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Sketching is not about the sketch, but the quality of attention you give to the thing while sketching.
April 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Sketching is not about the sketch, but the quality of attention you give to the thing while sketching.
Is every boutique hotel currently offering a geranium and grapefruit bodywash?
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Is every boutique hotel currently offering a geranium and grapefruit bodywash?
“Certain things in life, just aren’t worth it.”
Like dealing with a big city egomaniac.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
Like dealing with a big city egomaniac.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
A New York Restaurant, a Texas Farm and Their Plant-Based Brawl
They shared the same name, Dirt Candy, and a devotion to healthy food. But a trademark dispute turned into an urban-rural standoff.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“Certain things in life, just aren’t worth it.”
Like dealing with a big city egomaniac.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
Like dealing with a big city egomaniac.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/d...
“Frupidity thrives in large orgs, where budgets are tight, bureaucracies dense, and someone, somewhere, is always trying to impress a spreadsheet. The best part? It usually masquerades as good stewardship.”
selix.net/notes/dont-b...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Frupidity thrives in large orgs, where budgets are tight, bureaucracies dense, and someone, somewhere, is always trying to impress a spreadsheet. The best part? It usually masquerades as good stewardship.”
selix.net/notes/dont-b...
selix.net/notes/dont-b...
A thought on aphorisms and aphorism stacking (or aphorism piping?)
Aphorisms are psychological tools. Given a situation, how do you orient yourself/what mindset should you embody?
Today, I realize you can stack them. The ones I did:
The world is made of funnels +
ना तो है ही
Aphorisms are psychological tools. Given a situation, how do you orient yourself/what mindset should you embody?
Today, I realize you can stack them. The ones I did:
The world is made of funnels +
ना तो है ही
February 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A thought on aphorisms and aphorism stacking (or aphorism piping?)
Aphorisms are psychological tools. Given a situation, how do you orient yourself/what mindset should you embody?
Today, I realize you can stack them. The ones I did:
The world is made of funnels +
ना तो है ही
Aphorisms are psychological tools. Given a situation, how do you orient yourself/what mindset should you embody?
Today, I realize you can stack them. The ones I did:
The world is made of funnels +
ना तो है ही
That void you feel inside?
Try pizza. 🍕😝
Try pizza. 🍕😝
February 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
That void you feel inside?
Try pizza. 🍕😝
Try pizza. 🍕😝
One person, one problem.
“Most people will solve problems they understand how to solve. That is, they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact but difficult. You don’t wake up in the morning with a solution.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DEAkR1j...
“Most people will solve problems they understand how to solve. That is, they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact but difficult. You don’t wake up in the morning with a solution.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DEAkR1j...
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January 31, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One person, one problem.
“Most people will solve problems they understand how to solve. That is, they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact but difficult. You don’t wake up in the morning with a solution.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DEAkR1j...
“Most people will solve problems they understand how to solve. That is, they will solve B+ problems instead of A+ problems. A+ problems are high impact but difficult. You don’t wake up in the morning with a solution.”
www.instagram.com/reel/DEAkR1j...
Two ways to drive oneself:
- Move the goal post closer (“Series of small successes”)
- Move the goal post farther (“No matter what we do, we’re always just 1% done”)
- Move the goal post closer (“Series of small successes”)
- Move the goal post farther (“No matter what we do, we’re always just 1% done”)
January 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Two ways to drive oneself:
- Move the goal post closer (“Series of small successes”)
- Move the goal post farther (“No matter what we do, we’re always just 1% done”)
- Move the goal post closer (“Series of small successes”)
- Move the goal post farther (“No matter what we do, we’re always just 1% done”)
Data-driven organisations slowly start become inhuman, when each human they serve is a number, and you study these numbers in cohorts and populations, of course their humanity, their reality becomes invisible to you.
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Data-driven organisations slowly start become inhuman, when each human they serve is a number, and you study these numbers in cohorts and populations, of course their humanity, their reality becomes invisible to you.
Erik J. Larson writes about the limits of induction in his book The Myth of Artificial Intelligence.
While he’s talking about AI, it’s making me realize why data-driven product management sucks – it also suffers from the limits of what’s possible with mere inductive reasoning.
While he’s talking about AI, it’s making me realize why data-driven product management sucks – it also suffers from the limits of what’s possible with mere inductive reasoning.
January 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Erik J. Larson writes about the limits of induction in his book The Myth of Artificial Intelligence.
While he’s talking about AI, it’s making me realize why data-driven product management sucks – it also suffers from the limits of what’s possible with mere inductive reasoning.
While he’s talking about AI, it’s making me realize why data-driven product management sucks – it also suffers from the limits of what’s possible with mere inductive reasoning.
‘Am I watching a movie?’ is exactly what I wondered while watching Deadpool vs. Wolverine. It felt more like a Insta reel skit starring Ryan and friends.
“It has no interest in telling a story at all…both product and advertisement, a snake eating its own tail”
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
“It has no interest in telling a story at all…both product and advertisement, a snake eating its own tail”
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
January 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
‘Am I watching a movie?’ is exactly what I wondered while watching Deadpool vs. Wolverine. It felt more like a Insta reel skit starring Ryan and friends.
“It has no interest in telling a story at all…both product and advertisement, a snake eating its own tail”
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
“It has no interest in telling a story at all…both product and advertisement, a snake eating its own tail”
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
The graphic design café.
- No sense of place, feels the same anywhere in the world
- Serves bougie sandwiches
- Serves artisanal coffee but not from the area it’s located
- Has cute line art on the menu, windows, walls and merch
- Name is in a modern snazzy font
- Has androgynous or asian baristas
- No sense of place, feels the same anywhere in the world
- Serves bougie sandwiches
- Serves artisanal coffee but not from the area it’s located
- Has cute line art on the menu, windows, walls and merch
- Name is in a modern snazzy font
- Has androgynous or asian baristas
January 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The graphic design café.
- No sense of place, feels the same anywhere in the world
- Serves bougie sandwiches
- Serves artisanal coffee but not from the area it’s located
- Has cute line art on the menu, windows, walls and merch
- Name is in a modern snazzy font
- Has androgynous or asian baristas
- No sense of place, feels the same anywhere in the world
- Serves bougie sandwiches
- Serves artisanal coffee but not from the area it’s located
- Has cute line art on the menu, windows, walls and merch
- Name is in a modern snazzy font
- Has androgynous or asian baristas
Subtle / Gross
Soul / Body
Consciousness / Matter
Values / Choices
Brand / Product
Idea / Execution
Magic / Science
Emotion / Reason
The world over-values the gross forms of things, but *you* know that is only half the story. You don’t have to accept the dominant narrative.
Soul / Body
Consciousness / Matter
Values / Choices
Brand / Product
Idea / Execution
Magic / Science
Emotion / Reason
The world over-values the gross forms of things, but *you* know that is only half the story. You don’t have to accept the dominant narrative.
January 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Subtle / Gross
Soul / Body
Consciousness / Matter
Values / Choices
Brand / Product
Idea / Execution
Magic / Science
Emotion / Reason
The world over-values the gross forms of things, but *you* know that is only half the story. You don’t have to accept the dominant narrative.
Soul / Body
Consciousness / Matter
Values / Choices
Brand / Product
Idea / Execution
Magic / Science
Emotion / Reason
The world over-values the gross forms of things, but *you* know that is only half the story. You don’t have to accept the dominant narrative.
You feel a real sense of elation if you have been wondering the entire time, “was it me?” and then eventually realize, “eff that, it wasn’t me. It was them.” A weight lifts off.
January 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
You feel a real sense of elation if you have been wondering the entire time, “was it me?” and then eventually realize, “eff that, it wasn’t me. It was them.” A weight lifts off.
Another problem of large organisations: they very quickly get filled with gatekeepers. What Carlos Castaneda calls petty tyrants.
January 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Another problem of large organisations: they very quickly get filled with gatekeepers. What Carlos Castaneda calls petty tyrants.
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There is a big difference between being generous and being willing to overpay for things.
December 2, 2024 at 4:14 AM
There is a big difference between being generous and being willing to overpay for things.
I wonder if one can ‘prototype’ making the news?
January 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I wonder if one can ‘prototype’ making the news?
Accident ho gaya rabba rabba
January 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Accident ho gaya rabba rabba
Does every large company eventually get over-run by the accountant persona?
January 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Does every large company eventually get over-run by the accountant persona?
“I always want to start a movie as late as possible, and end a movie as soon as possible.”
– Justin Kuritzkes
(who wrote Challengers)
– Justin Kuritzkes
(who wrote Challengers)
January 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“I always want to start a movie as late as possible, and end a movie as soon as possible.”
– Justin Kuritzkes
(who wrote Challengers)
– Justin Kuritzkes
(who wrote Challengers)
Challengers. What a great movie!
January 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Challengers. What a great movie!