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I downloaded a course and ran into the problem of tracking my progress and remembering where I left off. Instead of sitting down and finishing it, I found a way to procrastinate — …

Working on product and brand at the same time, I keep running into a tension I couldn't articulate until I read this Paul Graham line: "Branding by definition has to be distinctive…

That’s well said. That’s precisely the problem we’re facing, but this time it’s not cooking skills, but thinking skills.

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Why it matters since it does the job !

Sadly, most of the big names (Udemy, Coursera, ...) are using encrypted streaming with DRM, but there are Khan Academy, Harvard, MIT,... courses that you can download and use local…

That’s awesome! I’m a huge fan of projects like that. I recently launched ckourse.com (open-source) to help manage downloaded courses. Combining tolaria and Ckourse will give a smo…

Interesting point of view. Do you have any resources for such things, books, videos, etc., explaining those persuasion techniques you mentioned?

There’s some of this in https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/ There are also his videos and speeches, for example when explaining the magic behind computers, and the way he simplifies…

so you think KISS (keep it simple stupid) is the key in this case ?

Totally agree, but the question "Impeccable taste" is a skill or a gift.

Ofc it's salesmanship, but actually not anyone is able to chain ideas and talk the same way

I'm genuinely curious why Steve’s way of talking, organising, and chaining ideas is amazing. From your point of view, what's the secret sauce ?