If you want a “knowledge worker” to be as ineffective and produce the lowest level of quality possible, deprive them of their sleep and hold them to an unrealistic deadline. In other words, activate Crunch Mode. via Chad Fowler.
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Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence
Debunking the Myth of the 10,000-Hours Rule: What It Actually Takes to Reach Genius-Level Excellence
You can do something for 10,000 hours and still be bad at it. Expertise requires intentional practice.
What Google can really do with Nest, or really, Nest’s data
What Google can really do with Nest, or really, Nest’s data
This is a great overview of how Google can use Nest’s data to enter new markets such as insurance and the energy sector.
Angela Ahrendts on Positivity
The world is moving fast. Unless I can come in in the morning and smile, walk in the lobby and say, ‘Good morning!’–if I am stressed–I am not going to do a good job. — Apple’s Angela Ahrendts (from Can Apple’s Angela Ahrendts Spark A Retail Revolution?)
Two Day Priority Overnight
So, I clearly haven’t blogged in forever. What better way to start than by complaining about multinational corporations? I mailed my passport in to get a business visa via FedEx Priority Overnight. Apparently, “overnight” means “two days.” They’re at a loss to explain why my passport had to visit Memphis twice, and why it ended… Continue reading Two Day Priority Overnight
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R.I.P. Duncan 3/7/1979 – 6/8/2007
Duncan, that you were taken from us so soon is both a travesty & lesson for everyone that knew you. You embodied so many easily admired characteristics: You were endlessly inquisitive and enduringly dedicated to those things you were interested in. The travesty is that we will never know what you could’ve accomplished had you… Continue reading R.I.P. Duncan 3/7/1979 – 6/8/2007
3 questions! fake post!
3 questions from rms10: What’s the best book you’ve read recently? I actually read a lot of good books in 2006. I think my favorite would have to be either The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy or My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk (I actually just finished Snow, and it was good,… Continue reading 3 questions! fake post!
this comic made my day
http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=928 I’m sure I’ve got friends who’s job I know nothing about, so, if you’re interested, let me know what you do (for instance, a large number of you are getting PhDs: what the hell is your thesis about?)
Those who can’t do… teach!
Well, that’s not true. I can do math (we hope). Late last year, I was asked to teach the university’s discrete mathematics course! I’m excited. I get a slew of students, a teaching assistant, and pay (mm. more ramen). I picked up a highly recommended book on teaching that I’ve been tearing through. I’ve been… Continue reading Those who can’t do… teach!