Coca
@cocafunes
Coca
Two of the most important characteristics of good design are discoverability and understanding.
Don Norman • The Design Of Everyday Things
There is too much information in the world for everyone to calmly sift through the data, looking for the most rational, most correct answer. People are busy and emotional, and a good story is always more powerful and persuasive than ice-cold statistics.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
As a younger man, I always had a "data over feelings" view of the world, but after 15+ years of performing analytical testing, seeing data manipulated in every possible direction to fit personal biases and agendas, I now view feelings as the only thing that really matters.
motorhome laboratoriesx.comI'm consistently surprised by how the single act of doing this as an eng manager or product manager makes incredible waves:
Send an email explaining what your team did the past 1-2 weeks, what your plans are for the next period, blockers & lessons learned.
Every. Single. Time.
Gergely Oroszx.comonce again, I am deeply disgusted that I must first be bad at something in order to get good at it
Internet Peoplesubstack.comWriting can excavate the heart, lay it bare. Even if its only reader is the person who wrote it in the first place, it can promote understanding, not only of others but of our deepest selves.
Anna Quindlen • Write for Your Life
Write For Yourself First
- Make your writing useful to yourself and refine thoughts that matter to you.
- Use writing to see what you care about in higher resolution and to enhance aliveness.
Transcript:
Anna Corinne
I believe it's called How to Write. I'll put it in the episode description and pop a little picture on the screen. But Henrik was basically
Wild Geese • 34. A Writing Practice to Help You Meet Yourself
Where does agency come from?
Today I was on a call where the person asked me about missing documentation that he couldn’t find. He mentioned that in the past, they had asked two different people.
I tried to find it in Confluence, came across an example, and then tagged those same two people in a Slack thread, and they answered.
I didn’t really do anyt
... See moreThese situations are not necessarily solved by logic, because two people with great logic can have different worldviews, and be equally right .