People outsource their thinking all the time. You. Me. Partly because we need to (there’s too many decisions to make daily) and partly because we’re lazy. Sometimes we outsource our thinking and mistakenly think we’re embracing the so-called ‘Wisdom of the Crowd‘. A quick example. Two Asian noodle places are located nearby. One has a big queue outside and the other...
Of being in flow, and the time flies by.
Yet at the end of the day wishing I had got so much more done.
I’d been wondering why I was getting pain in my right shoulder recently. Nothing sharp, just a dull ache by the end of the day. I realised (by accident) that it was the height of my standing desk. I’d bumped the height switch a few days prior and the height had gone from 84 up to 85. And in the following days the shoulder pain started. I took it back down to 84 (ie 1cm lower), and the...
I’ve been using Duolingo for a while. I pay for the Premium (Super) version. But I cancelled this week. Not because I don’t use it. Not because I’m replacing it with another tool or ChatGPT. I cancelled it because I’m sick of so much upsell. The bottom set of icons used to give me access to different features. Now two of the six are just for upsells. I’m fine with...
Was walking down the street the other day, and a car passed by. A woman in the back seat was looking at me, and started waving. I didn’t recognise her but she obviously thought she recognised me. In that moment I was a little paralysed – Are they actually looking at me? Do I wave back? What’s if I’m mistaken and they aren’t looking at me – will I look like a goose if I wave back...
“Do not ever write for radio. Ever.”
This was Neil Young’s advice to a young Jewel (before her music career took off) as she was feeling the pressure to switch from being true to her self, to some manufactured version for her record company.
Sometimes I wonder if the modern business equivalent could be: “Do not ever write for LinkedIn. Ever.”
Always fun to read the headlines and analysis of where the job market is headed:
Mass layoffs are coming in 2024 (Newsweek)
92% of employers expect more layoffs in 2024 (ebn)
More than half of US companies plan to increase hiring in the first half of 2024 (Robert Half)
70.5% expect an increase in hiring needs (Randstad)
Pick your preferred outlook.
Who knew?
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) have specially trained dogs that can sniff out electronic devices, mobile phones, SIM cards and USB sticks.
As well as drugs, currency, explosives and firearms (which you probably already knew).
Only found out about this after reading the latest news about the mushroom murders.
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Whether you’re an Anthony Albanese fan or not, this interview by Tim McDonald is a masterclass in how to prepare, engage and cover (for a distracting co-host) when talking with a world leader (like it or not Albo is our country’s leader on the world stage). The interview coverage has been hijacked by the cohost’s antics (including dropping the F-bomb), which is a shame. Because...
News report of WhatsApp mulling over putting ads into the app. And charging a subscription to hide ads. But WhatsApp says there’s no plans for it. There’s no actual news here. Of course they have considered it as an option. As every app and platform is currently doing. Of course they might do it. But when there’s nothing confirmed, it means the news article reporting it is as...