Category: Links of Interest
Always on YouTube – of course we have breakdown
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YouTube’s burnout problem. Constant changes to the platform’s algorithm, unhealthy obsessions with remaining relevant in a rapidly growing field and social media pressures are making it almost impossible for top creators to continue creating at the pace both the platform and audience want — and that can have a detrimental effect on the very ecosystem
@shawnblanc on what he’s most interested in with the new iOS
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The calmest iPhone yet Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my iPhone within arm’s reach since I bought the first one in 2007. And it can be easy to use it too much. Which is why I’m all for any features that make it easier to keep the phone less distracting while
Don’t prioritize in the moment value
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From Cal Newport A key idea in attention capital theory is that knowledge work organizations implicitly prioritize convenience over value production. It makes everyones’ life easier in the moment if you’re quick to reply to email, willing to hop on a call, attend one more planning meeting and join that internal committee. I freely admit
another reason I don’t watch the news
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Speaking of terrorism Today, a bombing in a Brussels metro station is drummed into our heads in real time through constant stories and vivid pictures. It feels like an attack on our own community. Yeah this stuff is never drummed in to my head. I pay way more attention to local news than international news.
How Fatherhood Changes You
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Enjoyed the piece on how men change in fatherhood. The best part was the quotes from dad’s at the end around what changed in them. “I do nothing I used to, I do things I never thought I would, I survive on less sleep than I ever thought and I love more than I believed
Yup let’s stop dad bashing
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From Diary Of the Dad: Dad bashing has become so normal and engrained in our culture that it seems to have become acceptable. And it has to stop. Is it any wonder that men still don’t get the same parental leave choices as women when society views us this way? I’ve been on the end
It’s time to start defining success different
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The new definition of success is not about the most revenue, employees, and office space but the most profit, generated through the fewest employees and with the least expensive office space. – Profit First How have you define success in the past? For me it’s sometimes been owning the latest and greatest Apple product. Finding
Part of the independent writers dilemma
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Paywalls for writing: I want to publish all my creative work for free, and I am at my most creative when I have a reliable income. I feel the same way. I currently offer a membership which has a video course and gets you all my books for free. It also acts as a down
Don’t just run faster
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Calm the storm However, in the fits and starts of life, I think I am slowly getting better at realizing that the feeling of pending implosion should be a trigger to slow down, not speed up. Thinking that I will alleviate the pressure by accomplishing more has proven, on many occasions, to be counterproductive Useful
Canada isn’t quite Swiss but we aren’t American either
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Very interesting article on Switzerland versus the US. Canada is not as bad as the US but we are not Swiss either. Seems to me we have similar sentiments around guilt and vacation time or a working lunch as the US. We also have similar taxes, though we don’t tax non-residents. We do have decent
