Orders of magnitude / next size up
There are lots of things that are easy enough to do once. Doing the same thing a second time can be almost as big a… Read More »Orders of magnitude / next size up
August 2020
Recommendation: The Cool Tools Show
I suppose this is a meta-recommendation: the tool is the Cool Tools podcast, featuring Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Kelly. If you’re into or interested in… Read More »Recommendation: The Cool Tools Show
Friendly. Supportive.
These sound too obvious to be worth spending time on. No-one sets out to be the opposite, and pretty much everyone would say they’re a… Read More »Friendly. Supportive.
Net vector
They* say that you become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. It might even be true, although I’m wary… Read More »Net vector
Example and influence
You are always both.* *No pressure – that’s just how it is.
Steve Jobs on working backwards from customer experience
“The hardest thing is, how do [those features] fit into a cohesive vision? … One of the things I’ve always found is that you’ve got… Read More »Steve Jobs on working backwards from customer experience
Wind up
The wind up is the movement you make to get ready before you swing to hit a ball/nail/object/target. A good wind up puts you in… Read More »Wind up
8k
DC hit 8,000 views on 3rd August 2020! July was our best month so far,* with an average of 28 views per day, even with… Read More »8k
Not long ago; or, Little by little (3): scarcity and subsistence in rural Suffolk in the 1900s
[For those who came in late… Start with Not long ago, or Little by little (1)] Not long ago, in a place not far away… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (3): scarcity and subsistence in rural Suffolk in the 1900s
Not long ago; or, Little by little (2): Li Kunwa on indoor plumbing in 80s China
[Not long ago, or Little by little (1)] Not long ago, in a place not far away and directly connected to you, something like this… Read More »Not long ago; or, Little by little (2): Li Kunwa on indoor plumbing in 80s China
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