Seth Godin on physical books
A book is a souvenir of an idea. You come in here, and you see something, and you go “Oh yeah!” and then you can… Read More »Seth Godin on physical books
Books and Recommendations
Peter Drucker on improving decision making with feedback analysis
I’ve read and appreciated this suggestion from Peter Drucker enough times that I’m finally going to apply it. Here’s the idea: You can learn to… Read More »Peter Drucker on improving decision making with feedback analysis
More from Seth Godin on slack in systems and resilience
A friend was talking about building resilient systems today, something Seth covered at length in Akimbo (S4 Ep 20)… and also in this blog post:… Read More »More from Seth Godin on slack in systems and resilience
Peter Drucker on pay and rewards for knowledge workers
Knowledge workers demand economic rewards… Their absence is a deterrent. But their presence is not enough… [Knowledge workers] need opportunity; they need achievement; they need… Read More »Peter Drucker on pay and rewards for knowledge workers
No mistakes. No regrets. (2)
Mistakes of technique … are to be expected and – to a degree – accepted. You’ll drop catches, make miss-hits, typos, errors of arithmetic. These… Read More »No mistakes. No regrets. (2)
Resource: Tristan Harris on the attention economy
This is a good interview on the Tim Ferriss show, covering the Attention Economy and extractive economics more generally. Recommend. The fundamental place that went… Read More »Resource: Tristan Harris on the attention economy
Recommendation: Joe Marchese on the attention economy
This is an interesting piece from REDEF on what happens next in the competition for our ears, eyeballs and thoughts, with a link to a… Read More »Recommendation: Joe Marchese on the attention economy
Resource: How to delay Googledrive / Backup and Sync on Windows startup
Googledrive/Backup and Sync has been eating a lot of resources on startup and slowing everything down… This fantastic howto from maketecheasier is the quickest crib-sheet… Read More »Resource: How to delay Googledrive / Backup and Sync on Windows startup
Joseph Conrad on art, writing and reaching your audience
All art, therefore, appeals primarily to the senses, and the artistic aim when expressing itself in written words must also make its appeal through the… Read More »Joseph Conrad on art, writing and reaching your audience
The switch (1)
“Who is this for?” Your work is always for you. This is true whether we’re working for pay or we’re parenting, whether we’re working on… Read More »The switch (1)