The question of who (or what) to trust is of utmost importance. Since we do not have unlimited time and resources, we must make choices about what we rely on for new information or reference materials.
Walking into a book store and choosing to read one of the top selling …
read moreClarifying the purpose of things is a helpful way to find out what is(n't) essential to your day to day workflow, cut costs, and improve productivity.
Young adults especially—upon getting some "disposable income"—may be quick to start accumulating "fun" things, equipment for various hobbies, and so on …
read moreToday, I'm just collecting up a few hopeful useful thoughts I came across.
The past couple days I was watching some videos of this YouTuber with a channel called TechLead. I assume much of his audience is nerd/engineer types. So he makes a lot …
read moreSmall economic decisions—how you spend your money—can produce big advantages both for you and the parties you interact with. While often, we're forced to use big businesses like Amazon or Walmart to take care of specialized immediate needs (e.g. getting some specific battery), many of the purchasing …
read moreA few days late, but happy 2021 everyone! Let's strive to live this year better than 2020.
read moreIn this essay, I will try to "un-abstract" the notion of work (or "toil", "labor"). Work is not the same thing as making money—evidently, there are many people in this world who have a lot of money through no application of effort on their own part—e.g. getting …
read moreHow can writing a blog like this be useful? This log has become a kind of diary, but it also reflects how I think (or have thought) about stuff. For instance, in earlier posts, you can see some speculation, descriptions of how I understand things as I look at more …
read moreWhile the forms which many of our modern technologies take are new, the basic actions we do with them are not. It follows that wisdom handed down for hundreds of years can be helpful in discerning good/proper uses for these things, though it may take some work to "translate …
read moreWhen reading and studying (physical) books, there is more going on than just reading words on a page which also happens when reading off of a smartphone or a PC. There is spatial information—where some words appear on the page. There is the overall look and feel of the …
read moreWhat follows are some practical notes to myself; they may be useful to you too.
"Multi-tasking" isn't so much of an issue as failing to integrate a multiple activities working towards a common goal. When doing any complex activity—take driving a car as an example—you must take charge …
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