They Conceal Information Like That in Books
Recently, I had a chance to review my bucket list of things I’d like to build. It’s…not small. But looking back, it all began with one, critical, book.
![Stuck? Get a Robot Duck.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584512854802-0CJAZ2DEZ25BXRPE9PK7/RobotDuckyHeader.jpg)
Stuck? Get a Robot Duck.
Then I realized, it’s not really about Robot Ducky or the site that wasn’t…it’s about how you approach challenges, find solutions, spark creativity, and, most importantly, keep moving forward.
![Perfection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051621142-0P8JAMDQB8ZTMOKUE7ZN/purple_filament.png)
Perfection
Perfection is subjective and demanding and, also, doesn’t really exist. I know all this, but I’m also a chronic recovering perfectionist…
![A World in a Grain of Sand](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051654030-BPP572G06801OXYWCR3U/Silicon-Wafer-reflection-1140x714.jpg)
A World in a Grain of Sand
I have created whole worlds from nothing but my imagination. Building landscapes, giving them texture and form, shape and light. I peopled them with creatures fantastic and mundane. I gave them life and rules they were obliged to follow…
![It's Bigger on the Inside: Thinking Inside an Infinite Box](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051700755-38M9WD3IG83RU5F9M1K4/Printing-the-tray-2-1140x686.png)
It's Bigger on the Inside: Thinking Inside an Infinite Box
The part where I’m overwhelmed by the ideas flooding my brain is the exciting bit - the part where I have to pick which one I actually want to pursue and develop is where the frustration comes in.
![What Don't We Get?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584051822091-TEPAW8QE7JA3NK8EVFYD/The-Place-large-552x322.png)
What Don't We Get?
…the urgency of money can be a stifling burden on the ability to create…
![Do It](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584052064054-FM46RFDY2CJ5PSJYZCWD/35403534_10215984317257509_1894922640234119168_n-1-1140x569.jpg)
![Write Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584053786590-EUYLIYHTLRFY4R1MVOW1/2017-10-14-14.26.24_preview-1140x574.jpeg)
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![Squirrel](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584054308325-MGXTP0YNWMP5KZFTLZFV/pexels-photo-97541-1-1140x760.jpeg)
![Take the Time](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584111099684-20TVSYK18L83NDORLGO8/Stop-Look-Listen-1140x664.jpeg)
![Get to the Garage](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584111536729-S4UEGWKKB30IWAZBAZIS/HomeVRLab2-1140x246.jpg)
Get to the Garage
Where do you go to find the room to dream up impossible things and find a way to make them possible? How do you make space to work out problems without being bogged down in the small challenges and big problems of everyday life?
![The Secret is Out](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112510358-TMT3KKLBMRGPM4N3MS0L/2017-10-20-12.30.36_preview-1140x553.jpeg)
![Ultra Violet](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112540410-T9D6WH2XBD2Y2MLKOME9/22560976_10155819133919166_143834608_o-1140x569.jpg)
Ultra Violet
Sometimes people ask, “Simon, why purple?”
“Why lasers?”
“Why purple lasers?”
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Working on my "Or"
The thing about inventing, or creating anything really, is that it’s wonderful. Really wonderful...unless it’s absolute torture.
![Go On, Do Some ARM](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e67fe3251d5fb44b0d813a7/1584112849992-UXHKPDFSWFYRPHIQFUKC/ArmsTighter.jpg)
Go On, Do Some ARM
A long, long time ago, in a countryside far away, there was a young man playing with tech in his parents’ garage…
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Zen-Tense
It all began a long time ago, a bit more than 20 years actually, in the mid 90’s, at a party. I was working at Zono at the time, and I was having a bit to drink, chatting with Zono’s CEO, Ed Zobrist, and the Head of Software Engineering Jeff Fort, and their wives, in Jeff’s living room.
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Just Buy a 3D Printer Already
Just stop – stop with the questioning and wondering what it’s for, just go buy a 3D printer.