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Re: Startups in Hong Kong

Belle Liu — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:20:16 -0000

Hi John, I stumbled upon your blog via google when I was looking for "coworking space" in HK. Have you found a place to work now? Hope you enjoyed Web Wednesday, maybe we had met already.

Re: Hotspot Shield on Download.com blocked from China IP

springnet — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:31:14 -0000

What about skype? Can you skype out of China?

If you can, give me a call as I'd like to do a video interview with you for Spring.

Hope you're doing well and finding proxies.

Re: Hotspot Shield on Download.com blocked from China IP

pmc1 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:15:51 -0000

shit and I thought you were going to post a solution.....did you find a solution ?

Re: Omar Gallaga’s (@omarg) video on coworking in Austin - features Conjunctured! :)

Guest — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:44:17 -0000

Insightful read. I have just bookmarked this at stumbleupon. Hope others find it as interesting as I did.

Re: How I came to love Zune

Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:03:48 -0000

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Guest — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:57:47 -0000

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swingtrading — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:33:46 -0000

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Re: Facebook. Singles ads are outta control.

Defcon5 — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:49:48 -0000

Seriously the ads are getting EXTREMELY repetitive now

Re: Startup cities/Austin chat with @garyvee and @kevinrose

IPO — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:09:07 -0000

Nice videos, too late to see it though but worth the watch thanks for sharing it.

Re: Life purpose

IPO — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:12:00 -0000

That is really very thoughtful point that you have noted here, I would start changing myself for the better of others.

Re: The way of the Tao

Jon — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:30:01 -0000

From what I understand (no expert) its main tenants are acceptance and flow - those are hard concepts to master, or even to step into. To accept the chaos around us - like not just out in the world but in our own minds, in our lives - and then to give up, and be pulled by those things... The Tao sounds easy, but its not. It says its supposed to be effortless, but that assumes that we can just step into our own suffering and own it with everything that we have. Its effortless after we have fought for so long against the flow of our lives, and we realize to simply stop trying to fight the river and turn and face down stream - but that can take an entire life, even with the knowledge that turning and going with the flow is what is needed.

Sometimes I don't want to be sad when its what I need most in the world, or I want to talk to people when really what I need is alone time - and sometimes I need to talk to people and I try and be alone and it never 'works'.

It really is easiest to 'give up' and accept the sadness, lonliness and alienation that come with being alive - and its crazy to think how much I've run in my life, run away from these things - and realize that so many industries are built around helping people run away from the sensations of sadness, lonliness and dispair. Drugs, dieting, medication, self-help, dating, alcohol, consumerism - almost anything can be used as a means to escape. And I get why people run, because those sensations are painful, especially when everyone around you is making these things out to be a failure - like if you experience these things you are doing something wrong. And I get why people stop running, because you wake up and realize that 5 or 10 years have gone by and you have little to show for the passed time, like you've been on a treadmill, and still with that basic, unalterable anxiety of just being in the world.

I think the Tao tells us to stop trying to obliterate what's in us, but rather to accept the basic anxiety, basic sadness and to give up and just accept it - and accept its energy and let it take us.

Re: The way of the Tao

Corey — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:25:30 -0000

And I thought Late Static Bindings were complicated.

Re: Austin Coworking space, future plans

Soulsfeet — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:06:46 -0000

Tapestry Dance Company (behind Central Market South) has space available! What do you need?

Re: Life purpose

DustyReagan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:21:12 -0000

Life is meaningless. Do whatever you want to do. If you want to be ambitious, be ambitious. If you want to be hedonistic, be hedonistic. But understand, who you are, and be happy. Everyone is different, and everyone decides for themselves what they want to do with their lives. It's all about perspective. Don't concern yourself with "the meaning of life." Figure out what you want to live for and do that.

In the grand scheme of the universe we're a bunch of really fucking smart, but really fucking insignificant monkeys. Other animals have to worry about survival. We (as humans) have the luxury of sitting around wondering what we should do with our lives, because we're bored. (We got the survival thing licked.) Enjoy the free time. Have a statue made in your honor, or live a peaceful life with your family. It's all the same to the universe.

PS. I'm a humanist. I live to see the scientific and cultural advancement of my race (aka: the human race). Is there a point to it? Not really. But I think it's a worthwhile effort, and it makes me proud. We are some magnificent monkeys! :) No need to be modest.

Re: Life purpose

southamptondentalimplants — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:12:39 -0000

marvellous man. i hope this post give someone's life a purpose

Re: Life purpose

dental_implants_Southampton — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:49:47 -0000

Life is a game. Just do the best things you can do, until you gain your purpose.

If there is a start, there will be an end. Where will you end this life?

Keep questioning like journalist (5w +h) will help, becase we often forget a lot.

Re: Life purpose

DP — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:52:29 -0000

try some reflection -
right after you wake up in the morning, i find that the mind is much more quiet and clear.

try waking up 10 - 15min. earlier, just sit up against a pillow, close your eyes and just breath. Get nice and relaxed, just breath, deeply and slowly.

And then, open your eyes, take out a sheet of paper with these questions at the top, (and some of your own), read the first one, and see what comes to mind. - i suggest writing out the answers that come in a journal.

-why am I here?

-What do I enjoy most?

-what are my stengths?

-what are some of my fears?

------------------these are just suggestions.
a couple points that I've come to understand - i have much to learn AND everyone comes from a different perspective, so take what resonates with you...

-----------------our purpose, from my understanding, is to simply follow what brings us inner joy. Purpose, to me, is discovered while living IN the moment, rather than figured out by thinking about it. I haven't a clue exactly where I'll be in 10 years or what I'll be doing, but I do know what i LOVE doing. -

----------------inner joy, as i've experienced it, stems from 4 sources -
1. Things I normally enjoy, talking with family, hanging with friends, eating bbq chips, drinking red wine

2. Selfless Things I'm wanting to achieve - establishing an elite entrepreneur network at UT, sharing with people the experience of CUTCO products, significantly impacting the lives of those close to me

3. Selfish things I want in my life - a new saxophone, 2000 in savings, acoustic electric guitar, pay off wells fargo loans

4. Acting towards - Feeling Good about - Acting out of belief towards what I'm wanting -- holding Texas Ventures meetings, throwing events, booking CUTCO presentations, taking a percentage of what i make and saving it.

so my purpose is to enjoy and love what ever it is im' doing - and that currently is Texas Ventures, CUTCO, UT Business School, and Daily Personal Development, and close Family and friends.

-------------------actions, feelings, thoughts stem from either love or fear. To begin facing my fears, I become aware of them - (what are some of my fears?) anytime I feel uncomfortable about anything, i'm now aware there's a fear at the core of it.

--------------------i don't have to FIGURE anything out - my limiting fears, my purpose in life, etc to enjoy life, to follow my passions. Because I've found that when I'm in a state of relief, joy, having fun, and believing -- i'm discovering my purpose every step of the way.

so to me, a purpose isn't something you FIGURE out cognitively, rather its something you ALLOW yourself to discover while following your bliss

____________________________-___________
So then back to your initial belief - As I understand it, our purpose is what brings us inner joy. And I do believe that everyone here on earth who you see following a "purpose" or becoming something admirable, is simply following what he or she enjoys at heart and is passionate about. And notice how many different passions there are!

Hope this helps (you can tell that something I'm deeply passionate about is unleashing the potential of others and myself - simply bringing relief to my friends to just TRUST in the proess of life as it unfolds and focus on ENJOYING the now has worked so far. still much to learn)

Re: Life purpose

Dorset web design — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:19:16 -0000

I believe that everybody is born to serve a purpose on this Earth. My question is: how do you find out your life's purpose? I have no direction and have been lost and bored with myself for years. I would really like to find out what I'm supposed to be doing with my life. If I were to die now I would have nothing to show for it! I need a higher calling. How do I find it?

Re: Life purpose

DP — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:38:44 -0000

what a great answer, thanks for this Nev.
D

Re: Life purpose

DP — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:34:05 -0000

I absolutely love that story - I actually shared it at TxV's Fall 2008 inductions... I never knew who it was by. Thank you for that.

your blog speaks of questions i've been pondering as well...
What's neat is everyone has a unique way of answering the question - and what I want to describe as life's purpose is to me exactly what you described, just with different words.

I'm in an interesting time now - have busted my butt since I can remember towards things I want, and some things I was told I needed to do... like get straight A's, or get a job. And between balancing things, I believe I've royally failed - over and over again, month after month, week after week, ending in dissatisfaction and usually depression. of course there are good days, but when you're in the habit of being burnt out or burning out... your burnt out lol

I've been told life's purpose is to enjoy it, to seek relief, to just be in the moment, worryless, fearless, completely allowing myself to be all that life has cause me to want and be in this very moment. (it is interesting how the english language has so many tenses of time.. past, present, future - when the Native Americans have mostly here and now.)

After TRYING to apply this idea of the purpose of life to CURRENT ambitions - it only worked temporarily, and then old habits took over and the feeling burnt out came again and again.

from this, I deduced - my life's purpose is what brings ME joy - and to wrap everything else around that. My greatest joy is lifting people's spirits up through music, teaching, jokes, encouragement, or even a simple 'you're awesome' - and when I think of getting a business degree so that I can simply do that to all of my future employees daily, suddenly studying for accounting becomes more of a joy than it was.

So now, for me, my purpose is to ponder on what I want and follow that - just as you said above - and just see where it takes me. Setting goals helps guide me, but its journey towards it, not the actual achieving it, that is the purpose - so I've been told.
--"so much deliciousness in the wanting." when i'm believing I can have what I'm wanting - it feels good... and that's my goal now, to just enjoy the wanting of everything i've ever wanted - my dreams, my current ambitions, and some of them UT girls. ;) etc....

i dont' know why i'm writing this - it is very odd that I even found this post - I went from txv's twitter to yours, to melissa's, back to your's, then your think27, and randomly to tumblr, and then to here - as if the word and meaning of purpose has drawn me like a magnet.

Lastly - I love Warren Buffet's basic strategy for success --> jump on the opportunities as they come. His mindset is incredible "The fundamentals are in place to take us higher" - "we run Berkshire as if there is no better creditor"

it is certainly fun to dream of being the next Warren Buffet or Herb Kelleher - why not? I'm learning quickly there's no harm in wanting and dreaming - and things are in place for life to get much better.

D

Re: Dell Phone?

francisdisqus2 — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:12:36 -0000

This could make or break for the guys in Dell, It is hard to match up their phone against the well known iPhone. But if they put in some key features that iPhone doesn't have then it could potentially be a top contender.

Re: Porter Novelli Austin, rocks

Miami SEO Company — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:59:00 -0000

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Re: Life purpose

johnerik — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:10:31 -0000

Adding this comment to my Notebook. ;)

Seriously, Trey well said. Thanks man.

Re: Green Day: Bullet in a Bible DVD

shad sluiter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:21:07 -0000

It seems that making noise for the sake of getting heard even at the expense of the government is a bad way to become well-known. Wouldn't it be better to provide something more positive even if it is positive criticism. Hating your president is a message that has no purpose other than to make one'self angry at the world.

Re: Life purpose

larry — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:49:46 -0000

odd coincindence - i used the same quote 6 days ago on an internal blog
guess our minds intersected the same thought trail ;-)