reading, watching & listening to
sharing a selection of things I'm reading and find thought provoking
reading, watching & listening to
Opinion | Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.
nytimes.com
222. Automating Processes With Software Is HARD
Steven Sinofskyhardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com
nuanced piece by Anthropic CEO
How Running A Business Changes The Way You Think | Kalzumeus Software
kalzumeus.com
As I will use the term, then, a sermon is any message designed to change or reinforce what a group of people value. It might take the form of explicit exhortation, full of shoulds and shouldn'ts , oughts and mustn'ts . Or it may be entirely implicit, like the story of a selfless act that saves the day, huzzah! Commencement speeches, TED talks,... See more
Kevin Simler • Here Be Sermons | Melting Asphalt
Building Learning and Fun into Your Applications
The content explores integrating learning and fun from game design principles into applications, emphasizing interaction design, user engagement, and creating effective, enjoyable user experiences.
lostgarden.comA game must teach you new skills only when appropriate, get you to care about a goal, and of course help you have fun. Why are games so good at this when software is so poor at it? This talk teaches you how to build fun software applications.
Creation becomes consumption
open.substack.com
Most people don’t want a blank canvas, they want a dance, a format, a prompt.