Paul Graham

"[S]chleps are not merely inevitable, but pretty much what business consists of. A company is defined by the schleps it will undertake. The most dangerous thing about our dislike of schleps is that much of it is unconscious. Your unconscious won't even let you see ideas that involve painful schleps. That's schlep blindness. The trick I recommend is to take yourself out of the picture. Instead of asking "what problem should I solve?" ask "what problem do I wish someone else would solve for me?"" - Adriano

"[A] way to compete with Apple: be a better platform for it." Is Google missing out a potentially big chance by not combining a device-app market with a web-app market -- i.e. what they could have by merging Android/ Market Place and Chrome OS/ Web Store on a single tablet? ... Or will they? - Philipp Lenssen

I missed this essay somehow... "Many if not most of the special-purpose objects around us are going to be replaced by apps running on tablets." Pretty much so. - ✔ ǝuǝƃnǝ

"My latest trick is taking long hikes. I used to think running was a better form of exercise than hiking because it took less time. Now the slowness of hiking seems an advantage, because the longer I spend on the trail, the longer I have to think without interruption." -- nice one, Paul... BTW, did you really start tweeting after a certain interviewer teased you recently at a YC event ;-? Here's an "unverified" Twiiter paulg account with your photo and URL: http://twitter.com/paulg - Adriano

Insightful. I fall into this trap all the time. - Michael R. Bernstein

You can get Android Scripting Environment for Android, and even write scripts directly on the device. ... It's not super pleasant; I think you really need an external keyboard and larger screen. (what ever happened to those laser keyboards?) - Andrew C (✓)

I'm hoping a later essay will talk about how to choose between profitability-first and funding-first strategies. - Bruce Lewis