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June 19, 2008

new mistake

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When I briefly met Esther Dyson the other day, I gave her the above car­toon, which I had drawn there, right on the spot. It was, of course, ins­pi­red by her clas­sic maxim, “Always make new mis­ta­kes”.
What a total honor to meet her. Peo­ple like Esther always remind me of what Loic and I tal­ked about once: That the best thing about being a blog­ger is the peo­ple you get to meet. Exactly.

Tags: Blogger, Esther Dyson, Loic Le Meur

5 Responses to “new mistake”

1. Pål H says:

   June 19, 2008 at 10:44 PM

   It isn’t always the posts with the most com­pli­ca­ted mes­sa­ges and theo­ries that inte­rests me. Like this one. You’re abso­lu­tely right: it’s the peo­ple we meet.
   It’s worth remin­ding ourselves.
2. Maddie Grant says:

   June 20, 2008 at 6:45 AM

   Amen, brother! Such a gift.
3. Rasul Sha'ir says:

   June 22, 2008 at 6:37 AM

   Now that’s a maxim that is sim­ple and pro­found! Firs t off it says DO something. And secondly her stat­ment implies doing something NEW that way you are gro­wing, lear­ning, evol­ving as you are making new mis­ta­kes (not making the same ones again, and again and again). Great slice of infor­ma­tion Hugh. Clearly a reflec­tion of your per­so­nal brand. As you say my friend “Rock On”!
4. Keith Burtis says:

   June 22, 2008 at 4:46 PM

   Hugh, Great post. In the wood­tur­ning world, we like to call mis­ta­kes crea­tive oppor­tu­ni­ties. If i gauge a piece of wood while it’s spin­ning on my lathe, it is simply an oppor­tu­nity to seek a bet­ter alter­na­tive and grow with your art.
   Keith Burtis
5. Madrugada Jones says:

   June 24, 2008 at 6:49 AM

   I like that maxim. It allows peo­ple the lati­tude to make mis­ta­kes, which is the only way one can attain suc­cess. I should print this out and post it over my monitor.