I find that there are many ways to learn. I hope to provide some insight on the ways that I learn, share knowledge, and be a great community citizen to the web.
THIRST QUENCHERS - 2025-04-27
I collect these posts from various different sources throughout the week. They my be on a variety of topics and my raw notes about them are included. The vision for weekly shares is so that others can find value in one or more. Even if you don’t, check back next week for a different set. View all posts in Thirst Quenchers AI and normalizing good enough Author: Oren Eini I was just reading a transcript of a podcast that had a few transcription errors about 30 minutes before reading this post. For years, I have thought we are on a race to the bottom in terms of the quality expected from software and applications. It reminds me that I always need to be aware of my good enough bar.
MORNING INTERRUPTIONS
The whole day went what I term as “whack-a-doodle” when a system issue raged at 4am. The disruption rippled into many people’s day. Identification, triage, mitigation, resolution, after action. The residual affects may last for days.
WORLD BOOK DAY REFLECTIONS
We know that media consumes time. On average, people worldwide spend 143 minutes per day on media (social, tv, etc). That adds up to 52,195 minutes per year, or about 870 hours.
CONSISTENT
Something must be wrong with my RSS feed program. At least that is what I thought. It turns out that a blog that posts every weekday consistently was taking a vacation. He posted a note on the home page probably for people like me. Consistency creates a feeling of stability. We rely on the timing, efficacy, and strong associations of things that are consistent: The train schedule The calendar Maybe a paycheck Even an election We have an opportunity to build consistent patterns in our lives. Here are some thoughts around how some of my life repeatable patterns benefit others (results may vary):
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
My life is “under construction”. Hopefully, I am building on a foundation. Even that foundation should be built on the sediment layers of our past experiences. Each decade, year, or week might need a touchup or remodel. Hopefully, it doesn’t require a full teardown. We shape who we are by the way we construct each moment. At 8 was your vision to be an astronaut, a ballerina, the worlds greatest hip-hop artist? How about your 20 year old self or even the young age of 50? When you look back, do you see how the architecture has shifted or modified from the original?
POSITIVE
99% of my days are usually positive. However, I don’t consider myself a positive person. Sometimes I even consider myself a curmudgeon on the world’s stage. My mindset is fixated on the problem space so that they can be solved. Ok maybe only 95% of my day is positive. I like Positive over Negative When I am in an postive environment, time flies. I remember the good things, the memorable moments, and the joyous laughter longer than the snarky comment, frown, or funky attitude. People with positive attitudes are infectious, even the colors that they wear bring out joy.
THIRST QUENCHERS - 2025-04-21
Creative Hacks: Scott Berkun Author: Scott Berkun - Creative Mornings Seattle A Video that talks about Combinations, Constraints, Environments, and more that we can rethink to be more creative. This talk was from over 10 years ago, but is still relative today. I have known and followed Scott throughout many years. I am always a fan of his insights and was surprised that I didn’t see this before from Creative Mornings.
PRIORITY
We can’t get away from prioritization. My time to write this post is based upon my time prioritization, for instance. We prioritize based upon: Data - Prioritizing next steps based upon the data that we analyze Emotions - How we feel determines priority. Directed - This is out of our control. Companies that we work for for instance, establish priority that their employees work on. When we think about priority, let’s remember the following:
GOOD
Today is recognized around the world as Good Friday! Sometimes we may be confused by why something would be considered good. Is it good for us? Is it good for others? Even though I don’t see fruit yet, is the work good? When in Japan a few weeks ago, there was a lot of excitement for the cherry blossom. It has such beauty. And then it falls off the tree. Later it produces an amazing fruit. That is goodness at many different levels.
SIMPLE THINGS
In my mind, simplicity can be a very hard thing to achieve. Writing this post is a great example. I am thinking about all of the “pre-work or pre-thought” that I must do for the post to be successful. My problem is I didn’t determine success or have a grandiose idea of what that would look like. Seth Godin has been blogging for years. He has built knowledge and wisdom through short posts.