Whit Walters
@wtwthinker
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CEO of NNS, Field CTO at GigaOm, writer, and speaker on the business of data and technology.
Boulder, CO
Joined September 2023
RT @patrickbetdavid: Time has zero mercy for all of us. When I was 21 years old, I used to think I had all the time in the world. I was….
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RT @MikeBenzCyber: Let me make today’s news about the CIA blocking feds from interviewing Hunter’s funders simple:. Burisma was being used….
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RT @david_perell: One of the simplest ways to improve your quality of life is to reduce how long it takes to have a difficult conversation….
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I agree - this is worth a read. The other popular system is so good that it has to be implemented and kept going by violence and force. Which way?.
This book is an excellent explanation of why capitalism is not just successful, but morally right, especially chapter 4
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RT @ChrisWillx: The reason you're stressed is that there are things you need to do and you're not doing them.
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Marc seems to be three steps ahead of me as he's thinking and writing these. I also like the "FUTURE" that Marc is painting vs the dystopian wasteland.
THE TECHNO-OPTIMIST MANIFESTO part 1. “You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.”.— Walker Percy. “Our species is 300,000 years old. For the.
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Watching the Annular Eclipse from Colorado with my junior astronomer.
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Track everything - especially your downtime. You will be shocked at how much you waste. Get yourself a Pomodoro timer and timeblock and track your progress. Treat it like reps at the gym. Gamify your life if you need to see progress.
If you don’t track, you don’t care.
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This! So much this - we wait for others to write things down or those we perceive with "power" but it is up to each of us to write things down!.
"The person who writes down the thing has tremendous power. One of the ways you find the up-and-comers at a tech company is by seeing who wrote down the plan. That doesn't mean they came up with everything and it doesn't mean they had all the ideas, but it means they're
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This is excellent. This material hit at just the right time, I love @david_perell's writing advice and @pmarca is an icon. What hit me was Marc talking about the power of writing things down in the corporate world and the power it has. And I too really want to be prolific.
Spent two hours with Marc Andreessen, who gave me a masterclass on how to think, learn, read, research, and write. Here's what I learned: . 1. Read, read, read. then read some more. 2. Many of your best ideas will emerge in fits of rage or frustration. Channel the fury. Smash
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RT @david_perell: Spent two hours with Marc Andreessen, who gave me a masterclass on how to think, learn, read, research, and write. Here'….
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I've been a big fan of @ShaneAParrish, his blogs, podcasts, and books are high-quality tools. Please support him (and yourself) by buying a copy of his new book. I'll be reviewing it in the next few weeks and am excited to read it.
Today is the day!. After four years of writing, re-writing, and editing, my first full-length book—Clear Thinking—is finally out. You don’t need to be smarter than others to outperform them if you can out-position them. Anyone looks like a genius when they’re in a good position,
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RT @farnamstreet: Bertrand Russell on avoiding foolish opinions:. "Whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion,….
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Another fun conversation between Paul, Howard, and Carlos on leadership.
Final Match: People Leader vs Tech Leader
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Keeping your enterprise software up to date and patched is key to security and smooth operations. This is a great read by Ron Williams.
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This hit hard. I'm one of those people that spend months if not years procrastinating . er. preparing to do something rather than get started. Some how we have to train the next generation to not do it 'right' but to do it, then get it right.
I used to have one crippling addiction:. Planning. My brain loved the cheap dopamine of gathering books to read, tasks to complete, and videos to watch. But when it came to taking action, the euphoric rush faded. What ended my addiction?. This story of two men learning to fish
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