Reading Time: < 1 min Some of the best thinkers of our time, including folks like Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein, specifically added “no time” into their schedule so they could let their mind wander. From this article by Alto Nivel: Albert Einstein accepted that many times the most valuable ideas occurred to him while doing nothing and enjoying his […]
Spam makes it harder for the good stuff to shine
Reading Time: 2 min Spam is just a bad thing. We all hate it. The problem I’m finding lately is that it’s also making good things appear to be more questionable. “Why did you write about that?” A while back, I shared on my Facebook about some great new charging cables we bought for our devices around the house. […]
How I plan out my future posts
Reading Time: 2 min Blogging daily is tough. I just passed six months and I’m going strong, but it’ll end at some point. For now, though, here is how I make it happen. Lots of ideas The biggest challenge for me is coming up with ideas. Following the idea of “long periods of thinking, short periods of writing“, actually […]
Turn back time in Google Earth
Reading Time: < 1 min Google Earth has had an “historical imagery” feature since back in 2009 (I wrote a bit about it in 2010), but they recently updated the web version of Google Earth to have an animated 3D version of changes to the planet. Here is a video they created that shows what it can do: The feature […]
Obscurity is still your biggest threat
Reading Time: 2 min There’s an old quote from Tim O’Reilly that I really love, and it seems to be getting better with age. Tim simply said: Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. While you can worry about people copying your content or stealing your ideas, your far bigger concern is having […]
Trust seals on your site may not be helping
Reading Time: < 1 min In the past few years, Google has encouraged websites to work on ways to showcase their E-A-T: Expertise, Authority, and Trustworthiness. There are a lot of ways to do this, and one option might be to add “trust seals” to your site — things like logos from the BBB. But do they help with E-A-T […]
…but don’t overthink it
Reading Time: < 1 min Following up on yesterday’s post, there becomes a point where overthinking can become a problem. It’s a fine line. When it comes to big problems, some deep thought can be a great thing. For other areas of life, being able to react quickly has huge advantages. This article from The Economist gets into some great […]
Long periods of thinking, short periods of writing
Reading Time: < 1 min Cal Newport is one of the great thinkers of our time, and puts most of his efforts into helping us all learn to think more clearly. His books (such as Deep Work) focus on escaping distractions to really focus on what you need to get done. He recently shared a short quote from Hemingway on […]
GTD can help you focus on the present
Reading Time: < 1 min David Allen, author of “Getting Things Done” (and the process the book explains, known simply as “GTD”) put out a very simple tweet recently. He said: If you can’t read the embedded tweet, he said: “GTD = freedom of consciousness to be present with what you’re doing.“ If you practice GTD to a decent degree, […]
The location changes, but the story stays the same
Reading Time: < 1 min The world of marketing is moving faster than ever. If you’re reading this near the time when I published it, you’re likely considering how Clubhouse and TikTok fit into the world of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you’re reading this further in the future, those all have likely changed. This inspiration for this post actually […]