Simon Joliveau Breney
@simonjb
Simon Joliveau Breney
To put the writing and speaking speeds into perspective, we form thoughts at 1,000-3,000 words per minute . Natural language might be natural, but it’s a bottleneck.
Julian • The Case Against Conversational Interfaces
User Experience and
A very basic three-category scale of Urgency could go something like this:
• “ASAP” represents the highest band of urgency. If we don’t deliver this ASAP, then the value (whatever total value that might be) will quickly evaporate – someone will get there before us or the opportunity (however big or small) will be massively impaired.
• “Soon”
Joe Smith • Qualitative Cost of Delay
Figuring out the definition of done before you start any task, no matter how small.
reddit.com • What's the Most Underrated Productivity Tip That You Swear Works Wonders
The biggest thing about writing down strategic choices is that they serve to build a corporate history (over a year or two, not really thinking about decades). Why decisions are made is rather important because companies, like people, can make the same mistakes over time without history.
Steven Sinofsky • “Writing Is Thinking”—an Annotated Twitter Thread – Learning by Shipping
Writing and Management
When there's a deadline, there's also a destination, a context, a reason for something. And that's what makes me finish it. Up until that point, it's an experiment. It's sitting on my shelf and I can take it down again as I often do, work on it again, put it back on. [Then I can take it] out two years later and work on it some more.
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A good rule of thumb is to take the word that out of your apology. Instead of saying, “I’m sorry that…”, start by saying, “I’m sorry I…” This acknowledges upfront that you were the one responsible for the hurt and goes farther than “I’m sorry that you feel that way” ever will.