3 weeks ago
That’s it. Everything. Everything takes effort. Learning. Prompting. Drawing. Designing. Leading. Managing. Writing. Cleaning. Refactoring. Everything, everything takes some required level of effort to come together and be something of usefulness. There is no “unefforted” thing that we want that doesn’t contain some level of value. It all takes effort, so roll up your sleeves and dive in.
3 weeks ago
The problem with tabs in browsers is that you can leave things alive forever, occupying your thoughts, taking over your brain, always prodding you with work you have yet to complete. It is a reminder of things not finished, always staring you in the face. And who needs that? You know you didn’t finish it. You know you still have work to do. Maybe it’s not your choice, but it is what it is. If you aren’t working on it, save them, group them, do whatever, and close them off. If you need it, you’ll come back to it. Too
3 weeks ago
Tokens were our gateway to playing games. Now they are the measure of our work and efficiency. They don’t have to be, they shouldn’t be, but right now, many companies are looking at token consumption as a successful metric for adoption. Why? Because it’s easy, it’s one thing, easy to count, easy to add, easy to subtract, and it gives you a nice number. The easy metrics have always been eschewed by leaders because they only measure what is easy, and not what is right. Accountability. Value. Responsibility. Leadership. Commitment. These are the values that we have always wanted in
3 weeks ago
Remember what your best work was? Do more of that work. Rinse and Repeat.
3 weeks ago
We have gone from the terminal to super-integrated and beautiful User Interface designs. Now we are back to cool-looking terminals that are slick and watch information scroll by in a variety of colours. It’s all a cycle, and I’m so glad that all of my console skills have not gone to waste!
