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Keys to Success by John Gruber

John Gruber’s Keys to Success

  1. Fussy coffee drinker
  2. Clicky keyboard
  3. Soda Stream

— The Talk Show #87 | 5by5 Network

Few quick notes:

  • in order to qualify as a fussy coffee drinker, you must grind your beans on a daily basis before making the coffee.
  • the more popular examples of clicky keyboards that I keep hearing about are the Das keyboard and Apple Extended keyboard
  • the Soda Stream is meant not to make carbonated water, but to over-carbonate the water.

These keys to success are for anyone, doesn’t matter what field of work you are involved in. The best part is that according to Gruber, you don’t even need a laptop, iPhone or iPad to succeed. Only the above three items.

Daring Fireball

Gruber on Twitter

Published by:

James McCullough

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