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Why you can't Kickstart a conference
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 669 posts.
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In practice, cool URLs can become inaccessible even if they don't change
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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What’s the point of tech conferences?
It’s con season in the tech world. Yesterday evening I flew from Pluralsight’s Link/ unconference in New Orleans to Pycon US in Salt Lake City. New Orleanians are just as likely as not …
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Please be dying, but not too quickly, part 2: The patient's perspective
The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing: from investigator calls to taking back (almost) all the bad things I've ever said about New Jersey
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How to Make a Hotbed for the Earliest Sowings (2020)
Hotbeds are horticultural alchemy. But what is a hotbed and what makes them so magical?
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Earning the privilege to work on unoriginal problems
The startup world is almost by definition a place where you “live in the future”. Working in an early-stage startup, your whole belief system is based on being able to successfully create something new. Something that will become a great and cherished product, used all around the world. It needs to be this way, or…
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I prefer semi-automation
I really try to automate part of my work. But I do not always strive to automate the task at hand entirely. I have come to realize, at least for my usual duties, that automation is a balance between the productivity and consistency gains you would get from not doing it by hand versus the time it would take to cover…
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Recreating Medieval English Ales (1998)
In medieval England, ale was an alcoholic drink made from grain, water, and fermented with yeast. The difference between medieval ale and beer was that beer also used hops as an ingredient. Virtually everyone drank ale. It provided significant nutrition as well as hydration (and inebriation). The aristocracy could…
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Do painters subconsciously paint themselves into their work?
The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
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Why you’re going about recovering from perfectionism all wrong (2021)
Stop murdering your village of weirdos.
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The Heart of W. Edwards Deming
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” —Lao Tzu
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The White Gold of Turda, Romania
Though today we take salt for granted, it was once as valuable as gold, and the Salina Turda Salt Mine in Romania was an important source for eastern Europe
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Profound Beliefs
This post previously appeared in EIX. In the early stages of a startup your hypotheses about all the parts of your business model are your profound beliefs. Think of profound beliefs as “strong opi…
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What I did not learn about writing in school
Surprising lessons I picked up from the best books, essays, and videos on writing non-fiction.
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Two types of C programmers
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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Math for kids outside of the Calculus Sequence
The Enrichment side of the "Accelerate vs Enrich" dichotomy in math education for kids who love math.
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Just Build It...
Thoughts on building, shipping and iterating quickly
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Cognitive distortions that undermine clear thinking
Leaders are paid to think clearly. And a big impediment to clear thinking is what CBT/REBT calls Cognitive Distortions: errors in thinking or thinking traps we commonly fall for. Most high-performers are not pathological, but instead fall for them when upset or in high-stress situations. In this
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My experience trying to write human-sounding articles using Claude AI
You can use AI tools like Claude to help you write full-length content. By going paragraph-by-paragraph, you can direct the AI while seemingly maintaining your own voice and ideas. However, despite my attempts to use AI with writing, I’ve found that it’s harder to pull off than I thought. I can get close, but due to…
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What to do when you’ve ruined your life
Every now and then, life becomes unacceptable. What do you do then?
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Cut out everything that's not surprising (2019)
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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Grades of quality of Panama hats
Montecristi Panama Hats, Men's, Women's, Fedoras, Foldable2023110 points48 commentsLife, Learning & Writing details
Grades of Quality of Panama Hats by Brent Black, the world's leading designer of fine quality Montecristi Panaman Hats.
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User interface design timeframes: from 0.1 seconds to 10 years (2009)
From 0.1 seconds to 10 years or more, user interface design has many different timeframes, and each has its own particular usability issues.
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Setting time on fire and the temptation of The Button
We used to consider writing an indication of time and effort spent on a task. That isn't true anymore.
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Thoughts on Video Editing (2022)
I’ve been thinking about editing for the last 5 years. Not just thinking, also editing. Trying out what works. You may have noticed different editing styles in the 65 videos I have posted to …