Successful People Start Before They Feel Ready

In 1966, a dyslexic sixteen-year-old boy dropped out of school. With the help of a friend, he started a magazine for students and made money by selling advertisements to local businesses. With only a little bit of money to get started, he ran the…

AngelList: Non-Geeks, µCarry, 100 Signatures, Bricks and more…

What does the future of AngelList look…

The Ultimate Cheat Sheet To Reinvent Yourself

Here are the rules:

I’ve been at zero a few times, come back a few times, and done it over and over. I’ve started entire new careers. People who knew me then, don’t me now. And so on.

 Mis Pensamientos Sobre La Amistad

 ¿Acaso no crees que un amigo siempre estará ahí para ayudarte?

Congruence: The New Definition Of Happiness

Happiness = Congruence

Stop Overdosing on Celebrity Gossip, The News, and Low Quality Information

How much time do you spend consuming information that you have no intention of taking action on or that you don’t care deeply about?

National Monuments From Our Tea Party Future

With One Big Pair of Ted Cruz Truck Nutz

History is written by the victors. Which got me thinking, if the Tea Party actually got their way what will Washington D.C. look like in the future? What…

On TED

Why we ask What If…? instead

Kim olursa olsun; zalime karşı, mazlumdan yana olmak!

The path to mainstream wearable tech — Part 2 of my thoughts on wearable technology

Why is Pakistani Society so Divided on Malala? 

Everyone has an opinion. 

Ey “Allah korusun!” diyen, ciddi misin sen?

“İnna lillahi ve inna ileyhi raciun: Biz, varoluşumuzu…

‘Gravity’ and Why We Watch Survival Movies

The Enduring Allure of the ‘Stranded’ Genre

The Problem with Restaurant Menus

How to Make French Fries Seem Special

There was a time when food was, well.. food.

Now, food is — like everything else —all about the deep dive, about knowing much more than you really need to…

Building a Nobel Portfolio

What an unlikely pair of laureates can teach us about how to invest

The economics world is abuzz with the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize winners, Robert Shiller and Eugene Fama. Much of the buzz stems…

Cinayetin sırtından geçinmek

Tarih tekerrür edince yazı da tekerrür eder. Tarih tekerrür etti ve Mumcu’nun ölümünden rant devşiren…

The Lil’ Camera That Could

My two week road trip with the X100S

Inconsiderate Commuters

Commuting by public transportation on a daily basis, has made me very…

Custom Gaming Laptops

Five Things You Must Consider When Building a Gaming Laptop

Gone are the days when you would have been laughed at if you walked into a all night LAN party carrying your trusty laptop computer and wait to be with the giant…

The Canadians are Coming!

But it might be a good thing

Honesty

“Honesty is not inherent in any medium. Honesty is inherent in a person”

Fear prevents us from achieving our goals.

As someone who prides themselves on “hustling”, I have been thinking about what the term truly means. The basic definition of hustling is getting shit done. Nothing should be in your way to get shit done. If its 10pm in NYC and you need to present your…

FAITH THAT HIGHER-SELF WILL NOT DO ANY BAD

Lot of times we look at in utter disbelief at the events that occur around us. How could such bad things happen, and especially to good people? I believe that the higher-self guides or manages the universe, and we should not look at events as random…

Design Free or Die Hard

Are you holding user experience hostage? 

“…a brand needs to…

Bulanık suda av olmak da bir, avcı olmak da

12 Eylül darbesine zemin hazırlamak için sağ-sol kapışmasının derin odaklar…

The Infinite Mapmaker

Our Grasp For Truth

Make the Water Rise

Build the tide to rise all ships

Yesterday I sat down for a meeting with an aspiring playwright. These are the meetings that I love the most, because the level of passion someone starting out has is something that really can’t be matched. As is…

In Defense of Idling

Laziness is next to happiness

Liberiamo(ci) (dal)la scuola

…è una questione di vita o di morte!

Cansei

…

Cansei de esperar.
Cansei de lutar.
Cansei de tentar.
Cansei de arriscar.
Cansei de gastar.
Cansei de gostar.
Cansei…

Comfort-First Experience Design

In search of a comfortable experience

Talk to a product designer, architect, doctor, restauranteur, or almost anyone, and you’ll find that planning for comfort is one of the most important aspects of their job. They might…

When Apps Stop Being Polite…and Start Getting Real

Touch Room, Spaceteam, and the Intersection of…

La breve vita dei servizi Web

… e sugli effimeri desideri degli utenti

Türkiye “çete cumhuriyeti” değildir

Hukuk’un tariflerinden biri de “düşünceler arasında barışı sağlayan teknik”tir.

Chicken Soup for Knowledge Worker’s Soul: Collected Wisdom

Le imprese del reietto

Creonte ha ragione, secondo le leggi della città, ma Antigone rivendica lo…

The Gift I Want To Leave For The World

Most major labels expect musicians to put on a layer of falsehood, an act if you will, to create an illusion far removed from the heart and soul of what a musician feels or sings about.

Idea Killers

Fight for mediocrity

It sucks when people kill your ideas, but the greater tragedy occurs if idea killers are able to instil self-doubt in those with potential genius.