Sprinkler system
Using a garden sprinkler system is a type of outsourcing – to technology, instead of people. The time saved is almost certainly worth the money… Read More »Sprinkler system
tools and techniques
A little bit extra
A few percent over or under makes a big difference in the long run. A little bit less on your plate each meal – three… Read More »A little bit extra
Friction (1): costs to convenience
Friction is anything that makes it harder to for us to get something done – buy a product or use a service, do our jobs,… Read More »Friction (1): costs to convenience
How to set salaries
Some ways of thinking about setting salaries: Market Rate You pay the lowest price that the market will bear. The bigger the market (the more… Read More »How to set salaries
Finishing lines (1)
Or The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living Where are… Read More »Finishing lines (1)
Keepy uppies
Try playing keepy uppies with your projects: Do something every day, however small, to move them on and keep them alive Find friends for the… Read More »Keepy uppies
The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
Problems gain (or lose) interestingness as their context and scale changes. Take teaching a kids to read as an example. It’s almost inevitable that a… Read More »The Onion (3): exemplar interesting problem – learning to read
The Onion (2): a model for solving interesting problems
My first post about The Onion looked at interesting problems as systems of networked sub-problems, and suggested that our solutions will mirror this structure. The… Read More »The Onion (2): a model for solving interesting problems
The Onion (1): understanding interesting problems
This post is a sketch of a way of thinking about how problems work, and what we need to do to make our solutions (“the… Read More »The Onion (1): understanding interesting problems
WhatsAppterview
I love WhatsApp voice messages. Through the wonder of the voice message (and especially after the introduction of the wonderful voice-record lock) I have better… Read More »WhatsAppterview