good work
Best practices are rarely the best — they're mostly just cargo cult common practices.
And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.
The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.
And as more people adopt them, the more mediocre they become.
The best is usually what most people aren't willing to do.
Jason Fried • Tweet
Order - Design
order.designWhat’s one word on your mind right now?
What’s an idea that jumped out at you from what you just heard?
What did this remind you of?
Share one way you might make this better.
On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident/excited/clear are you on what you just heard?
Raise your hand if you felt ____ about this. Raise your hand if you felt _____ about this. (Bonus
Sam Liebeskind • Better Questions than “Any Questions?”
for the workplace
How much of our work exists because we ‘think’ we have to do it?
Matt Klein • Self-Sabotaging Innovation: The Art of Doing Dumb Shit
To quote the always-brilliant Philip Kiely: “First you do X, then you make content about doing X, then you make content about that content… One day you realize you haven’t done X for six months. And there is only so much room for content at the highest levels of abstraction.”
Shaun Wang • The Meta-Creator Ceiling
People will pay for the convenience of not poring through internet sludge all day and having someone clarify what they need to know.”