Recommendation: Bennett’s How to live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day 2022-08-15 A book from 1908 about personal productivity — and surprisingly good (and freely available).[show the article]
You Never Get Everyone, not even by Force 2022-08-14 Thinking about it, politicians do have it hard. They can never get everyone, because the way to get compliance from one group leads to reactance from the other group. Of course, that pity dissipates when realizing they should never be able to do so.[show the article]
Looking for harder to see far-reaching long-term changes 2022-08-14 Some things are really noticeable, they scream and demand attention. If we focus only on them, we miss the far-reaching long-term changes. An example using the changes during Covid.[show the article]
Process vs Results in (Dis-)Agreement with Decisions 2022-08-14 Can you live with a disagreeable result if you respect the process? How about an agreeable result but no respect for the process? And what is worse?[show the article]
Prelude to the Coming Winter — The Grasshopper and the Ant (both versions) 2022-08-14 The Grasshopper and the Ant fable is currently very relevant, although I wonder which version we will have.[show the article]
Attention Economy (presentation in German about Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie) 2022-08-08 Just a just-for-fun presentation about attention economy (using, among others, Newport, 2019's Digital Minimalism).[show the article]
Recommendation Digital Minimalism (Newport, 2019) 2022-08-05 Recently I went through Newport's «Digital Minimalism» and took some notes.[show the article]
A Workspace that works for you 2022-08-05 Good Tools are important, but the workspace matters at least as much.[show the article]