This is another letter on strategy from Joel Spolsky written in 2000. Great stuff – especially the Excel examples (he was an Excel product manager). “When you’re trying to get people to switch from a competitor to your product, you need to […]
Why would they want records of missing work? “Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s effort to require City Council committees to determine whether a majority of aldermen are present before starting meetings ran into a buzzsaw of opposition.” | learn more
A study by the Brookings Institution claimed that the Chicago area lost 12,582 “innovation jobs” between 2005 and 2017. I’m curious to learn what tech/innovation jobs we had to lose back in 2005, but that data isn’t in here. Full report […]
This goes deep into specific projects, but not so deep into technology that it’s impossible to understand. “So much is happening at the many layers of Bitcoin’s technology stack, it can be incredibly difficult to keep track of emerging solutions. […]
I stumbled across this while learning about how to deliver microbes beyond the treacherous environment of the stomach. “The new ‘bacteria in a pill’ approach does things differently. Instead of pumping out a drug and purifying it in the lab, […]
“Biochemical makeover allows Escherichia coli to use carbon dioxide as a building block for its cells.” This is an incredible breakthrough! “The work could lead to engineered microbes that suck CO2 out of the air and turn it into medicines […]
Retailers, including the hip direct-to-consumer variety, are more often turning to phone calls and text messages to reach potential customers. “Telemarketing is no longer relegated to scammers, insurance companies and debt consolidation firms. Unsolicited calls and texts are becoming a […]
Farnam Street is back with another post full of timeless knowledge. “Signaling and countersignaling are hidden methods of communicating with each other. We do it all the time as a way to “prove” we are who and what we claim […]
This is a really good explanation by Taylor Pearson of a topic that doesn’t get adequate airtime. I originally learned about ergodicity via Nicholas Taleb’s writing. “In an ergodic system, the average outcome of the group is the same as […]
Published in the Harvard Business Review and written by time management coach Elizabeth Grace Saunders. The post offers some practical guidance on how to plan a schedule. | learn more