59.) Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.

58.) Artists reveal more of themselves than of their subject in their work.

Rant

Every time I think of something witty to say during a conversation but fail to get it out before the topic of conversation changes, I become just a little more fond of threaded comments and just a hair less likely to strike up a conversation in real life...

I'm pretty sure that I'm destined to be a hermit, thanks to the internet.

57.) Resign yourself to the fact that, if you work in the technology sector, you will always be a beginner.

Rant

I don't write on your Facebook wall so you can comment on what I've said. I write on your wall so you'll reciprocate and make me seem more popular, damn it.

56.) Technologies improves so fast that, that before you can master any new hardware, software, or system, it will be supplanted by the next generation of technology. 

Rather than becoming an expert on any one technology, focus your efforts on training yourself to unlearn and re-learn new technologies.

55.) Technical people are motivated by interesting work.

They will put up with abominable working conditions if they get to work on something that interests them. I've managed people who had to be sent home at night. But technical people without interesting work are very difficult to manage. Their active minds tend to get them into trouble. A happy team is a group that is busy and too intrigued with their project to get mired down with internal politics. This tends to be exactly the reverse of business people, who are typically more interested in the overall job than the task at hand. Environment, recognition and security are more important to them.