Off The Cuff

Colin is a product architect and entrepreneur living in the silicon hills of Austin, in the great state of Texas.

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Our new company was featured in Austin Statesman today. We're building cool stuff to help solve the healthcare crisis. Learn more about us at FilamentLabs.co.

Even though Austin is deep in the heart of Texas, my Rusty surfboard is always an arms length away.

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Timelapse of a Texas Supercell.

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The story of two birds, a snail, and a whale.

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Some of my favorite pics from Panama + Costa Rica trip.

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The Making of @JohnMayer's Born & Raised Artwork, feat. David Smith's masterfully ornate hand-crafted work. Speechless.

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Illustration in SF Examiner: The Texas Attraction. 

Our system works because we minimize the time politicians spend in the office creating legislation. Yeehaw!

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Recycled Orchestra, an assemble of instruments made from trash found in a landfill. Directed by Favio Chavez.

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The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You. Hook em!

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James Bond's Performance Analysis from 1962-2012.

[airows]

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Construction of the Hindenburg

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Never pray for surf again... "Visions Of Surfing In The Olympics". 

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Breathtaking footage from the International Space Station. Reminds you how mindblowing our universe is...

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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

— Theodore Roosevelt Paris, April 23, 1910

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Respect the craft. "Declarations of Independence" by @joncontino

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Apple’s culture is infused with “clear direction (nope), individual accountability (nope), a sense of urgency (nope), constant feedback (nope), clarity of mission (okay)” but three other elements really stand out: secrecy (yes), intensity (sort of), and focus (nope).

Comparing and contrasting to learn from experiences.