“6 Reasons Multitasking Destroys Your Productivity”
http://wheredatapp.com/blog/2015/9/7/6-reasons-multitasking-destroys-your-productivity
Month: September 2015
“Complexity isn’t the reason why Netflix doesn’t allow offline viewing. It’s just their excuse for not having it yet. It’s right out of the Steve Jobs handbook: something you don’t offer is a terrible idea, until you offer it yourself, at which point you explain why your solution is the first to get it right.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/09/08/gizmodo-netflix
“…Would you rather do something extraordinary that benefits the lives of millions of people? Or be liked by several hundred? And does it have to be an either-or question?
The answer, like [Steve] Jobs, is complicated.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/business/dealbook/decoding-steve-jobs-in-life-and-on-film.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=1
“Trying to follow what is going on in Syria and why? This comic will get you there in 5 minutes.”
http://www.upworthy.com/trying-to-follow-what-is-going-on-in-syria-and-why-this-comic-will-get-you-there-in-5-minutes
“Making something with your own two hands is a super power. Why on earth would you willingly rob yourself of it?”
https://medium.com/twenty-years-in-the-valley/one-of-the-biggest-mistakes-i-ve-made-in-my-career-72bf27c538b4
“First, prepare yourself to gain experience by submitting to the disciplines of education.
Second, work in the service of the most worthy cause for which your skills are qualified.
Third, with whatever compensation comes your way, build the resources to undertake what seems doable to you alone (in the garage, attic, etc.).
Fourth, when you have actually accomplished something, show it to someone whose work you admire, and ask for an opinion.
Fifth, repeat steps one through four until you have accomplished enough to ask for production assistance (not money).
Sixth, now get back to work and define your role in the community. If you achieve this, then you have a shot at recognition by people who don’t already know you.”
— Clarke Riedy
http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/how-to-build-your-personal-brand-without-acting-insufferable?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bigthink%2Fmain+%28Big+Think+Main%29#comment-1759844010
“Digital natives were concerned about what they could do with technology. Now data natives want to know what technology can do for them.”
“…It’s an interesting quagmire. Traditionally, new technology has expanded people’s notion of what’s possible. Now the crowd is already dreaming of products no one knows how to build yet.”
“…Giving people recommendations to interact with and learning from their choices is one of the clearest examples. The more recommendations you serve, the smarter you can get by recording and reacting to people’s preferences. This is why 35% of Amazon’s revenue comes from recommendations — and why 75% of Netflix content is consumed based on recommendations.”
http://firstround.com/review/this-is-how-you-build-products-for-the-new-generation-of-data-natives/
“Features are Debt, not Assets”
http://berzniz.com/post/128267561586/features-are-debt-not-assets
“…In the early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas Wehr conducted an experiment in which a group of people were plunged into darkness for 14 hours every day for a month.
It took some time for their sleep to regulate but by the fourth week the subjects had settled into a very distinct sleeping pattern. They slept first for four hours, then woke for one or two hours before falling into a second four-hour sleep.
Though sleep scientists were impressed by the study, among the general public the idea that we must sleep for eight consecutive hours persists. “
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783
“…Mainly, Facebook happened. Constructing social networks by blogging takes work. You have to read, respond, post. You have to stay on top of the topics sweeping through what used to be called the “blogosphere.” Facebook is much better at building social networks for people. And you don’t have to spend serious time writing essays. Twitter lowered the character count further.”
“…In fact, blogs now often are where the most interesting ideas are surfaced, argued, and appropriated into a discipline’s discourse. Unlike the output in scholarly journals and magazines, in these webs of blogs we get to see ideas emerging from conversation among people sharing what in the old days we’d take as early drafts. These webs allow participation by people regardless of credentials, enabling voices to rise to their own level of credibility. “
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/08/30/why-blogging-still-matters/JkzFdTxoySZZwsyrFw7yMI/story.html
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