[I highly recommend this paper as well ... it's very cool. (of course..I am a researcher, so it speaks to me....and it may very well speak to you too) - Nanochick:)]

Yes! Excellent. Outstanding. Superb.

"More, please."

A great transcription of Richard Hamming's 1986 talk on what it takes to do great work. All I can say is: wow. I'm doing lots of thinking on this now, having read this. Speaks very deeply to my mind of things involved in the work I do. Brilliant paper.

A great transcription of Richard Hamming's 1986 talk on what it takes to do great work. All I can say is: wow. I'm doing lots of thinking on this now, having read this. Speaks very deeply to my mind of things involved in the work I do. Brilliant paper.

[I highly recommend this paper as well...its very cool. (of course..I am a researcher, so it speaks to me....and it may very well speak to you too) - Nanochick:)]

" I think it is very definitely worth the struggle to try and do first-class work because the truth is, the value is in the struggle more than it is in the result."

If you haven't heard of Hamming you haven't done datacomm. This article is a nice collection of truths about what it takes to make things happen. Its not limited to science. The truths apply everywhere. They all should be obvious. You've heard them all before. The one quote above is the central tenet of Taoism. Its nice to have all these truths in one place. Its good to remind yourself of them. This is the sort of thing you keep around for inspiration every once in a while. I imagine it could be like one of those CDs you just never get sick of. I'm going to try to remember to read this again in a few months time.