Reading Time: < 1 min I mentioned the concept of sonder recently, in my post about how there are only protagonists. As I mentioned in that post: Sonder is defined as that moment when you realize that everyone around you has an internal life as rich and as conflicted as yours. Here is a great (short) video that explains it […]
1,000 days of Anki
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve been using Anki for about five years now. I started using it a bit in late 2015 and wrote about it a year later. In short, it’s essentially just a flashcard app for your computer and phone, and it works exceptionally well. If you’re interested in how it works, this post from last April […]
A few more benefits of a standing desk
Reading Time: < 1 min I shared recently that I set up a new standing desk in my home office. I’ve adjusted the setup a little bit since then, but it’s 90% the same. However, in my time using it I’ve noticed a few great unexpected advantages. It’s somewhere different While I enjoy changing actual working venues from time to […]
Why do I care if your company is 50 years old?
Reading Time: 2 min Why do I care if your company is 50 years old? I don’t, really. At least not yet. Yet many websites continue to lead with something like that at the front of their site. When a users visits your site for the first time, they don’t care about you — they just want to know […]
Design everything you do
Reading Time: < 1 min While I would never be considered a designer, I’m always looking for ways to improve how I think about the world around me. I found a great example in an old blog post I was reading (the post is not available, but you can see it using archive.org here) where this concept came up: Design […]
Add tasks in the middle of your work
Reading Time: 2 min If you follow this blog very much, you know that I play with a lot of productivity tools. A trend I’m starting to see emerge is the idea of having tasks mixed in with your notes, and I really like it. It can be a tricky thing to pull off. With any task system, you […]
What’s on the back of your cabinet?
Reading Time: 2 min If you were to pull your chest of drawers out from the wall and look at the back of it, what would you see? In most cases, it’s just a piece of plywood or even some heavy cardboard. That’s not necessary bad (cost savings, etc), but it speaks to the quality of the design. Steve […]
How Slack Builds Trust
Reading Time: < 1 min A few weeks ago, I mentioned a few companies that I tend to trust. In all of those cases, it was the humans at the companies that helped build that trust. However, Slack (the chat app that we use) does something automatic that I think is brilliant. If you add more users, they automatically charge […]
15 minutes is 1% of a day
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve talked a bit lately about how 1% can make a difference, but there is an important thing to remember about 1% when it comes to time — it’s only 15 minutes out of your day. I was reminded of this while reading Your Best Just Got Better, and you should consider giving it a […]
One percent can make a huge difference
Reading Time: < 1 min A few years ago I talked about how 1% can be a big first step, depending on what you’re trying to do. When it comes to effort, though, 1% isn’t too difficult and can add up to a huge difference. A simple way to look at it is money. If you have $1, and do […]