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GTD—or “Getting things done”—is a framework created by David Allen for organizing and tracking your tasks and projects. Its aim is a bit higher than just “getting things done”, though. (It should have been called “Getting things done in a much better way than just letting things happen, which often turns out not to be…
Twenty tips addressing the basics of ballroom etiquette for single Victorian gentlemen.
Creating the ultimate Linux on the desktop experience for everything in containers.
You and your friend have watches which are synchronized to the second, and the proctors are used to him often finishing exams quickly and won't be suspicious if he leaves early. What is the largest value N such that you can guarantee that you answer at least N out of the 23 questions correctly?
In 2006, a new entry popped into my idea journal: take my college notes and put them on a learning site. What should I call it: My name? Stuff explained…
This was my first successful craft, which lifted off, flew a short distance from the pad, then (after several botched attempts and the deaths of several Kerbal pilots) touched down.
[This memoir essay appeared in the magazine Science 82 in April 1982, and in my 1982 book Infinity and the Mind. It’s based on the “Conversations With Godel” documented in my previous post. Some of the photos are from a recent trip through the West, others from the 1970s.] [This is a cropped version of
About two years ago, I switched from taking my personal car to the airport, to hailing Ubers and Lyfts. The math of it was pretty simple: Uber was cheaper than paying for my driving and parking*. A…
I visited North Korea for 16 days in 2014. Here are 100 photos I took inside all corners of this secretive socialist nation.
What begins at Girl Scouts can take you anywhere you want to go. Explore who you are and what you can accomplish as a Girl Scout.
If there is one single complaint about work I hear most often from clients and friends, it’s that they have a hard time focusing in their office. No matter if you’re pairing with someone or need some quiet time - if you can’t escape the background noise, you’ll have a hard time getting any work done. Let me share with…
Writing productivity courses and coaching programmes from the authors of Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit that Lasts
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Thursday October 19, 2017, I arrived at the Technical Museum in Stockholm together with my two kids just a short while before 17:30. A fresh, cool and clear autumn evening. For this occasion I had purchased myself a brand new suit as I hadn't gotten one since almost twenty years before this and it had … Continue…
How Google Home provides an interesting insight into the curiosity of a 4-year-old.
A list of youtube channels that talks about programming
I discuss, with stories, why programming language choice matters and provide guidelines, along with an infographic of popular 2017 languages.
[ Cross-posting from last year’s Go contributors AMA on Reddit, because it’s still important to remember. ]
I happen to be going through a very productive time right now. I’m working on a project that I’m very excited about, and the threads are all coming together to create a very satisfying tapestry.
In his most in-depth interview, Naval Ravikant discusses reading, happiness, decision making, habits, the meaning of life, and Mental Models.
I've an unhealthy amount of smart gadgets at home. Enough so that it's worth running an orientation session when friends come to visit. This is what the Alexa does, here's which light switches not to use, don't be scared if the Roomba attacks. That sort of thing. I don't know how long we'll live in this place. It's…
I spent a few days a while back in a board meeting for a national astronomy organization and noticed a property of the population in that ro...
With peak submission season for machine learning conferences just behind us, many in our community have peer-review on the mind. One especially hot topic is the arXiv preprint service. Computer scientists often post papers to
