Category: Links of Interest
Why Problems Are Easier to Solve at Night
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Jamie says problem solving seems easier at night and he’s right. In part this is because our default mode network gets to engage at night and it only engages when we are doing nothing in particular that requires focus. We’re so busy today that the only time we don’t have some podcast playing, or music,
Not Excited about the iPad Anymore
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Matt has a good video questioning the excitement around the iPad now. I’ve moved to Final Cut Pro from LumaFusion recently so my iPad usage has dropped in the last 3 months. If Final Cut and all the assets were available on iPad then I’d be using my iPad still instead of macOS. I still
Matt on The Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Social media especially convinces everyone that they are an expert in a subject immediately. It’s amazing how I follow the same people, but that group is an expert in the auto industry when there are Apple car rumors, epidemiologists when there’s a public health crisis, and a payments expert when there’s App Store rule news.
Unpopular Economic Policy is Enforced with Violence
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I was recently reading The Shock Doctrine – The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and it said that when your economic policy is highly unpopular with the middle and lower income brackets of society the only enforcement you can do is via violence. Unlike the wealthy they only recourse they have is to strike and demonstrate
You Must Read to Write
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I absolutely agree with Greg, to write and create you must read. One of the things I’ve “struggled” with this year is reading books. Well that’s not entirely true, I’ve struggled to read non-fiction books at my regular pace. In total this year I’ve read 63 books this year and 27 of them have been
Barriers Clarify
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In the same way someone who wants to lose weight might hide the sweet treats, I am putting my weakness behind as much of a hurdle as I can. Greg Morris One of the reasons I love Analogue Productivity is that your notebook defaults to no. It’s not going to move tasks forward for you.
Matt takes a long term look at the price of oil
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My point here is not to prove that inflation isn’t a thing or that I’m an expert on the oil markets, my point is simply to point out that we should all be careful with how we interpret the data put in front of us. Matt brings up a good point about how we look
Just Like Greg I love Focus Mode
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Greg showed off his focus modes an I agree that while they’re a bit confusing to set up they’re excellent. I’m almost always in a focus mode that only lets my wife and daughter get through. Sure I want to message with friends about bikes and stuff, just not during my workday or in the
We’re Suckers for Purported Features
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How many times have I purchased tech on the promise of it helping me do something that I’ve never even thought about doing. – Greg Morris My last phone was an SE2 which got upgraded after 1 year, but only because my daughter was getting a phone and we didn’t want to purchase her a
Greg on Followers and Supporters
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Greg talked about how supporters are far more valuable to creators than followers. The gist is that followers just read your stuff, supporters actually pay for it in some way. His thoughts remind me a lot of the 1000 true fans someone needs to create a viable thing. I diverge from Greg though in going