I already wrote about concision
[https://elliotbonneville.com/the-virtue-of-concision/] recently, but I've been
continuing to notice a strong temptation to write longer posts, as if the value
I get from writing these posts and the value you get from reading them is
directly proportional to word count and reading time.
I really need to internalize that the point...Read more →How will I spend them? I took two months off of contracting – January and
February. I have enough saved up that this won't be a major burden, and I'm
confident that I'll be able to find work when I return, if I don't end up going
back to work with my previous...Read more →I guess everybody is writing their 2020 in review posts, so I'll add to the
noise (and hopefully a little of the signal) with mine.
Here are some things that happened, roughly in chronological order:
1. Fasted on just water for three days (72 hours) for the first time
2. ...Read more →Bucatini is a kind of pasta that's thicker than average and has a hole in the
middle. This stunning display of culinary-architectural brilliance allows it to
carry 200% of the pasta sauce load of your average spaghetti, making it popular
among enthusiasts.
Also, it's super hard to find in the United States right now....Read more →I've been reading the blogs of a lot of people that have goals similar to mine.
They have all started to seem like an echo chamber, if an unconscious one.
Just a couple of days ago, I went through three different blogs that all
extolled the virtues of writing and how it promotes...Read more →If I don't feel like doing something, it's often because what I'm working on is
not important, and I haven't realized it yet.
For a long time, I believed that I was uncommonly lazy and unmotivated. I've
since realized that often when I feel like this, the problem is that I've failed
to make...Read more →Seth Godin's blog posts [https://seths.blog/] are short and authoritative.
There are no extra or needlessly long words, and his writing flows well.
He delivers high value per minute spent reading by communicating his insights
concisely. He is not in love with the sound of his own voice, and he does not
write for the...Read more →If I could ask the world every question I had and get answers immediately, my
path to success would be considerably smoother.
Alas, I do not have any such ability – but I still need that information.
In absence of instant answers, I often forget or fail to consider my most
important questions.
Since the...Read more →I just read Seth Godin's Purple Cow
[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RI9S9M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1]
. It's about engineered virality, and it really got me thinking.
I decided to read this book after hearing about it in an article about a
programmer who applied the Purple Cow principle to quickly build a reputation
and start pulling in great work.[1]
The Purple Cow principle...Read more →It's not hard to teach – you just have to be a time-traveling mind reader...
Today, while reading through my Twitter feed, I came across this absolute gem of
a Tweet:
> Teaching is perhaps 100x harder than we expect. The common misconception is that
it’s about sharing your knowledge; it’s not. Rather, it’s...Read more →Many of the people that I respect and that are doing well in the business world
have mastered the art of thinking clearly. Ex.:
Daniel Vassallo
Jordan O'Connor
Derek Sivers
Mike Lynch
Shawn Wang (swyx)
Seth Godin
Rohan Gilkes
David Perell
Rob FitzPatrick
Jack Butcher
Drew DeVault
In reading their writing, I have been struck time and again by how insightful
their observations are....Read more →I thought for a long time that my path to financial independence was through
building a SaaS. I'd keep it a one-man shop, get it to around $10,000 a month
and let it grow slowly after achieving sufficient traction. I'd write incredibly
good documentation, have only a small amount of support requests to...Read more →