Reading Time: < 1 min Depending on what I’m doing at any given time, my mind can wander off a bit. As Kevin Horsley explains in “Unlimited Memory“, though, it never really wanders. As he says: Your mind never wanders; it moves toward more interesting things. That’s both enlightening but also frustrating. There are times when it’s fine for my […]
The Sunday Summary: Why they’re amazing, staying focused, and looping for understanding
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, April 1: Gmail turns 20It’s hard to believe that Gmail was released 20 years ago, and it made a tremendous impact on how all of us use the […]
It’s time to confirm your held time
Reading Time: < 1 min This was a new one for me, coming from a company that I trust(ed). I received the email below, and I was kind of surprised. I didn’t remember setting another appointment with them, but perhaps I had forgotten about it. I hadn’t forgotten, but their goal seems to be tricking people into thinking they had. […]
Looping for understanding
Reading Time: 2 min Charles Duhigg’s book “Supercommunicators” had a ton of great insights in it, and I encourage you to pick up a copy. I have a handful of thoughts that I’ll be sharing over the coming weeks, but this was one of the most interesting to me. So much of communication revolves around simply understanding what the […]
Stay focused or stay available?
Reading Time: 2 min I’ve noticed that when I meet someone for coffee or lunch, they behave in one of two ways: I also see some of this from the other side: It’s a matter of deciding what’s important. I certainly hate to not respond to people while I’m in the middle of a meeting, but it’s almost always […]
Three things that Bluesky is doing right
Reading Time: 2 min Bluesky is a relatively new social media platform, and at first glance it looks a lot like Twitter. As laid out by Mike Masnick in a great article on Techdirt, Bluesky is doing some excellent things to solve some of the major problems with social media. Moderation First, their moderation system is incredibly customizable. They […]
Discover why they’re amazing
Reading Time: < 1 min When you meet someone new, there is undoubtedly part of their personality or their life or their knowledge that is amazing. It might be something you discover right away, but often it’s not and you need to find out what it is. In his book “Excellent Advice for Living“, author Kevin Kelly says it roughly […]
Gmail turns 20
Reading Time: 2 min I mentioned a few days ago that I’m not super happy with Google lately, but a few days before that I shared how I just can’t shake Gmail. The math says I shouldn’t use it, but that’s much easier said than done. It was exactly 20 years ago today, April 1, 2004, that Google introduced […]
The Sunday Summary: Character, classrooms, and owning your data
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, March 25: Writing doesn’t begin with a blank pageSitting down in front of a blank page to start writing can be very intimidating, so here’s how to avoid […]
The four ways Google is failing
Reading Time: 2 min The list of ways where Google is falling short continues to grow, and none of them have to do with AI. Well, maybe some do, but none that I’m talking about today. As I recently shared, Google’s approach over the last few years is very clearly aimed at shareholders instead of users, and it’s going […]