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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 14 Apr 2011 to 25 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under motivation motivation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People spending seven or eight hours a day operating a computer is a disaster for society. People spending seven or eight hours a dayoperating a computer is a disaster forsociety. Last stated 6 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans max out at three or four hours of really hard deep work a day, so the eight hours of intense work executives ask for is not available. — tap to centre the map on it Humans max out at three or fourhours of really hard deep work aday, so the eight hours of intensework executives ask for is notavailable. Last stated 7 months ago 22 Mar 2026 NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Subjecting billions of people to bad tools and bad setup rituals robs the world of progress, and the hours lost are real hours. — tap to centre the map on it Subjecting billions of people to badtools and bad setup rituals robs theworld of progress, and the hourslost are real hours. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody can do genuinely hard cognitive work for eight hours a day; the sustainable unit is one or two sessions of sixty to ninety minutes. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can do genuinely hardcognitive work for eight hours aday; the sustainable unit is one ortwo sessions of sixty to ninetyminutes. Last stated 3 months ago 20 Jul 2026 TW Tommy Wood — holds since 2026-07-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A hard limit on how long you are online is what makes the time online focused. — tap to centre the map on it A hard limit on how long you areonline is what makes the time onlinefocused. Last stated 8 months ago 3 Mar 2026 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2026-03-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human brain can only handle a handful of tasks in a single day. — tap to centre the map on it The human brain can only handle ahandful of tasks in a single day. Last stated 4 weeks ago 25 Sept 2026 ES Elio Struyf — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people do not enjoy using computers and only tolerate them because they have no alternative. — tap to centre the map on it Most people do not enjoy usingcomputers and only tolerate thembecause they have no alternative. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 JF Jason Fried — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new computer taking 42 minutes to become usable is unreasonable when the machine is a trillion times faster than what went to the moon; an operating system should install in one minute. — tap to centre the map on it A new computer taking 42 minutes tobecome usable is unreasonable whenthe machine is a trillion timesfaster than what went to the moon;an operating system should installin one minute. Last stated 2 months ago 25 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody can consistently do more than about three or four hours a day of work that demands serious mental focus. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody can consistently do more thanabout three or four hours a day ofwork that demands serious mentalfocus. Last stated 5 years ago by 29 Jul 2021 OB Oliver Burkeman — holds since 2021-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Is the page loaded?" was never a real question, and web performance only became measurable once it was broken into the distinct moments a user actually notices. — tap to centre the map on it "Is the page loaded?" was never areal question, and web performanceonly became measurable once it wasbroken into the distinct moments auser actually notices. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Optimize it later" would be safe advice only if every engineer already knew how to avoid the architectural mistakes that no later optimization can remove. — tap to centre the map on it "Optimize it later" would be safeadvice only if every engineeralready knew how to avoid thearchitectural mistakes that no lateroptimization can remove. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A 300-millisecond response budget is not an achievement but an admission: 300 milliseconds is an eternity in computing, and a product pitching it shows how far the bar has fallen. — tap to centre the map on it A 300-millisecond response budget isnot an achievement but an admission:300 milliseconds is an eternity incomputing, and a product pitching itshows how far the bar has fallen. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A drop in agency is the earliest sign of burnout, arriving before you consciously notice you are burning out. — tap to centre the map on it A drop in agency is the earliestsign of burnout, arriving before youconsciously notice you are burningout. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Jan 2024 CH Cate Hall — holds since 2024-01-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A founder who picks an idea because the market wants it will give up, because nobody can persist at something that was never important to them. — tap to centre the map on it A founder who picks an idea becausethe market wants it will give up,because nobody can persist atsomething that was never importantto them. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jun 2024 AS Aravind Srinivas — holds since 2024-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A general inclination of all humankind is a perpetual, restless desire of power after power that ends only in death — tap to centre the map on it A general inclination of allhumankind is a perpetual, restlessdesire of power after power thatends only in death TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are
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