Tom So

In the insightful (and accessible) book Design for How People Learn, Julie Dirksen covers five "gaps" that inhibit learning (and applying) something new:Knowledge GapSkills Gap (Knowledge + Practice)Motivation GapHabit GapEnvironment Gap

In little more than a decade, machine learning has moved from a highly specialized technique to something that almost anyone with data and computational power can do. That is to be welcomed — yet it remains essential that the industry can navigate both the proliferation of tools and frameworks in the space and the ethical issues that are becoming

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15: you might not want to be a manager, people treat you different, its a lot of work and its very heavy

26: distinguish good strategy vs meh strategyGood: all about connecting the dots to get people from a to bIf you are given a metric, you have to get every artifact you have and match it to that goal.

Pay close attention to assumptions you are making unknowingly- look for confusion in people when you explain

33: when you start at a new company and... See more

Reorgs are also how teams grow. I remember fondly earning the right to reorganize because we secured new funding or I found a structure that empowered an up-and-coming leader. Team members who thrive are those who figure out how to embrace the opportunities that come with change.

When it comes to recognizing, classifying, and verifying identity on-chain, I see it being approached from two angles:1. The puppet view: identity-bearing agents are represented by explicit on-chain behavior sets.2. The puppeteer view: identity-bearing agents are represented by the inferred association of certain on-chain behaviors to off-chain... See more