Saturday Morning at the Playground
Climbing frame, swing, monkey bars, slide Peruse Marginal Revolution, Hacker News and The Guardian. Open some tabs; Skim various things. Read longer article about Seth… Read More »Saturday Morning at the Playground
Focus
Scott Sonenshein on Chasing and Functional Fixedness
Chasing is the idea that the more resources we have, the better results we can achieve. Chasing is detrimental because… it takes us off our… Read More »Scott Sonenshein on Chasing and Functional Fixedness
Trees of No; or, Fractal (im)possibilities
What stops good things from happening? I came across this paragraph in The Counter‘s recent article on lab-grown meat: David Humbird, the UC Berkeley-trained chemical… Read More »Trees of No; or, Fractal (im)possibilities
Stall speed
To simplify grossly, an aeroplane stalls (that is, its wings stop keeping it airborne) when it goes too slowly. It’s the same for projects: go… Read More »Stall speed
The hardest thing you do today…
Might be not reading the popular mechanics article about soldiers and jetpacks*, and spending ten minutes thinking about something useful instead. *Take your pick
Optimising what doesn’t matter
Most of us are experts at this. Things like: Hours spent tweaking the layout of reports very few people are going to read; Spending time… Read More »Optimising what doesn’t matter
Do you run faster when not listening to a podcast?
I think I do. Unless it’s an especially good day with the wind at my back, running a good time takes a degree of concentration… Read More »Do you run faster when not listening to a podcast?
The trouble with the default
Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, “The best way to spend this time is to cram it full of random meetings!” Nobody… Read More »The trouble with the default
Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
The concept in all these [“healing”] environments seems to be that one needs to complete his healing before he is ready to do his work.… Read More »Steven Pressfield on playing hurt
Not easy but possible: Jonny Giger, repetition and persistence
It’s time to revisit the mother of skill – this time in the world of skateboarding. Jonny Giger is – according to some – the… Read More »Not easy but possible: Jonny Giger, repetition and persistence