Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
The metrics are terrible. The format itself is monolithic and static, and very un-digital. It’s as though, instead of the web, which is after all an open, composable, extensible, programmable network, we were all using random FTP apps from indie developers to download PDFs to read, and those FTP apps each had their own Yahoo-like hand-written
... See moreBenedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 548
Podcasts might be the space with the most room for UX innovation around.
Of course, the reality is more complex, and it’s better to think in terms of automation and autocomplete than vertical software and replacing designers, but whole layers of grunt work will be removed, just as they were with GUIs and SQL.
Benedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 547
Not sure if this is positive, but the most coherent take on AI I’ve seen so far. Realistic but not panicked.
A simple approach that has you split a notebook page into four parts: 1/ title, 2/ notes, 3/ keywords/questions, and 4/ summary. And no, it’s not because I worked at Cornell for the better part of a decade, but because this method encourages you to document your thought processes (i.e., ask questions), synthesise what you’re learning in real-time
... See moreDr Werner Vogels - https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/ • A Few Words on Taking Notes
My mind is blown here. I just started using this and it is so lightweight and yet still valuable.
And this being fed, it’s worse than being watched. With the world always filling you, no one has to worry about what’s in your mind. With everyone’s imagination atrophied, no one will ever be a threat to the world.”
Tim Ferriss • 5-Bullet Friday — Richard Feynman, Music for Flow, AI Eye-Poppers, the Most Brutal Great American Novel, and a Quote to Wake You Up
What we fill our lives with is who we are. I’ve spent so long removing and thought so little about what I add.
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel:
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we... See more
There is research showing that when we introduce what are known as “emergency reserves,” basically “get out of jail free” cards, into the process of goal setting, we’re much more likely to stay the course and to reach those goals.
FS (Farnam Street) • Brain Food: Letting Go
can’t believe I never thought of this. I do it when budgeting, never imagined doing it for goals.
Jose’s life script required chaos because without it he would be out of a job.
Robert Glover • No More Mr. Nice Guy
Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly… No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.
— Pat Barker
— Pat Barker