The age of average
All the things in the world looks similar. People seek the safety of the familiar. Perhaps it’s our obsession with quantification and optimisation. Or maybe it’s the inevitable result of inspiration becoming globalised.
https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
All the things in the world looks similar. People seek the safety of the familiar. Perhaps it’s our obsession with quantification and optimisation. Or maybe it’s the inevitable result of inspiration becoming globalised.
https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average
Alex Murrell
The age of average — Alex Murrell
In the early 1990s, two Russian artists named Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid hired a market research firm to survey the public on what they wanted in a work of art. Across 11 countries they then set about painting a piece that reflected the results. Each…
Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-009-9215-5
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-009-9215-5
SpringerLink
Why encouraging more people to become entrepreneurs is bad public policy
Small Business Economics - Policy makers often think that creating more start-up companies will transform depressed economic regions, generate innovation, and create jobs. This belief is flawed...
Programmer Interrupted: The Real Cost of Interruption and Context Switching
https://contextkeeper.io/blog/the-real-cost-of-an-interruption-and-context-switching/
https://contextkeeper.io/blog/the-real-cost-of-an-interruption-and-context-switching/
ContextKeeper
Programmer Interrupted: The Real Cost of Interruption and Context Switching
Interruptions and context switching are the two most costly factors that directly impact a programmer's daily productivity. Although there is no permanent way to avoid them, there are some interesting strategies to minimize their impact. The Cost of an Interruption…
Making friends as an adult is just hard
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/10/making-friends-adults
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/10/making-friends-adults
WBUR
You're not uncool. Making friends as an adult is just hard
Forming new friendships as an adult can seem like an impossible feat. Psychologist Marisa G. Franco shares her top tips for making genuine connections.
The Neuroscience of Everybody's Favorite Topic
On average, people spend 60 percent of conversations talking about themselves—and this figure jumps to 80 percent when communicating via social media platforms
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-neuroscience-of-everybody-favorite-topic-themselves/
On average, people spend 60 percent of conversations talking about themselves—and this figure jumps to 80 percent when communicating via social media platforms
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-neuroscience-of-everybody-favorite-topic-themselves/
Scientific American
The Neuroscience of Everybody's Favorite Topic
Why do people spend so much time talking about themselves?
The D.E.N.N.I.S. system: Résumé tips for Senior Devs
https://jacobbartlett.substack.com/p/the-dennis-system-cvs-tips-for-senior
https://jacobbartlett.substack.com/p/the-dennis-system-cvs-tips-for-senior
Jacobstechtavern
The D.E.N.N.I.S. system: Résumé tips for Senior Devs
Swipe Right on Your Dream Job
Health advisory on social media use in adolescence
6. Adolescents should be routinely screened for signs of “problematic social media use” that can impair their ability to engage in daily roles and routines, and may present risk for more serious psychological harms over time.
Indicators of problematic social media use include
- a tendency to use social media even when adolescents want to stop, or realize it is interfering with necessary tasks
- spending excessive effort to ensure continuous access to social media
- strong cravings to use social media, or disruptions in other activities from missing social media use too much
- repeatedly spending more time on social media than intended
- lying or deceptive behavior to retain access to social media use
- loss or disruption of significant relationships or educational opportunities because of media use
https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advisory-adolescent-social-media-use
6. Adolescents should be routinely screened for signs of “problematic social media use” that can impair their ability to engage in daily roles and routines, and may present risk for more serious psychological harms over time.
Indicators of problematic social media use include
- a tendency to use social media even when adolescents want to stop, or realize it is interfering with necessary tasks
- spending excessive effort to ensure continuous access to social media
- strong cravings to use social media, or disruptions in other activities from missing social media use too much
- repeatedly spending more time on social media than intended
- lying or deceptive behavior to retain access to social media use
- loss or disruption of significant relationships or educational opportunities because of media use
https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/health-advisory-adolescent-social-media-use
Taxonomy of procrastination
I claim that if you want to do a thing and
- you like doing it; and
- you’re sure it will work; and
- you’re sure it will be awesome; and
- you’ll get the benefits quickly;
then it will be easy. So if you’re procrastinating, look for the bottleneck.
https://dynomight.net/procrastination/
I claim that if you want to do a thing and
- you like doing it; and
- you’re sure it will work; and
- you’re sure it will be awesome; and
- you’ll get the benefits quickly;
then it will be easy. So if you’re procrastinating, look for the bottleneck.
https://dynomight.net/procrastination/
DYNOMIGHT
Taxonomy of procrastination
There’s a little accountant named Jim that lives in my head
People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to stop living
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-20/psychologist-enrique-echeburua-people-who-die-by-suicide-want-to-stop-suffering-not-to-stop-living.html
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-20/psychologist-enrique-echeburua-people-who-die-by-suicide-want-to-stop-suffering-not-to-stop-living.html
EL PAÍS English
Psychologist Enrique Echeburúa: ‘People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to stop living’
The psychologist just published his book ‘Death by Suicide’ in which he explains it as a public health problem, paying particular attention to the suffering of survivors
Writing summaries is more important than reading more books
https://www.andreasfragner.com/writing/writing-summaries
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36011599
Finally all good books should be read twice or more. Good reading is rereading. A rereading helps you focus on details missed the first time around.
https://www.andreasfragner.com/writing/writing-summaries
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36011599
Finally all good books should be read twice or more. Good reading is rereading. A rereading helps you focus on details missed the first time around.
Andreas Fragner
Writing summaries is more important than reading more books — Andreas Fragner
One thing I’ve learned over time is to read fewer books but to take the time to write summaries for the good ones. The ROI of spending 2h writing a synopsis is much higher than spending those 2h powering through the next book on your list. Reading is not…
Modern work requires attention. Constant alerts steal it
https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/05/22/modern-work-requires-attention-constant-alerts-steal-it/
https://stackoverflow.blog/2023/05/22/modern-work-requires-attention-constant-alerts-steal-it/
Stack Overflow Blog
Modern work requires attention. Constant alerts steal it
Attention—the time and freedom to focus—is your team’s most valuable resource.
How to Stare at Your Phone Without Losing Your Soul
https://simone.org/tracking-screen-time/
https://simone.org/tracking-screen-time/
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush
https://kuenzi.dev/toothbrush/
https://kuenzi.dev/toothbrush/
The Twenty Percent
Hacking my “smart” toothbrush
After buying a new Philips Sonicare toothbrush I was surprised to see that it reacts to the insertion of a brush head by blinking an LED. A quick online search reveals that the head communicates with the toothbrush handle to remind you when it’s time to…
Notes apps are where ideas go to die (2022)
We don’t write things down to remember them. We write them down to forget.
https://www.reproof.app/blog/notes-apps-help-us-forget
We don’t write things down to remember them. We write them down to forget.
https://www.reproof.app/blog/notes-apps-help-us-forget
www.reproof.app
Notes apps are where ideas go to die. And that’s good. · Reproof
Insurance for your mind.