July 11, 2012
I’m not really sure I know what talent is. In a sense it might simply be having an instinct about what works, what doesn’t, and what to do next.

Eli Keszler
Artist
Source: “Eli Keszler interview for 06:00 am” by Tarzarnita Angel
Labels: Talent
January 16, 2010
“The other day someone sent me an IM and thanked me for my open source contributions. They then said something about wishing they had my gem/code creation talents. I didn’t miss a beat and informed them that I have no talent.
It is true. I have no talent. What I do have is a lot of practice. And I am not talking about occasionally dabbling in Ruby on the weekends. I am talking about the kind of practice where I beat code that isn’t working into submission (though often times the code wins).
The kind of practice where all of …
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Source: “I Have No Talent” by John Nunemaker
Via: Christopher Wilkinson
Labels: Talent