steven ritchie
@staticsteven
all i want to do is make dope things with dope people
steven ritchie
staticsteven.com
“Rough layouts sell the idea better than polished ones. If you show a highly polished computer layout, the client will focus on the execution not the idea. Show a scribble. Explain it. Talk through it. Involve your client. Let them use their imagination.”
But busyness has a way of stealing creativity from you. Generative work, like art and writing, requires long periods of nothingness: it’s only in that wide empty space that ideas emerge. Long runs, hot showers, commutes that don’t involve harried Slack messages and listening to podcasts at 2x speed. Sitting at the edge of a dock, listening to the o... See more
Jasmine Sun • the scenic route
cities need more cozy enchanting late night cafes to work & read from til 1am
Why would I care about the “way things are” if I’m actively trying to change that?
Mark Sabino • Camus and Curren$y: Why I Preach Indie
The only mistake is trying to have all of your burners turned on, but only at half power while your mental image of yourself is one of a high achiever, yet you know in your soul you’re not making progress. This is to bear the downsides of both options with none of the upsides.
Sean Blanda • Your 30s are a time to go for it (or not)
If you work on anything worthwhile, sooner or later people will care about it and will want you to send progress updates. These could be quarterly investor updates, weekly updates to your boss, emails to adjacent teams, etc. Here are tips on how to do this well.
Understand your role, and with each update add to the body of evidence that you’re a goo
