Articles by Joshua Blankenship from August 2011

Conventional people are roused to fury by departures from convention, largely because they regard such departures as a criticism of themselves. " Bertrand Russell...

This article was originally published on my now defunct long-form writing site So Serious. It is republished here for posterity, and for the enjoyment of you, the reader. I tend to define design as &#...

This article was originally published on my now defunct long-form writing site So Serious. It is republished here for posterity, and for the enjoyment of you, the reader. When I first moved to Boston ...

Great things in business are not done by one person, they are done by a team of people. " Steve Jobs...

This has been the best year of client work I’ve ever had. Which wasn’t all that difficult, really. I’ve had some abysmal experiences working with clients in the 8+ years I’...

One of the things [Y Combinator consciously looks for is] companies that are turning businesses that didn’t use to be software businesses into software businesses. " Paul Graham, ventu...

If HR is simply a support function, interchangeable with something as inane as paying the water bill, you are not a cool place to work. You will not be a magnet for talent or maintain a motivated staf...

“I’m bored” is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever,...