Category: Productivity
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Examine v2
Examine was started back in 2011. Since then, we’ve had tens of millions of visitors. We’ve built up a reputation of trust and authority and an irritating adherence to being nuanced and contextual, rarely ever giving you binary answers. We started work on Examine v2 back in January 2020, and it was released on August…
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A business has one job: to solve a problem
No matter what you do, no matter how you slice it, a business has one goal: to solve a problem. Everything else is extraneous. You have a job to do I’m a huge proponent of Jobs to be Done (JTBD), which was introduced to me by my buddy Phil Caravaggio (read about his amazing connection…
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Using negative space to figure out what you want
If you’re interested in art, you’ll know of the concept of negative space – instead of drawing the subject itself, you draw the space around the subject to help bring the subject to focus. By drawing around the object, you help bring clarity to it. The infamous vase/two faces image is an excellent example of…
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Be better: stop spreading misinformation
I’m legitimately torn as to what is more damaging – the people who take a few people’s opinions and blow it up as if it reflects a larger community… or the people who take these dumb clickbait articles and share them far and wide. If you’re complicit in sharing and spreading misinformation, are you not…
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Culling is being actively minimalist
A while ago I had a quick thought on how I actively cull. If something is not adding value to me, it’s weighing me down. (A bit reductionist, but you get the jist). Here is a definition of minimalism: Wherein the subject is reduced to its necessary elements To me, culling is the actionable part…