Comments on: Adventures of the Mind http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/ my semi-regular stream of consciousness Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:03:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Wu http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/#comment-11124 John Wu Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:47:10 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1011#comment-11124 I just wanted to know that I loved your speech. I ran into your blog post while searching Adventures, and it's one of the higher ranked pages on the search engines. I was a student at the summit, and I had such a great time. Your story has been an inspiration for me, and I hope that someday I'll end up where my dreams and goals will lead me. Thanks for coming. John I just wanted to know that I loved your speech. I ran into your blog post while searching Adventures, and it’s one of the higher ranked pages on the search engines.

I was a student at the summit, and I had such a great time. Your story has been an inspiration for me, and I hope that someday I’ll end up where my dreams and goals will lead me. Thanks for coming.

John

]]> By: Keith Lang http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/#comment-10439 Keith Lang Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:14:16 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1011#comment-10439 Thanks John for sharing your story. I particularly like your ethos of finding the peers you want and need in your life. I hope we get a chance to catch up again sometime soon — you're a very inspirational team, as are the all the people I've met from mozilla! Thanks John for sharing your story.

I particularly like your ethos of finding the peers you want and need in your life. I hope we get a chance to catch up again sometime soon — you’re a very inspirational team, as are the all the people I’ve met from mozilla!

]]> By: John Slater http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/#comment-10412 John Slater Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:58:35 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1011#comment-10412 This is really great stuff - thanks for sharing! And for what it's worth, I've had the exact same experience re: decisions that seemed small at the time turning out to be the big turning points. Funny how things work sometime... This is really great stuff – thanks for sharing!

And for what it’s worth, I’ve had the exact same experience re: decisions that seemed small at the time turning out to be the big turning points. Funny how things work sometime…

]]> By: deb http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/#comment-10403 deb Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:05:21 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1011#comment-10403 I love this. Just a quick glance back and I can come up with a dozen points where off-hand decisions, following my heart, and interactions with my little tribe of friends/sometimes-coworkers has shaped everything. Great insights :) Not sure what I would have done with these insights if they'd been passed along to me when I was in highschool. Maybe just the awareness would be enough -- being able to recognize and pay closer attention to those moments for what they are as they come along. For example, it took me a long, long time to realize that quitting highschool was one of the best things I'd done in my life -- seemed rather the opposite for a long time, which tainted how I viewed everything for years. I eventually went back and finished, of course, but had I been aware that decision wasn't necessarily going to ruin my life I may have taken better advantage of (and done a much more interesting things with) that time. Maybe? I was a bit of a dumbass at the time, so probably not :) Hindsight's a funny thing. I love this. Just a quick glance back and I can come up with a dozen points where off-hand decisions, following my heart, and interactions with my little tribe of friends/sometimes-coworkers has shaped everything. Great insights :)

Not sure what I would have done with these insights if they’d been passed along to me when I was in highschool. Maybe just the awareness would be enough — being able to recognize and pay closer attention to those moments for what they are as they come along.

For example, it took me a long, long time to realize that quitting highschool was one of the best things I’d done in my life — seemed rather the opposite for a long time, which tainted how I viewed everything for years. I eventually went back and finished, of course, but had I been aware that decision wasn’t necessarily going to ruin my life I may have taken better advantage of (and done a much more interesting things with) that time.

Maybe? I was a bit of a dumbass at the time, so probably not :) Hindsight’s a funny thing.

]]> By: Anar Simpson http://john.jubjubs.net/2009/08/21/adventures-of-the-mind/#comment-10402 Anar Simpson Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:50:37 +0000 http://john.jubjubs.net/?p=1011#comment-10402 John, very nice. Love Firefox, used IE for >10 years and finally gave up. Hey I remember the NeXT computers too. PanCanadian Petroleum, now Encana in Calgary, bought a truckload. I was part of the computer acquisitions team then! I'm glad you mentioned that they should chronicle their lives a bit... We just lost my niece to a tragic car accident in Calgary and now her facebook and linkedin and all her electronic presences are so valuable. Cheers Anar John, very nice.
Love Firefox, used IE for >10 years and finally gave up.

Hey I remember the NeXT computers too. PanCanadian Petroleum, now Encana in Calgary, bought a truckload. I was part of the computer acquisitions team then!

I’m glad you mentioned that they should chronicle their lives a bit…
We just lost my niece to a tragic car accident in Calgary and now her facebook and linkedin and all her electronic presences are so valuable.

Cheers
Anar

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