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The most dangerous writing prompts
Want to explore your creativity? This tool gives you a writing prompt, a text box and a timer. But if you stop typing, all progress is lost. | learn more
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Solvitur ambulando to break through problems
“Loosely translated, this means, ‘It is solved by walking,’ and by ‘it’ Whitehouse means practically anything.” Pair with this TED talk from Marily Oppezzo. | learn more
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On writing better: sharpening your tools
Improve your writing with the tips in this article. Destroy your passive voice. | learn more
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Never trust a programmer who uses the word impossible
When I was a youngster, I would labor at the keyboard of our family computer trying to make it do as I said. You might say I “taught myself” how to program. What does that really mean? It means I […]
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Domain extensions experiment: .com vs 7 other TLDs
“I ran an experiment with 1,500 people to find out how they would react to eight popular domain extensions (top-level domains): .com, .net, .org, .biz, .us, .co, .blog, and .io.” | learn more
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The power of saying less
A story about how being frugal with words works to your advantage. | learn more
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Software and the Tough Tomato Principle
“Most people think of tools as designed around their material, not materials around their tools. But in practice, tools and materials are constantly reshaping each other.” | learn more
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An eerie example of us vs them
On the set of Planet of the Apes, human nature took over during lunch break. “Charlton Heston noted ‘an instinctive segregation on the set. Not only would the apes eat together, but the chimpanzees ate with the chimpanzees, the gorillas […]
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Focusmate: a stranger watches you work, increasing your productivity
I just tried this. It was weird, but strangely effective. “[A] free virtual co-working service that pairs you with a complete stranger for 50 minutes of silent, mutual labor over a webcam” | learn more
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Avoiding stupidity is easier than seeking brilliance
Farnam Street combines a few disparate examples and ideas to make the point that in some games playing not to lose is the optimal strategy. Know what game you’re playing. | learn more