It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
Kevin Kelly, the founding executive editor of Wired magazine and the author of the famous article 1,000 True Fans, writes some bits of unsolicited advice every birthday. Last year, he wrote 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice on his 68th birthday. And this year he wrote 99 of them. He's writing like he's running out of time.
There are many interesting points in these 99 + 68 bits of advice, and I will probably list some of them throughout the following Weeks' I/O.