by John Macdonald | Apr 30, 2024 | The250
Most of us in the western world spend most of our time dancing around the top of Maslow’s Pyramid. Let’s face it: a blog like this never exists unless I have the privilege of spending a good chunk of my time bouncing between... by John Macdonald | Apr 29, 2024 | The250
Ask an engineer from the tech industry (software or hardware) what the best moment in their career was, and likely the story will sound like this: We got the prototypes back from the manufacturer the day after Christmas around lunchtime. We had to ship it on the... by John Macdonald | Apr 28, 2024 | The250
“Yo, wait! How did you do that? What was that command?” It was sometime in the early-90’s at Lockheed. I was looking over my colleague Jim’s shoulder as he whirled his way around the command line on his Sun... by John Macdonald | Apr 27, 2024 | The250
I’m not a master marketer. I make the things. But what I know about marketing is that the magic comes down to: Is your idea worth sharing? You can develop the perfect strategy. You can build out an amazing library of content. You can hire... by John Macdonald | Apr 26, 2024 | The250
“It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.” – Steven Pressfield, The War pf Art Observing versus participating. There is little risk in observing. You can make... by John Macdonald | Apr 25, 2024 | The250
Nobody is self-made. If someone says it, that’s arrogance or ignorance talking. What about your customers, readers, or users? Your legal and accounting partners? The people who wrote the stuff you read? The kid in his basement who wrote the app you’re...