Category: Links of Interest
Done is Better
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Make a habit of shipping things, instead of starting things that never get done.
The iPad Ideal
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This was the ideal I hoped would happen with my iPad. The reality of my iPad usage is that it mostly sits with my bicycle training station and runs the app that connects to my trainer. I watch YouTube videos on it while I ride, or watch YouTube videos while I deal with laundry. While
User hostile operating systems steal time
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While Ed’s story of crappy tech points directly to a Windows computer, Apple isn’t much better. Yes the hardware is nicer so you don’t have multiple minutes to wait while you login in, but it’s also more expensive meaning that many people couldn’t afford the supposedly “better” experience. Then if you’re a power user Apple
Monetization Christmas Miracle at YouTube
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A few days ago I was one of the many people that did something to support a creator that YouTube demonetized and wouldn’t communicate with. Well she’s back and that’s good and all, but damn YouTube is broken. You have to have a big enough channel go viral and get lots of complaints for YouTube
Performative Reading
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This was a good video about the pressure of reading, at least for those with a YouTube channel that is all about books. I’m writing more about reading for 2025 tomorrow, but just do what you want. Read the books you’re interested in and read as much, or as little as you want. My best
Never rely on money from YouTube
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This story is exactly why I will never rely on money from YouTube. The byzantine rube goldberg machine process required to still never get answers is terrible, but since YouTube has no viable competitors they can keep being crappy to creators and not suffer any consequences of their actions. Yes I’ll keep making videos and
People and Blogs by Manuel
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Latest entry in People & Blogs by Manuel. I only recently came across this site so didn’t realize it was a recurring series of posts but I love it. I’ve been recently thinking about how to increase the other writers/sites I highlight and this might be a good idea I can riff on to help
And now I own a Yacht
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Back in 2014 the billionaire Nick Hanauer appealed to other 0.01%ers to support raising the minimum wage to $15/hour because it would promote equality. Sitting 10-years later I can’t look at the article as anything but laughable in that it tries to sound reasonable and appeal to rich people and at the same time sound
Crushing Someone Else’s Site with Traffic
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Manu wrote about a Hacker News traffic spike and then wondered about the cost affect a link could have to other sites. I’d love to reassure Manu that if he linked to my site and real people visited I’d be happy to pay some extra to my hosting company for some real possibly interested traffic.
Massive Brandon Sanderson Books
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As I write 2000 words on something far more serious for tomorrow this was a great break between writing and editing. I’m a big Sanderson fan and have the latest book to read over my Christmas break, if not before when I finish my current fiction read, Howling Dark. I always enjoy NerdForge as do