Get Excited and Make Things

A talk about how to get motivated to create the things that matter to you. Presented at TEDxNJIT 2011.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1afhypdiBQ&feature=player_embedded

Transcript

3. GET EXCITED
4. AND
5. MAKE THINGS
6. MATTHEW BISCHOFF
7. HELLO my name is Matt
8. GET EXCITED
9. What excites you?
10. CAPTURE THOUGHTS
11. STEAL IDEAS
12. Ideas are worthless.
13. Products solve problems.
14. MAKE THINGS
15. 90% of everything is crap.
16. 1. Make it work. 2. Make it right. 3. Make it fast.
17. Details matter.
18. Users are people.
20. LESS IS MORE
21. LESS IS BETTER
22. “If you make everything bold, nothing is bold.”
23. Be useful.
24. “We don’t need any more fart apps.”
25. Build a great team. Even if it’s just you.
26. Don’t take $.
27. Don’t make $.
28. “But Matt, I’m busy.”
29. You’re not busy.
30. You’re gonna suck.
31. “You don’t work for a dollar, you work to create and have fun.”
32. Real artists ship.
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