Working from home? (are you really?) You probably feel apathetic and unproductive! You miss clicking buttons! You miss waiting for progress bars! You miss checkboxes! You miss work! Use this handy application and it is as if you were doing work!
For me, itβs a representation of how most of our real work is a hamster-wheel kind of a deal.
The article talks about why bad ideas, really bad ones are important. Itβs so easy to sound wise about how the idea was bad or good after you have the benefit of seeing the results. But itβs good to encourage all ideas, especially the βbadβ ones. If nothing else, they add color to the world and inspire others to think in new ways. Here is the βflying lighthouseβ from the article (an example of really bad idea, but it helped the overall progress):
This discusses the danger of operating (and being a user of) a free service. If the unit economics donβt work out the service is bound to fail by either:
1) not being popular enough and developer losing interest 2) or being so popular that developers βexitβ by either selling out or shutting down as itβs no more feasible.
This talk is about thinking; more specifically, a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. This is a long video but totally worth watching. I go back to it from time to time and it continues to inspire.
If I summarize the talk: Don't be a drunken sailor that aimlessly wanders from one topic to the other 2) There are millions of competitions out there, pick one, and become the best. It's an excellent talk.
π Work Simulator, π Importance of Bad Ideas and more
π Work Simulator, π Importance of Bad Ideas and more
π Work Simulator, π Importance of Bad Ideas and more
ItβsΒ Memon Mondays!
This newsletter is my experiment to save all the cool things I find during the week and share them with my like-minded friends.
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COOL LINKS
It is as if you were doing work
Working from home? (are you really?) You probably feel apathetic and unproductive! You miss clicking buttons! You miss waiting for progress bars! You miss checkboxes! You miss work! Use this handy application and it is as if you were doing work!
For me, itβs a representation of how most of our real work is a hamster-wheel kind of a deal.
In Defense of Bad Ideas
The article talks about why bad ideas, really bad ones are important. Itβs so easy to sound wise about how the idea was bad or good after you have the benefit of seeing the results. But itβs good to encourage all ideas, especially the βbadβ ones. If nothing else, they add color to the world and inspire others to think in new ways. Here is the βflying lighthouseβ from the article (an example of really bad idea, but it helped the overall progress):
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STARTUPS ETC
Don't Be A Free User
This discusses the danger of operating (and being a user of) a free service. If the unit economics donβt work out the service is bound to fail by either:
1) not being popular enough and developer losing interest
2) or being so popular that developers βexitβ by either selling out or shutting down as itβs no more feasible.
In both cases, the service is usually shut down.
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DEV
Hamming, You and Your Research
This talk is about thinking; more specifically, a style of thinking by which great ideas are conceived. This is a long video but totally worth watching. I go back to it from time to time and it continues to inspire.
If I summarize the talk: Don't be a drunken sailor that aimlessly wanders from one topic to the other 2) There are millions of competitions out there, pick one, and become the best. It's an excellent talk.
Here is a transcript if you prefer reading and there is also a new book about it.
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MEMES
Bonus points if you get this one:
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Thatβs it friends! Be safe, stay home, and wash your hands.
Also inbox me if you got something cool to share!
βοΈ~Asad