Author Archives: amol
What’s a Facebook Page worth?
Via DF: // Regarding the quality of Facebook traffic: “On thing we gradually noticed, however, was that maintaining a Facebook page was pretty much a waste of time by the end of 2014. While Facebook sends lots of traffic to
What’s a Facebook Page worth?
Via DF: // Regarding the quality of Facebook traffic: “On thing we gradually noticed, however, was that maintaining a Facebook page was pretty much a waste of time by the end of 2014. While Facebook sends lots of traffic to
Consciousness, inner voices and what about deaf people?
On the “self awareness being tied to language” note, I found this quote from Helen Keller interesting: “Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world. I
Consciousness, inner voices and what about deaf people?
On the “self awareness being tied to language” note, I found this quote from Helen Keller interesting: “Before my teacher came to me, I did not know that I am. I lived in a world that was a no-world. I
Remote engineering, teams, management, work via @stevesi
Also via Steve Sinofsky, this package of posts merits some attention. http://blog.learningbyshipping.com/2014/12/30/why-remote-engineering-is-so-difficult/ http://paulgraham.com/95.html http://ma.tt/2014/12/how-paul-graham-is-wrong/ Part of why it requires this attention is the whole Code As Cards approach we have been using to design and build and ship Knotable with
Remote engineering, teams, management, work via @stevesi
Also via Steve Sinofsky, this package of posts merits some attention. http://blog.learningbyshipping.com/2014/12/30/why-remote-engineering-is-so-difficult/ http://paulgraham.com/95.html http://ma.tt/2014/12/how-paul-graham-is-wrong/ Part of why it requires this attention is the whole Code As Cards approach we have been using to design and build and ship Knotable with
Digital literacy
If computing is like writing, then what is the equivalent of literacy for the digital age? A thousand years ago, writing was a technology enjoyed by an elite few: rulers, clerics, scribes. This technology offered the power to store information
Digital literacy
If computing is like writing, then what is the equivalent of literacy for the digital age? A thousand years ago, writing was a technology enjoyed by an elite few: rulers, clerics, scribes. This technology offered the power to store information
Tools, the means of production via @stevesi
Here’s a great snippet via the legendary toolsmaker Steve Sinofsky of Microsoft software fame: From these tweets It’s true and it has an origin in the far weightier philosopher pre-Kuhn who makes this argument: Marx. The superstructure of culture and
Tools, the means of production via @stevesi
Here’s a great snippet via the legendary toolsmaker Steve Sinofsky of Microsoft software fame: From these tweets It’s true and it has an origin in the far weightier philosopher pre-Kuhn who makes this argument: Marx. The superstructure of culture and
Ideas from a week away
I’ve been away from home for about a week well 12 days now and here are some things I’ve been thinking about and planning to read. I’ll check back in a year and see how many of these new-year’s-eve ideas
Ideas from a week away
I’ve been away from home for about a week well 12 days now and here are some things I’ve been thinking about and planning to read. I’ll check back in a year and see how many of these new-year’s-eve ideas
Food and health dashboard.
There should be one of these. Here is mine. Beef Dangerous (overview, famous study, paper) Processed meat (sausage, bacon) Dangerous (paper MSG Fine, debunked Gluten Fine (overview) Unsaturated fats (plant) Fine Saturated fats Not good (overview) Trans fats Super
Food and health dashboard.
There should be one of these. Here is mine. Beef Dangerous (overview, famous study, paper) Processed meat (sausage, bacon) Dangerous (paper MSG Fine, debunked Gluten Fine (overview) Unsaturated fats (plant) Fine Saturated fats Not good (overview) Trans fats Super
Best wishes and the biggest thing I made this year
Friends, Our work of the last two years is ready for the world. I hope you will use it to pull people and ideas together to achieve more in 2015. Cheers – Amol Big Thanks and Warm Wishes It’s been
Best wishes and the biggest thing I made this year
Friends, Our work of the last two years is ready for the world. I hope you will use it to pull people and ideas together to achieve more in 2015. Cheers – Amol Big Thanks and Warm Wishes It’s been
The size of financial markets
People usually lose all sense for size in financial news discussions. So many different numbers on different scales are thrown around. The entire Russian stock market is apparently worth about $330bn now. Down 70%. Google is worth that. Apple is
The size of financial markets
People usually lose all sense for size in financial news discussions. So many different numbers on different scales are thrown around. The entire Russian stock market is apparently worth about $330bn now. Down 70%. Google is worth that. Apple is
Discovery: longpress in iOS
Product nerds, did you know about this? In Apple’s iOS Mail.app you can longpress. In a message view hold the compose button. Instead of a new message you get…a menu including Drafts you have pending. Wow! Longpress the archive button
Discovery: longpress in iOS
Product nerds, did you know about this? In Apple’s iOS Mail.app you can longpress. In a message view hold the compose button. Instead of a new message you get…a menu including Drafts you have pending. Wow! Longpress the archive button
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