Oversimplified: Volume 120
Shaping products, writing inside your company, and New York recommendations
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âď¸ Notes on Shape Up
I finished reading Shape Up a few months ago and just now finally got around to writing up my notes. Highly recommend it, this was one of the more helpful things Iâve read on the product development cycle.
đ Writing In Public, Inside Your Company
This was my favorite thing I read this week. Lots of great advice here on how to communicate well, especially within remote orgs. Not to mention the website design is spot on.
đ 50 First Levers
Some good inspiration for getting to the âOh shit, I just accomplished something surprisingly big for the effort it took!â moment. Lots to chew on.
đ The Future of Operational Analytics
If youâre interested in whatâs going on in the analytics world, Bennâs substack is always great, but I thought this most recent post was one of his best.
đ New Yorkâs 3rd Places
This Twitter thread has lots and lots of good recommendations of places to hang out in New York. Naturally, thereâs a âtech-person knowledge-workerâ skew to this list, but there are some real gems here.
đ The Equilibrium Celebrity
This shower thought is quite the shower thought.
Food for Thought
âWe can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. There is no means of testing which decision is better, because there is no basis for comparison. We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?â â Milan Kundera
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