Thoughts
on Renew Psychology
Here’s a test. I decided not to renew nautilus for $29 a year. I already have another 1 year on my subscription, and while I currently would like to have the magazine for another year I am balancing a few things to decide if in one year I want it for another year. In reality, the $29 for a year is really, $29 for two more years since I already acclimated to the original cost. So now, I am taking the option of not wanting the magazine in a year at the cost of an increase over $29. My current rate is $35 a year, so my value on the option is $6.
Readings
- Learning at work by Julia Evans
- How to tell the truth by Ben Horowitz
- How I Read When Researching a Book by Cal Newport
Aziz Ansari Quit the Internet
via Cal Newport (via GQ)
when he gets into a cab, he now leaves his phone in his pocket and simply sits there and thinks; when he gets home, instead of “looking at websites for an hour and half, checking to see if there’s a new thing,” he reads a book.
Like Macklemore
Podcasts
- Mary Catherine Bateson — Composing a Life – On Being with Krista Tippett
- The Uber Mutation – Exponent (They’re back!)
- And similarities between The Uber Dilemma and The Evolution of Trust (via Week in Review – August 6, 2017)
Tech and Learning
- Scaling Instagram Infrastructure on InfoQ Youtube
- Deeplearning.ai and Andrew Ng on Medium
Knick-knacks
San Juan Island
Ferry and driving tour
Cele is no more
I removed it from the App Store. It had a good run, but it was time for other things.
Gated Reverb
via Vox on YouTube
and a Spotify playlist
Weekly Productivity
I like the option I have with this iPad to either read, or write in the mornings. I swing back and forth between the two activities (right now trying to finish Sapiens), but I thought a lot last night about how I was going to write a book. That fell flat in July and August. Replaced with video editing, coding, and having fun with friends. All in moderation is my way of doing things.
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