Links, Images, Ideas, and Interests from Todd Webb, a technologist, foodie, architecture enthusiast, husband/father, and software development manager at ObtivaTumblr (3.0; @webbclips)http://webbclips.tumblr.com/<p>“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.</p> <p>Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.</p> <p>It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.</p> <p>We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?</p> <p>Actually, who are you not to be?</p> <p>You are a child of god.</p> <p>Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.</p> <p>There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.</p> <p>We were born to make and manifest the glory of god that is within us.</p> <p>It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone.</p> <p>And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.</p> <p>As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”</p> <p>-Marianne Williamson “Our Greatest Fear” from her book “A Return To Love”</p> <p><em>While watching “Akeelah and the Bee” this morning with my boys I really enjoyed a Laurence Fishburne reading of this poem, so I’m saving a copy here to remember.</em></p> <p><em>- Todd</em></p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/237236473http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/237236473Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0600<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp17dYRA21qzw5o9o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>A slide by Eric Ries referenced in: <a href="http://kevindewalt.com/blog/2009/11/06/how-experienced-developers-can-handicap-a-lean-startup/">How Experienced Developers Can Handicap a Lean Startup</a></p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/235016078http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/235016078Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:18:49 -0600<a href="http://www.pmorganbrown.com/2009/10/30/are-you-an-expert-or-an-advanced-beginner/">Are you an expert or an advanced beginner?</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/228295857http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/228295857Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:23:53 -0500<a href="http://bigbangtechnology.com/post/rfps_will_kill_us_all">RFPs Will Kill Us All</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/225417771http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/225417771Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:27:29 -0500<a href="http://www.ashmaurya.com/2009/10/how-i-built-my-minimum-viable-product/">How I built my Minimum Viable Product</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/225395356http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/225395356Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:04:09 -0500<a href="http://journal.markbao.com/2009/10/startup-school-2009-summary/">The Y Combinator Startup School 2009 Summary</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/224055879http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/224055879Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:15:48 -0500<a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html">What Startups Are Really Like</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/223768726http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/223768726Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:23:41 -0500<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ItayTalgam_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ItayTalgam-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=663&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=art_unusual;event=TEDGlobal+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ItayTalgam_2009G-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ItayTalgam-2009G.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=663&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=speaking_at_tedglobal2009;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=presentation_innovation;theme=art_unusual;event=TEDGlobal+2009;"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html">Itay Talgam: Lead like the great conductors</a></p> <p>Love Kleiber’s expressions.</p> <p>Which is most like you? Which do you aspire to be like?</p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/220334642http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/220334642Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:21:09 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqw3p51Ad41qzw5o9o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>J.B. Rainsberger provides an insightful <a href="http://jbrains.ca/permalink/285">justification of TDD using Queueing theory</a></p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/202581129http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/202581129Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:48:40 -0500“We know more now than we ever did about what good is, and we need more people who can deliver it”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://content.newrelic.com/railslab/videos/railslab-cunningham-mastery.m4v">Ward Cunningham visits New Relic</a></em>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/200584366http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/200584366Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:27:31 -0500<a href="http://mixergy.com/postmortem-fit-fuel-luke-burgis/">Founder Of Fit Fuel On What You Can Learn From His Company’s Closure – With Luke Burgis </a>: <p>This is a good read for entrepreneurs.</p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/188712377http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/188712377Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:10:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R4w0XamlAZw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R4w0XamlAZw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Redesigning Agility (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/WardCunningham">WardCunningham</a>)</p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/187785885http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/187785885Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:37:35 -0500<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ElizabethGilbert_2009-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElizabethGilbert_2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=453&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=speaking_at_ted2009;theme=words_about_words;event=TED2009;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ElizabethGilbert_2009-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ElizabethGilbert_2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=453&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius;year=2009;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=speaking_at_ted2009;theme=words_about_words;event=TED2009;"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html">Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video on TED.com</a></p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/185310723http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/185310723Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:40:11 -0500<a href="http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/ralph/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=Christopher_Alexander_and_the_QWAN&entry=3429992017">Christopher Alexander and the QWAN</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/184606267http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/184606267Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:45:10 -0500<a href="http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/2009/09/from-people-to-programming.html">From People to Programming</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/184463679http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/184463679Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:05:25 -0500<a href="http://steveblank.com/2009/08/27/the-leading-cause-of-startup-death-the-product-development-diagram/">The Leading Cause of Startup Death</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/173230329http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/173230329Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:39:49 -0500<embed src="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/player/wpniplayer_viral.swf?thisObj=fo993433&vid=081809-4v_title" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="allowFullScreen=true&initVideoId=&servicesURL=http://www.brightcove.com&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://www.brightcove.com&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&autoStart=false" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" id="fo993433" name="fo993433" width="454" height="305" allowfullscreen="false" allowscriptaccess="always" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed><br/><br/><p>How Google creates leaders</p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/167348260http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/167348260Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:29:06 -0500<a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/people/l/lloydt/color/color.HTM">Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Color?</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/166521330http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/166521330Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:30:18 -0500<a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2224932/pagenum/all/">Seeking</a>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/164871848http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/164871848Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:28:18 -0500<a href="http://www.cooper.com/journal/2009/07/my_vision_of_agile.html">My vision of Agile</a>: <p>Spot on!</p>http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/154892272http://webbclips.tumblr.com/post/154892272Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:42:40 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