More is less unless of course its actually just lessTumblr (3.0; @robashby)http://www.robashby.com/<br/><br/>http://www.robashby.com/post/2141009415http://www.robashby.com/post/2141009415Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:31:14 -0500“<p>But Jobs is the true master of managing a giant as one would manage a startup. At Apple — No. 1 on Fortune’s Most Admired Company list and now bigger than Microsoft (MSFT) in stock-market value — there are no “committees,” Jobs noted. Teams have distinct lines of responsibility, he added, and he spends the bulk of his time meeting with them. Once a week, the teams, plus Jobs, convene all together for three hours.</p> <p>Sounds simple. That’s the point. The best CEOs work diligently to keep management as streamlined as possible. And to create an environment where ideas, rather than rank or tenure, dominate. “You have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy,” Jobs insisted. “Otherwise, good people don’t stay.”</p>”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-on-building-a-startup/"><a href="http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-on-building-a-startup/">http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/06/02/steve-jobs-on-building-a-startup/</a></a></em>http://www.robashby.com/post/673392911http://www.robashby.com/post/673392911Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:50:22 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2iq1oIQFQ1qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Only on an airline does the alphabet start with “F”</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/603928335http://www.robashby.com/post/603928335Sun, 16 May 2010 11:07:26 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0boa1RKAX1qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>THE waffle window: bacon, Brie, and basil here I come!!!</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/494220258http://www.robashby.com/post/494220258Sat, 03 Apr 2010 18:39:20 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0bjnz71O01qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m getting some of the most memorable cups of espresso in Portland. Given the weather, it’s easy to understand the need for the art form.</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/494057186http://www.robashby.com/post/494057186Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:59:44 -0400“Its best not to have a plan. Then your plan can’t fail”<br/><br/> - <em>Robert Ashby IV, during a game of Crazy Eights</em>http://www.robashby.com/post/493534956http://www.robashby.com/post/493534956Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:51:42 -0400“I love my weeds as much as my unblossomed roses”<br/><br/> - <em>Soyan Kim in a letter to Benjamin Zander, “The Art of Possibility”</em>http://www.robashby.com/post/492010622http://www.robashby.com/post/492010622Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:15:50 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxfmrrhmKk1qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.robashby.com/post/374450345http://www.robashby.com/post/374450345Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:16:23 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxfmmcHHvQ1qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>@ Molly Moon for oatmeal + ice cream (Haiti benefit! Come on down)</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/374445583http://www.robashby.com/post/374445583Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:13:06 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxel54YmEF1qz6g3qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My favorite restaurant with my favorite gal. What else do ya need?</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/373524897http://www.robashby.com/post/373524897Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:43:37 -0500“Daddy, I have mono.”<br/><br/> - <em>Melly</em>http://www.robashby.com/post/373235672http://www.robashby.com/post/373235672Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:47:56 -0500<p>It just didnt make sense anymore for me to have my own custom installation of Wordpress. Sorry Wordpress, hello Tumblr.</p>http://www.robashby.com/post/371224607http://www.robashby.com/post/371224607Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:11:34 -0500