If the choice is between finishing something, or perfecting it, done wins. Every time. Because done invites feedback, and feedback helps me improve. Once we admit to ourselves that perfect is impossible, all we’ve got left is done. And if it’s true that we learn from what we do, then the more we do, the more we learn. Getting to done, not perfect, then, is the fastest way to improve.
The Usual
Is there value in being consistent & predictable? Is there value in the opposite?
On building one’s own neural network
What if we chose to build our own neural networks instead of the networks of enormous and extractive software companies?
It came outta nowhere
Could thinking of ourselves as a characters in an unwritten movie help us process good and bad surprises and make the movie more interesting?
Lists work
How do I organise, prioritise and complete the life shrapnel that gets in the way of making more significant work? Can an empty square help?
Quentin Dupieux makes films
Why bother making a weird idea that’s really difficult to make if it won’t make you money, find an audience?