technology
frustrating to hear from people inside Meta who found the Quest 2 headsets so unreliable that they refused to use them for work or demo them for people outside the company. (View Highlight) I'm optimistic that Reality Labs will create something worth using eventually, but I find it
music
how it looks with everyone fighting for when we were young presale tickets https://t.co/wLMi4P8WkJ (View Tweet) It's crazy to me that the late 2000s was the last time rock was popular (read: mainstream) and this is what history will remember us as. Emo, scene kids
content-creation
YouTube The YouTube subscription page is a chronologically weighted page, favoring channels that post consistently and "1000 true fan" type subscribers. 202212160135 The home page uses a recommendation algorithm based on CTR and watch time. These two -- on the surface -- don't conflict with each other. But
obsidian
PKM zealots assume that the act of note-taking will create emergent properties by making singleton notes. But how does one prove this? Is note-taking worth the effort? Some potential ideas to test: * What is the half-life of any particular note? Meaning, when do the contents of a
music
* Ultra is overpriced[1] and has too many loud, conflicting noises * The dynamics between chill and drops in a single song look like they catch audience members off guard every time * Sponsored by Algorand (weird flex but ok -- why do crypto foundations feel the need to burn cash on parties?
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content-creation
Some types of work result in physical artifacts being produced -- farming produces food, chemistry produces chemical compounds. But what is the output of a knowledge worker? What is the output of a writer, a programmer, or an analyst?[1] There are physical artifacts left behind from these professions -- symbols on
anxiety
There is a lot of anxiety in being a knowledge worker -- coming home after a long day of work with nothing physical to show for it can cause acute anxiety. Abstraction leads to the need to create fake metrics to satiate one's desire to "make something impactful&
deep-life
Compelling careers often have complex origins that reject the simple idea that all you have to do is follow your passion. (Location 295) What is a compelling career, anyway? IMO, a good career isn't fully replicable or fully automatable to the point that anyone could be hired. Working[
content-creation
…law of remarkability. This law says that for a project to transform a mission into a success, it should be remarkable in two ways. First, it must literally compel people to remark about it. Second, it must be launched in a venue conducive to such remarking. (Location 2178) Im conflicted
finance
Understand the difference between an asset and a liability, and prioritize buying assets that will generate cash flow to pay for a house instead of incurring a home-equity loan. Why The Home Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction is a lie for most people.
Goals: * To publish as much, and as as frequently as possible * To keep things as close to the core Obsidian System as possible, simple text MD files with good linking * To make money * To have a really high quality UX Ghost * Paid option and tiers * Newsletter built in * Beautiful * GitHub