jodi

> Btw if somebody knows this kind of thinking from a different source I would appreciate some pointers, because I'm sure I'm not the first one to come up with this but I haven't stumbled upon it yet and I would much prefer to point people to that direction.

I just finished the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time management for mortals. Similar thinking in that a lot of suffering and procrastination is caused by not accepting the reality of our finite time on earth, that we can never do it all, and we have to make tough choices and most people try avoid the anxiety of facing those by distracting themselves. I loved the book, and your comment, as refreshing take on “productivity” but I recognize it’s also extremely difficult for many people to practice.

What kind of products?

Microsoft Skydrive launched in 2007, around a year before Dropbox.

It's not negative commentary. It is a legitimate user interface issue that several people experienced. It is also super easy for them to fix. Sometimes(always) when you launch a new product or design, you want feedback on the silly little things you wouldn't have thought of that could potentially turn people away. The attention span of cold clicks is measured in seconds. Any silly issue can push someone to click off. I have used a computer extensively for many years and thought it was a live demo for a few seconds. As they say in web usability, don't make people think.

Yes, I did the same thing. I was trying to resize her star makeup for a bit.

Here are a couple ways that common stock can become worthless: - The most obvious and common, the company fails / does not exit - The company raises money and the investors have liquidation preferences. This means that the investor is guaranteed to make 3 times what they put in when the company is acquired. So, for example, if you raise 10 million dollars and your investors have 3x liquidation preferences, you have to sell the company for over 30 million before common shareholders see any money at all. So in this situation (and it is common), the common stock is essentially worthless.

It looks like it is back up.

This seems like he's really just diverting to a more fun project as a way to procrastinate and still feel productive. His Jekyll project will still have those pull requests and issues to weed through at the end of the day :)

I think that fits under personal choice. How can the team be dedicated and "happy running the company" if they feel like they are missing an opportunity elsewhere or being under utilized? I would say that is the number one reason why founders get burned out and are "done". We all fear missed opportunity and wasted potential.

You might want to add rel="nofollow" to your links.