Goodbye for now - Thursday 6:30pm -
In Chicago? Come have a farewell drink on Thursday at the Kerryman with me. It’s my last night as a Chicago resident. East Coast bound this weekend.
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“Extreme knowledge is not something for which he programs a computer but for which his computer is programming him.” — Want to Remember Everything You’ll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
gtrot: The new gtrot is live! -
It’s here guys and gals- a new gtrot focused on making your local experience even better. The new gtrot helps you discover, organize, and share local favorites, to-dos, and much more in your home city (or travel destination!). It’s something you can use wherever, whenever.
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“Life can bestow unexpected gifts, and sometime in her late 40s, Martin, a real estate agent living on Long Island, a busy working mother who had never been in a track meet, discovered a glorious secret hidden away in her body. Not only was she a good runner, she was also an outstanding one. In fact, she was one of the most remarkable female distance runners in the world.” —
Kathy Martin Started Late but She Is Catching Up - NYTimes.com
It’s never too late to start. Martin is running faster than any 60-year-old woman ever has before.
“You have to fight this feeling. The best way I’ve come up with is to think of a startup as an experiment, not as a business. Your early experiments are supposed to go wrong. Your goal is to find out what went wrong and iterate.” — How to Make It as a First-Time Entrepreneur | Vinicius Vacanti
Travel doesn’t always require a plane.
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“What if you dropped out of school and walked across the country? What if you decided grades were sort of silly, and instead read all the interesting things you could find? What if you volunteered some time in a developing country and met someone who’d never spent a moment thinking about Chandler and Monica? What if you tasted every taste, saw every sight, faced the things that frightened you, and got a couple of scuffs along the way? You have one life. Live it as you will, but perhaps take a moment to consider an alternative path. There is a wide chasm between the ways you could pass through existence and the lame-ass lives most choose. Besides, should you fail, you’ll at least have a couple of good stories to tell.” — Fuck ‘em | Deliberatism
