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Here’s a bit about what I wrote, read and learned over the past week. I hope you find it helpful!
Blog posts from the past week
- How code-constrained is the world? When a new invention comes along, there are varying degrees to how much need will develop for that new thing.
- The Four Conversations, by Blair Enns. “We do not win the sale from the powerless vendor position with the client calling all the shots and then hope to move from vendor to expert once we are hired. If we want to be acknowledged as the expert and paid for our expertise then we must occupy the expert role in the relationship from the beginning, in the sale itself.”
- Scanning for accessibility. Despite what you may think, I promise that users with disabilities are visiting your website, and you likely fall into that category from time to time yourself.
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi. “Today’s most valuable currency is social capital, defined as the information, expertise, trust, and total value that exist in the relationships you have and social networks to which you belong.”
- Nuanced cookie blocking. Setting some geo-fences on your cookie popups can solve some major issues.
- What can you do with AI, and where does it stop? “What can you do with AI and where does it stop and a human has to get involved? A lot of people kind of assume that AI can either do nothing or do everything.”
Noteworthy articles that I read
- Linux Mint Tips & Tricks Most Users Don’t Know About. I’ve been playing with the Linux Mint OS on my laptop, and this video had some great tips to help a new user like me get things set up the right way.
Books that I’m reading
I read for a total of 7:45 last week with the following:
- Finished “The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook“
- Continued “How to Measure Anything“
- Continued “The Art of Asking Better Questions“
- Continued “Forging a Sacred Weapon“
- Started “The Gate of the Feral Gods“
- Started “Mistborn: The Final Empire“
Tech Rec
Stealing the idea from my friends at the Tech Talk Y’all podcast, I’ll drop in some tech recommendation every week as well.
- No phone case. This is almost an anti tech rec, but I’ve gone caseless on my phone for the first time in a few years and it’s been amazing. There are risks, of course, but it looks better and runs cooler, and I’m really happy with it so far. We’ll see if it sticks, but as of right now I plan to keep doing it for the foreseeable future.
I hope you found some value in this. If you ever have questions, ideas, or disagreements regarding anything I write, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
