Betterment

There are a number of cases where excessive pressure in the software development process leads to certain perhaps undesirable designs.

Perfect output is not the desired outcome.

Any fully open system of digital communication will corrode over time. Bad messages will crowd out the good ones. The new normal: Someone finds a database of every residential property, then anothe…

Have you ever been in a hotel room with your spouse and kids, tucked away in this liminal space, enjoying the feeling that no one could find you (and kind of hoping that no one ever would), and thought to yourself: “This is all I need in the world”? There has been some lament in […]

There’s the immutable law of business: whenever a new way of working comes long, albeit from tech or social change, people will try to game it. So be it

Learn how to spot the difference between and expert and an imitator with 5 key tells.

They serve different purposes. The fence near the train tracks is a boundary. You can go near it without risk. The electrified third rail, on the other hand, is a limit. If you touch it, you’…

Aka "in media res"

Do not assume bad intentions. Listen and understand.

Impatience is the best way to get faster at things. And across a surprising number of domains, being really fast correlates strongly with being effective.

When we think of scaling the work, we’re typically thinking of stories that are grouped within features or epics, which might be grouped inside even larger items. This is vertical scaling and is fairly common. There is another type of scaling, which we need to also consider, and that is horizontal.

Why do we buy the pitch of the snake oil salesman, the flim-flam man, the con artist, the demagogue or the trickster? As our modern world becomes more informed and more rational, we see an increase…

Hacking and making are great fun due to their open ended nature, but being able to try anything can make the task of selecting your next project daunting. [Steph Piper] is here with her Maker Skill…

What a waste. Something went wrong, and the other person cared enough about the relationship to let you know. Perhaps they’re hoping that you can rebuild a bridge. That you can see what they …

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of Second Breakfast, and I cannot begin to articulate how relieved I am that, after everything I've been through – the book, the pandemic, the death, the grief – I've started to write again. Thank you so much for subscribing to this newsletter and helping me

There’s nothing wrong with abundance and joy. But being spoiled causes two real problems: it makes it difficult to appreciate what you have. If perfect is the standard, it’s rarely met …

If you want to be more productive, the data are clear—where you work matters much more than how hard you work.

Back in 1949, George Orwell was already predicting algorithmic content In his best-known novel, "1984:" “There was a whole chain of separate departments

Sometimes, when you read something so perfect, you have to savor it, share it, and save it! ….what could be easier than friendship? In theory, nothing. It is a relationship that consists almost ent…

If we need to wait until after the short-term emergency is settled, it’s unlikely we’re ever going to get to work on the long-term important work. Of course, we want to do “everyt…

One of the most inescapable edicts when leading a team is the order to optimize the system towards the organization’s goals.

Organization is more than just having a clean desk or a color-coded calendar. Here is how to get more organized once and for all.

The human brain is lazy, so we often refuse to consider that there might be alternatives beyond the obvious.

What is a Value Proposition? The proposition is an easy-to-understand reason why a customer should buy a product or service from that particular business. A value proposition should clearly explain how a product fills a need, communicate the specifics of its added benefit, and state the reason why it's better than similar products on the market.

Forming meaningful bonds with others can improve your health, make you mentally sharper, and fuel creativity. Making friends can feel daunting, but research shows there are many ways to build better connections.

The Amish are a technology-avoiding, mostly agricultural American religious community of German origin, famous for their Barn Raising. Whenever a new barn

YouTube might be my favorite website in the world, and apparently that’s at odds with the opinion of many people I see online. People complain about ads, about the UI, and about THE ALGORITHM, but I just don’t have these issues. Today I wanted to quickly give an

No.314 — Why is Hungary so small? ⊗ Les Materialistes ⊗ Futurization and de-futurization ⊗ AI’s early pitfalls