John Cutler: TBM 255: The New Airbnb (Lenny's Podcast) w/Melissa Perri. You've probably already listened to (or are about to listen to) Lenny's Podcast with Brian Chesky. (2023-11-14-BrianCheskysNewPlaybook) (more)

a lean/agile approach to UX design; specifically a book by Josh Seiden and Jeff Gothelf, ISBN:1449311652

process of testing your product's usability with actual ideal customers

product management guru https://melissaperri.com/, author Escaping the Build Trap ISBN:978-1491973790

see BootStrapping (more)

kinda like a pattern language for an individual organization's web design (or other design) efforts - an attempt to let individual teams/designers work independently without getting an inconsistent mess. (more)

CascadingStyleSheets (more)

Joe Kraus: If You Don't Think You Need It, You Haven't Seen Greatness. One thing I can hear with some regularity from a small founding team is something like “we don’t think we need a marketing person” or “we’re not going to hire a product manager”. Those aren’t the only positions I hear that statement for. I hear it for PR, marketing, HR and sometimes BD. (more)

W Edwards Deming: I should estimate that in my experience most troubles and most possibilities for improvement add up to the proportions something like this: 94% belongs to the system (responsibility of management), 6% special (individual/blame/credit). (from Out of the Crisis) (more)

a W Edwards Deming experiment/demonstration of the Deming 94% (more)

un-remarkable, average, status quo, middle mind; mediocre, premium-mediocre, b-ark

Broke down and made some geek purchases on Amazon Prime Day: (more)

see Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (more)

Tool/process of tracking quantity/quality of Sleep. See my sleep logs

Improving Deep Sleep May Prevent Dementia, Study Finds. As little as 1 per cent reduction in deep sleep per year for people over 60 years of age translates into a 27 per cent increased risk of dementia, according to a Monash study which suggests that enhancing or maintaining deep sleep, also known as slow wave sleep, in older years could stave off dementia. (sleep tracking) (more)

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens.[2] It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.[2][11] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events.[1] As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioral issues.[2] As a person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society.[12] Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death.[13] Although the speed of progression can vary, the typical life expectancy following diagnosis is three to nine years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease

"inspiration" to try to make huge invention, attack Grand Challenge, Change the World, 10x, vs being "ordinary" (more)

David Cummings: The 10x Exercise for Entrepreneurs. Once an entrepreneur has gained some traction, product-market fit, and the beginnings of a repeatable customer acquisition process, one of my favorite exercises for them is the 10X scale. (more)

Jeff Jordon: Wonderschool. I’ve had a front row seat to a set of companies where new technologies have immediately created new streams of income for millions of people. These companies typically enable (what Airbnb founder Brian Chesky refers to as) “micro-entrepreneurs” (micropreneur): eBay, Airbnb, Instacart. (I think only eBay really qualifies) (more)

James Altucher episode 401 - Chip Conley: How To Find Your Calling At Age 50 (Or Older). Chip Conley. He’s the Head of Hospitality for Airbnb. Chip has a new book out called “Wisdom at Work.” (more)