(This is a snapshot of my old weblog. New posts and selected republished essays can be found at raganwald.com.)
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
An open letter to Jeff Atwood
Good luck with your adventure, Jeff.
“Running with the ball” is sometimes about daring to launch your company and risk failing. And sometimes about daring to write your ideas on a weblog and risk scorn. And sometimes about learning a new programming language and risk feeling incredibly stupid trying to grasp its ideas. And sometimes about trying a new development practice. And sometimes about asking for love and risking rejection.
And, and, and… and so many other moments in life where you feel like you are really alive, like you are so excited that your pants are on fire, so terrified that you will fall and never get up again.
But it’s fun to run with the ball. So please, be it a grand gesture or a single, small change in your life, please, run with the ball today.
If you decide to run with the ball, just count on fumbling and getting the shit knocked out of you, but never forget how much fun it is just to be able to run with the ball.
—Jimmy Buffet
Good luck with your adventure, Jeff.
“Running with the ball” is sometimes about daring to launch your company and risk failing. And sometimes about daring to write your ideas on a weblog and risk scorn. And sometimes about learning a new programming language and risk feeling incredibly stupid trying to grasp its ideas. And sometimes about trying a new development practice. And sometimes about asking for love and risking rejection.
And, and, and… and so many other moments in life where you feel like you are really alive, like you are so excited that your pants are on fire, so terrified that you will fall and never get up again.
But it’s fun to run with the ball. So please, be it a grand gesture or a single, small change in your life, please, run with the ball today.
Comments on “An open letter to Jeff Atwood”:
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your opening Quote in this post remind me of the first time i discovered your blog . it was a post called "What i Learned from Failure " . its been three years apprx . how time flies .
Good luck and keep blogging .
Good luck and keep blogging .
I'm a sucker for inspiring little blog entries like this. Good way to start the day...I'll try to think big today.
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