I’m Jeff Vincent and this is the good life. The Scary Basement is my personal spot for the music, art, photography, film, friends, inspirations, business ideas, inventions & innovations that flow through and around my head. My favorite things in life are laughter, big smiles, learning new things, challenging the norms, salmon pants, doing what makes me happy, new perspectives, lessons for life, skiing, new adventures, and loved ones. Enjoy. email me at j.vincent4 [at] gmailSome Places I’d Love to Be: The Clarion GroupPatagoniaApple, Inc.Jump AssociatesThe Boston Consultant Group Some of my links:The JV Blog my thoughts on the business world. The JV World search engine Search the whole JV Web for old posts, cool ideasmy tagged articles from DeliciousThe JV List is the tumblr dedicated to my likes/wants. Consider it a guide to jv style, if there is such a thing. 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(Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23360911003http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23360911003Sat, 19 May 2012 14:05:01 -0400<a href="http://www.whatisleft.org/lookie_here/2005/09/want_to_do_busi.html">Chris Sacca's 'What is left?': Hints for proposing deals . . . (or, "My word, this inbox is a mess")</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23346054673http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23346054673Sat, 19 May 2012 08:54:17 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4803gUVGi1qz64nzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Breakfast (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23288887634http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23288887634Fri, 18 May 2012 09:28:28 -0400<a href="http://nicholsonws.com/archive/the-tilde-is-an-amazing-css-selector">The Tilde is an Amazing CSS Selector. - Nicholson Web Software</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23286305444http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23286305444Fri, 18 May 2012 07:51:17 -0400<a href="http://www.cindyalvarez.com/presenting/anatomy-of-a-great-talk">» Anatomy of a Great Talk</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23285654941http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23285654941Fri, 18 May 2012 07:24:00 -0400<a href="http://adam.heroku.com/past/2011/4/28/scaling_a_development_team/">How To Scale a Development Team</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23135450439http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23135450439Tue, 15 May 2012 20:32:35 -0400<a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/05/hard-work-on-the-right-things.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29">Seth's Blog: Hard work on the right things</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23124082646http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23124082646Tue, 15 May 2012 17:46:21 -0400<a href="http://davidcancel.com/what-matters-at-startups/">Startups: What Really Matters Most by @dcancel</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://www.instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a>)</p>http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23035521475http://blog.jeffvincent.me/post/23035521475Mon, 14 May 2012 08:40:58 -0400