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Author: Curtis McHale
January 2024 Reads
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In 2023 I didn’t read as much as I wanted so as a bit of a forcing function I’m planning to talk far more about the books I’m reading in 2024 starting today with a recap of what I read in January 2024. The year has started off well with 5 books read in January,…
Why Is the One Thing Always a $2k Course?
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Greg has a good post on productivity culture. The fact that people believe there is a hack to everything is really the issue. Everyone wants a quick, easy fix. 5 minute abs, diet pills, a stupid morning routine — whatever it is you are trying to achieve, all these ‘hacks’ are a waste of time.…
Automation is about hiding workers – Avoid Blind Capture – Don’t give a fuck about work – 3 Threads – Feb 3 2024
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I’m going to be testing out content for the next bit. If you’re from the PKM Weekly newsletter and don’t like the content, feel free to unsubscribe. You should only ever spend time on things that fit with your current needs. Here are 3 threads I’m thinking about this week. When You Think Automation Think…
Cory Doctrow – The Lies of AI
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While Matt was right about the current AI stock crash, there are also many epic lies being told about AI. From Cruise using 1.5 highly trained technicians per “autonomous” vehicle, to Musk trotting out a robot…or actually a guy in a robot suit, lots of what Big Tech is pushing is all hype and little…
Birchtree with a balanced view of AI stock tanking
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Like Matt says, yesterday I got a bit of a smile on my face as I dreamed of the AI hype machine dying so quickly after it started as I watched stocks tumble. No I didn’t read the articles that were linked to, I just looked at “stock goes down” and thought “AI = failing”.…
Vision Pro Weight
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Prompted by John at Daring Fireball saying that the Apple Vision Pro was heavy I wondered exactly how heavy my bike helmet was. My helmet is about 280g while the Vision Pro is between 600-650g. So it’s about 3x heavier than my bike helmet and the weight is entirely loaded on the front of your…
My Favourite 6 Books from 2023
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While 2023 wasn’t my biggest reading year, I still managed to read 39 books. Today I’ll share 6 of my favourite books that were finished in 2023. My Favourite Non-Fiction Books of 2023 A City On Mars We’ve all heard billionaire futurist dreams of a city on Mars in their lifetime, but how realistic is…
The Last One – PKM Weekly Jan 28 2024 – Issue 106
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I’ve produced 106 issues of PKM weekly over the course of 2 years and it’s time for this newsletter to come to an end. As I said to members yesterday, I’ve been hitting a schedule and not producing the writing I think is of greatest value. To produce the writing I think is of greatest…
Apple as a Petulant Child
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9to5 Mac reports that while Apple will be opening up iOS to alternate appstores and default browsers, the iPad is not going to get these features. See there is evidently some nuance in the ruling saying that iOS is a gatekeeper but that’s not what the iPad runs, it runs iPadOS. This feels exactly like…
Content Plans for 2024
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I’ve produced two almost weekly newsletters for a few years now, and while I think there is something to be said for hitting a schedule, schedules can also mean you churn out a bunch of low-quality shit that no one wants to read. At this point, I feel like I’ve done more of the later,…