Rebecca Solnit - “underneath the task of writing a particular piece is the general one of making a self who can make the work you are meant to make.” https://t.co/hfVXl0yIp2
one of the reasons school fails to help people model success is that a series of tests introduces no randomness.
Success in real life involves a great and careful search of unknowns, not a pinning down or studying of knowns
Most people think in terms of “consumer” or “enterprise” but this misses some absolutely mammoth businesses that are a bit of both:
- Figma
- Adobe
- GitHub
- Wordpress
- Squarespace
- Grammarly
- Notion
- Slack
Some call these “prosumer,” but I think it puts too much emphasis… Show more
After years of being pro-Calendly I'm now trending anti-Calendly.
Having meetings jammed randomly into your day is an insane way to live.
Would rather spend the effort checking availability than have my life be robbed from me 30 minutes at a time.
Duolingo just crushed the Super Bowl.
After airing this 5 second ad (which, lol), they immediately sent this push notification to all users, doubling down on owl booty.
Extremely sound digital strategy.
Totally ridiculous. Totally effective.