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Doesn't work at all for me on Linux Chrome, Linux Firefox, Windows Firefox, or Windows Chrome. Is it a joke? Or just poor tradecraft?
Doesn't work for me because my work internet blocked some Javascript that's necessary to fetch the post. I end up with a blank white screen. Apparently, other people are able to read it though.
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Instead of thinking about what was said at the conference, who were the best speakers, which people you should talk to more, or one of the million other, possibly much more beneficial, things that would pop into your head if you didn't occupy yourself with this thread. I'm as guilty as everyone else here, admittedly. What's making me think seriously about something like this is that while I was on holiday recently an…
A number of years ago I did a year without the Internet (except at work, but only for work purposes). You would be amazed how much I got done without the distraction. To be more specific, I designed over 12 table top games, wrote numerous stories, and learned a ton by reading good old fashioned books.
Beauty. Almost a piece of art. I was on a plane yesterday (literally on airplane mode) and I finished a book I've been working on for a month, and prepped/wrote half of a presentation. Quite often I produce much of my writing on a plane. I find myself very productive on a plane. Especially on cheap flights that don't have in-flight entertainment. Literally no distractions for a preset amount of time. You're not only…
> your ability to Google something In my opinion, this actually is something that makes me valuable. It doesn't matter how well you can synthesize information if you can't find it in the first place. Having the ability to take a problem, figure out what you don't know, reprocess those parts into a format that Googles™ well, filter out the noise from the results, and only then synthesize the information gathered is ac…
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Doesn't work for me because my work internet blocked some Javascript that's necessary to fetch the post. I end up with a blank white screen. Apparently, other people are able to read it though.
Also: When used on a mobile device, it does something to detect whether the device is in airplane mode. It refuses to display the text of the article until it is.
So yes, if you've already ceded your right to not be inturupted by running apps like Twitter and Facebook in the background, then I can see the appeal of cord cutting.
Of course there also exists the possibility of at least trying to use these devices without ceding this autonomy in the first place, but that requires admitting just how little today's social media offerings will have to do with this approach.
And no, a smartphone is not the right place to do research anyway. In fact, neither is the WWW using off-the-shelf browsers, but it's the version of Hypertext we're stuck with for now.
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That would require it to be controlled, really. People recommend certain books because they're good. Word of mouth advertising. You can't just take word of mouth and automate it and productize it somehow. That kills its nature.
This is what I subtly questioned: How do you want to know if it's real word of mouth or growth hacking?
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I fly probably a 15-20 times a year and I've never been on a flight with wifi. I'm super curious what it's like though.
90% of the time it's like really bad coffee shop wifi unless you get a nice airline with ViaSat connections installed, then it's actually pretty good.
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> As the author points out, we've forgotten how to be bored. I find outdoor activity to be one of the best way to be 'bored'. You have to focus on what your body is doing, you're back in nature, you'll be getting exercise. Leave the podcast/spotify at home.
I advocate for taking time off to literally do nothing. No schedule. No purpose. No clocks. Just get up and operate based on the sun's movement and your own bodies needs. Be bored. Slow down time and fully disconnect from work. It's a hell of an experience.