Oversimplified: Issue 63
Thinking like Sherlock Holmes, Google Drive as production, and commonplace books
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How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes
Iâve never read a Sherlock Holmes novel, but I did pick up a short book from Peter Bevelin last week titled A Few Lessons from Sherlock Holmes. If weâre using âinsights per pageâ as our metric, then there arenât many things Iâve read that compare.
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The Nag Metric
Why do some products spark joy while others annoy you? Julie Zho breaks down a nice heuristic for evaluating product decisions where thereâs a tradeoff between conversion and user experience.
Google Drive is Production
If you have ever hacked something together in Google Sheets that shouldnât have been there, youâre not alone. This post from Normcore Tech on the perils of leaning heavily on G Suite is great. Some of these examples will make you cringe.
How to Get Your Team to Challenge Your Ideas
Assertiveness is a difficult thing to get right. If you donât speak your mind, your output suffers. If you swing too far in the other direction, you stop getting useful feedback. This post helps you find the right balance.
Communication in World 2.0
Some of these ideas from Daniel Gross on taking Zoom to the next level are clever. I especially liked âZenly for the webâ and the notion of bringing back synchronous messaging as a first-class citizen.
Commonplace Books
For centuries, great thinkers and intellectuals maintained ongoing records of their work, ideas, and notes. If youâre into all things notetaking, this is a fun stroll through the history of personal knowledge maintenance. Tools change, people donât
đ„ What I Found Interesting
AlphaGo
âA journey from the halls of Cambridge to Seoul, where a legendary Go master faces an unproven AI challenger.â I watched this documentary over a few days last week and thought it was really well done.
đ€ Quote I'm Pondering
âStop thinking about your environment as filled with objects. Start thinking about it as filled with relationships. Think in terms of how you interact with the spaces around youâ â James Clear
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