Category: Links of Interest
Everything in life shouldn’t be a competition
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Thoughts stemming from this article: I certainly don’t agree with the statement than workaholism is a badge of honour, but yes we quantify so much of ourselves that much of life is a competition. I’ve had to choose balance a number of times, and even been told I’m terribly unprofessional and that no one should
Another take on working smarter
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I already wrote today about my filter documents and how I hand write them. No typing allowed. Then I come across this great post from Farnam Street using another method to look at the units of productivity you have in a day. Not sure I’ll use it, but each system will work for some people.
My Sweet Setup was on The Sweet Setup Today
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You can see my desk and my iPad screen and a cute picture of my youngest kid over on The Sweet Setup today. Yup, I’m still using my iPad Pro 9.7” for 90% of my work. Sitting in the library right now after writing, doing some design for a product giveaway and doing some coding.
Are you looking past the top layer?
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From Seth Godin: The thing is: 90% of the strawberries in a quart are hidden from view. They’re beneath the top layer. There’s no strategy to tell which quart is better than the other, unless you (erroneously) believe that the top layer is an accurate indicator of what lies below. Where are you only looking
Work, family or social life
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From Austin Kleon: Work, children, or a social life. You may pick two at a time. (Nobody wants to hear this.) I choose work and family. My only social life currently is the runs that one or two people want to come on. That has meant large numbers of friends I no longer hang out
More Hours is a Lie – The Amount of Work You Can Do is Constant
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Rather than scrambling to meet an impossible deadline, work to your normal pace. The amount of work you can do is constant — the only real question is which work to do. – Extreme Programming I had a coaching client who worked every weekend. He always felt like he couldn’t get ahead so kept spinning
Content Mills are just like Upwork and Freelancer
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Maddy Osman has a great look at content mills. All the same points apply to freelance market places. It’s the pickiest clients for the lowest prices and you often can’t take the work outside the freelance job platform so you’re only building a portfolio on said platform. If they decide that you’re no longer wanted,
More thoughts on alcohol excluding people from conferences and networking
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Further thoughts after this post. What if you’re at a place where you must be legal drinking age we are saying that the only people worth meeting are 21 (in some states). That’s hardly the truth. We are also excluding anyone that has struggled enough with alcohol in the past that they can’t be around
Opting Out of WordCamp “after” because of alcohol
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Things I’ve realized in 45 days of not drinking Higher education runs on booze. It’s remarkable how many events involve free alcohol and how much socialising after other events involves alcohol I’d say similar things about the WordCamp’s and other tech conferences I’ve been to. I have nothing against drinking but I’m a 1 beer
dad lists insult dad
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The insult to mums, of course, is the suggestion that dads should somehow be celebrated for achieving basic tasks when they get no such recognition. Yup I agree entirely. My wife and I talk about this at least weekly. People rave that I show up to figure skating and can name the jumps my kid
