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01/11/2023

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20/10/2023

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03/09/2022

The Fire and the Mist

Doubt can seep in like a mist.

02/09/2022

How to Manage Time Anxiety and Narrow the Cycles of Life

Learn to think about your time in terms of output, not outcomes, and make space in your life for the things that bring you joy.

29/08/2022

What Can You Sell as a Creator?

It's hard to know what to sell to your audience as a creator. In this article, we break down how to figure out what you products you could sell.

29/08/2022

20 Questions to Change Your Life

Ignore the «change your life» hyperbole (not least because it’s only about work), this is a good list to prompt self-reflection. Some favourites: Do you have a consistent long-term review process? Does your physical workspace inspire you? Do you finish your days effectively?

29/08/2022

How music can help you learn a language

Music and language have a lot in common—but can music actually help you learn a new language? Here's how to discover artists and learn language through music!

22/08/2022

Mike’s Minimal Workspace in an Old School Building in Philadelphia, US

“Working in an old school is really, really amazing. It’s like you’re walking into the coolest classroom you’ve ever been in”

22/08/2022

The Unexpected Future

We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation

22/08/2022

Remote Work after the Pandemic

The world feels more open to remote work than before--especially tech. They simply didn't have a choice. Office employees were forced out of their offices and told to work from home. Some companies handled this really well and are thriving with remote work, while others truly struggled.

22/08/2022

True Time Management is About Deciding What Not To Do

When you say yes to something, you are saying no to an endless list of other things. Are you intentional about what you say no to?

22/08/2022

"You've been banned."

The internet was the single most important part of my early teenage years. I know, it sounds a bit dramatic, but I'm serious when I say this.

22/08/2022

5 examples of product-led SEO

In this post, I highlight 5 examples of product-led growth and how they are different from each other.

27/07/2022

🧠 Building a Second Brain at Work

No, don't just throw everything on your desktop... 🧼 Why Does File Structure Matter?A clean file structure is underrated. Recently, at work, I was tasked with putting together a filing system for our group because our files are all over the place. 🧠 The PARA MethodThis comes from the book 📚...

27/07/2022

Biodiversity is flourishing on Welsh coal tips – but for how much longer?

Wales' old coal tips are havens for rare species, but their future is at risk as the government considers how to prevent future slips.

26/07/2022

Is “Insuring” The Oil and Gas Industry the Right Response to the fallout from Ukraine?

This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. Paid subscriptions help me release pieces like this for free, increasing their impact SubscribeSo far this month I have been focusing on catching up to various different aspects of the “inflation” conversation that has been happening in the United Sta...

26/07/2022

Documenting Life’s Moments on Camera

From hobbyist to paid photographer, Unsplash contributor Nathan Dumlao shares how capturing the every day has inspired his professional work.

26/07/2022

I Run a Six-Figure Business, But Now I Want to Take a Pay Cut

Kat Boogaard has a freelance writing business many people dream of, bringing in more than $300K in revenue last year. But this year, she’s intentionally scaling back. Here’s why, plus the lessons she’s learned about redefining success.

25/07/2022

YEEZY GAP Van Drops Recap

The YEEZY GAP van drops opened their doors this weekend in select cities in the USA, and YM is here to run through what went down. The pop-up events were revealed through the YEEZY Instagram account, with a new location being announced every three hours. Miami was the first location

25/07/2022

🔮 Apple cars, Amazon cares; the root of depression; alt proteins; new phase of matter ++ #382

Hi, I’m Azeem Azhar. I convene Exponential View to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies. Readers with the annual membership to Exponential View are invited to apply to join our Exponential Do community, whe...

25/07/2022

Lever-Approved Podcasts

From Marxist theory to daily poems to shark attacks, here are some great podcasts to enjoy right now.

22/07/2022

New AI-generated horsies

Recently I've been experimenting with DALL-E 2, one of the models that uses CLIP to generate images from my text descriptions. It was trained on internet text and images, so there's a lot it can do, and a lot of ways it can remix the stuff it's seen online. I

22/07/2022

Facebook’s long, slow breakup with journalism is underway

Meta is putting Facebook's journalism-related features on the back burner. The social network's on and off relationship with news is finally over.

22/07/2022

Sharks, Robot Servers, Raves, Congressional Races, Adventure Park, and more

Welcome to the summer heat, the extreme version. With temperatures expected to remain in the 90s through Sunday, do what you need to stay cool. Pools are staying open later and beaches are open, barring a shark sighting. This week, I bring you some updates on the Congressional race for

21/07/2022

Site note: search is back

There’s gold in them there archives…

21/07/2022

DALL·E Now Available in Beta

We’ll invite 1 million people from our waitlist over the coming weeks. Users can create with DALL·E using free credits that refill every month, and buy additional credits in 115-generation increments for $15. Join DALL·E 2 waitlist DALL·E, the AI system that creates realistic images and

21/07/2022

How To Get A Job In Tech If You Don’t Have “Enough” Experience

Should you fake it until you make it?

20/07/2022

[Newsletter] Is that Job Opening Really Remote?

This week on the Remotive Newsletter, we're discussing: the weird post-pandemic job market, remote work catfishing, long-distance collaboration, and impostor syndrome. Do you like this content? Reply to this email; tell us what you want to see more (or less) of.

19/07/2022

Photos: Three-Legged Dogs Yet Again Take Over Duboce Park for Annual Picnic for 'Tri-Pawed' Dogs

Amputee dogs had their day again in Duboce Park Sunday, as the 11th annual Three-Legged Dog Picnic added new features like a dog trick show and a costume parade, and we’ve got pup-arazzi photos of the joy they unleashed.

19/07/2022

The Kitten Effect

One thing I've noticed with image-generating algorithms is that the more of something they have to put in an image, the worse it is. I first noticed this with the kitten-generating variant of StyleGAN, which often does okay on one cat: alternative for shocked_pikachu.pngbut is terrible at a