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This is really inspiring, man. Great work, and good luck. I might do one of these solo hackathons myself, given all the stuff I have floating in my head that ne

by okal 13y ago

This is really inspiring, man. Great work, and good luck. I might do one of these solo hackathons myself, given all the stuff I have floating in my head that never gets to see the light of day. Sort of reminds me of http://hackalone.org http://hackalone.org - a "hackathon for introverts", which was shared on HN a while back. I normally just end up buying domain names and sitting on them, until I get a notification a year later reminding me of my failure :-) I have a tonne of ideas I get excited about every now and then, some of which I think are good, all (or most of) the knowledge and tools I need to implement them, no pressing financial constraints, and a decent amount of free time. Yet I rarely start any of them, and the ones I do start I do not finish. It's frustrating trying to understand this complete lack of motivation. PS: I'm a little bothered by how you used "transgendered" in reference to UI design. Some people might find it insulting.

mobitar 13y ago
Haha same with me man. My cycle is 1. come up with an idea 2. buy a domain for said idea 3. repeat step 1 It wasn't until very recently that I made the very obvious discovery of "the only way I'll ever make it is to make it". I discovered that entrepreneurship is not about coming up with ideas, it's about bringing those ideas to life. I wrote about this epiphany here: http://bitar.io/the-entrepreneur/ http://bitar.io/the-entrepreneur/ PS: I'll change that word :)
- okal 13y ago
  Loved the second article too. A bit like the saying "Writers write." I keep looking for that point when I get lost in my work, a state of flow, and I abandon anything that doesn't take me there. Maybe it's not just about inspiration, or getting into the zone, but just doing it. Great blog you've got there. Why, oh why, did all you cool kids stop using RSS? :-)
  - lemonberry 13y ago
    Sites that don't have RSS get lost for me. It's nice to have a feed.
  - mobitar 13y ago
    Good point. Here's an RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bitar/feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/bitar/feed
- yogrish 13y ago
  As Derek Sivers points out - "Ideas are just a multiplier of execution" !! http://sivers.org/multiply http://sivers.org/multiply

by okal 13y ago

mobitar 13y ago

Haha same with me man. My cycle is 1. come up with an idea 2. buy a domain for said idea 3. repeat step 1 It wasn't until very recently that I made the very obvious discovery of "the only way I'll ever make it is to make it". I discovered that entrepreneurship is not about coming up with ideas, it's about bringing those ideas to life. I wrote about this epiphany here: http://bitar.io/the-entrepreneur/ http://bitar.io/the-entrepreneur/ PS: I'll change that word :)

okal 13y ago
Loved the second article too. A bit like the saying "Writers write." I keep looking for that point when I get lost in my work, a state of flow, and I abandon anything that doesn't take me there. Maybe it's not just about inspiration, or getting into the zone, but just doing it. Great blog you've got there. Why, oh why, did all you cool kids stop using RSS? :-)
- lemonberry 13y ago
  Sites that don't have RSS get lost for me. It's nice to have a feed.
- mobitar 13y ago
  Good point. Here's an RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/bitar/feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/bitar/feed
yogrish 13y ago
As Derek Sivers points out - "Ideas are just a multiplier of execution" !! http://sivers.org/multiply http://sivers.org/multiply