Friday Inspiration, Vol. 100

I gave a quick talk about “The Joy of Making It Small” at Ignite Boulder last month (video):

If you have had a shitty week, or even a not-shitty week, please let Ludacris put a smile on your face with this freestyle of the children’s book “Llama Llama Red Pajama.

Our friends at Feral Mountain Co. are putting together a cool Basecamp Journal. You can pre-order one via IndieGoGo here.

I recommend this album for the rest of your day in the office.

“There is growing concern that as well as addicting users, technology is contributing toward so-called ‘continuous partial attention,’ severely limiting people’s ability to focus, and possibly lowering IQ. One recent study showed that the mere presence of smartphones damages cognitive capacity – even when the device is turned off.”

Some revelations in an interview with the woman behind the hilarious YouDidNotSleepThere Instagram account.

“Just don’t read the comments because nothing good can come out of it,” he says. “Have you ever had someone say, ‘I read the greatest review of your book,’ or ‘the most glowing review of your movie,’ and you read it and you say, ‘That’s not a glowing review. This guy takes cheap shots left and right and he didn’t get the point.’ Look, I’m 61. I don’t have time to read about how bad or how good I was at something. Just let it sit out there and they have to deal with the fact that I’m the famous guy who got my name in the paper.”
Tom Hanks

—Brendan