Somewhere along the way life taught me that the more I gave the more I received. I enjoy serving others, and being a NetSquared organizer has been the most rewarding volunteer gig I’d ever taken on.
— Why I Became a NetSquared Organizer | Elijah van der Giessen
People are realizing that we can’t rely on the industrial food system much longer. The awakening that’s happening is our greatest opportunity,
— “The Awakening That’s Happening”: Local, Sustainable Food
Pain has rewards for Jurek, and he considers it a tool to “pry myself open.
— Ultramarathon runner Scott Jurek: Extreme athletes’ determination, pain, and health. - Slate Magazine
The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table: Pay people enough so that they’re not thinking about money and they’re thinking about the work. Once you do that, it turns out there are three factors that the science shows lead to better performance, not to mention personal satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
— Daniel Pink on the surprising science of motivation. (via explore-blog)
(via explore-blog)
Executive Order — Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information
— Executive Order — Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information | The White House
I have found that people work best when they are not only mentally but also emotionally engaged with their work. Read: When they are curious, excited and happy.
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Tech Team Lead Writeup, Take 2 - introducing Erik Mathy
Peak Performance = Mental + Emotional engagement with work. I agree. I’d add one key factor that is often missing in our day-to-day work aka the feedback loop (FL). The FL helps individuals understand the areas prime for growth and improvement. The FL help the boss/mentor/friends support developers as they focus on improving, and makes the developer better over time.
Our vision is to make human service information accessible.
— FAQs — OpenEligibility.org
Ultra Marathon Is Hobby for 150-Mile Man
— Ultra Marathon Is Hobby for 150-Mile Man #misfits #love’em
Code for America 2012 Annual Report
The people @ CFA say that (paraphrasing): 21st century problems demands 21st century thinking and skills. I agree and like the way CFA curates the impact of their work in 2012.
The fact is that, after finishing a 100-mile race, nothing intimidated me, except 100-mile races.
— Steven Tursi: Race Report: 2012 Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Run: 28:39:22
Jornet simply has more men in the engine room, shoveling coal.
— Becoming the All-Terrain Human - NYTimes.com
I like plants… and I rant.
— Ag Hag’s Plants n’ Rants
Long ago, the advantage of a firm was that it lowered transaction costs (an idea first clearly expressed by the Nobel laureate economist Ronald Coase), such as the costs of finding workers, assigning them to tasks, assessing productivity, and setting salaries. Now that transaction costs are so low, the primary benefit of working at work is that the physical interactions foster an organizational culture and boost creativity, rather than efficiency or productivity, within an established routine.
— Why Work at Work? by Esther Dyson - Project Syndicate
