Category Archives: Cartoons

Please hold…

“Don’t post unless you add more value than the attention you consume”
– Tim Ferris in How to use Twitter …

I’m back in Wellington after spending most of February overseas.

I took the opportunity while I was away to neglect my inbox, which was great, but I have some catching up to do.

I will get back to writing again shortly.  That is, as soon as I think I can satisfy the rule above, which I think is excellent advice.

For now, this cartoon from Jessica Hagy:

Puttering can get old.

Btw, does it still count as a holiday when you don’t have a job?

Previous posts with cartoons by Jessica:

A false sense of urgency

From: http://www.savagechickens.com/2008/09/deadline.html

One of the dilemmas with building something for yourself, rather than for a third-party, is you are never really forced to commit to a delivery date.

Or, at least, there is nobody else who will be angry with you when you run late.

For those of you in this position: how do you create a false sense of urgency for you or your team?

I’m interested in your ideas.

The trick to angel investment

This cartoon from Hugh MacLeod at GapingVoid is a goodie:

I think there is a corollary which applies to investing in start-ups:

The trick to angel investment is to be smart enough to want to do it, but not smart enough to be objective about the true potential of the companies you invest in.

:-)

A selection of other GapingVoid cartoons from previous posts: