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Ambition vs Tranquility.
November 10, 2023
All Work Takes 25 Minutes.
November 09, 2023
Moving Towards What You Fear.
October 30, 2023
Considerations on Redistributions of Wealth
October 07, 2023
On Continuous Process Improvement.
October 02, 2023
Will Solving Crime Become a Production Issue?
September 30, 2023
Management of WIP.
September 22, 2023
Absolute Accountability.
September 21, 2023
Planning Life Without a Plan.
September 04, 2023
Commander’s Intent.
September 02, 2023
Initial Thoughts on Human Rights.
August 11, 2023
The Irony of Tragedy
August 08, 2023
Boredom as a Strategy.
August 07, 2023
On Project Timelines.
July 29, 2023
1 is more than 0.
July 24, 2023
Further Thoughts on Infinite Workloads.
July 20, 2023
The Philosophy of Train Travel.
June 19, 2023
LLMtext2excel.
June 18, 2023
Increasing LLM Speed.
June 14, 2023
Extracting Structured Data from Documents.
June 03, 2023
Word Salads.
May 30, 2023
Dictation vs Typing.
May 15, 2023
TNSTAAFL.
May 14, 2023
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.
May 14, 2023
jSON Education Prompt for AI
May 13, 2023
We Reach the Same End by Discrepant Means.
May 01, 2023
Doing What We Should Do.
May 01, 2023
Thoughts on Retirement
April 29, 2023
Finding Quiet.
April 20, 2023
There’s Always Too Much To Do.
April 05, 2023
Why Nothing Works.
March 25, 2023
Right Now Is Good.
March 25, 2023
Red Moon.
March 25, 2023
A Philosophical Python (Chatbot)
March 24, 2023
A Simple Python ChatBot.
March 21, 2023
The Soul in the Concrete Jungle.
March 16, 2023
Advice on Leaving Home.
March 10, 2023
The Case for Government.
March 05, 2023
Should All War Be Illegal?
February 25, 2023
What is the Most Fundamental Skill?
February 24, 2023
Feedback Loops in Strategy.
February 20, 2023
The Future of Movies.
February 15, 2023
On Professional Juries.
February 14, 2023
City Development vs Beauty.
February 14, 2023
Text Based Formats.
February 14, 2023
How to Evaluate Product Ideas for the Public Sector.
February 09, 2023
The Game of Life.
February 01, 2023
A Conversation with Lord Wotton.
January 29, 2023
Defining Strategy.
January 29, 2023
Thoughts on Strategy.
January 29, 2023
Strategy vs Planning.
January 26, 2023
On Marginal Improvements.
January 24, 2023
Considering a 20s User Guide.
January 23, 2023
Problems with Indicators.
January 23, 2023
Should There Be a Limit on Interest Rates?
January 22, 2023
Walking and Thinking.
January 15, 2023
Initial Overview of Socratic Dialogue.
January 14, 2023
On Anxiety in My 20s.
January 13, 2023
Strategy vs Plan.
January 11, 2023
Observing Ourselves.
January 10, 2023
The Information Ladder.
January 09, 2023
Initial Thoughts on Defining Intelligence
January 09, 2023
Notes on Public Sector IT Failures.
January 08, 2023
Habits v0.03
January 06, 2023
Journaling is a Discussion with the Self.
January 06, 2023
Habits v0.02
January 02, 2023
Habits v0.01
January 01, 2023
Reflections on a Year of Writing.
December 30, 2022
Patience Revisited.
December 30, 2022
The Pyramid of Learning.
December 30, 2022
Habits & Streaks.
December 29, 2022
AI & Jobs.
December 29, 2022
Resistance Revisited.
December 28, 2022
Reflections on Writing a Book.
December 26, 2022
Thinking About Listening.
December 24, 2022
Short Thought on Nuclear Weapons.
December 22, 2022
On Voluntary Manslaughter (Part 2).
December 22, 2022
Writing in Plain English.
December 22, 2022
On Dictation.
December 22, 2022
On Yearly Planning.
December 22, 2022
Handling Criticism, Revisited.
December 21, 2022
Brevity — Winston Churchill.
December 21, 2022
Notes on “Writing Well” by William Zinsser.
December 20, 2022
When Solitude is Useful.
December 20, 2022
On Witnessing a Double Homicide.
December 20, 2022
On Voluntary Manslaughter (Part 1).
December 20, 2022
On the Cultivation of Purpose.
December 20, 2022
On Homicide (Part 2).
December 20, 2022
Hard Work and Leverage.
December 18, 2022
The Meaning of Meaning.
December 17, 2022
Effort and Tourism.
December 15, 2022
OpenAI Whisper.
December 12, 2022
The Paradox of Law.
December 09, 2022
186 Billion Bits.
December 08, 2022
The Future of War.
December 07, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Custom Software Procurement.
December 07, 2022
On Large Meetings.
December 06, 2022
Further Thoughts:
Cost-Per-Transaction Model.
December 03, 2022
Kaizen and Compounding.
December 03, 2022
A Decentralized System for Individual Trust.
December 03, 2022
Should Wigs be Banned in Court?
December 03, 2022
The Next Process is the Customer.
December 01, 2022
Three Components for GTM Strategy.
November 29, 2022
An Additional Benefit of Meditation.
November 28, 2022
Minimalism Should Be Scary.
November 18, 2022
A Framework for Building Products.
November 17, 2022
Consulting and Long-Term Decision-Making.
November 15, 2022
Thoughts on Strategy.
November 14, 2022
Learning via Reflection.
November 13, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Life Planning.
November 12, 2022
Clarity in Writing.
November 10, 2022
Thought Experiment: Replication Machines v1.
November 09, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Spaced Repetition.
November 08, 2022
A Cut Finger.
November 08, 2022
Manny’s Matrix: A Simple Product Prioritization Matrix.
November 07, 2022
On City Life.
November 07, 2022
The Psychology of Selling SaaS.
November 06, 2022
Why Do We Punish Criminals?
November 05, 2022
Further Thoughts on Simplicity.
November 03, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Principles of Process Design.
November 02, 2022
AR+MR-D = L
November 01, 2022
The Futility of Goals.
October 31, 2022
Another Perspective on Materialism.
October 30, 2022
IT vs Digital.
October 28, 2022
Travel is Good for the Soul.
October 27, 2022
What is the True Cost of Red Tape?
October 25, 2022
The Learning Spiral.
October 24, 2022
Everything is Interesting.
October 23, 2022
Experiencies vs Narratives.
October 20, 2022
Eisenhower Matrixes.
October 14, 2022
Consistent Actions.
October 11, 2022
Dealing with Frustrations.
October 06, 2022
Sophisticated Simplicity.
September 29, 2022
7-S Framework Checklist Questions.
September 29, 2022
What Can We Do With 1% Of Our Day?
September 23, 2022
A Great Question to Ask Yourself.
September 19, 2022
On Leadership & Risk.
September 16, 2022
The Mckinsey 7-S Framework.
September 16, 2022
Avoid Perfection.
September 13, 2022
Supply & Demand 101.
September 13, 2022
SMART Goals.
September 12, 2022
Further Thoughts on Fight Club.
September 11, 2022
Exponential Thinking.
September 10, 2022
SaaS Quick Ratio Explained.
September 06, 2022
The Tannenbaum & Schmidt Continuum.
September 06, 2022
Further Thoughts on Resistance.
September 05, 2022
Decisions vs Outcomes.
August 31, 2022
Thoughts on Development of the Self.
August 28, 2022
Why I Take Photos.
August 19, 2022
Stable Habits.
August 13, 2022
Crossing the Rubicon.
August 11, 2022
An Overview of The Five Levels of Leadership.
August 10, 2022
The Sweet and The Bitter.
August 08, 2022
Done is Better than Perfect.
August 05, 2022
Moving Towards or Away.
August 03, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Airline Economics.
August 02, 2022
More Thoughts on Flow State.
July 27, 2022
100 Small Changes.
July 26, 2022
How to Sabotage Your Organization.
July 23, 2022
Pyramid Expectations.
July 21, 2022
Traffic Lights vs Roundabouts.
July 20, 2022
Borrow Decisions From your Future Self.
July 19, 2022
Understanding Insulin v1.
July 18, 2022
How to Use YouTube.
July 17, 2022
Evidence of Being Wrong.
July 15, 2022
Recommended Notification Settings.
July 14, 2022
Searching for Opposing Views.
July 13, 2022
Appreciating Nature.
July 11, 2022
Todo Lists vs Scheduling.
July 10, 2022
Ubiquitous Capture Devices.
July 08, 2022
The Problem with Too Many Options.
July 07, 2022
The Law of Triviality.
July 06, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Bell Curves.
June 30, 2022
Just Write.
June 29, 2022
Initial Thoughts on Flow State.
June 28, 2022
At What Cost — Again.
June 27, 2022
Building A Wall.
June 25, 2022
Keep It Simple.
June 24, 2022
Experiencing a Dollar Bill.
June 23, 2022
Does Quantity Give Significance?
June 21, 2022
On Holidays, Revisted.
June 17, 2022
Doing The Unscalable.
June 12, 2022
Centralized vs Decentralized Systems v2.
June 10, 2022
On Deep Work.
June 07, 2022
Everyday Opportunities.
June 05, 2022
On Doing Nothing.
June 03, 2022
Negotiation in Life.
May 31, 2022
A Definition of a “Philosophy of Life”.
May 29, 2022
How Long Does It Take?
May 28, 2022
The Complexity of Simplicity.
May 27, 2022
Casco Viejo — Panama.
May 25, 2022
Goodhart’s Law.
May 24, 2022
f/8 And Be There.
May 23, 2022
The Paradox of Being a Millennial.
May 22, 2022
The Bus to Abilene.
May 18, 2022
The Tortoise and The Hare.
May 14, 2022
Thinking Clearly.
May 13, 2022
Motivation.
May 12, 2022
Self-Doubt.
May 11, 2022
Collar Colour.
May 10, 2022
Government Financial Transparency.
May 09, 2022
Finding Yourself in Difficult Times.
May 05, 2022
Stop and Think.
May 02, 2022
Problems Into Solutions.
May 01, 2022
What’s The Worst That Can Happen?
April 30, 2022
On Being Hungry.
April 29, 2022
Perfect Roast Potatoes.
April 27, 2022
On Perspective.
April 26, 2022
On The Value of Things.
April 25, 2022
The Sustainable Development Goals.
April 24, 2022
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
April 23, 2022
What is a Platform?
April 22, 2022
What is an Intellectual?
April 21, 2022
The Two Types of Work.
April 19, 2022
The Power Of Waiting.
April 17, 2022
Airports Are Stoic Tests.
April 16, 2022
Consistency.
April 15, 2022
The Map vs The Path.
April 14, 2022
Parkinson’s Law.
April 13, 2022
Being Cityless.
April 07, 2022
The Real Cost of Cheap Shit.
April 06, 2022
At What Cost?
April 02, 2022
Recommended Daily Habits.
March 28, 2022
Business Risks.
March 26, 2022
Everyday Stoicism.
March 23, 2022
Two Handles.
March 20, 2022
Why Wake Up Early?
March 19, 2022
Synchronous vs Asynchronous.
March 17, 2022
Monotask: Do One Thing At A Time.
March 12, 2022
On Independence & Quality.
March 10, 2022
The First Thing to Control.
March 09, 2022
Placing a Focus On Direction.
March 05, 2022
A New Paradigm for Productivity.
March 04, 2022
A Straight-Forward Book Structure.
February 28, 2022
The Difference In Details.
February 25, 2022
The Future’s Opinion of Today.
February 22, 2022
Stress Revisited.
February 20, 2022
On YouTube.
February 17, 2022
Boredom.
February 16, 2022
Investing In Books.
February 14, 2022
Business vs Morals.
February 13, 2022
Patience.
February 12, 2022
Collecting Ideas.
February 10, 2022
Attention & Advertising Trends.
February 09, 2022
A Question Worth Asking.
February 08, 2022
Great Customer Service – Mistakes.
February 07, 2022
On Starting Again.
February 06, 2022
On Double Ignorance.
February 04, 2022
Rules For a Better Life.
January 31, 2022
The Ultimate Guide to Minimalism.
January 30, 2022
Should You Believe a Sales Pitch?
January 28, 2022
Strategy vs Execution.
January 27, 2022
The Philosophy of Sales.
January 25, 2022
Doing Less.
January 22, 2022
Be a Lumberjack.
January 21, 2022
Abstracts of 34 Via Montesanto.
January 19, 2022
A Few Haikus.
January 18, 2022
Drinking Coffee is Lying to Yourself.
January 16, 2022
Cicero’s Six Mistakes of Man.
January 14, 2022
Our Relationship with Technology.
January 13, 2022
Three Breathing Tricks.
January 12, 2022
Handling Criticism.
January 05, 2022
Book Recommendations.
January 03, 2022
Hello World.
January 01, 2022
