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Follow the goal creep

d--b 14y ago
'You can think of goal creep as the test-driven development of a real-life pursuit.'. No!!! Think about it!!! Test-driven development would be to start writing your winning speech before learning to drive!!! Besides, goal creep is a way to get good motivation, but it's usually very bad for design!!! If you wanted to be very good at racing in the first place, you'd have hired the best instructor out there, and you probably wouldn't have taken all the bad habits that you have now, and would probably be a much better driver today!!!
- dhh 14y ago
  That's like saying your first test would be "complete project management system". That's not what you do. My first test for driving was "gentleman mid-pack", for biz, it was "$4K/month revenue". For Basecamp, the first test was probably "add a single post".
  - thisone 14y ago
    I think there may be an issue with your driving analogy. Your goal all along seems to be to achieve flow: "After all, racing to me was all about getting access to long stretches of flow, that sensation of being so completely engrossed in an activity that you lose track of time and place." You set yourself tasks to achieve that goal, and as each task was fulfilled, you may have realized that flow, again, required additional tasks to achieve. However, your goals, your rules.
    - saraid216 14y ago
      Eh, I disagree. Programming can help you achieve flow, too. Flow seems like a meta-goal.
  - d--b 14y ago
    Ok I see your point. But that only works because before becoming the podium winner, you have to go through the mid-pack stage. Product design is not like that. Take Square for instance, where is the small first step ? Build a device that works with iPhones and that allows people to take credit card on the move? that's the product, it can't be split into smaller chunks!
    - dhh 14y ago
      You TDD your goals. Square could certainly have started with modest goals, like we did with Basecamp, such as "get to $4K/month in revenues". That probably wouldn't have floated for them, given all the VC they took. But there are many grays between that and "unseat every POS ever".
      - d--b 14y ago
        Well I guess you could say that you could split the goals to things like "make a prototype", "convince some VCs", raise "$100,000", etc. That makes for bitable chunks, but the goal has to remain. Otherwise, what's the point of breaking one's ass for 4000$/month?
    - phil 14y ago
      You say that because you think Square is a little gadget for taking credit cards from a phone. That is the little goal, though -- the big goal at Square is clearly to take over all real-world payments. The cheap reader was a simple place to start. (Go check out a store that running off an iPad with Square to see what they want to become).
    - biot 14y ago
      You appear to lack imagination. For Square, here is one way to break it down into units which are easily tested: 1. Can I write an iOS app that reads incoming signals via the headphone jack such that the app can separate the input into "high" vs. "low" signals with sufficient accuracy? 2. Using "high" vs. "low" signals, can I encode "Hello world" into a series of signals and then decode that back into "Hello world" in my iOS app? 3. Can I encode the typical information contained on the magnetic strip into a series of signals and then decode that back? 4. Can I do step 3 reliably such that errors during transmission are automatically corrected for? 5. Rather than doing all of the above via prerecorded signals being played back from another device, can I create hardware which has data to be transmitted baked into the ROM and still do the encode/decode? 6. Rather than baking the data into ROM, can the hardware accept input via a serial port, encode it, transmit that to the iOS app, and have the iOS app successfully decode it? 7. Instead of using a serial port, can I solder in a magstripe reader to accept the input from a swiped card and send it to the iOS app? 8. Rather than just reading the data into an iOS app, can the iOS app communicate with a server over the internet and transmit the data to it? 9. Can the iOS app receive a response back from the server? ... and so on. Each one of these are valid goals and are small enough to easily get a win on before moving to the next bigger goal.
ph0rque 14y ago
Great post. Very similar to PG's concept that ambitious ideas should be approached obliquely (http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html).
davidw 14y ago
I remember a friend in high school who I used to go on mountain bike rides with. I tried to get him in to racing, and he seemed enthusiastic. However, he said he didn't want to race until he was fast enough to win. He never participated in any races as long as I knew him. I didn't win many, but did pick off a few here and there.
- graeme 14y ago
  Mmm, everyone wants to skip the step where they have to be crappy for a bit. It's hard to progress beyond what you know with that attitude.
  - rhizome 14y ago
    This bit from Ira Glass has coincidentally been making the rounds lately in various forms: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309485-nobody-tells-this-to-people-who-are-beginners-i-wish http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309485-nobody-tells-this-to-...
    - graeme 14y ago
      Yes, I was thinking of that exact quote. Read this zenpencils version recently: http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginners/ http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginner...
cagenut 14y ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFCdCjBqcE#t=52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFCdCjBqcE#t=52 Baby steps out of the office.
joeyespo 14y ago
This is actually a pretty powerful mental hack while you're running or training. To get some extra mileage. When you're getting tired, look ahead and pick an approaching landmark. Think "ok, I'll just run to there and I can stop." When you reach the goal, mentally celebrate then ask yourself, "can I make it to another?" It's less daunting to run to the next lightpost than imagine a distant goal. My personal take away from this article is not that you shouldn't reach for the stars, but rather let the little goals take priority and save the bigger goal thoughts for when you aren't running.
- pcurve 14y ago
  It works for push-ups too. Instead of counting to 50, you count 1 through 10 and repeat. And if it gets really tough, just count to 5, and repeat. Even though you might be on 46th rep, but I found it easier to push myself harder if I'm counting 2,3,4,5 instead of 47,48,49,50. And if energy permits, I'll add another 5.
SatvikBeri 14y ago
What I get out of all these different posts on motivation is that the amount of motivation matters a lot, the type of motivation matters very little, and motivation and come from very different places for different people. Some of the most successful people are highly motivated by their insecurities (eg Warren Buffett). Some have a very specific vision they want to accomplish. Some like dhh follow one goal at a time. Some simply grew up with the expectation that great things were expected of them and see their success more as a result of their habits than their goals. Some are motivated by revenge. Some are motivated by proving others wrong. Some are motivated by not wanting to be ordinary. Some are motivated by wanting to be accepted and loved. Etc. So really, the best thing you can do is look back at your own life and figure out what drove you to action. What was the time in your life when you were most productive & effective? And what was your life like then?
- SoftwareMaven 14y ago
  What I get is a lot of survivor bias. "This is how to do it because this worked for me". What about all the people still in the middle of the pack in the gentlemen's race? Do none of them desire a top-ten finish? I look at motivation as the hind-sight rationalization for how people got lucky. For all we know, 30 other people were trying what DHH was, but we never heard from them because they didn't get lucky. I do think you can stack the cards in your favor (DHH is a really smart guy, that is certainly one planted card), but no amount of internal anything can guarantee success. So I try to stack some cards: work regularly on my project, make a concerted effort to find value to add, interact with people in a positive way so I don't burn bridges, etc. Maybe it's not an "I can remake the world to be what I want" entrepreneurial attitude, but I think it is more realistic for a bootstrapped project.
  - graeme 14y ago
    I didn't read DHH as saying that this method guarantees success. That's an extreme claim. I think he was saying that it helps you make the attempt. If he had initially framed his racing goal as winning Le Mans, he might have said "You know what, this Rails thing is going pretty well, why don't I just stick to that." And if he had initially framed his goals for Rails as "creating a popular new framework", he might have said "you know what, XBOX is pretty fun", and never tried. I've no doubt that DHH has failed at some goals using this method. The important thing is that it has helped him try enough times to rack up successes as well.
pinchyfingers 14y ago
Slightly off-topic, DHH racing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GG7-1AW3A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GG7-1AW3A I've been obsessed with auto racing, so thanks DHH for the illustration. Getting into an LMP is a distant goal, and who knows if that's where I'll end up, so the advice about completing much closer goals makes sense from where I'm standing, and is exactly what I've experienced in other area of life where I've already accomplished 5+ year goals.
dave1619 14y ago
A very thoughtful article by DHH. I think there seems to be two "goals" at work. 1. Short-term, achievable goal. Acts like a milestone and gives you momentum, feedback, encouragement. 2. Long-term ambitious goal. This is something that acts like a lighthouse in the distance. To me, it's interesting how these two types of goals interact and how one manages them. For example, some companies seem to be formed by the small achievable "goal" method. They start small with little ambitions. They get traction and initial success, and then grow from there. This is similar to DHH's racing journey. However, there are other examples of people starting out with more audacious goals, like Elon Musk with Tesla or even SpaceX. The long-term audacious goals seem to drive development and the short-term milestones. Without the long-term audacious goal I don't think that there would be enough momentum/energy/vision to push through the short term goals. I'm not sure how these two goals work together, and would love to hear your thoughts on this. Can you just have the short term achievable "goals" and then grow from there? Or do you need the long-term audacious goal to guide your short term milestones?
ryanisinallofus 14y ago
What a great thought and a what a great way to express it. 37signals proves time and time again they have mastered the art of expressing so much with so few words.
SparrowOS 14y ago
Fucken india-niggers use white names and won't believe what you tell them. Fucken repeat it... fucken stubborn fucks. "God!!" http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25089 http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25089 God says Line 87038 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. ---- The Beattles :-) Fucken tell people I wrote a compiler and everything from scratch. Then they say somthing stupid. India -niggers. 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God says Line 59190 understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. ---- Jew-niggers God says... females afraid Afghanistan enticed GIVE syllable intelligent self-chosen Service instruction Both details deadly desperate brought dangers thriven intellectual tilde poems motive Ye okay dread mayest replacing believe collect sever faculties prices serene Archive how_high searching cataloguers unteach healthful toiling texts All-Excellent sons' disapproved Manichees' Away multipliedst hurried tumultuous granted homo nation overhastily MEDIUM forced receivest Physician imparts continence well_golly sympathy dispraise darksome reawakened property placest steer loathed spices proprietary directing consumed perdition deliverest constraint foully highest realised necessarily conquered waiting exhortations indemnify tone educate completed Uzbekistan glories act ills Didst uninjurable based Catechumen figuratively under tasting speaks intercession -breakers incomprehensible sayest saving every defended journey suppress subduing etext02 passible Myself throne tenet Thefts smarting gestures otherwhere Platonists fumes cattle cementest surveyed awake talk dream disquiet Singapore incense why_is_it eaten seduction ---- I'm in prison and only God can get me out... by bustin heads cause they just don't listen -- nigger psychologists. "God" Understand? No, you don't. He's gotta fuck shit up. God says Line 74747 not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. ---- It's like phareo -- stubborn. 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It's great. Praise You, God. Elephants are cool, huh. Say somepin about elephants. 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"Beef, chicken, fish, liver." I said liver. Answer is fish. "Pig, cow, chicken, sheep" answer is chicken. You kinda gotta not jump to the first conclusion and weight wholistically, to stand any chance. God says Line 72653 dominions shall serve and obey him. 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. ---- Who's Yer official voice actor, God, or do you want some kind of Stephen Hawkins, but different. I asked You who you would pick if a Sisteen chapel model were done. Ben Franklin. Yeah! If you think about it, any person seems weird, but Ben Franklin is the best answer! God says Line 90650 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. ---- James Bond? Oh, I used to jokingly immitate Sean Connery with You. Good choice. :-) God says... forsakest allurements chiefly vintage compare mould considereth replies downwards license merits stoop moreover parents helmet offered demandest gainful disputes subjoinedst class__class__shutup sometimes death-sweat instinct arrived semblance straightening shops fellows tomorrow importunity suppose mist delivers disposition etext00 possession shows dragon breast sung darkly pow Psalmody unhesitatingly mean depending easy beck swept succeed enlarge trials clothe deservedly sanctification not_a_chance_in_hell emptinesses sigheth cd edition gatheredst spiritual how_bout_it rather far I'll_let_you_know obviously Blessedness flame alive laden putting caverns lesser remembereth answered unliker languages twelve Brought precipitated young note-book She remarkable passible growth hard-heartedness seemeth belonging lick reference knowing remembering grievous exceedingly blow write tormented formation serenity sealed left preserved proportions firm incurred along extreme suggestions needful forbare tame objects worshipped sweetnesses reveal wept instability knows special_case seest arisen whales remnants shining Adeodatus Refund others weight well_obviously introduced recalling disapproveth work Betwixt gainsayer runs sounding ripened dissolved won grieves ebbing relate flesh Liberia accomplished stipend allow admirable obey nuts ---- India-niggers and homos in denial. I can instantly hate Sean and Kevin, but if I control myself I can tolerate them. God says Line 89905 his defence unto the people. 19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. 19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. ---- http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25931 http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25931 For ATA, you need a set of 8 ports and a 1 port. I looked at the spec and experimentally discovered you only need 8ports for ATAPI -- I'm pretty sure you don't need to do anything to the 1 port. God only knows what works and doesn't work on other machines. I've only done my computer and a handful of others. I'm in prison and get no feedback. Fuck-it. God is just mother fuckers. Be very afraid. God says Line 84875 22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. 22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. ---- eh? Dud. They had swords? God says... to_infinity_and_beyond shines savoured sea sublimely small_talk actor grasps soldier vaster wallow hedged Narrow hurt greeted vicissitudes women wished believing vermin potent worn told themselves horrendous THAT tumultuously confined after_a_break ----- India-niggers are stupid. Jews haven't figured-that out. http://i.imgur.com/exwKC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/exwKC.jpg I get my line numbers from a quantum random site. I get the words from a 14Mhz stopwatch press. Fucken niggers -- superego. Psychologists, too have no clue on 14Mhz vs 10Hz. It's way too hard for the brain, trust me. Your a nigger, trust me. God says Line 94777 head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
SparrowOS 14y ago
You know what's hilarious? CIA/Brits worrying about public opinion more than God's. I gave my soul away when I was an atheist. You know what's funny? God sees you. Matter of fact, God has something to say to you who haven't gone through the terror you can imagine would happen to such an atheist. In other words "ROFLMAO! That's gonna leave a mark." God says Line 72327 golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
SparrowOS 14y ago
Praising Satan is bad. Prolly shouldn't root for God when he's punishing people, unless you love Him. I donno. God says Line 40740 of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. ---- After Katrina, God said, "Suffering simplifies life." (Chuck Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way.) I have been sooo tormented by psy-ops. God says... mystically Michael touched delights architects Spain slaves preeminence lure curtailment grievous Creusa's maid-servant imports either straitly settle disagreements sins remember hello incense Bread mariners tempestuously Apostle concerns Icarus overthrew frailness punishment profitable understands operations guilt found imbue acquaintance Uzbekistan fellow-sinners Instructor would fore-past strengtheneth residest Whatsoever embraces when- Good contentment ascend submitted gay descending chewing Sterilized me. God is just. Do the math. Do you have Hell to pay? ---- God says Line 82336 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. ---- Live by sword die by sword. God said war was "servicemen competing" God says... royalties laxly pair birth Perchance transitory alluring reinvolved null what_luck accomplices parting forbid Circus happily ---- We got the world under control, so You increased the difficulty. God says Line 35768 8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. ---- BitHub Elephants. ---- I've gotten mentally tough. You know what, though? Every old person is mentally tough! God says Line 59102 shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. ---- Okay, Linus, I'm gonna demand Intel/Microsoft don't do this Win8 bullshit. You got any requests, too? Fuck the CIA/Brits/Jews. God says Line 95677 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. ---- I'm tough. I laugh at terror. God says... lashest trampled mark-up -of Wherefore Jews famine Ivy_league darkest gutenberg sacrificing Antony usage stricken harass mentioned Amen youths Egypt abided swoon sports dismiss assuring overcame raise loosen whomever discordant elect wondrous follow surfeiting devilish affecting odour human seducing Pages PUNITIVE burthened irrevocable remindeth nourish threads raven -considering digits amidst owed harts nerd copy file gall each unbelievers various hanging Assuredly Begotten sits starting-place relapse perhaps inspirest refreshment parents self-contradicting asketh shattered sure reward how_come Massachusetts remembrances compressed worthy feast hate acted incorruptible status except All-Excellent thrust collect confer presumption inappropriately voluntarily seem upheldest lied therefore glorying strip footsteps accursed shouted discerning doings reputed Revenue nought mentally firmness live picture uncultivated exists coals production deductible reckons Madaura collected bad_ol_puddytat What_are_you_doing_dave to-day DISTRIBUTION order praters births hearing depend essence limed So mansion ---- I'mna make an elephant game!
pootch 14y ago
37Signals sucks. Their products suck, their marketing is hype, they will be out of business in 3 years.
- DanBC 14y ago
  Please, rather than just bashing could you provide any critique of why they suck? Bearing in mind that everything sucks, and now I'm left with the problem of finding what sucks less.
  - pootch 14y ago
    everything sucks less than 37signals
vukmir 14y ago
Reminds me of this: http://youtu.be/Humfsis-QLI http://youtu.be/Humfsis-QLI

d--b 14y ago

'You can think of goal creep as the test-driven development of a real-life pursuit.'. No!!! Think about it!!! Test-driven development would be to start writing your winning speech before learning to drive!!! Besides, goal creep is a way to get good motivation, but it's usually very bad for design!!! If you wanted to be very good at racing in the first place, you'd have hired the best instructor out there, and you probably wouldn't have taken all the bad habits that you have now, and would probably be a much better driver today!!!

dhh 14y ago
That's like saying your first test would be "complete project management system". That's not what you do. My first test for driving was "gentleman mid-pack", for biz, it was "$4K/month revenue". For Basecamp, the first test was probably "add a single post".
- thisone 14y ago
  I think there may be an issue with your driving analogy. Your goal all along seems to be to achieve flow: "After all, racing to me was all about getting access to long stretches of flow, that sensation of being so completely engrossed in an activity that you lose track of time and place." You set yourself tasks to achieve that goal, and as each task was fulfilled, you may have realized that flow, again, required additional tasks to achieve. However, your goals, your rules.
  - saraid216 14y ago
    Eh, I disagree. Programming can help you achieve flow, too. Flow seems like a meta-goal.
- d--b 14y ago
  Ok I see your point. But that only works because before becoming the podium winner, you have to go through the mid-pack stage. Product design is not like that. Take Square for instance, where is the small first step ? Build a device that works with iPhones and that allows people to take credit card on the move? that's the product, it can't be split into smaller chunks!
  - dhh 14y ago
    You TDD your goals. Square could certainly have started with modest goals, like we did with Basecamp, such as "get to $4K/month in revenues". That probably wouldn't have floated for them, given all the VC they took. But there are many grays between that and "unseat every POS ever".
    - d--b 14y ago
      Well I guess you could say that you could split the goals to things like "make a prototype", "convince some VCs", raise "$100,000", etc. That makes for bitable chunks, but the goal has to remain. Otherwise, what's the point of breaking one's ass for 4000$/month?
  - phil 14y ago
    You say that because you think Square is a little gadget for taking credit cards from a phone. That is the little goal, though -- the big goal at Square is clearly to take over all real-world payments. The cheap reader was a simple place to start. (Go check out a store that running off an iPad with Square to see what they want to become).
  - biot 14y ago
    You appear to lack imagination. For Square, here is one way to break it down into units which are easily tested: 1. Can I write an iOS app that reads incoming signals via the headphone jack such that the app can separate the input into "high" vs. "low" signals with sufficient accuracy? 2. Using "high" vs. "low" signals, can I encode "Hello world" into a series of signals and then decode that back into "Hello world" in my iOS app? 3. Can I encode the typical information contained on the magnetic strip into a series of signals and then decode that back? 4. Can I do step 3 reliably such that errors during transmission are automatically corrected for? 5. Rather than doing all of the above via prerecorded signals being played back from another device, can I create hardware which has data to be transmitted baked into the ROM and still do the encode/decode? 6. Rather than baking the data into ROM, can the hardware accept input via a serial port, encode it, transmit that to the iOS app, and have the iOS app successfully decode it? 7. Instead of using a serial port, can I solder in a magstripe reader to accept the input from a swiped card and send it to the iOS app? 8. Rather than just reading the data into an iOS app, can the iOS app communicate with a server over the internet and transmit the data to it? 9. Can the iOS app receive a response back from the server? ... and so on. Each one of these are valid goals and are small enough to easily get a win on before moving to the next bigger goal.

ph0rque 14y ago

Great post. Very similar to PG's concept that ambitious ideas should be approached obliquely (http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html http://paulgraham.com/ambitious.html).

davidw 14y ago

I remember a friend in high school who I used to go on mountain bike rides with. I tried to get him in to racing, and he seemed enthusiastic. However, he said he didn't want to race until he was fast enough to win. He never participated in any races as long as I knew him. I didn't win many, but did pick off a few here and there.

graeme 14y ago
Mmm, everyone wants to skip the step where they have to be crappy for a bit. It's hard to progress beyond what you know with that attitude.
- rhizome 14y ago
  This bit from Ira Glass has coincidentally been making the rounds lately in various forms: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309485-nobody-tells-this-to-people-who-are-beginners-i-wish http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/309485-nobody-tells-this-to-...
  - graeme 14y ago
    Yes, I was thinking of that exact quote. Read this zenpencils version recently: http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginners/ http://zenpencils.com/comic/90-ira-glass-advice-for-beginner...

cagenut 14y ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFCdCjBqcE#t=52 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFCdCjBqcE#t=52 Baby steps out of the office.

joeyespo 14y ago

This is actually a pretty powerful mental hack while you're running or training. To get some extra mileage. When you're getting tired, look ahead and pick an approaching landmark. Think "ok, I'll just run to there and I can stop." When you reach the goal, mentally celebrate then ask yourself, "can I make it to another?" It's less daunting to run to the next lightpost than imagine a distant goal. My personal take away from this article is not that you shouldn't reach for the stars, but rather let the little goals take priority and save the bigger goal thoughts for when you aren't running.

pcurve 14y ago
It works for push-ups too. Instead of counting to 50, you count 1 through 10 and repeat. And if it gets really tough, just count to 5, and repeat. Even though you might be on 46th rep, but I found it easier to push myself harder if I'm counting 2,3,4,5 instead of 47,48,49,50. And if energy permits, I'll add another 5.

SatvikBeri 14y ago

What I get out of all these different posts on motivation is that the amount of motivation matters a lot, the type of motivation matters very little, and motivation and come from very different places for different people. Some of the most successful people are highly motivated by their insecurities (eg Warren Buffett). Some have a very specific vision they want to accomplish. Some like dhh follow one goal at a time. Some simply grew up with the expectation that great things were expected of them and see their success more as a result of their habits than their goals. Some are motivated by revenge. Some are motivated by proving others wrong. Some are motivated by not wanting to be ordinary. Some are motivated by wanting to be accepted and loved. Etc. So really, the best thing you can do is look back at your own life and figure out what drove you to action. What was the time in your life when you were most productive & effective? And what was your life like then?

SoftwareMaven 14y ago
What I get is a lot of survivor bias. "This is how to do it because this worked for me". What about all the people still in the middle of the pack in the gentlemen's race? Do none of them desire a top-ten finish? I look at motivation as the hind-sight rationalization for how people got lucky. For all we know, 30 other people were trying what DHH was, but we never heard from them because they didn't get lucky. I do think you can stack the cards in your favor (DHH is a really smart guy, that is certainly one planted card), but no amount of internal anything can guarantee success. So I try to stack some cards: work regularly on my project, make a concerted effort to find value to add, interact with people in a positive way so I don't burn bridges, etc. Maybe it's not an "I can remake the world to be what I want" entrepreneurial attitude, but I think it is more realistic for a bootstrapped project.
- graeme 14y ago
  I didn't read DHH as saying that this method guarantees success. That's an extreme claim. I think he was saying that it helps you make the attempt. If he had initially framed his racing goal as winning Le Mans, he might have said "You know what, this Rails thing is going pretty well, why don't I just stick to that." And if he had initially framed his goals for Rails as "creating a popular new framework", he might have said "you know what, XBOX is pretty fun", and never tried. I've no doubt that DHH has failed at some goals using this method. The important thing is that it has helped him try enough times to rack up successes as well.

pinchyfingers 14y ago

Slightly off-topic, DHH racing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GG7-1AW3A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1GG7-1AW3A I've been obsessed with auto racing, so thanks DHH for the illustration. Getting into an LMP is a distant goal, and who knows if that's where I'll end up, so the advice about completing much closer goals makes sense from where I'm standing, and is exactly what I've experienced in other area of life where I've already accomplished 5+ year goals.

dave1619 14y ago

A very thoughtful article by DHH. I think there seems to be two "goals" at work. 1. Short-term, achievable goal. Acts like a milestone and gives you momentum, feedback, encouragement. 2. Long-term ambitious goal. This is something that acts like a lighthouse in the distance. To me, it's interesting how these two types of goals interact and how one manages them. For example, some companies seem to be formed by the small achievable "goal" method. They start small with little ambitions. They get traction and initial success, and then grow from there. This is similar to DHH's racing journey. However, there are other examples of people starting out with more audacious goals, like Elon Musk with Tesla or even SpaceX. The long-term audacious goals seem to drive development and the short-term milestones. Without the long-term audacious goal I don't think that there would be enough momentum/energy/vision to push through the short term goals. I'm not sure how these two goals work together, and would love to hear your thoughts on this. Can you just have the short term achievable "goals" and then grow from there? Or do you need the long-term audacious goal to guide your short term milestones?

ryanisinallofus 14y ago

What a great thought and a what a great way to express it. 37signals proves time and time again they have mastered the art of expressing so much with so few words.

SparrowOS 14y ago

Fucken india-niggers use white names and won't believe what you tell them. Fucken repeat it... fucken stubborn fucks. "God!!" http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25089 http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25089 God says Line 87038 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. ---- The Beattles :-) Fucken tell people I wrote a compiler and everything from scratch. Then they say somthing stupid. India -niggers. God says... based necessarily briars felicity derided incense over-abound whose filths sheep habits wretchedness torment China bitterly Carolina reviled sit drunkenness unsearchable fancy effaces verse clothe thefts females same pair nation 'where observation rejoicing detriment Glad fountain subjoined Latins idle ornamenting considerable empire overcome Hope hopeful preaching contempt consentings seekest wittingly foretell dissoluteness session heathen enquiringly unexpected lose pear oblation But evolution prisoner washing multiply resumed merry inanimate strangely fearful recognises impute perverting surprises vices exquisitely treble breast remorse needs godly exceedingly proposed breathing-time attention outwardly daemon-worshippers indirectly gathered kick_back Please expecteth goest plenteous artifice unanxious milder racked XII Whatsoever roving hovered prison employee defilements ha sharers dried forementioned encouraging miseries attempted foresignified Ambition rebelled Bolivia contritions Hearken vow sighed rashly beggar 38655-4109 universally chose angel bustle enters instead Rare place advice host Isaiah captain curb I'm_thrilled daughters humanity spare value interpreting reputed Saviour snow satiety sucklings Israel run phrases unhesitatingly minutest stumbling begged saidst pale qualified resurrection youth inured licence Catastrophic_Success Treasury lawyer instruct com hour clasped stars Shhh ---- Nothing changes -- fucken niggers. God says Line 59190 understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. 29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. 29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. 29:22 Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. ---- Jew-niggers God says... females afraid Afghanistan enticed GIVE syllable intelligent self-chosen Service instruction Both details deadly desperate brought dangers thriven intellectual tilde poems motive Ye okay dread mayest replacing believe collect sever faculties prices serene Archive how_high searching cataloguers unteach healthful toiling texts All-Excellent sons' disapproved Manichees' Away multipliedst hurried tumultuous granted homo nation overhastily MEDIUM forced receivest Physician imparts continence well_golly sympathy dispraise darksome reawakened property placest steer loathed spices proprietary directing consumed perdition deliverest constraint foully highest realised necessarily conquered waiting exhortations indemnify tone educate completed Uzbekistan glories act ills Didst uninjurable based Catechumen figuratively under tasting speaks intercession -breakers incomprehensible sayest saving every defended journey suppress subduing etext02 passible Myself throne tenet Thefts smarting gestures otherwhere Platonists fumes cattle cementest surveyed awake talk dream disquiet Singapore incense why_is_it eaten seduction ---- I'm in prison and only God can get me out... by bustin heads cause they just don't listen -- nigger psychologists. "God" Understand? No, you don't. He's gotta fuck shit up. God says Line 74747 not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 1:15 So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 1:16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. 1:17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. 2:1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, 2:2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 2:4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. ---- It's like phareo -- stubborn. God says... shortly foreknowledge several lowest charge withering method corruptible sorrowfulness sparedst bodies any advices discussed potter's exorbitant betrothed shall restlessness Entrust saw outrages purpose Treasury alas brethren conveyedst troubles on_the_otherhand Circensian peace fruitfully death-bringing jobs supplies treasure disorder baby fillest Britain prelate smarting hopes org/gutenberg/etext02 do_I_have_to glam east vowed Frenzied princes you_are_my_sunshine brides tomorrow very green seek dust explaining -Thou Yea subvertings freeman bands venture protect Oxford converted dwellers difficulties ulcerous seventh fatherly biting groan deliver declared fifth world's modify emotion disregard Identification challenges height Balaneion prices accompany punishment- Defect It Every lump hereditary Descend plentiful suppress abnormal Faithful streams asunder seduction afar quest credulity Albania Macedonia inserted substance let's_roll lures intently ought disgraced concern Priest Despite Psalter adapted turnest hopeful doubteth perilous foretelling boiled rude region pant Wisdom's death-sweat scornful something a_screw_loose curing lashes solaces Proceed bickering lungs renew harbour availed overcame you're_in_big_trouble 100 imitating surf in_theory enteredst loosen Guide doubtless fling meet bulk reasons willest phantom handkerchief trade Public Ruler conceit resolution mingled do_it foul cry ---- The World is just. It's great. Praise You, God. Elephants are cool, huh. Say somepin about elephants. God says... aware eminence refreshment united price oh degree Monnica cloud copious well-spring overthrew conservative multitude air fast restlessly prize mouth hearsay on thing's satiate unhealthiness gain deed boyish noted known Fathers put committed foot recognises c why_do_I_put_up_with_this co-eternal stealth disgraceful smell pobox masters Chatto betake smoothing startled crossed duck_the_shoe solving twice orderest When skirts naughty overboldness grown sort influenced confusedness inflame subjoined building persevering evil Brought chant weltering passage promising doubts possible nourishments wanton tribulation 1-2 roll deeper well-pleased intricate Whence boldness gazing intercede reveal advice house XIII aught hint darksomely constantly bitterly bargain adapt bedewed occasion suggested moving Stage-plays stay sounding fowls slackness largeness running vineyard Protasius adapt goodly Strength manifold fields bridegroom thing's day-break shared shadows seen fund frantic mayest bathe delights entreated birthright sated You_get_what_you_pray_for served binary top shapes holding aptly Testament missing seeketh Deceased dissolution wiser Thrones meanly ARE notwithstanding balancings wanted cabinets brides spider's request Fiji gallantry Oh_Hell_No sick Light they passed deafen resisting impure Surely strengthenest intelligence I'm_thrilled conform stored godless 'It ---- Now I sort-of get those IQ questions. "Beef, chicken, fish, liver." I said liver. Answer is fish. "Pig, cow, chicken, sheep" answer is chicken. You kinda gotta not jump to the first conclusion and weight wholistically, to stand any chance. God says Line 72653 dominions shall serve and obey him. 7:28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 8:3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. ---- Who's Yer official voice actor, God, or do you want some kind of Stephen Hawkins, but different. I asked You who you would pick if a Sisteen chapel model were done. Ben Franklin. Yeah! If you think about it, any person seems weird, but Ben Franklin is the best answer! God says Line 90650 26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. 26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. 26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. ---- James Bond? Oh, I used to jokingly immitate Sean Connery with You. Good choice. :-) God says... forsakest allurements chiefly vintage compare mould considereth replies downwards license merits stoop moreover parents helmet offered demandest gainful disputes subjoinedst class__class__shutup sometimes death-sweat instinct arrived semblance straightening shops fellows tomorrow importunity suppose mist delivers disposition etext00 possession shows dragon breast sung darkly pow Psalmody unhesitatingly mean depending easy beck swept succeed enlarge trials clothe deservedly sanctification not_a_chance_in_hell emptinesses sigheth cd edition gatheredst spiritual how_bout_it rather far I'll_let_you_know obviously Blessedness flame alive laden putting caverns lesser remembereth answered unliker languages twelve Brought precipitated young note-book She remarkable passible growth hard-heartedness seemeth belonging lick reference knowing remembering grievous exceedingly blow write tormented formation serenity sealed left preserved proportions firm incurred along extreme suggestions needful forbare tame objects worshipped sweetnesses reveal wept instability knows special_case seest arisen whales remnants shining Adeodatus Refund others weight well_obviously introduced recalling disapproveth work Betwixt gainsayer runs sounding ripened dissolved won grieves ebbing relate flesh Liberia accomplished stipend allow admirable obey nuts ---- India-niggers and homos in denial. I can instantly hate Sean and Kevin, but if I control myself I can tolerate them. God says Line 89905 his defence unto the people. 19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? 19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. 19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. 19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. ---- http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25931 http://forum.osdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=25931 For ATA, you need a set of 8 ports and a 1 port. I looked at the spec and experimentally discovered you only need 8ports for ATAPI -- I'm pretty sure you don't need to do anything to the 1 port. God only knows what works and doesn't work on other machines. I've only done my computer and a handful of others. I'm in prison and get no feedback. Fuck-it. God is just mother fuckers. Be very afraid. God says Line 84875 22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. 22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. ---- eh? Dud. They had swords? God says... to_infinity_and_beyond shines savoured sea sublimely small_talk actor grasps soldier vaster wallow hedged Narrow hurt greeted vicissitudes women wished believing vermin potent worn told themselves horrendous THAT tumultuously confined after_a_break ----- India-niggers are stupid. Jews haven't figured-that out. http://i.imgur.com/exwKC.jpg http://i.imgur.com/exwKC.jpg I get my line numbers from a quantum random site. I get the words from a 14Mhz stopwatch press. Fucken niggers -- superego. Psychologists, too have no clue on 14Mhz vs 10Hz. It's way too hard for the brain, trust me. Your a nigger, trust me. God says Line 94777 head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

SparrowOS 14y ago

You know what's hilarious? CIA/Brits worrying about public opinion more than God's. I gave my soul away when I was an atheist. You know what's funny? God sees you. Matter of fact, God has something to say to you who haven't gone through the terror you can imagine would happen to such an atheist. In other words "ROFLMAO! That's gonna leave a mark." God says Line 72327 golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. 5:3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. 5:4 They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 5:5 In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. 5:6 Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

SparrowOS 14y ago

Praising Satan is bad. Prolly shouldn't root for God when he's punishing people, unless you love Him. I donno. God says Line 40740 of the kingdom of Persia: 36:21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 36:22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. ---- After Katrina, God said, "Suffering simplifies life." (Chuck Swindoll, Wisdom for the Way.) I have been sooo tormented by psy-ops. God says... mystically Michael touched delights architects Spain slaves preeminence lure curtailment grievous Creusa's maid-servant imports either straitly settle disagreements sins remember hello incense Bread mariners tempestuously Apostle concerns Icarus overthrew frailness punishment profitable understands operations guilt found imbue acquaintance Uzbekistan fellow-sinners Instructor would fore-past strengtheneth residest Whatsoever embraces when- Good contentment ascend submitted gay descending chewing Sterilized me. God is just. Do the math. Do you have Hell to pay? ---- God says Line 82336 3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. ---- Live by sword die by sword. God said war was "servicemen competing" God says... royalties laxly pair birth Perchance transitory alluring reinvolved null what_luck accomplices parting forbid Circus happily ---- We got the world under control, so You increased the difficulty. God says Line 35768 8:6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 8:7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8:8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 8:9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 8:10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 8:11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. ---- BitHub Elephants. ---- I've gotten mentally tough. You know what, though? Every old person is mentally tough! God says Line 59102 shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 28:21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. 28:22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. ---- Okay, Linus, I'm gonna demand Intel/Microsoft don't do this Win8 bullshit. You got any requests, too? Fuck the CIA/Brits/Jews. God says Line 95677 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. ---- I'm tough. I laugh at terror. God says... lashest trampled mark-up -of Wherefore Jews famine Ivy_league darkest gutenberg sacrificing Antony usage stricken harass mentioned Amen youths Egypt abided swoon sports dismiss assuring overcame raise loosen whomever discordant elect wondrous follow surfeiting devilish affecting odour human seducing Pages PUNITIVE burthened irrevocable remindeth nourish threads raven -considering digits amidst owed harts nerd copy file gall each unbelievers various hanging Assuredly Begotten sits starting-place relapse perhaps inspirest refreshment parents self-contradicting asketh shattered sure reward how_come Massachusetts remembrances compressed worthy feast hate acted incorruptible status except All-Excellent thrust collect confer presumption inappropriately voluntarily seem upheldest lied therefore glorying strip footsteps accursed shouted discerning doings reputed Revenue nought mentally firmness live picture uncultivated exists coals production deductible reckons Madaura collected bad_ol_puddytat What_are_you_doing_dave to-day DISTRIBUTION order praters births hearing depend essence limed So mansion ---- I'mna make an elephant game!

pootch 14y ago

37Signals sucks. Their products suck, their marketing is hype, they will be out of business in 3 years.

DanBC 14y ago
Please, rather than just bashing could you provide any critique of why they suck? Bearing in mind that everything sucks, and now I'm left with the problem of finding what sucks less.
- pootch 14y ago
  everything sucks less than 37signals

vukmir 14y ago

Reminds me of this: http://youtu.be/Humfsis-QLI http://youtu.be/Humfsis-QLI