com
August 19, 2011: Vulnerable is a tough gig.
August 15, 2011: For #tedxjakarta crowd: the “gut is smarter than head” info is from this great book: https://sive.rs/book/HowWeDecide
August 15, 2011: I am here: http://wikitravel.org/en/Borobudur
August 14, 2011: Halo Jakarta! LOVED the #TEDxJakarta people I met yesterday. (Email me to keep in touch: derek@sivers.org) Now going to Jogja for 4 days.
August 12, 2011: RT @dmillerconj: "Why I love Derek Sivers’ book" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ASoftwareStart-upGuy/~3/yIXCsZR1Jj8/why-i-love-derek-sivers-book.html #in
August 9, 2011: 10 years of business experience shared in 47 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBAAC8C0430D64F4D
August 8, 2011: One small location change makes 20X improvement in business: http://justinjackson.ca/this-tree-guy-has-good-business-advice/
August 6, 2011: My best advice for entrepreneurs in a 45-minute video: http://appsumo.com/sivers/
August 6, 2011: Schools and parents heed this tale: http://samanthadouglas.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/give-100-percent/ “No more cheering for their actual accomplishments, just excitement for the grade.”
August 4, 2011: 5 ways to listen better. I love this: http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html
August 3, 2011: Really nice review by @matthewemay : http://www.openforum.com/articles/guru-review-anything-you-want (love “The Reluctant Entrepreneur”)
August 3, 2011: RT @kurtis_edward: if you are at all serious about a career in the music industry you need to read this book, it is incredible https://sive.rs/pdf #amazing
July 28, 2011: “Don’t pursue goals that are easily achieved. Pursue what you can just barely achieve through your greatest efforts.” - Albert Einstein
July 27, 2011: Can there be another CD Baby? http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/question-can-there-be-another-cd-baby.html Great question from @rgmusicom. Your thoughts?
July 25, 2011: Here’s what you should invent... http://blog.hanxiaogang.com/?p=38
July 25, 2011: Bucket list: Swim with whale sharks. See http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017167/Open-wide-The-diver-nearly-got-swallowed-whaleshark.html
July 25, 2011: Buying something doesn’t give you status. NOT buying something gives you status. Because consumerism is abundant, but satiability is rare.
July 21, 2011: RT @DirkvanReenen: Just read the best business book, 4 yrs of College won’t touch what these 75 pages will teach you. "Anything you Want" by Derek Sivers
July 21, 2011: Wow. I have personally answered 4459 emails in the last 3 weeks. Most of my waking hours. Maybe I should play hard-to-get for a while?
July 20, 2011: Startups, ideas, rejection, hard work, huge success. Why do it? Some thoughts: http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/anything-you-want/
July 20, 2011: RT @mitchjoel: Are you an entrepreneur, startup and/or founder? @sivers tells it like it is. Read this: http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/anything-you-want/
July 18, 2011: Musicians, please read: http://www.berklee-blogs.com/2011/07/john-mayer-2011-clinic-manage-the-temptation-to-publish-yourself/ John Mayer talk @ Berklee about resisting distraction of social media + much more. Great advice.
July 15, 2011: Listening to Sufjan Stevens “Age of Adz” album over and over. http://asthmatickitty.com/the-age-of-adz
July 15, 2011: Jaw dropped: Humpback whale gives show after being saved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBYPlcSD490#at=205
July 15, 2011: Is your job as valuable to you as the few years you have left in this life? If not, then stop. http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/should+probably+quit+your/5093085/story.html
July 14, 2011: You are whatever you pretend to be.
July 14, 2011: You weren’t meant to have a boss. http://paulgraham.com/boss.html (Read to the end.) Great analogy.
July 11, 2011: The greatest music video ever made: http://youtu.be/ZPjjZCO67WI
July 10, 2011: “Of all the sins, envy is easily the worst because you can’t even have any fun with it. It’s a total net loss.” - Charlie Munger
July 10, 2011: “Assume life will be really tough, and then ask if you can handle it. If the answer is yes, you’ve won.” - Charlie Munger
July 8, 2011: "Sivers isn’t a guy who figured it all out; he’s just one who navigated the rapids and lived." :-) ! Thanks for the quote, @willsansbury
July 5, 2011: Cute animation of one of my favorite little essays: “Hell Yeah or No”: https://vimeo.com/55495626
July 4, 2011: You had me at “deep, bonging counterpoint”. No, you had me at “Bjork”. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/arts/music/bjorks-biophilia-at-the-manchester-international-festival.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all Wow.
July 3, 2011: Yesterday went to Miyazaki’s Ghibli museum. See http://www.kirainet.com/english/ghibli-museum/ Today saw Tokyo with @kirai. Awesome.
July 1, 2011: If it’s not a hit, switch! http://youtu.be/mBlJVazr4A0
July 1, 2011: OK we’re all allowed one proud little tweet like this, right? http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/2745/
July 1, 2011: New interviews you might like: https://sive.rs/i1106
June 30, 2011: I finally wrote a book. Just released today. See announcement at https://sive.rs/ayw and book at https://sive.rs/a
June 30, 2011: Forbes review of my book: “astonished with the sheer concentration of fresh insights on business and entrepreneurialism” http://blogs.forbes.com/michaelellsberg/2011/06/29/one-of-the-best-hours-youll-ever-spend/
June 30, 2011: I miss the mob : http://youtu.be/GFRLSAPnIG0
June 30, 2011: RT @ProjectDomino: Anything You Want is #39 in Amazon’s Bestsellers list. Can you help us get @sivers in the top 10? http://amzn.to/DerekDominoAYW
June 30, 2011: 21 Inspiring Ideas for entrepreneurs: http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/57644/Anything-You-Want-21-Inspiring-Ideas-From-Derek-Sivers.aspx (best summary of my book)
June 29, 2011: In 1998, admitting I don’t use Microsoft products, I got a weird look. Now admitting I don’t use Apple products, I get a VERY weird look.
June 29, 2011: (I prefer Linux http://archlinux.org/ - and avoid being a part of anyone’s end-to-end ecosystem for anything.)
June 29, 2011: I finally wrote a book. Just released today. See announcement at https://sive.rs/ayw + book at https://sive.rs/a
June 25, 2011: Korean grocery uses spare time and space at subway. Brilliant. http://youtu.be/nJVoYsBym88
June 24, 2011: Projecting meaning: https://sive.rs/meaning
June 24, 2011: RT @ronen: The 3 months I worked next door to a chocolate factory, I had the most sex of any period in my life. Coincidence? #cocoapheremones
June 22, 2011: Business potential doesn’t have to be overseas. States compared to countries: http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/01/comparing_us_states_countries http://www.economist.com/content/all_parities_china http://www.economist.com/content/indian-summary
June 21, 2011: You don’t understand something until you think it’s obvious. http://mebassett.blogspot.com/2011/06/you-dont-understand-something-until-you.html
June 20, 2011: Classic: Chris Farley interviewing Paul McCartney. Best 2½ minutes of TV: http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3412362/Chris_Farley_Interview_Paul_Mc_Cartney_SNL
June 20, 2011: Fish don’t know they’re in water: https://sive.rs/fish
June 19, 2011: Great book on music promotion. Good to-do tips especially for those new to this: http://bob-baker.com/buzz/online-music-promotion.html
June 17, 2011: Wow. My hero Charlie Munger, when asked how to make a perfect society, says to study Singapore: http://youtu.be/pVcKkPflmT8
June 16, 2011: #echelon2011 If you want my slides from my talk this morning (or just to meet), email me: derek@sivers.org
June 16, 2011: How to get good at making money: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110301/making-money-small-business-advice-from-jason-fried.html Required reading for new entrepreneurs.
June 14, 2011: 3200km ÷ 5km/hr ÷ 12hrs/day = 53 days to walk from bottom to top of India. Hmmm...
June 11, 2011: Love these photos of CD Baby in 1999 in my Woodstock house: http://www.jpfolks.com/ECRoadTrip00/ECpages/cdbaby.html taken by jpfolks.com
June 11, 2011: My interview with Celestine Chua, with fun photos: http://celestinechua.com/blog/interview-cd-baby/
June 11, 2011: I LOVE a different point of view. Here’s a hula hoop from the hoop’s perspective: http://youtu.be/3GVrO1VYAOI
June 10, 2011: RT @ericstromberg: This remains my favorite post on the value of a business idea: https://sive.rs/multiply
June 10, 2011: This is the answer to the "I need a technical co-founder" question I get daily: http://lederhosenlabs.com/2011/05/31/technical-co-founders-are-overrated/
June 10, 2011: See http://ramenmusic.com : Very curated, beautifully presented music. So impressed, I just bought lifetime subscription. Highly recommended.
June 10, 2011: RT @Kurt_Vonnegut: Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things.
June 10, 2011: http://ramenmusic.com : Very curated, beautifully presented music. So impressed, I just bought lifetime subscription. Highly recommended.
June 9, 2011: Kid’s got Seoul : http://youtu.be/BewknNW2b8Y
June 9, 2011: Trying to pursue many different directions at once? Don’t be a donkey. https://sive.rs/donkey
June 6, 2011: Of all the articles I’ve read in the past 6 months, this one had the biggest impact on me: http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gj/efficient_charity_do_unto_others/
June 6, 2011: Entrepreneurs, need inspiration for what to invent? Try this: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%22should+invent%22
June 5, 2011: Any questions? https://sive.rs/aq
June 5, 2011: I moved to Singapore: https://sive.rs/singapore (It’s official now.)
May 30, 2011: RT @davidhooper: New Book by @sivers - This is a promo piece I got from BookExpo in NYC http://twitpic.com/54geoc
May 29, 2011: Hey you! What song are you listening to? http://youtu.be/tvHRUY0tBcs (different soundtracks for same environment)
May 28, 2011: Added a few new book notes, for those seeking knowledge or wisdom: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date
May 26, 2011: RT @davidhooper: @sivers At Book Expo and saw your new book being promoted at the Amazon booth. Looking forward to checking it out!
May 26, 2011: At Music Matters conference. Email me to meet up. http://www.musicmatters.asia/2011/home/ (I live 5 minutes walk away. Love it.)
May 19, 2011: "I never have to lie to anyone because I don’t fear anyone. The only time you lie is when you are afraid." - John Gotti.
May 19, 2011: 5 ways to increase your intelligence : http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=you-can-increase-your-intelligence-2011-03-07 (facts not opinons). Brilliant article by @AndreaKuszewski
May 16, 2011: RT @plamere: How good is Google’s Instant Mix? http://musicmachinery.com/2011/05/14/how-good-is-googles-instant-mix/ - TLDR; not so good
May 7, 2011: Some people like to pay. Let them. https://sive.rs/ppay
May 5, 2011: GREAT musicians’ guide to Nashville. Anyone new or moving there should get this book: http://www.survivenashville.com/
May 4, 2011: Leaving for Bali in 30 minutes. SO excited. Been wanting to go for 24 years - since I heard this priceless album: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/bali-music-from-the-morning-of-the-world
May 2, 2011: Great article on how someone created and sold an ebook. Very specific and full of advice. http://www.startupsopensourced.com/2011/05/01/startups-open-sourced-1-week-later-10000-in-revenue/
April 30, 2011: Fun interview with Jordan from ’Pickup Podcast’, here: http://pickuppodcast.com/2011/04/28/episode-128-derek-sivers/
April 22, 2011: In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is.
April 20, 2011: Awesome project. Giant marimbas for a school for the blind: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2087404594/zimbabwean-marimbas-for-the-texas-school-for-the-b
April 19, 2011: These BBC nature documentaries so beautifully capture the creatures of our planet: http://youtu.be/G-wGbCEaCmE
April 19, 2011: Keep Your Goals to Yourself, in VERY simple English: http://youtu.be/6X9xOD00NWU
April 19, 2011: Feedback on my new video, please? http://youtu.be/-GCm-u_vlaQ Should I keep animating my essays like this? Suggestions?
April 18, 2011: Front-row at Imogen Heap in Singapore, yesterday. SO great. Awesome arrangements. Charming performer, too. http://youtu.be/nONE2Uouv8I
April 18, 2011: RT @1_wavex: @sivers -my friend, the great @prestonreed has a new guitar, a groove u could drive a truck thru : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymgsRU6MbNE
April 14, 2011: Signed up to attend http://tedxubud.com/ and speak at http://thenewmedia.asia/about - in case you’re there, say hello!
April 14, 2011: RT @1_wavex: The surest indication that something is not fully understood .. is the conviction that it is fully understood. @sivers @~
April 12, 2011: I wish this was everywhere: http://candychang.com/i-wish-this-was/
April 12, 2011: To become too great to ignore, focus on winning one single test: http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/06/03/the-pyramid-method-a-simple-strategy-for-becoming-exceptionally-good/ Very inspiring.
April 9, 2011: How to Get a Real Business Education. Brilliant article by Scott Adams (Dilbert creator). http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704101604576247143383496656.html?mod=WeekendHeader_Right
March 30, 2011: (a) Da da da da da! (b) Ba ba ba BA ba? (a) Da DA da da! (b) Hehehehe. (a) Da da DA DA DA? (b) Ba ba! Heheheh. http://youtu.be/_JmA2ClUvUY
March 29, 2011: When in doubt, remain in doubt.
March 29, 2011: We’re using the same device to do our work as we are to distract ourselves from our work! Great solution: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2011/03/are-you-making-something.html
March 27, 2011: Contacted about doing charity project to raise money for marionettes. Marionettes! Cool! What? Malaria nets? Oh. That’s OK too, I guess.
March 27, 2011: Great counter-intuitivie life lessons. Very wise: http://www.quora.com/What-life-lessons-are-unintuitive-or-go-against-common-sense-or-wisdom
March 24, 2011: There’s no place like home. https://sive.rs/homeless
March 24, 2011: Parahawking in Nepal - now on my TO-DO list: http://parahawking.com/ (thanks @eclectopedic)
March 18, 2011: Listening to this while programming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_K%C3%B6ln_Concert Wow.
March 16, 2011: Know any great guitar technique books in PDF format? (Got a new acoustic guitar & enjoying re-awakening my chops.)
March 8, 2011: Telling the story of how CD Baby took off. @gajoob and @davidhooper get full credit for its momentum by announcing to their readers in 1998.
March 1, 2011: Have time to give deep critique/suggestions on rough draft of my new book? Email me something about yourself to derek@sivers.org
February 28, 2011: Amazing museum in Sydney: http://www.whiterabbitcollection.org/ Please go if you can. Best collection I’ve ever seen.
February 16, 2011: My newest TED talk: Why You Need to Fail http://youtu.be/HhxcFGuKOys Any suggestions on how to improve it?
February 11, 2011: My favorite marketing author, Harry Beckwith, is finally blogging! Keep your eye on this: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unthinking
January 31, 2011: Broke my big toe playing in Arabian Sea, Varkala, India. Local hospital: $1 doctor + $2 xray. Experience + bragging rights: priceless. :-)
January 31, 2011: What’s on Derek Sivers’ desk? Nothing but his feet: http://www.tagbento.com/243/dereks-desk
January 31, 2011: Hour-long candid interview with me at http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/derek-sivers-the-22-million-dollar-man/ (scroll down to the green [Get Access] button.) MP3: http://cdn.earn1k.com/audio/DerekSivers_CDBaby100Million.mp3
January 24, 2011: Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. https://sive.rs/delegate
January 22, 2011: (Vanity tweet:) iPad ad for TED at bus stop in Los Angeles: https://sive.rs/file/TED-iPad-ad.mov
January 16, 2011: Inspiration never makes the first move. http://artofminimalism.com/creating-to-be-human-20-rock-star-bloggers-take-the-stage/
January 14, 2011: Restrictions will set you free. http://andyswan.com/blog/2011/01/05/two-rules/ + https://sive.rs/restrictions-will-set-you-free
January 14, 2011: Musicians: anyone tried live internet jamming like http://ejamming.com/ ? If so, please email me your honest thoughts? derek@sivers.org Thx!
January 5, 2011: My video "First Follower" aka "Lessons Learned from Dancing Guy" available for free download: https://sive.rs/file/DancingGuy-ff.m4v Use, share, etc.
January 4, 2011: Spent the whole day typing out my notes for my favorite book ever. Enjoy: https://sive.rs/book/SeekingWisdom
December 29, 2010: Doomsday predictions make headlines, but betting against them usually wins. See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/science/28tierney.html?_r=1
December 28, 2010: Back home in Singapore. So good to be back. Hope to stay in this Asia/Australia time zone for all of 2011.
December 27, 2010: Q: Hey Richard Branson, we are 2 broke students, can we join you on your private jet to DC tonight? A: Sure! http://beanoriginal.net/the-audacity-of-shamelessly-asking/
December 25, 2010: RT @cyberpr: Watch Team @CyberPR in tacky red sweaters singing! Our HOLIDAY VIDEO CARD! for you http://www.youtube.com/arielpublicity#p/u/0/zq8_HrEx93w
December 25, 2010: Strategic advantage for a business to be both tech and non-tech: http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/24/hybrid-startup/
December 22, 2010: Congrats @thinksimplenow http://thinksimplenow.com for winning coolest job: ’good mood blogger’. Glad I was no help. :-)
December 18, 2010: Read The 4-Hour Body in one 12-hour sitting. http://fourhourbody.com/ Amazing book. Congrats @tferriss
December 16, 2010: What’s the most ’unrealistic’ thing you’ve accomplished and what did you learn from the process? See http://www.sensophy.com/48-online-authorities-reveal-unrealistic-accomplishments/
December 2, 2010: Flying to India to speak at http://theinkconference.com/
November 27, 2010: "When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss money." — Oscar Wilde
November 27, 2010: RT @arsenehodali: @sivers dinners are for talking about that which we lack and desire it seems.
November 26, 2010: Process innovation. The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery. LOVE this. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125875892887958111.html
November 23, 2010: Musicians, great examples of purple cow + chutzpah: http://www.sonicscoop.com/2010/11/21/smarter-in-60-ii-how-music-can-milk-seth-godins-purple-cow/
November 22, 2010: Obvious to you. Amazing to others. https://sive.rs/obvious
November 22, 2010: Gorgeous haunting merge of old Amsterdam photos into today: http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/03/the-ghosts-of-amsterdam/
November 19, 2010: Why wreck a blank canvas? https://sive.rs/blank
November 12, 2010: The day Steve Jobs dissed me hard: https://sive.rs/itunes
November 12, 2010: RT @TechCrunch: CD Baby Founder Recounts A Tale Of Steve Jobs, iTunes, And Broken Promises http://tcrn.ch/aKFVbX by @jasonkincaid
November 7, 2010: "Safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want." - Charlie Munger - http://www.deeshaa.org/2010/02/13/notes-from-charlie-mungers-2007-commencement-speech-at-usc-law/
November 7, 2010: When someone complains, it means one of two things.... https://sive.rs/complainers
November 1, 2010: If you are both a guitarist and a Linux fan, check this out: http://gnuguitarinux.sourceforge.net/ (Maybe should be called Hendrix?)
October 31, 2010: Great tidbits of wisdom from traveling the world for 3 years: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/10/30/20-things-ive-learned-from-traveling-around-the-world-for-three-years/ (Warning: makes you want to get up and go!)
October 31, 2010: Jon Stewart’s serious comment at the end of the rally: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dysci/jon_stewart_thank_you_for_your_serious_comments/c13xzpy Brilliant.
October 29, 2010: New York Times / Freakonomics disagrees with my TED Talk: http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/are-public-commitments-counterproductive/ Your thoughts?
October 29, 2010: Listening to Lyle Lovett’s album ’Joshua Judges Ruth’ for the 100th time. So so so good. All of it.
October 29, 2010: Signed up for a Hotdesk for 6 months at http://hackerspace.sg/ @hackerspacesg
October 29, 2010: RT @pwiger: Announcing your goals is bad for completion — https://sive.rs/zipit — so I zipped it AND DID IT! I’m sooo proud now! :) http://dailymile.com/e/E6F2
October 28, 2010: Test says I’m INTJ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ#Characteristics Funny how accurate that description is. You? http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
October 28, 2010: Spent afternoon in Singapore Japanese internet cafe. Calm and classy. Highly recommended if in Raffles Place: http://cafeo-rid.com/
October 27, 2010: Notes from a Guide to the Good Life: http://www.leader-values.com/wordpress/?p=3075
October 23, 2010: Characteristics of successful musicians, too: http://paulgraham.com/founders.html (emphasize 2 & 3. add practice/improvement.)
October 17, 2010: Boarding plane to Guilin, China, to study Mandarin full-time for 2 months. A dream/goal of mine since 2006. Very excited.
October 14, 2010: Shower in the Hong Kong airport lounge, after a 14-hour flight. 5 hour layover, then Singapore.
October 8, 2010: The best part of blogging is the people you will meet: http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/14208/Why-Every-Entrepreneur-Should-Write-and-9-Tips-To-Get-Started.aspx (I agree)
October 6, 2010: Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.
October 5, 2010: Speaking at Berklee College of Music in Boston tonight (Oct 4th) at 7pm: 921 Boylston, 3rd floor, The Loft. Everyone invited.
October 2, 2010: Speaking at TEDx in Singapore on October 16th: http://tedxnus.com/ It’s free, so register while you can.
September 29, 2010: For home-recording artists: free ebook: "How we made a studio-grade album for $190" http://www.drugstorefanatics.com/page.php?id=3
September 25, 2010: Donated $500 to author of Anki, because it’s that amazing. Using it to learn Mandarin. http://ichi2.net/anki/
September 24, 2010: Some great new books posted: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date
September 23, 2010: L3C: interesting structure for running a business where profit is only a secondary goal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L3C
September 22, 2010: Tweeting on the command-line again thanks to http://jmillerinc.com/2010/05/31/twitter-from-the-command-line-in-python-using-oauth/
September 17, 2010: Spoke in Rotterdam today: "Art of Profitability" - http://www.marketingfacts.nl/berichten/20100916_emerce_eday_keynote_derek_sivers_profitability_art/ - based on this book: https://sive.rs/book/ArtOfProfitability
August 31, 2010: in Singapore for the week. Anyone here want to meet? I’d love to get to know it more. Email me at derek@sivers.org
August 31, 2010: LOVE this: "winning" is just comparing hours spent practicing. What if practice=winning were taught more directly? http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_illusion_of_winning/
August 29, 2010: Studying Mandarin 3-6 hours a day, lately. So into it. Using http://wenlin.com + http://amzn.to/avHOJc + http://amzn.to/ajnKXn
August 24, 2010: Biked 100km (62 miles) from Stockholm to Baltic Sea: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&oe=UTF8&num=200&start=42&msa=0&msid=107061946988576143189.00048bd76b1f825e46887&ll=59.307263,18.37944&spn=0.234475,0.725784&z=11
August 17, 2010: Attention companies: Major Rails programmer/author/speaker told me he’s ready to commit to a great company as tech lead. Email me for info.
August 8, 2010: Karmalist wishlist? https://sive.rs/kl
August 5, 2010: Listening to http://www.nothingbuttheblues.co.uk/radio.html
July 30, 2010: I always wanted a pet fox. Thank you, science! http://www.sibfox.com/foxes/
July 28, 2010: The best "ABOUT ME" page I’ve ever seen: http://www.leland1234.com/About%20Me.html
July 27, 2010: When you retire, what happens to all the knowledge and experience you acquired? http://steveblank.com/2010/07/26/you-cant-take-it-with-you/
July 27, 2010: If people don’t think you’re weird, you’re living badly. We’re defined by what we say no to. http://paulgraham.com/addiction.html
July 24, 2010: Choosing safety over your long-time dream? Read http://blog.rootein.com/2010/04/for-gods-sake-follow-your-dreams.html
July 22, 2010: Valuable to others, or only you? https://sive.rs/starving-artist
July 19, 2010: In Stockholm (Sweden) for two months. Anyone I should meet? Contact me here: https://sive.rs/contact
July 12, 2010: Wow. Fell in love with my wife all over again (actually: more than ever) this weekend.
July 9, 2010: “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” - John Cage
July 8, 2010: Quit quirks when working with others: https://sive.rs/quirks
July 6, 2010: Went on a nice 1-hour run through the streets of London, barefoot.
July 4, 2010: (for those of you considering a massive change) My loss: https://sive.rs/loss
July 3, 2010: Compass in your gut. (The most important lesson I ever learned.) https://sive.rs/compass
July 2, 2010: iPhone or millionaire? Love this comic: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyimages/1125.gif
July 2, 2010: I assume I’m below average. https://sive.rs/below-average
July 2, 2010: Do you know an anorexic hermit crab? http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/crab/
June 30, 2010: How to get hired: https://sive.rs/gethired
June 30, 2010: For musicians: widget for giving away an MP3 in return for their email address, a Facebook "like", or tweet: http://www.pledgemusic.com/#new_widget
June 30, 2010: Hi! I’m Troy McClure. You might remember me from such films as... http://worldwide-web.com/JeffreyBabad/Simpsons/Troy/index.html
June 30, 2010: Comedian mayor and married lesbian prime minister. Iceland is my favorite country. http://nyti.ms/9IxjkR & http://www.examiner.com/x-50081-NY-Romance-Examiner~y2010m6d29-Icelands-Prime-Minister-First-World-Leader-with-SameSex-Spouse
June 28, 2010: If you have a problem in your life, it’s rooted in a habit: http://tynan.net/habits
June 27, 2010: "As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death." - Leonardo da Vinci
June 27, 2010: Many things taught as fact are proven wrong here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_misconceptions
June 26, 2010: We store our knowledge & memories in the things we create: http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/exobrain/
June 26, 2010: Wow. I knew it felt like nobody was using MySpace anymore, but look at that graph! http://helloform.com/blog/2010/06/its-too-late-for-myspace/
June 25, 2010: RT @ciazma: about @sivers in Turkish http://sozluk.sourtimes.org/show.asp?id=19497184
June 23, 2010: Do I have to be a teenager to think this is an AWESOME trailer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_RrNCqCIPE
June 22, 2010: Ruby metaprogramming. Just finished http://www.pragprog.com/screencasts/v-dtrubyom/the-ruby-object-model-and-metaprogramming now starting http://www.pragprog.com/titles/ppmetr/metaprogramming-ruby thanks to @chadfowler
June 22, 2010: Geek talk: http://thegeektalk.com/interviews/derek-sivers/
June 21, 2010: Saw Theo Jansen & his walking beasts on the beach in Den Haag, Holland today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY
June 20, 2010: Where I’ve been in Amsterdam: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107061946988576143189.00048910e322ffd89de12&ll=52.373084,4.873981&spn=0.070427,0.181446&z=13 (Nexus One phone GPS tracks bike-rides and walks, then one-click to upload.)
June 20, 2010: How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen: https://sive.rs/how2hire
June 17, 2010: GREAT story about not waiting for permission to get what you really want: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/06/15/its-better-to-beg-for-forgiveness-than-to-ask-for-permission/
June 17, 2010: We cannot expect to touch excellence if "going through the motions" is the norm of our lives. https://sive.rs/book/ArtOfLearning
June 16, 2010: After 15 years of practice... https://sive.rs/15-years
June 16, 2010: Former Prime Minister of Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, just tweeted my First Follower talk! http://twitter.com/hatoyamayukio/status/16265390887
June 13, 2010: Reading all about cycling in Holland. So excited for longer exploratory trips: http://www.cycletourer.co.uk/cycletouring/holland.shtml
June 13, 2010: My 45-min RailsConf talk about accents, quirks, outcomes, confabulation, instinct, delegating, and incest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV-phU9m9kg
June 11, 2010: #railsconf All the music from my keynote speech last night, since many have asked: http://gist.github.com/433638
June 11, 2010: Moving to Amsterdam today. Two suitcases + two bikes. Cancelled cellphone contract. Heading to airport. Ah, the laptop life.
June 7, 2010: Minimalism is simply eliminating the unnecessary: http://mnmlist.com/not-affluent/
June 2, 2010: Spent the last 3 days nonstop doing http://railstutorial.org/ start-to-finish. Awesome book, @railstutorial - Thanks!
May 29, 2010: RT @alaindebotton: Modern romanticism: we go in search of one person who will spare us any need for other people.
May 28, 2010: One of my favorite posts of all time: "I Have No Talent": http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2010/01/12/i-have-no-talent/
May 26, 2010: How I became Ryuichi Sakamoto’s guitarist: https://sive.rs/sakamoto
May 26, 2010: I love learning about our common thinking mistakes: http://lesswrong.com/lw/lg/the_affect_heuristic/
May 25, 2010: Naïve Quitting: https://sive.rs/nq
May 24, 2010: RT @HarryBeckwith: Interesting: Just learned that the word enthusiasm comes from the Greek, and means "filled with God."
May 24, 2010: This is the CLI-geek finance tool I’d always been looking for: http://bugsplat.info/2010-05-23-keeping-finances-with-ledger.html
May 19, 2010: Riveting animation of brilliant talks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc + http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7AWnfFRc7g
May 16, 2010: You mean I can be nomadic AND bring a kitten? http://cuteoverload.com/2010/05/11/lets-go-for-a-catwalk/
May 14, 2010: Clear thinking is inspiring. One of my favorite thinker’s posts on fear: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/05/worst-case_thin.html
May 13, 2010: Hard drive died. New drive in, OS installed and all software and all work/docs/configs restored from backup & working in 4 hours. Good boy.
May 13, 2010: I use Linux & BSD (not Mac or Windows) so my backups are rsync + tar cf with bcrypt encryption. (Yeah. Geeky.) @JDelage @thacomputa @mkoidin
May 13, 2010: RT @TheSeantourage: Schedule 1 night a week to disappear from the world & connect to your own divinity. Take a walk, journal, or create art.
May 10, 2010: Doesn’t take much motivation. Just enough to get started: http://blogs.hbr.org/bregman/2010/05/how-and-when-to-motivate-yours.html
May 8, 2010: Glad Henry Tate is still teaching Art History at Berklee. Amazing teacher: http://www.berklee.edu/faculty/detail/henry-augustine-tate + http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=104492
May 8, 2010: Thursday = Thor’s day. Or "going one further": https://sive.rs/thor
May 8, 2010: Interesting thoughts on https://sive.rs/thor at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1328452
May 8, 2010: I love this! 24 hours from idea to rough launch. I preach this but should practice it: http://thintz.com/essays/lean-startup-extreme
May 7, 2010: Favorite pizza in NYC: http://palapizza.com at 198 Allen St (below Houston) - the "Bufala Cruda" pizza. So fresh!
May 5, 2010: Great music biz articles at http://madepublishing.com
May 5, 2010: Experiment without hot water. Why? Autonomy, ingenuity, and will power. Read to end. Sounds like me: http://joshwhiton.com/?p=181
May 4, 2010: "Work is love made visible." - Khalil Gibran
May 4, 2010: New book notes: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date (Click "my notes" for any.)
April 28, 2010: 25 tips to overcome creative block: http://blog.iso50.com/2010/02/10/overcoming-creative-block/
April 27, 2010: For every complicated problem, there’s a simple solution. But it’s wrong.
April 26, 2010: Oregon coast all week. Outside of cellphone range. Bad internet, so only on an hour a day. Re-learning Ruby, programming, and reading a lot.
April 23, 2010: It works! Giving away an idea to make it happen: http://techdirt.com/blog/entrepreneurs/articles/20100407/0229408906.shtml
April 16, 2010: (Whoa.) Remember who you are: http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/15/you-less-than/
April 9, 2010: Last chance for a free book: http://bookmooch.com/inventory/sivers/ Just sign up & email me your username so I can gift you points to use.
April 8, 2010: Great idea: a summary of last week’s news that is still important. Read only that, not daily noise. http://marco.org/502016907
April 8, 2010: I’m giving away ALL my books, 175 of them, here: http://bookmooch.com/inventory/sivers/ Get one ASAP!
April 7, 2010: Great entrepreneur article. “It’s not the job of the customers to know what they don’t know” http://blogmaverick.com/2010/04/06/why-you-should-never-listen-to-your-customers/
April 2, 2010: My TED talk: "How to Start a Movement" is live: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement.html
April 2, 2010: RT @tedtalks: How to start a movement -- in 3 minutes: Derek Sivers on #TED http://on.ted.com/8EPn
April 1, 2010: Why many smart people are not successful: http://www.lifebeyondcode.com/2010/03/29/9-reasons-why-many-smart-people-go-nowhere/
April 1, 2010: Friends don’t let friends buy Monster cable! Bad Monster, bad! http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/the-rip1/
April 1, 2010: At the end of every computer is a real person, a lot like you: https://sive.rs/real
March 31, 2010: "The only people who should plan on making money from writing a book are people who made money on their last book." http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/03/publishing-books-to-make-money.html
March 30, 2010: Wow. Amazing wisdom about writing: http://bighow.com/news/the-art-of-great-writing-60-writing-tips-from-6-alltime-great-writers
March 30, 2010: I LOVE Arch Linux: http://archlinux.org/ Using it exclusively now & thrilled. Minimalist DIY. Try if Ubuntu is too Mac-like for you. :-)
March 30, 2010: Offered the shit end of the stick? Never forget you can flip the stick & take the good end: https://sive.rs/flipstick
March 29, 2010: "How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will." - Albert Einstein
March 27, 2010: Just booked a round-trip flight to Amsterdam: June 12 to September 24, so I guess we’ll be in Europe all summer.
March 25, 2010: Using Rich Media To Drive Home A Point: http://www.myrender.com/blog/2010/3/23/using-rich-media-to-drive-home-a-point.html
March 24, 2010: All videos from "Successful SxSW: the Tao of the Conference": https://sive.rs/sxsw
March 24, 2010: Musicians have a "Hall of Elders" where they can seek inspiration: http://indieconnect.ning.com/profiles/blogs/advice-from-the-hall-of-elders - about http://musicthoughts.com
March 22, 2010: While fiancee was at her bridal shower, I switched my laptop to minimalist http://archlinux.org/ + http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/
March 20, 2010: RT @cyberpr: Today Ariel Publicity turns 15 years old thanks to every single artist who I have ever worked with
March 20, 2010: Definitions of "founder": (1) a person who founds or establishes some institution, (2) stumble and nearly fall: "the horses foundered"
March 20, 2010: Oh I definitely stumbled and fell bad. I was a horrible manager. That’s why I sold the company: personal failure, not success.(to @alexpham)
March 19, 2010: Magnatune is doing better than ever: http://blogs.magnatune.com/buckman/2010/03/new-business-model-for-magnatune.html
March 18, 2010: About to do my talk at SxSW convention center 4th floor room 12AB.
March 18, 2010: SxSW talk went well. Took ~60 hours of prep to edit it all! Only had time to use 22 of the 64 submitted videos. I’ll post all online ASAP.
March 16, 2010: RT: @KwaiYu: Chinese: One of oldest languages but has no plurals nor tenses. Reason why Chinese people struggle with English.
March 16, 2010: RT @Mhochberg: @sivers Sentences, like punctuation, are the "body language" of a written language.
March 16, 2010: My SxSW talk, Wednesday at 11am: "Successful SXSW: The Tao of the Conference" Add to your schedule? http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7561
March 16, 2010: Nice Apple rant! "iPhone: Sterile Disney-fied walled garden surrounded by sharp-toothed lawyers." Freedom not optional. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/03/15/Joining-Google#p-5
March 15, 2010: Does every language have sentences?
March 14, 2010: I’m on NPR Morning Edition this morning, commenting on this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124126711
March 13, 2010: At SxSW. If you see me, say hi.
March 12, 2010: CD release tips: http://independentrockstar.com/679/cd-release-tips-derek-sivers/
March 12, 2010: Are you capable of being ruthless to get ahead? http://blog.cubeofm.com/are-you-capable-of-being-ruthless-to-get-ahea
March 12, 2010: To be clear:I don’t recommend being like the guy in the "ruthless" article. Just thought it was a fascinating objective analysis. Good read.
March 10, 2010: 10,000 free musical instruments to 10,000 underprivileged kids? Consider voting: http://refresheverything.com/getinstrumental
March 8, 2010: Smart people don’t think others are stupid.
March 7, 2010: RT @cyberpr: Want to see an amazing video that cost $24.95 to create? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83oWsG0cJcc from @DLchorus
March 7, 2010: Listening to Debussy’s “Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp” for the 100th time. Stunning recording: http://amazon.com/dp/B000001SEN
March 5, 2010: Great metaphor of relying on inherent talent vs hard work: http://blog.cubeofm.com/your-high-iq-will-kill-your-startup
March 3, 2010: MUST-SEE: OK Go "This Too Shall Pass" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
March 2, 2010: Giving away some books: http://bookmooch.com/inventory/sivers
March 2, 2010: My favorite recent TED talk: your experiencing self vs remembering self. Deep. http://on.ted.com/8Ads
February 27, 2010: Just FYI for those who asked: My talk at SxSW: http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/7561
February 26, 2010: Do something small weekly, something big monthly. Wise marketing advice: http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=657
February 25, 2010: Love her projects: http://www.babelgum.com/3020170/radar-eleven-color-katie.html + http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/2010/01/chalk-walk.html
February 25, 2010: USPTO hiring patent examiners. Same job Einstein had. :-) http://jobview.usajobs.gov/GetJob.aspx?JobID=85627686&JobTitle=Patent+Examiner+%28*General%29&sort=rv%2c-dtex&cn=&rad_units=miles&brd=3876&pp=50&fn=4537&jbf574=CM56&vw=b&re=134&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&caller=basic.aspx&ss=0&AVSDM=2010-01-29+03%3a23%3a00
February 23, 2010: Powerful highlight of last week’s TED Conference: http://ted.com/talks/philip_howard.html "4 ways to fix a broken legal system"
February 23, 2010: RT @andrewatideal: Join what was started by @sivers, continued by @dubber, and spread the word on something made real by me. Here’s how: http://www.projectidealism.com/2010/02/dancers-need-music.html
February 20, 2010: AWESOME! See http://www.projectidealism.com/2010/02/dance-party.html - Now THAT’s a challenge! Anyone else? Jump in now.
February 18, 2010: My notes for the 7 newest books I’ve read: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date Travellers, read "Geography of Bliss" ASAP!
February 17, 2010: Music appreciation lesson from Einstein himself: https://sive.rs/weidman
February 17, 2010: Brilliant! "Following" by using theme, not example: http://andrewdubber.com/2010/02/the-other-way-of-following-first/
February 16, 2010: Great post on sunk costs. Applies to so many things in life: http://blog.asmartbear.com/sunk-costs.html
February 15, 2010: First Follower idea is all yours: https://sive.rs/ff2
February 14, 2010: RT @tonyrobbins: 3 min video: Interesting,weird but true insights into leadership & what makes a behavior become cool https://sive.rs/ff
February 12, 2010: Leadership Lessons from Dancing Guy: https://sive.rs/ff (This is my TED Talk from yesterday.)
February 12, 2010: Girl at TED asks me where Google booth is. I see Larry Page so I shout, "Hey Larry! Where’s your booth?" Very annoyed, he scowls and points.
February 11, 2010: Just did my TED talk. Nerve-wracking, got stuck at one point, but got a standing ovation at the end. :-) Phew!
February 9, 2010: Practicing my TED Talk for Wednesday. Preview: https://sive.rs/dance-lessons
February 7, 2010: Listen in on a conference call interview I’m doing in 3 minutes, for the next hour: call 1-732-432-8730 (10318#)
February 7, 2010: Oops. Correct phone#: 712-432-8730. Conf code: 10318#
February 6, 2010: Mini dream-come-true: I’m on the front page of TED.com: http://ted.com
February 5, 2010: RT @MichelleStewart: "If you can learn music, you can learn anything" via Derek Sivers (who heard it from an old Jazz musician) #millionaireaffair
February 4, 2010: 40-minute talk about profitability, for entrepreneurs: http://b.lesseverything.com/2010/2/3/derek-sivers-speaks-at-lessconf2009
February 4, 2010: RT @AlexPham: Where to get fans. Advice from @iancr @coreythrace @ReverbNation @TopSpinMedia and other pros. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/02/five-nonobvious-ways-to-get-new-fans.html
February 4, 2010: RT @AlexPham: Musicians, this one’s for you: Five (non-obvious) ways to get new fans. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/02/five-nonobvious-ways-to-get-new-fans.html #nms
February 1, 2010: "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." - Mother Theresa
January 31, 2010: Very helpful and thorough U.S. Copyright FAQ page: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/
January 31, 2010: Business owners, resist the urge to punish everyone for one person’s mistake: https://sive.rs/punish
January 30, 2010: My TED talk on Japanese addresses & other opposites: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_weird_or_just_different.html
January 29, 2010: It’s bad luck to believe in bad luck.
January 28, 2010: There are always more than two options: https://sive.rs/options
January 27, 2010: Big catalog = infinite specialty shops : https://sive.rs/prism
January 27, 2010: Rush Limbaugh major confession: http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_dont_even_want_to_be_alive
January 26, 2010: Seth Godin on spreading music and selling intimacy: https://sive.rs/seth-godin
January 25, 2010: Eno is my hero. Great article & quotes: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/jan/17/brian-eno-interview-paul-morley
January 21, 2010: On the Oregon coast. Girlfriend has bad cold, so extending stay 4 days. I’m finally documenting and publicly publishing my PHP framework.
January 15, 2010: MeetInnovators interview: http://meetinnovators.com/2010/01/14/derek-sivers-from-cd-baby/
January 14, 2010: Musicians can report live CD-sales to Soundscan: http://indiehitmaker.com
January 14, 2010: Tofugu elaborates on my explanation of Japanese addresses: http://www.tofugu.com/2010/01/06/how-the-japanese-address-system-works/ (Mine: https://sive.rs/jaddr)
January 13, 2010: LOVE this mindset: "not talent, just hard work": http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2010/01/12/i-have-no-talent/
January 13, 2010: Anyone know a Carnatic vocalist that sings in Tamil in the New York City area? Please contact me. (Paying gig.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_music
January 9, 2010: Excited for this next weekend: http://stevepavlina.com/conscious-growth-workshop/ Love his anti-hype description.
January 9, 2010: AWESOME: http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/
January 9, 2010: "Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it’ll have much more fun." http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/
January 9, 2010: "This fish has got big floppy lips. Floppy lips. Fishy kissy fishy kissy. Oop, took one on the mouth! Not nice." http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/
January 9, 2010: "It’s definitely time to get up. Yes. My dog needs a new tutu." http://sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com/
January 7, 2010: 10 Rules for Web Startups (from Twitter founder). GREAT: http://evhead.com/2005/11/ten-rules-for-web-startups.asp
January 7, 2010: Long dinner with Jac Holzman, founder of Elektra, who discovered the Doors, Queen, etc. http://recordsbymail.com/elektra.php
January 6, 2010: Great Calvin imitation: http://i.imgur.com/nXWqL.jpg
January 5, 2010: RT: @fogus: the best blog post of 2009 was "No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or no." https://sive.rs/hellyeah (Thanks!)
January 1, 2010: In Rio de Janeiro, Copacobana beach, with 2 million people all wearing white, fireworks, with 4 good friends & fiancée. :-)
December 29, 2009: Changed our plans to fly to Rio tomorrow through January 2nd. Anyone in Rio want to meet? Email me: https://sive.rs/contact
December 28, 2009: In Florianópolis, Brazil. Here: http://pontadosganchos.com.br/web/eng/bangalos_especialdavila.php
December 22, 2009: In line at the post office, sending 15 copies of https://sive.rs/book/IgnoreEverybody to 15 musicians for their thoughts.
December 22, 2009: So SO proud of the UK’s #1 Christmas hit: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/12/21/rage-against-the-machine-win-u-k-christmas-single-battle/
December 19, 2009: Just saw Avatar. Absolutely amazing. One of the most creative movies I’ve ever seen. See it 3D. So good we’re going again.
December 19, 2009: Funny comments on my YouTube "Japanese Addresses & Other Opposites": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1zh49J5rsg
December 19, 2009: 7 Critical Marketing Basics Every Musicians Should Know: http://cyberprurban.com/blog/?p=275
December 19, 2009: Papa Bill: I don’t need to worry about you. https://sive.rs/papabill
December 19, 2009: Supposed to be on a plane to Brazil, but coming snowstorm cancelled all flights for 3 days. Instead, bracing for blizzard.
December 14, 2009: Met with my girlfriend’s (Muslim Indian) family to ask for her hand in marriage. Got a big "welcome to the family" at the end.
December 13, 2009: http://stevepavlina.com really resonates with me. Love his book too: https://sive.rs/book/PersonalDevelopmentForSmartPeople
December 12, 2009: Ariel Publicity kicks ass: http://views.washingtonpost.com/on-success/woman-warrior/2009/12/while_in_business_school_i.html ("empower independent artists to optimize their own PR") http://arielpublicity.com
December 12, 2009: "Nobody told me it’s impossible, so I did it"
December 10, 2009: Business idea: Put buskers online: https://sive.rs/busk
December 10, 2009: Helping get a busker online: http://www.changeyourreality.com/blog/2007/04/22/techies-unite-give-bucketman-a-site/ (thanks @richcollins)
December 9, 2009: "Online" marketing = "Color" TV : https://sive.rs/tv
December 9, 2009: RT @annielin: why he gave away his company to charity: thoughts on cd baby’s derek @sivers & the night i crashed on his couch on tour: http://is.gd/5gd0W
December 6, 2009: Entrepreneurs, take note. Build a system not a product: http://blog.opportunitycloud.com/2009/12/05/build-a-system-not-a-product/
December 5, 2009: Why I gave away my company to charity: https://sive.rs/trust
December 2, 2009: There’s no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.) https://sive.rs/kimo
December 2, 2009: Best web-design advice I’ve seen in a long time. Bookmark it: http://boagworld.com/design/8-ecommerce-improvements
December 1, 2009: Cutest kitten video ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8 This is why the internet was invented.
November 29, 2009: Yawn: http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1109/expert.html
November 28, 2009: Present one idea at a time and let others build upon it: https://sive.rs/1idea
November 26, 2009: The challenge: Don’t speak in future tense. https://sive.rs/futuretense
November 25, 2009: Hardest delegating lesson to learn: Trust but verify. https://sive.rs/trust-but-verify
November 25, 2009: "Each of my lectures contains one lie. Your job, as students, is to find the lie." Read to end: http://www.zenmoments.org/my-favorite-liar/
November 24, 2009: Let pedestrians define the walkways: https://sive.rs/walkways
November 22, 2009: I’m at http://boston.musichackday.org/ all weekend. Any #musichackday people come say hello. Gray shirt. Shiny head.
November 22, 2009: All this learning means nothing until you make something happen: https://sive.rs/confidence
November 21, 2009: Since I used to play Santa at a mall, I can really appreciate this: http://twitter.com/loadedsanta
November 21, 2009: Did something I’ve wanted to for years: Signed up to Netflix and added ALL of Ebert’s "Great Movies" to queue.
November 17, 2009: Read 10 new books in last 6 weeks, mostly about learning and investing. Notes posted here: https://sive.rs/book?sort=date
November 17, 2009: "Only dead fish go with the flow." - https://sive.rs/book/PragmaticThinking
November 13, 2009: Past 40 hours went from coffee plantation in rural India, to dinner with 30 musicians in Singapore, to Tokyo-LAX-NYC. Almost home....
November 7, 2009: Off to rural Coorg India for 3 days here: http://www.swarga.in/ (read the description!) Totally offline. Writing, reading, programming.
November 5, 2009: Anyone wondering how TED India is going, my buddy Ani is blogging it well: http://annekejong.blogspot.com/
November 5, 2009: Check one thing off my to-do list for life: I’m now a TED speaker. It went well. :-)
November 4, 2009: Staying in dorm room at Infosys Campus, Mysore India, all week. Amazing: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=infosys+campus+mysore
November 1, 2009: Now flying NYC - LA - Tokyo - Singapore - Bangalore, then a bus to Mysore India. 23 hours of wonderful offline programming and reading time.
November 1, 2009: 3hr layover @ LAX = 2 hr intense bikeride on the beach, 15 min swim, back at gate early. HELL YEAH!
October 31, 2009: You are all at least my 11th cousin. Including Obama: http://www.ksbw.com/news/21404492/detail.html
October 31, 2009: Doing the opposite of everyone is valuable: https://sive.rs/contrarian
October 30, 2009: Deep article with clear thinking about a universal language http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/2009%20-%20Fall/full-McWhorter-Fall-2009.html
October 29, 2009: 5 Music Industry Leaders You Should Follow: http://audiolife.com/blog/index.php/5-music-industry-leaders-you-should-follow/ (thanks Lior!)
October 27, 2009: Tweaking my TED Talk slides for next week’s @tedindia #tedindia
October 26, 2009: Reading “The Productive Programmer” http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596519544
October 24, 2009: Been working in 25-minute uninterrupted bursts with a 5-minute break, as suggested in #1-5 here: http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
October 24, 2009: GREAT 5-minute talk about how sound affects us. Please watch: http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_the_4_ways_sound_affects_us.html
October 24, 2009: 4 hands. 1 guitar. Watch carefully. Her right, his left. Vice-versa. Amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsSPzr7ays
October 21, 2009: Speaking on a panel at CMJ: "Specific Business Concepts for the Modern Day Music Artist" - using hashtag #cmjbiz if you want to follow.
October 21, 2009: Interview with the great Rick Goetz from musiciancoaching.com about music, business, and focus.
October 21, 2009: Up at 5am working, watching Manhattan skyline. Dark blue sky. Office building lights turning on like microwave popcorn.
October 20, 2009: Best laugh of the morning over breakfast: Drunkest Guy Goes Back for More Beer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZQsA7G0hvQ
October 20, 2009: Spent the day switching to Linux (Ubuntu 9.10). Very impressed. Now back to programming Muckwork (finally).
October 19, 2009: Installing FreeBSD on a Lenovo T400s. Years-old dream to have a minimalist FreeBSD laptop. Glad PHK has same one.
October 17, 2009: If you think you haven’t found your passion... https://sive.rs/passion
October 17, 2009: Arrived in Jacksonville. Speaking at @lessconf tomorrow. Constantly editing my 45-minute talk on profitability.
October 16, 2009: Doesn’t feel like work (or I’ve forgotten) : https://sive.rs/notwork
October 15, 2009: Learning the theme, not the example: https://sive.rs/metaphor
October 15, 2009: Weird businesses. The ultimate inspiration: http://www.inc.com/ss/america039s-weirdest-businesses
October 14, 2009: How I knew I was done with my company: https://sive.rs/done
October 14, 2009: Podcast interview with me, talking about.... http://www.tripplanier.com/blog_files/derek-sivers.html
October 13, 2009: Why did I get 20,000 new Twitter followers in the last 9 days? I’m assuming they’re spambots unless I hear otherwise from new followers.
October 13, 2009: You should feel pain when unclear: https://sive.rs/unclear
October 13, 2009: Just signed up for Seth Godin’s November 19 NYC event: http://www.squidoo.com/The-November-Sessions
October 13, 2009: Interview with "Allentrepreneur. Startup Founders At The Forefront" about passion, fearlessness, integrity.
October 13, 2009: Now that’s one way to dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgg6YLVj28
October 12, 2009: Watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqZ0RU95d4 = hell yeah!
October 11, 2009: Very worth following @kurt_vonnegut = daily Kurt Vonnegut quotes: http://twitter.com/kurt_vonnegut
October 11, 2009: Listening to Madhouse 8 while programming Muckwork. Never realized ALL instruments except sax are Prince. Amazing.
October 10, 2009: Whistle-blowers are an important part of society, but I wish that person outside my window would lay off the whistle for a day.
October 10, 2009: How do you grade yourself? https://sive.rs/grade
October 10, 2009: YES!! I’m speaking at TED India! Just a 2 minute talk explaining this: https://sive.rs/jadr but I’m psyched!
October 10, 2009: Oooh. Musicians: get in on this ASAP. Watch the demo video then enter your email address: http://creators.rockband.com/
October 10, 2009: Turn stairs into a piano, and people skip the escalator to use them: http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2009/10/09 Awesome.
October 9, 2009: If you haven’t seen Stop Making Sense concert video by Talking Heads, you should. It’s genius and inspiring.:w
October 9, 2009: Seeing Sugarland and Keith Urban at Madison Square Garden as a guest Sugarland & @cyberpr
October 8, 2009: Not happy with existing venues? Make a new one. https://sive.rs/makenew
October 7, 2009: What’s the difference between like, love, and in-love? https://sive.rs/inlove (curious to hear different answers)
October 7, 2009: RT @jerrethammons "Aren’t those sizes from Coldstone?" = thanks for the best laugh of the morning. :-)
October 6, 2009: Imagine if Einstein tried to maintain a blog, book and hobbies while solving Relativity: http://www.calnewport.com/blog/?p=115
October 5, 2009: You Can’t Do What You Want By Doing Something Else: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=269972
October 5, 2009: Before mailing to a U.S. address: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp Use their "standard format" for more reliable delivery.
October 4, 2009: Spending the next 2 days over my head at http://www.singularitysummit.com/program
October 4, 2009: went to SNL dress rehearsal. Madonna gets in skit with Lady Gaga. Worth watching. :-)
October 3, 2009: Best laugh of the day: Streaker scores! http://www.metacafe.com/watch/3084/amazing_streaker_scores/
September 30, 2009: Entrepreneurs: "Let your users tell you what they need instead of deciding for them" : http://drstarcat.com/archives/163
September 28, 2009: And if only 1% of those people... https://sive.rs/1pct (Just a tiny story with a good reminder.)
September 25, 2009: The first rule of communication: Communicate so that you cannot be misunderstood. https://sive.rs/book/YouInc
September 25, 2009: RT @carlalynnehall: Last night I tested @sivers "pay what you want" experiment from https://sive.rs/livecd and I SOLD OUT OF ALL THE CDs!!
September 25, 2009: Does your company really want to hang out with me? https://sive.rs/sms
September 24, 2009: Biking : https://sive.rs/biking
September 23, 2009: My 40th birthday today, so I just biked 100 hilly miles in 7 hours. Now having pizza and tea, and programming. Perfect day.
September 22, 2009: Musicians, try this experiment? Everyone must have a CD, even if free: https://sive.rs/livecd
September 22, 2009: Idea for a venue where the audience can mix their own audio: https://sive.rs/venuemix
September 20, 2009: "If I’d listened to customers, I’d have given them a faster horse." - Henry Ford
September 19, 2009: Weird! http://archive.org/details/DerekSivers_312 is a reading of https://sive.rs/freedom created by @audiorarities (Thanks!)
September 18, 2009: Wow. Comedian Eddie Izzard ran 43 marathons in 51 days, for real: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8256589.stm
September 18, 2009: Is there such a thing as too much freedom? https://sive.rs/freedom
September 17, 2009: Write? Write. Sleep? Sleep. Read? Read. Don’t fight it. https://sive.rs/dont-fight-it (advice to myself)
September 16, 2009: Interview: http://musformation.com/an_interview_with_derek_sivers_-_founder_of_cd_babycom/
September 14, 2009: Verbose article about succinctly saying "no": http://www.esquire.com/features/influence/say-no-0508
September 14, 2009: Seeing closing performance of Avenue Q on Broadway, as guest of Jeff Marx who co-wrote it. Now that’s stylin. :-)
September 14, 2009: Safety: https://sive.rs/safety
September 13, 2009: Imagining lots of tedious steps? Or one fun step? https://sive.rs/steps
September 12, 2009: Reading Tina’s report on her 3 months in India. Wow: http://thinksimplenow.com/clarity/living-enlightenment-report/
September 12, 2009: Does it help to be desperate? - PART 2: https://sive.rs/desperate2
September 11, 2009: Does it help to be desperate? https://sive.rs/desperate
September 10, 2009: Next Tarantino Movie an Homage to Beloved Tarantino Movies: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/next_tarantino_movie_an_homage_to
September 7, 2009: "Just keep climbing ladders.": https://sive.rs/ladders
September 7, 2009: "I don’t come to bow, I come to conquer." - Bob Marley
September 7, 2009: I keep hearing good things about http://bandcamp.com - Reply if you have any experience with them?
September 6, 2009: Unlearning : https://sive.rs/unlearning
September 5, 2009: James Brown gives you dancing lessons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdz88MBWomo
September 5, 2009: My heroes: https://sive.rs/heroes
September 2, 2009: Kurt Vonnegut explains drama : https://sive.rs/drama
September 1, 2009: How to send personalized emails: https://sive.rs/emailer
August 31, 2009: Sprezzatura: https://sive.rs/sprezzatura
August 31, 2009: "Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable." - (via @tferriss)
August 30, 2009: What do you hate NOT doing? https://sive.rs/hatenot
August 29, 2009: Idea: Musician’s own website as definitive source of all info: https://sive.rs/mhost
August 26, 2009: I love a clear mind. ("I suspect I agree with some of the points the boycotters could make, but they haven’t made them.")
August 26, 2009: No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or no. https://sive.rs/hellyeah
August 20, 2009: Pink Floyd, making "Dark Side of the Moon". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NKDSDbipGU Cool to hear isolated tracks.
August 18, 2009: Synchronized disrobing in Union Square out my window this morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DEToul8LLk
August 16, 2009: New York City with no people or cars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLTUr8Smwpo A 7am bike ride up Park Ave, through Grand Central.
August 15, 2009: Anyone in NYC with a bicycle: Get up by 7am tomorrow and get to Park Ave. Streets closed. Only bikes & peds. Amazing! http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/summerstreets/html/about/about.shtml
August 13, 2009: Talking to random strangers in Union Square. :-)
August 10, 2009: Learning Git : http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~cduan/technical/git/
August 4, 2009: Rented a car at the airport. Accidentally drove it off a bridge into a creek. Car totaled. I’m fine. Shoulda paid the $8/day insurance. Damn.
August 3, 2009: 6am bike ride in the rain: 52 miles in 3.5 hours. (NYC Union Square to Piermont & back.) Yeah!
August 2, 2009: "Networking is important when it’s real, and a useless distraction when it’s fake." - Seth Godin. Watch: http://www.brandinfection.com/2009/08/01/seth-godin-on-social-networking/
August 1, 2009: White wine that my dinner guests always love: Kim Crawford 2008 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. From New Zealand. In US at Trader Joe’s.
August 1, 2009: "Please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or think at some point, ’If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’" - Kurt Vonnegut
July 29, 2009: Travel gloat: Walking in NYC. Feet, sandals, and jeans covered in mud from a festival in central England where I was this morning. :-)
July 29, 2009: Ideas are just a multiplier of execution : https://sive.rs/multiply
July 26, 2009: At WOMAD festival, Peter Gabriel playing his only 2009 concert in background. I’m on laptop in TED tent, programming muckwork.com :-)
July 26, 2009: A computer that would require kids to be creative to use it: https://sive.rs/kidspc
July 21, 2009: At #TED in Oxford hanging with the clever @brainpicker - quizzing strangers about how many oceans there are, including names. (A P I A S)
July 20, 2009: "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature. Avoiding danger is no safer than exposure." - Helen Keller
July 20, 2009: Try to get more rejections: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejection_Therapy
July 16, 2009: "I miss the mob" : https://sive.rs/the-mob
July 14, 2009: Answered 795 emails today. (Gimme a Ringo Helter Skelter shout: "I’ve got blisters on my fingers!")
July 14, 2009: "Listen to my music, and let me know what I should do": https://sive.rs/letmeknow2
July 12, 2009: Barking (When things aren’t working, think "smarter" not "louder") - https://sive.rs/barking
July 11, 2009: The power of no reward: https://sive.rs/no-reward
July 10, 2009: Listening to http://www.brunomerz.com/music/ while answering a million emails. :-)
July 8, 2009: The mirror: It’s about you, not them: https://sive.rs/you-not-them
July 7, 2009: Tom Williams: Hired by Apple at 14. His full story. https://sive.rs/tom-williams
July 5, 2009: One ex slept over for a few days & left this morning. Next ex arriving (with her son) in a few hours. Ex’s are good for total honesty.
July 2, 2009: Semi-experts: profit by saving us time https://sive.rs/semi-expert
July 2, 2009: Had good dinner with @dcurtis talking about surprising similarities, on his last day in NYC. :-)
July 1, 2009: Complete: I need more ___________ and less ____________.
June 30, 2009: Nothing to waste: The advantage of being under-funded : https://sive.rs/novc
June 29, 2009: Just biked 52 miles in from NYC (Union Square), over GW Bridge, through NJ, to Piermont NY and back. 6am-10:30am. Wooo!
June 28, 2009: 3rd night in a row of hours-long MJ party outside my window. Oof. http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show/7483291
June 28, 2009: Version 0.1 = Start lo-fi https://sive.rs/lofi
June 27, 2009: Great short illustrated look at Thomas Jefferson: http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/time-wastes-too-fast/
June 27, 2009: "The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act." - Tara Ploughman (@TaraPloughman)
June 27, 2009: Early drafts of great work are encouraging: https://sive.rs/early
June 25, 2009: Doing the opposite of everyone is valuable. https://sive.rs/contrarian
June 24, 2009: What comes first: thoughts or feelings?
June 22, 2009: Read "Born to Run" in one sitting. Riveting, interesting & inspiring. Must-read for all runners: http://amazon.com/dp/0307266303
June 22, 2009: Japanese addresses: No street names. Block numbers. Cool, huh? https://sive.rs/jadr
June 21, 2009: Quiet Bach piano music, lightly in the background, is a great backdrop for the sounds of NYC.
June 21, 2009: It’s rained for 16 of the last 20 days here in NYC. Report says 10 more rain days coming. My Pacific Northwest blood likes it! :-)
June 21, 2009: Customers given too many choices are 10x less likely to buy: https://sive.rs/jam
June 19, 2009: Highly recommended reading list for those who love to learn: https://sive.rs/book (each with detailed notes)
June 19, 2009: Another great reading list: http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp
June 18, 2009: (Learned today:) A jolly nonstop bagpiper outside your window is only fun for the first two hours.
June 17, 2009: Brunch with @Willbassboy and Sandrine, talking Canon cameras, audience interaction, and Fab Faux : http://www.thefabfaux.com/fauxstory.php
June 17, 2009: Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less motivated to accomplish them: https://sive.rs/zipit
June 16, 2009: "Illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who can’t read and write, but those who can’t learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Toffler
June 15, 2009: That’s version ∞. First launch version 0.1. https://sive.rs/infinity
June 13, 2009: About to hit Facebook’s 5000 friend-limit. Last chance to link up there, if you want: http://www.facebook.com/people/Derek_Sivers/609761260
June 12, 2009: Show success before asking for help : https://sive.rs/success-first
June 12, 2009: Woke to this great text from a friend: "I totally forgot what of was like to be drunk and single" :-)
June 11, 2009: Signed up for Improv Everywhere : http://improveverywhere.com/faq/ + http://improveverywhere.com/missions/
June 11, 2009: Why you need your own company https://sive.rs/laboratory
June 11, 2009: I’d talk about hanging with @zedshaw last night, but you’d think I was just showing off. :-)
June 10, 2009: One of my favorite mags runs final issue: http://www.performingsongwriter.com Where else do you read in-depth interviews with songwriters?
June 10, 2009: MusicThoughts update : inspiring quotes for music-makers - https://sive.rs/musicthoughts2
June 10, 2009: Great music video all shot in one take, with audio at same time as video (not sync’d) http://nyellee.com/wordpress/?p=190
June 7, 2009: How to make a movement. Lessons learned from dancing guy: https://sive.rs/dance-lessons
June 7, 2009: Musicians, this is one of the most useful Twitter feeds for you: http://twitter.com/artistshouse (@artistshouse)
June 6, 2009: "... I have something he will never have: Enough." - https://sive.rs/enough
June 6, 2009: How to start a movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk
June 5, 2009: Hey! Someone updated my Wikipedia page. Thanks (whoever you are). Not allowed to do it myself. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Sivers
June 5, 2009: Café in Brooklyn. Ask a stranger if she knows the song on the radio. She says, "Hi Derek!" It’s Cady from http://www.cadyfinlaysonfiddle.com
June 5, 2009: Are you future-focused or present-focused? The marshmallow experiment. https://sive.rs/time
June 4, 2009: Some people like to pay. Let them. https://sive.rs/ppay
June 3, 2009: Are fans telling friends? If not, improve, don’t promote: https://sive.rs/purplecow
June 2, 2009: Surreal moment: sitting in Times Square at midnight, roped off pedestrian area, lawn chairs, teaching @tferriss SQL in moleskin notebook.
June 2, 2009: What do musicians and entrepreneurs have in common? https://sive.rs/no9to5
May 31, 2009: Interviewed by CIRAA : https://sive.rs/ciraa
May 30, 2009: What super-power do you want? https://sive.rs/super-power
May 28, 2009: Came to NYC for a wedding. Decided to stay. Cancelled return flight. Found a place & signed a 1-year lease. Now buying clothes.
May 28, 2009: "Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life." - Confucius
May 28, 2009: Talent increases. Resourcefulness decreases. Are you sustainable? https://sive.rs/sustainable
May 27, 2009: Have you looked under the chickens? https://sive.rs/chickens
May 27, 2009: Great press for my friend Bird York (@birdyork) : http://variety.com/2009/tv/features/featured-player-kathleen-bird-york-1118002558/
May 27, 2009: My $3.3M mistake: https://sive.rs/mistake
May 26, 2009: Old-timers projecting decaying health into the music biz: https://sive.rs/decaying
May 26, 2009: Last month I asked, "What’s the opposite of music?" My favorite answer: "business". :-)
May 24, 2009: Great advice for attending parties: http://gigaom.com/2007/06/24/how-to-work-the-room/
May 24, 2009: I want to hear Brother Theodore do a cover of Shout
May 24, 2009: Dreams are here. Details have changed. https://sive.rs/details
May 23, 2009: Character predicts your future: https://sive.rs/character
May 22, 2009: Sammy Cahn said thank you: https://sive.rs/sammy-cahn
May 21, 2009: Download the movie "Sita Sings the Blues" at http://sitasingstheblues.com and watch some night. So great! Read http://budurl.com/abna
May 21, 2009: hearing Maya Solovey play at Union Hall, Brooklyn. She’s great. http://mayasolovey.com
May 21, 2009: Have a goal you’ve been putting off? Let it go. It’s a bad goal. Goals shape the present, not the future. https://sive.rs/goals
May 20, 2009: in NYC for a week.
May 18, 2009: YES! FINALLY! My first earthquake!! (I’m in Santa Monica today.) Felt like a truck hit the house, then kept driving through it. Awesome.
May 16, 2009: Read amazing "China Road" book in one sitting: http://amazon.com/dp/0812975243 I gotta do this: http://bikechina.com/t-bjxadh44.html
May 15, 2009: 9-year-old playing Crazy Train by Ozzy : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMD_L8IDZnc (start at 3 minutes if busy). Watch to the end!
May 13, 2009: Working at Workspace in Vancouver today. GREAT place for freelancers. Beautiful view. http://google.com/search?q=workspace+vancouver
May 12, 2009: Seth Godin’s great summary of Tribes: http://sensuouscurmudgeon.wordpress.com/2011/04/25/hubble-ultra-deep-field-in-3d/ ;-)
May 10, 2009: India. Breathless description. ("It’s madness! It’s alive!") http://jakecooper.blogspot.com/2008/05/cup-of-chai.html
May 9, 2009: Vancouver (BC) residents: I’m coming to Vancouver tonight for one week. No plans. Show me around? Email: derek@sivers.org
May 7, 2009: 1st time I heard CocoRosie was with Earl Gray in an Iceland café. Now playing with Earl Gray in Seattle café. http://www.cocorosieland.com/
May 4, 2009: Microwaved cellphone. Awesome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7XwboOx98
May 1, 2009: A: "I want to do something ambitious." B: "Like being a vet?" A: "No, I’m thinking big - like inventing a new animal."
April 30, 2009: Rewriting https://sive.rs/blog software so it can be multi-lingual like http://musicthoughts.com
April 25, 2009: Freaky Scrabble ads! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NThCPpyoW7U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ul3q1PexA
April 21, 2009: Gone to Yosemite for a few days.
April 17, 2009: Hmm... OK. So... What’s the opposite of music?
April 16, 2009: What’s the opposite of a rut?
April 15, 2009: Fellow introverts, send this to your extrovert friends: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch (Describes us introverts very well.)
April 15, 2009: Advice is cheap. Costs nothing to give. Easiest response when confronted with a problem. Addresses it without actually dealing with it.
April 13, 2009: Thinking of going to graduate school? Read first: http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2009/01/2009013001c.htm
April 13, 2009: Watch with sound off: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4 Get his permission to add your own music & re-upload = Great music video!
April 10, 2009: Found out I was a dad for 10 weeks.
April 10, 2009: Going to sit all day at Kalpataru with Tina & Jeremy
April 9, 2009: Back home in Seattle after months away. Had breakfast at Easy Street Records. I love it here.
April 7, 2009: Know a music school in the San Francisco area that could use a good upright piano? I have one to donate. Email me: https://sive.rs/contact
April 7, 2009: Realized I hadn’t even turned on my TV+DVD in over 3 years, so I gave it to my neighbor. I love giving away unused stuff!
April 4, 2009: A financial planner determines your investment strategy based on your goals. What if a time planner did that with investing your time?
April 4, 2009: "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." - Leonard Bernstein
April 3, 2009: I can build computers from scratch, but bike repair is a mystery. So I got a book, tools & 2 busted bikes. Here I go.
April 2, 2009: I could never quite explain why Pixar is cool and Dreamworks is lame, but this helps: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3472/3398960470_05527c04b1_b.jpg
April 2, 2009: Lessons learned from a 19yr-old getting massive YouTube views of her music: http://www.newmusictipsheet.com/page.php?id=read_commentary_archives&comm_id=77 + http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa
April 1, 2009: My smoothie: apple juice, 2 fists-full of almonds, lots of (blue/black/straw/rasp)berries + 1 banana. Blend high until almonds gone.
March 31, 2009: Não há nada pior que um bom princípio.
March 30, 2009: SO impressed with http://easydns.com registrar. Great service all-around. Answered phone instantly on a Sunday. Use them instead of GoDaddy.
March 30, 2009: Programming again. Something peaceful about the solitude of vi, a unix terminal, pgsql command-line, phpunit, and a cup of tea.
March 29, 2009: video interviews about promoting and marketing your music: https://sive.rs/soundadvice
March 29, 2009: Best talk I saw at TED: restoring a rainforest http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/willie_smits_restores_a_rainforest.html
March 26, 2009: registered for TED India! Let me know if you do the same: http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/
March 24, 2009: Writing down all the things I’d regret not-doing if I was on my deathbed now, and making sure I do them ASAP. (Should take 2-3 years.)
March 23, 2009: scuba diving in Dominica. (Pronounced "dom-in-EE-ca", rhymes with Puerto Rica.)
March 20, 2009: At Parish in Austin seeing Lisa Hannigan and Jim Bianco.
March 20, 2009: Realized I haven’t read blogs in weeks. Only check messages once a day. Continually ignoring distractions and increasing focus.
March 19, 2009: donated at sperm bank in Austin. (Will be frozen here for a few years, if anyone wants some.) Results came back quite virile.
March 19, 2009: daydreaming what we could build with Aerogel : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel http://www.youtube.com/results?&search_query=aerogel
March 19, 2009: GREAT interview with Seth Godin about the music business: http://www.musicmarketing.com/2009/03/seth-godin.html (Thanks @davidhooper) Very worth 25 minute listen.
March 14, 2009: in Austin for SxSW for the next 10 days. (Cold & rainy here!)
March 14, 2009: Posted new interview musicians might like, though I reveal what a hard-ass I am: https://sive.rs/2009-interview
March 12, 2009: choosing a new city to live in. Vancouver? Hong Kong? (familiar+healthy vs exotic+learning) https://sive.rs/maslow
March 11, 2009: FedEx’d my DNA to 23andme.com to find out why I’ll die, etc. http://google.com/search?q=23andme
March 11, 2009: just finished reading Emergency by Neil Strauss in one sitting. Fascinating book about survivalism: nature, urban, and disaster.
March 9, 2009: https://sive.rs : Is my site working for everyone? I moved DNS from GoDaddy to Gandi today http://www.gandi.net/ Much better registrar.
March 9, 2009: Thanks everyone! As for registrar: GoDaddy gives me advertising indigestion. Gandi is pure & cool. http://www.gandi.net/
March 9, 2009: p.s. EasyDNS is my 2nd-fave: http://easydns.com
March 8, 2009: "What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind." - Henry Miller
March 8, 2009: What’s a melody for? Interesting pondering: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com//2009/03/06/whats-a-melody-for/
March 6, 2009: The simpler and clearer, the better. To be simple is to be direct. To be direct is to be honest. To be honest is to be fully human.
March 6, 2009: Middlemen: If you must explain your value, it’s not as great as you think.
March 6, 2009: Whoa! For $1500 you could get a new laptop or... travel the entire world on changeable flights for an entire year.
March 4, 2009: Awesome Surveillance Self-Defense site : https://ssd.eff.org/ (Click "Printer-friendly version" at bottom for easier reading.)
March 4, 2009: biked 52 miles in 5 hours in light rain over some pretty big hills. Phew!
March 3, 2009: leaving now on a 60-mile bikeride in the rain.
March 1, 2009: "Need to be social? Pretend to be an extrovert." - me. "You are whatever you pretend to be" - Kurt Vonnegut. Ooops. Becoming an extrovert.
March 1, 2009: Next time you order a pizza, ask for "light cheese. extra sauce." Tastes better & you feel better after. Let me know what you think.
February 28, 2009: Don’t you love completely-honest conversations? No sugar-coating or disclaimers. No exhausting translation.
February 28, 2009: What do you do for feedback on a new song you’re writing? https://sive.rs/songfeedback
February 27, 2009: accepting all kinds of responsibility and power.
February 26, 2009: 不要害怕錯誤。錯誤是不存在的。
February 22, 2009: Awesome album promotion stunt: http://mashable.com/2009/02/20/josh-freese-album-promotion/
February 20, 2009: reading "What Would Google Do" by Jeff Jarvis, getting my mind blown with the possibilities.
February 20, 2009: A free, open song contest idea: https://sive.rs/song-contest-idea
February 19, 2009: in Memphis Tennessee for the Folk Alliance conference: http://www.folkalliance.org
February 18, 2009: GREAT talk by Elizabeth Gilbert about genius/creativity/inspiration: https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_your_elusive_creative_genius
February 13, 2009: Feeling VERY at-home in New York City. Comfortable and familiar. Still the fastest walker. :-)
February 12, 2009: at Future of Music conference but realizing I’m only into the creation of music+mktg. Where the actual creation stops, I lose interest.
February 8, 2009: For healthy air, buy these plants: Areca Palm, Mother-in-law’s Tongue, Money Plant. Details: http://greenspaces.in/blog/ted09/
February 8, 2009: finished TED with one last conversation with Regina Spektor, Thomas Dolby, and walked Liz Gilbert back to her hotel.
February 7, 2009: found out Arabic, like Chinese, has many different spoken languages, all sharing the exact same written language.
February 7, 2009: TED moment: in bathroom line in front of Bill Gates. Joked with him at sinks about mosquito release.
February 6, 2009: TED India will be Nov 4-7 in Mysore at Infosys campus. $2000. Registration opens by end of February. I’m in.
February 5, 2009: Awww.... My hero Seth Godin just used me as an example in his presentation at TED!
February 4, 2009: MIDI sequencing musicians will appreciate : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-BZfFakpzc
February 2, 2009: ran 4 miles barefoot along foamy waves on the freezing Oregon coast. Stopped at midpoint, and water surrounded me waist-high. Rrrargh!
January 30, 2009: turning a friend on to Fables : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_%28comics%29
January 27, 2009: "He who thinks he knows, doesn’t know. He who knows that he doesn’t know, knows." - Joseph Campbell.
January 27, 2009: Article summing up the "Smithsonian 2.0" event I went to in D.C. last weekend: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/25/AR2009012502179_pf.html
January 26, 2009: going through 475 newly-submitted quotes at http://musicthoughts.com Only approving the best 10%. Costs me ~$20 each to have translated.
January 25, 2009: re-launched MusicThoughts.com in 10 languages. Very exciting. https://sive.rs/see-musicthoughts + http://musicthoughts.com Enjoy!
January 24, 2009: toured the "Raiders of the Lost Ark"-style archives of the Smithsonian today. Understaffed, I think they need to embrace crowdsourcing.
January 23, 2009: Flying to Washington DC for "Smithsonian 2.0 - A Gathering to Re-Imagine the Smithsonian in the Digital Age." http://si.edu/
January 21, 2009: had duck and drinks in a dungeon with Steve Vai, Steve Corn, Sinem Saniye, as guests of the generous Frank Hessing, until 3am. C’est fini!
January 19, 2009: 3rd day at MIDEM: Great to be here with no agenda. Wantless. Getting to know people for who they are, not what they can do for me.
January 17, 2009: MIDEMnet: out of 55 speakers, only 2 are women. WTF?! Lopsided doesn’t usually bother me, but this is ridiculous. MIDEMnet Committee=7 men.
January 15, 2009: Leaving now for France for MIDEM Conference. Back Jan 25.
January 14, 2009: How to be a full-time touring musician - a "Success Story" interview with Amber Rubarth : https://sive.rs/amber-rubarth
January 14, 2009: just bought http://cdbaby.com/cd/rubarth3 from CD Baby :-)
January 14, 2009: Sax player next door has been playing for 10 hours straight. He’s good! Now he’s playing "Virgo", by Wayne Shorter. One of my faves.
January 13, 2009: Listening to Tom Waits’ "Tango Till They’re Sore" for the 100th time. Recommend you do the same. :-)
January 13, 2009: I’m a piñata that needs to be broken open.
January 12, 2009: good blog : http://lateralaction.com
January 12, 2009: having watermelon & beet juice. AMAZING! Try it next time you go to a real juice shop.
January 10, 2009: What advice would you give a 19-year-old guitarist who wants to be a session musician? Reply at https://sive.rs/session-musician
January 9, 2009: When you hear someone complaining, here’s what it means : https://sive.rs/complainers
January 8, 2009: Jack LaLanne on nutrition: "If man made it, don’t eat it." & "If it tastes good, spit it out."
January 7, 2009: Checking ex-CDBaby bank account : Artists are still (today, 2009) cashing CDBaby checks written in 2005 & 2006! Get it while you can.
January 6, 2009: Changed Twitter background to Iceland waterfall, while friend told me a long story on the phone. :-) See http://twitter.com/sivers
January 4, 2009: Had Lunch, Tea, and Dinner with @lkr, @lian_amber, and @kailayu, respectively. All three very impressive & great conversationalists.
January 2, 2009: Saw Seven Pounds because my friend Bird York’s song was in climax : http://www.birdyork.com/ Couldn’t take my eyes off gorgeous Rosario Dawson.
January 2, 2009: Same reason I’m thinking of moving to India (+ some practicality for MuckWork): http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2009/01/01/moving-to-dubai.html
December 25, 2008: Planning to go to Valparaíso some day, whether 6 days or 6 months : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valpara%C3%ADso
December 24, 2008: Twitter should change its constant question to "What are you learning?" Imagine answering THAT 10 times a day!
December 24, 2008: I’ve seen it a dozen times in the last year but it still makes my eyes water : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA
December 23, 2008: Getting to the more peaceful place means getting past the original goal : https://sive.rs/getting-past-it
December 21, 2008: Do something new every 3 years : http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2008/12/do-something-ne.html (editor of Wired, author of Long Tail)
December 21, 2008: just realized how many smart people I know & would love to have over for dinner. (a few at a time)
December 21, 2008: Attending 9 conferences in next 3 months: MIDEM, Smithsonian2.0, TED, FutureOfMusic, FolkAlliance, ETech, SxSW, ASCAP, MusExpo.
December 19, 2008: Nobody’s going to help you. Does that encourage you or discourage you? See https://sive.rs/up2you and please reply there.
December 18, 2008: at a drum circle at Remo warehouse, shaking a maraca. Guest of Abe Thomas. Met Remo Belli himself. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remo
December 18, 2008: stood next to Regina Spektor at a noisy club last night. I love her, but hate yelling, especially to my idol. So I said nothing.
December 16, 2008: Mutual admiration club with my twin @artsyave (Tina Su). Her amazing blog is my favorite inspiration: http://thinksimplenow.com Subscribe.
December 16, 2008: Interesting: Séamus Anthony’s Purple Ocean Music Model : http://seamusanthony.com/a-purple-ocean-music-model
December 14, 2008: Happiness is letting someone make you the villain : https://sive.rs/villain
December 13, 2008: Attending a music biz conference? Here’s the REAL way to do it : https://sive.rs/conferences
December 12, 2008: Used to listen to music while working but it’s too distracting now. Can’t block it out. Are most people ignoring? Is this a musician thing?
December 12, 2008: (in reply to a few who asked:) ALL of my music is at https://sive.rs/music Download by clicking title, or stream by clicking arrow. Enjoy!
December 10, 2008: Ebert’s great review of Magnolia, one of my favorite movies: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-magnolia-1999
December 9, 2008: Biked 30 miles in 2 hours while learning Mandarin http://www.amazon.com/dp/0071547363 Not tired when done. Life is good.
December 8, 2008: Glad I could help your friends: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/health/05happy-web.html :-)
December 7, 2008: James Fallows’ writing about China in the Atlantic is addictive: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/11/their-own-worst-enemy/307056/
December 7, 2008: You’ve all seen the one-woman acapella http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VGdNU3nrU by @imogenheap right? So inspiring. Can’t get enough.
December 7, 2008: You know you love your work when you get home from a party at 1:30am and get right back to work because you want to, not have to.
December 6, 2008: A pelican shit in my mouth. Reminder: when seeing pelicans, don’t look up and say, "Wow! Pelicans!" Yuk. Tastes like digested oyster shell.
December 6, 2008: Just noticed I’m following exactly 1000 people now, and the pelican was update #100. How appropriate! Loving my brilliant musician buddies.
December 6, 2008: Another great article by @cyberpr about how musicians can best use Twitter : http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/twitter-is-radically-changing-the-way-musicians-are-building.html ← Recommended for newcomers.
December 5, 2008: To my friends who just joined Twitter, here’s another good article about how to get the most out of it : http://guykawasaki.com/how-to-use-twit/
December 5, 2008: Bought 3 books @ local store: http://amazon.com/dp/1591842239 + http://amazon.com/dp/1401922759 + http://amazon.com/dp/1401219136 :-)
December 5, 2008: Interesting article about the incredible emphasis on music education in China : http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.html
December 3, 2008: Santa Monica : "It’s as if the French Riviera was 10 minutes from Paris."
November 28, 2008: Wrote the basic core of MuckWork from scratch in 8 hours today, including fixtures and working unit tests. Whoo!
November 27, 2008: Watching a chubby squirrel falling asleep (eyes closing) on a branch just 10 feet from me.
November 22, 2008: Are people asking themselves questions about you? https://sive.rs/mystery
November 20, 2008: Biked another 30 miles today with no exhaustion. Love noticing improvement. (Thanks for the concerned tweets from my last update. I’m OK.)
November 19, 2008: Got hit by a car on my bike. Saw it coming. Gotta learn to get faster on my brakes.
November 16, 2008: All the cafés in Iceland were playing CocoRosie : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CocoRosie - I LOVE IT
November 16, 2008: Got WAY sucked-in to bike-touring maps and journals like http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/NZ-1997-South-Island-PT-2 and http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3279&v=20d Wow.
November 15, 2008: what I want from life is not what others want me to want
November 3, 2008: Writing a translation program.
October 31, 2008: Ariel Hyatt (@cyberpr) and I have 255 mutual friends on Facebook. :-)
October 27, 2008: Finished writing phpunit tests for my first time, for multi-lingual MusicThoughts.
October 24, 2008: Double-speed! Half-speed! Up an octave! Down an octave! https://sive.rs/more-than-one
October 23, 2008: My email system tells me I’ve hand-written 6205 emails in the last 60 days. (That doesn’t include the mass-mailings. Just actually typed.)
October 21, 2008: 586 new emails (after spam & mailing lists removed) that need a reply. Oof. Here we go...
October 18, 2008: Great Obama article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17brooks.html - I always thought he was like Atticus Finch
October 18, 2008: Amazing Warren Buffett editorial on why to invest NOW in U.S. stock market : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/17/opinion/17buffett.html
October 18, 2008: Nobody knows the future - and it doesn’t matter! https://sive.rs/no-oracle
October 17, 2008: What’s your grand pursuit? https://sive.rs/grand-pursuit
October 17, 2008: Need to break the comparison to others? https://sive.rs/uncomparable
July 16, 2008: realizing there are more Web 2.0 companies set up to help musicians than there are musicians.
May 17, 2008: I finally answer "How was India?" : https://sive.rs/how-was-india
April 16, 2008: What’s really keeping you from where you need to be? https://sive.rs/pigs-sharks
April 8, 2008: What should I do when someone says, “Let me know what you think!” of their music? https://sive.rs/letmeknow
April 8, 2008: Booked 2 hotel rooms for SxSW 2009, March 12-23.
February 4, 2008: In Bangalore, re-learning Rails from the GREAT book: Rails Way
January 6, 2008: Thinking maybe I should twitter more often, again.
November 15, 2007: Loving the 75-degree Santa Monica weather so much I don’t want to be anywhere else on earth, for once.
November 13, 2007: Listening to Our Lips are Sealed by the Go Go’s again and again and again and again
November 6, 2007: Trying to make our shopping cart more foolproof.
November 1, 2007: psyched about Open Social
October 22, 2007: giving tech support to India :-)
October 6, 2007: juggling freelancers around the world
September 30, 2007: Nice! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors_%28compact%29
September 20, 2007: fixing lots of little cdbaby.com things.
September 5, 2007: how to feel powerless: be made to wait at home all day (8am to 8pm) for DSL installation. at 8pm be told they couldn’t make it.
August 27, 2007: Moved into a new flat in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden.
August 25, 2007: Finished cdbaby.com rewrite. (That was the ambitious thing I started a few weeks ago.)
August 6, 2007: digging into PayPal docs for the first time since 2000 or so.
August 3, 2007: the ambitious thing is going amazingly well.
August 3, 2007: converted the country-sensitive address formatting system over from Ruby to PHP. it rules! the ~130 countries have 17 different ways t ...
August 3, 2007: (that wasn’t the ambitious thing, though. i’ll tell that next week.)
August 3, 2007: doing cdbaby.com checkout process with new MVC + classes
July 27, 2007: watching a mouse walk in my open window
July 27, 2007: replacing cdbaby’s cart with new Cart class
July 26, 2007: programming cart class
July 26, 2007: programming cart class, still
July 23, 2007: full day of programming ahead : Wells IACH, .com DL cart, zipmaker
July 20, 2007: emailing. nothing but emailing. catching up on 6 weeks of unanswered email. fun fun fun.
July 19, 2007: planning the many ways hostbaby could be much better
July 16, 2007: programming artist-search / similar-artists stuff
July 14, 2007: Fuck yeah! PyLucene artist matching done. Incorporating into site.
July 9, 2007: PyLucene artist matching parsing soundslikes into artists
July 9, 2007: No.. giving up on PyLucene until API update or PyL downdate.
July 8, 2007: finished members’ DD section after a lovely uninterrupted 14 hour stint, today
July 7, 2007: not
July 7, 2007: programming members’ DD opt-in/out restrictions
July 6, 2007: programming members’ login area: the DD signup/edit section (more)
July 5, 2007: programming members’ login area: uncoupling songs from albums, make-new-album process
July 5, 2007: programming members’ login area: the DD signup/edit section
July 4, 2007: Spent entire 7 hours programming time getting Java/Lucene working...
July 3, 2007: break from programming for meeting
July 3, 2007: programming members’ login area: uncoupling songs from albums, make-new-album process, Java/Lucene soundslike separations.
July 2, 2007: programming members’ login area, though 4.5 hours after intended starting point
July 1, 2007: stopping working to read newest Fables while acting sick
July 1, 2007: programming Wells Fargo Payment Manager XML outputs
July 1, 2007: finished Wells Fargo Payment Manager, though docs disagree with XSD validation.
June 30, 2007: turning ISO 3166-2 codes into Location class again.
June 28, 2007: Setting up twitter to work with mobile and IM
June 28, 2007: testing twitter from IM
June 28, 2007: programming Wells Fargo Payment Manager XML outputs
June 28, 2007: turning ISO 3166-2 codes into Location class. fascinating stuff. (really!)
March 26, 2007: Signed on to Twitter. Working. Don’t expect updates here often, yet.