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What should be covered in a one-on-one? We can start with performance figures, indicators used by the subordinate, such as incoming order rates, production output, or project status. Emphasis should be on indicators that signal trouble. The meeting should also cover anything important that has happened since the last meeting: current hiring problem... See more
Andy Grove • High Output Management
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
... See moreArthur C. Brooks • The Satisfaction Trap
We can have more than one subscription.
Boom.
One of the most hurtful conventions in subscription pricing is "it has to be simple".
Do you know how many tiers the fastest growing subscription mobile apps have (upper quartile in terms of growth)?
Not 1.
Not 3.
“Decentralization”—the idea that we’ll have separate small communities—is a hoax.
“Decentralization”—the idea that we won’t need crude coordinating mechanisms like channels/subreddits/rooms/followers to find the people we need to connect to—is prophetic.
community w/o walls
The primary job of any startup CEO is to make sure their company doesn’t run out of money. As a company of one, this job is even more critical for independents. When a startup’s bank account hits zero, the company loses its office space. When a human runs out of money he loses his apartment.
The Jungle Gym • Is it time to quit the Great Online Game?
- LLMs are good at role play : we had the best success with a prompt beginning with “I want you to act”:
I want you to act as an news editor (works at Techmeme or Business Insider).
I will provide you with a news article and you will create a headline for it.
Similarly, for our Summarize feature we have several “personalities” for the summarizer. For e... See more
Mike Krieger • Clickbait Rewriting on Artifact: Behind the Scenes
How do you help people to make a living doing knowledge work and creating elegant explanations of complex ideas?