Matthew Lang

The Hammock Papers. Because you never know when you'll need the words to that naval song.

Dropbox just announced better plans. Really tempted to move a few more things to the cloud.

Nicholas Bate is at again. This time it's his winning career formula. You might want to mix some strategies for success in there as well.

Yes folks, we have entered new realms of crazy in the mountain bike world. 11 gears.

It was only a couple of years ago that everyone thought we were going to have 3x10 gearing, but now 2x9/10 is becoming more popular and if you have the legs for it, you can go down to 1x11, SRAM's new drivetrain.

With this you can now pretty much get any number of gearing you want (within reason of course) on any mountain bike.

Carbon cranks for the XX-1 set might be a bit expensive though, so I'll wait for it to trickle down the range perhaps next year.

The mass market is no longer. There is almost no room left for the next Procter & Gamble or Google. Instead, you are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

— Take This Simple Marketing Quiz by Set Godin

... and other writing tips from Explore.

The raw steel look. Love it!

via Pedal Consumption

I love reading posts like this. It's that moment when people wake up and say, "Fuck it. I'm doing things better from now on".

Be brutally honest with your self. Write about it and tell the world. Then just think about the first time someone asks you "How's that whole 'make things and be awesome' thing going?".

What are you going to answer with? I know what I would want to answer with.

via Singletrack

.. to defining what a start-up is.

A start-up should be viewed as continually evolving entity, not a static product or service. Entrepreneurs should use Lean to learn from customers and iterate accordingly. Decisions should be made based on data from customers, not purely a vision.

— You Don’t Have to Be a Product Visionary to Create a Great Product by Huffington Post