Notebook

Quotations, reading notes, links, and other things worth keeping.

Kelly Johnson's management principles Sep 26, 2026
Kelly Johnson · Skunk Works
There is no They Sep 19, 2026
Lindsey Graham · The Last of the Three Amigos
Every day matters Dec 11, 2022
Works in Progress · The story of VaccinateCA
There are a lot of tech companies whose CEOs do not think this way May 3, 2022
Matt Levine · Twitter’s Board Gave Up
Moving fast doesn’t mean working harder Feb 2, 2022
Increment · Planning for Product-Market Fit
The Wright brothers building bicycles, 1897 Feb 1, 2022
Art involves a kind of conjuring trick Jan 31, 2022
Ian Leslie · The Banality of Genius
A simple technique such as a daily standup Aug 16, 2021
George Dinwiddie · Daily Stand-Up Meetings
70% of what you wish you had Apr 13, 2021
Jeff Bezos · 2016 Letter to Shareholders
What I’ve been reading Apr 12, 2021
The process is not the thing Mar 18, 2021
Jeff Bezos · 2016 Letter to Shareholders
What I’ve been reading Jan 6, 2021
Elsewhere on the web Nov 13, 2020
What I’ve been reading Nov 11, 2020
Steve Jobs always gets it right Nov 10, 2020
Andy Grove · Radical Candor
What I’ve been reading Oct 22, 2020
What I’ve been reading Oct 2, 2020
Elsewhere on the web Sep 19, 2020
Elsewhere on the web Sep 10, 2020
Elsewhere on the web Sep 4, 2020
What I’ve been reading Sep 1, 2020
‘No’ is a reaffirmation of autonomy Aug 14, 2020
Chris Voss · Never Split the Difference
Elsewhere on the web Aug 7, 2020
A power of facing Jul 21, 2020
Christopher Hitchens · Why Orwell Matters
What I’ve been reading Jul 19, 2020
Elsewhere on the web Jul 15, 2020
They will be our witnesses when we are gone Jul 2, 2020
Hilary Mantel · The Mirror & the Light
What I’ve been reading Jun 27, 2020
You sign up for things and get them done May 23, 2020
Michael Lopp · The Art of Leadership
Honoring and extracting reality May 15, 2020
Courtney Kissler · Accelerate
What I’ve been reading May 15, 2020
Examining the structure of appearances May 7, 2020
James Wood · Serious Noticing
The spirit of the staircase Apr 12, 2020
The New York Times · How to Edit Your Own Writing
What I’ve been reading Apr 11, 2020
What I’ve been reading Dec 29, 2019