Reading Time: < 1 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, December 4: How can I pay for that?If there are apps that you love to use, it’s often worth upgrading to a paid plan to support their development. […]
Early weaknesses lead to great trust
Reading Time: < 1 min When you’re showcasing a product or a service to a potential client, sharing the weaknesses of your product early can be a great way to gain more trust. From Robert Cialdini’s book “Pre-Suasion“: Rather than succumbing to the tendency to describe all of the most favorable features of an offer or idea up front and […]
Character is worth more every day
Reading Time: < 1 min The rapid development of AI is likely to lead to a number of things. One side of that will be the glut of content that we’ll need to deal with. With AI, people and companies are going to be churning out more content (whether they need to or not), and that’s mostly going to be […]
Your notes are not my notes
Reading Time: 2 min While sharing notes with other people can be helpful, it’s often troublesome because the notes that you take are generally far more valuable to you than anyone else. In his book “Outsmart Your Brain“, author Daniel Willingham shares more: The notes you get from someone else will not be the same as those you take […]
9/11 caused 1,600 automobile fatalities
Reading Time: 2 min Humans are bad at understanding risk. We’re all a bit scared of mass shootings, but they only account for 0.1% of firearm fatalities in a year. Or as I shared a few years ago, the full list of what we’re scared of (and is shared by the news) is vastly different from what’s actually likely […]
Intentional frequency illusion
Reading Time: 2 min The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, commonly known as the “frequency illusion”, is typically nothing more than annoying. It’s when you buy green Ford Explorer to be a little different, and then suddenly you seem to notice green Ford Explorers everywhere. Whatever is top of mind you tend to notice lot. However, I’m finding that intentionally manipulating this […]
How can I pay for that?
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve always been a believer in supporting the apps that I use the most. So many small, useful apps go out of business every year, so I try my best to support them and I encourage you to do the same. Snipd For example, the popular “Airr” app on iPhone was forced to shut down […]
The Sunday Summary: The gaps, networks, scripts, and adversarial interoperability
Reading Time: < 1 min In an effort to help me keep up with everything I post each week, here is my latest “Sunday Summary” of my posts from the week. Mon, November 27: Google Tasks is finally decentGoogle Tasks is not the best task management software around, and probably never will be, but it’s grown to the point where […]
Adversarial Interoperability
Reading Time: 2 min So much of what technology does for us is only possible thanks to the concept of “adversarial interoperability”. It’s a weird concept with a simple premise: It’s a system that is wide open enough that other organizations and individuals can use it without permission (via “The Song of Significance“). The EFF explains it further: For […]
Sticking to the script
Reading Time: 2 min As a business owner it can be tough to turn away opportunities, even if they’re not a good fit for what you do. I’ve been guilty of taking on clients over the years that we probably shouldn’t have, and it’s something I’ve worked on improving over the years. We still do a great job for […]