Passion
Having a stated passion is a critical advantage to success. That probably goes without saying, but I'm thinking about why it's important and reminding myself to focus and also share more.
In daily life and work, when an obstacle or challenge presents itself, you don't want to spend much time thinking about how to react, but to thoughtfully and quickly take action. The best way to be prepared for those situations is eliminating uncertainty with a decided attitude and passion. The stronger your passion, the less clouded you are by distractions and choices remain simple.
I love taking things apart and to demystify the magic of how they work. It's like seeing the simple magic of a television remote control, and wanting to rip it open to see what makes it tick. And if you can put it back together again, even better! I was also interested in problem solving malfunctions in these systems, for instance the remote control stops working and requires troubleshooting.
I didn't always have Google, Wikipedia and YouTube at my fingertips, which has changed everything. Now I have search on my phone today, like I saw the "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" in the 90's.
Anyone can publish anything to the internet, and have an audience anywhere. It supports communities from small to large sizes.
Today if I want to understand how a remote control works, I can get the community curated definition of infrared from Wikipedia. And if it breaks, I can search Google for "how to diagnose the model x3 remote ..." or a very specific terms and find someone has posted information similar to your experience.
We're still in the early days of the internet, and it's still a very magical information dispensing device. But we have to remember that it's people like you and I who have have contributed small and large bits of information into the mass, such that no topic goes unspoken, question unanswered, or interests unrepresented.
At first, the idea that people actually take time to contribute information seemed crazy. Not today, but we still aren't totally familiar with how to share, and what sorts of things we can be sharing. Our ability to share is constrained only by the freedom of the internet and the restriction of bandwidth.
In reality we're limited to the interface metaphors that we've come to love and hate like forums, feeds, comments, wikis, notifications & email. Web publishing has come a long way and I continue to investigate it's complex evolution as we continue to expand our digital lives and participation in communities online.
In daily life and work, when an obstacle or challenge presents itself, you don't want to spend much time thinking about how to react, but to thoughtfully and quickly take action. The best way to be prepared for those situations is eliminating uncertainty with a decided attitude and passion. The stronger your passion, the less clouded you are by distractions and choices remain simple.
I love taking things apart and to demystify the magic of how they work. It's like seeing the simple magic of a television remote control, and wanting to rip it open to see what makes it tick. And if you can put it back together again, even better! I was also interested in problem solving malfunctions in these systems, for instance the remote control stops working and requires troubleshooting.
I didn't always have Google, Wikipedia and YouTube at my fingertips, which has changed everything. Now I have search on my phone today, like I saw the "Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy" in the 90's.
Anyone can publish anything to the internet, and have an audience anywhere. It supports communities from small to large sizes.
Today if I want to understand how a remote control works, I can get the community curated definition of infrared from Wikipedia. And if it breaks, I can search Google for "how to diagnose the model x3 remote ..." or a very specific terms and find someone has posted information similar to your experience.
We're still in the early days of the internet, and it's still a very magical information dispensing device. But we have to remember that it's people like you and I who have have contributed small and large bits of information into the mass, such that no topic goes unspoken, question unanswered, or interests unrepresented.
At first, the idea that people actually take time to contribute information seemed crazy. Not today, but we still aren't totally familiar with how to share, and what sorts of things we can be sharing. Our ability to share is constrained only by the freedom of the internet and the restriction of bandwidth.
In reality we're limited to the interface metaphors that we've come to love and hate like forums, feeds, comments, wikis, notifications & email. Web publishing has come a long way and I continue to investigate it's complex evolution as we continue to expand our digital lives and participation in communities online.