Reading Time: < 1 min It’s long been said that “if you’re not paying for a service, then you’re the product” when it comes to things like Facebook or Twitter. While that’s essentially true, it’s not really you that is the product — it’s your attention. In an increasingly chaotic world, your attention is likely your post important resource. If […]
Google sees different types of web pages essentially the same way
Reading Time: 2 min Your website likely includes a wide variety of content types. You have some normal pages, some blog posts, maybe a custom feed for podcast, some category pages for your blog, things like that. Which does Google prefer? They don’t really care. It’s not that every page will rank as well as the others, but that […]
One email subscriber = 1,000 Facebook followers
Reading Time: < 1 min While I have my share of bad things to say about social media on here, I’m still fairly active on most networks and plan to be for the foreseeable future. I suspect some of you found this post via social media, and that’s great! In the long run, though, email is where your followers need […]
To create better, create more
Reading Time: < 1 min If you list some of the greatest composers of all time, people like Mozart and Bach are likely near the top. If you list some of the most prolific composers of all time, they’re also near the top of that list. Bach wrote over 1100 pieces, and Mozart (despite only living to age 35) wrote […]
Thinking for yourself requires the right friends
Reading Time: < 1 min It’s kind of a weird title, no? To be able to think for yourself, you need certain friends around you? It might not be as weird as it seems. George Mack recently published a great tweet that explains it more thoroughly. In short, you can have two kinds of friend groups: Centralized friend groups that […]
An anecdote is not evidence
Reading Time: < 1 min It can be hard to separate the two, particularly when it’s something big that happens to us personally, but anecdotes are not the same as real evidence. We seem to be in the midst of that right now with COVID vaccines, but it’s hard to see while we’re still in the middle of it. Going […]
Politics as a hobby
Reading Time: < 1 min A few weeks back, I shared about a friend of mine that posts constantly about politics on Facebook, with the majority of his posts attacking others, and a good number of his posts being completely false information. While I don’t mind his point of view and can respect all viewpoints, I find his (and a […]
Design is more than veneer
Reading Time: < 1 min I’ve been listening to a lot of the “How to Take Over the World” podcast lately, and in a series he did about Steve Jobs, one line of his really stood out: Design is more than veneer. People often think of design as “making things pretty”, and while that may be a piece of it, […]
A brilliant “paper” calendar on a digital device
Reading Time: 2 min Over the years I’ve tried various ways to handle my daily scheduling. While my official calendar lives in Google Calendar (and that’s not likely to change anytime soon), I’ve tried various ways of really processing and following my schedule throughout the day. A few years ago I picked up the Full Focus Planner, and it […]
Do you need Powerpoint?
Reading Time: 2 min While slide decks can be a useful tool in some presentations, Steve Jobs was famously against them. When having staff present him with their arguments for or against certainly decisions, he famously believed that: People who know what they’re talking about don’t need Powerpoint If you need to make an argument about an upcoming direction, […]