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diff --git a/all.xml b/all.xml index 6bdc14e67..ed80a3dc4 100644 --- a/all.xml +++ b/all.xml @@ -10,7 +10,137 @@ quarto-1.4.515 -Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:56:43 GMT +Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:19:05 GMT + + My Advice for New Career People + Bryan Whiting + https://www.bryanwhiting.com/posts/my-advice-for-new-career-people.html + I’ve worked for five companies in 9 years. The keys for me for job and life satisfaction are now pretty basic:

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This blog post will attempt to describe my thoughts on what makes for a fulfilling career. It’s a hard question. Maybe something in here is valuable as you search for your “ideal” career. # Likely useless career advice

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….I’ve been writing this for two hours and I’m not sure any of it makes sense. Skip to the “books to read” section if you get lost. At this point I’m too lazy to edit any of the below but don’t want to delete it. Sunk costs baby…

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Some say a job should help you 1) earn or 2) learn and if neither then leave. But that framework doesn’t work because you can learn anything anywhere. If you’re not learning things you enjoy learning about, that’s moot.

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Also, knowledge is accretive. As I look back on jobs I didn’t love, I still learned things. I wasn’t a fan of the type of consulting I was doing 10 years ago, but I’ve now started a consulting firm and having had that experience is helpful. So it’s all kind of gray. I didn’t like pulling weeds as a kid but I’m now pulling weeds as a homeowner so yea, I’m glad I know how to do that.

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what is life anyway?

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Per Guide to Decision Making, “resulting” may apply if you say you made a good decision because you enjoyed a job. By the same token you made a bad decision because you didn’t enjoy the job.

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The reality is that “all or nothing thinking” is more of a cognitive bias, per The Coddling of the American Mind and The Worry Cure. And so, you’re going to learn things as long as you’re remotely interested in learning things. Whether they satisfy your Working Genius is another matter.

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Can you land your dream job? Or is it a myth? 30-40% of first time marriages end in divorce. And not all of the remaining 70-60% are blissfully happy either. But many of those 70% ARE blissfully happy. Or they will be. Or they were and they will be again maybe or something…

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Marriage and work are similar: they’re a type of relationship. # Professional and Life happiness

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Happiness to me comes in two forms: doing the best I can with the circumstances I have (the cards I’ve been dealt) and choosing environments that are healthy (the game that gives me the cards).

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This is life. Some games are fun to me. Others less fun by definition. But any game may be better than no game. Unless the game involves a high risk of me breaking my spine. Nuance.

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Point is: it takes a long while to find what environments you thrive in. Any company can offer just one or potentially many environments depending on their size or the role.

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So if you don’t know what you’re interested in, you must explore. You try.

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Experiment Your Way to a Happy Career

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You can “try” by doing it yourself. Do you want to be a teacher? Go try to volunteer teaching. Do you want to be a coder? Spend 20 hours trying to build an app. Do you want to be a doctor? Volunteer with doctors.

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So you can lower the risk of not liking a job by trying to do it without actually having to get the job.

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You can get a pretty good sense by doing little projects similar to what the real work is going to be. Don’t be dictated because you don’t yet have the role.

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Don’t Not Try Something Because of a Dumb Reason

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And that’s kind of the great myth: the myth of titles and credentials. That you need to be experienced at something to be able to do that thing.

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I once spent a single week shadowing dentists in an open room in Honduras. I was a Spanish translator for these American dentists that came through. I felt pretty confident by the end that I could probably do one of the fillings just because it really wasn’t that complicated. And the dentists told me so. Once you look at 100 cavities in a mouth it’s not hard to spot them. This was the easiest way to de-myth this job: watching and observing.

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It was actually really boring. Once you’ve seen 100 cavities you’ve seen them all I think. Glad I figured that out quickly! But I know there’s someone out there that disagrees with me and I’m glad they’ll be drilling my teeth and not me.

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90% of most people jobs could be taught via apprenticeship, like the good old days. Today’s world of credentials makes people think they’re incapable of doing a pretty simple task: putting a drill into someone’s tooth. But before you invest 8 years of your life in dental school, why not go be a dental hygienist for 1 year? Instead of doing a coding bootcamp, why not just code in your basement for a month after hours? This is the way to find what you like.

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Whether you enjoy doing that thing that created value for people can only be discovered by doing it. # People Hire you Because you offer a service or value. Period.

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Your real job is to create value for people. It’s not a title. It’s not a credential. It’s not mandated or necessary in society. And if you were born 100 years before today or 100 years after the job may not exist. So think about opportunities in this way.

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A healthier way to thinking about corporate life is: what creates value? Is there a reasonable exchange of goods for my offering?

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I’m capable of many offerings. But they’re hiring for one offering. That’s life.

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If I were selling apricots, and someone was offering me peanuts, would I exchange my apricots for their peanuts? Well, if we were the only two people sure.

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But maybe I feel like I can get some avocados for my apricots. So can I find an avocado dealer? Do they even like apricots? Do they already have enough apricots? And if yes to all the above, are they even in the mood to exchange for apricots today? Lastly, do they like me?

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Getting a job is more of a negotiation than anything. And everything in work is a negotiation. Read Never Split the Difference and that becomes quite apparent. It’s nothing fancy. It’s not a title. It’s not a degree. It’s just doing little activities.

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And after you’ve 1000 similar activities you’re soon labeled a data scientist or a farmer. And if you circled the right boxes on an exam and got a piece of paper you’re now a doctor/dentist. But the paper or the title don’t make you good at that thing. My point: create value, not titles.

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In Sum

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So yes. I’ve gone on a rant here. But hey this is my blog. I’m trying to talk about the deeper issues at how to choose a profession or a company within that profession. I’m trying to break away from the titles and credentials that blind our thinking away from the more important questions of “what activities bring me joy” and “how will I know if?” And “will someone pay me for doing this activity?” And “how do I find an environment of people that will enable me to do valuable activities and make it a pleasant place to work?” (PS, don’t work for Elon Musk…unless you enjoy is working style.)

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Long story short: make sure the company hiring you actually needs your skills to run their business. Strive to find better opportunities by putting yourself out there and trying new things. And find people you like working with. All the rest is just a bonus.

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The most dangerous thing is to get all those good things on your first job because then you try to self actualize per Maslov’s hierarchy of needs. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?” (Lyrics) So if you get a “bad” job just know it’s part of the process and one day 10 years from now you’ll probably be grateful you had that job anyway.

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If I didn’t actually answer your questions that’s because some questions are a perennial debate. Some popular people hate the idea of work-life balance, some embrace it. Go figure. And keep searching to find someone who sees work and career the same way you do, because there are millions of jobs in the work. Hundreds of millions. # Books to read

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It helps to get perspective when choosing where you want to work.

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Practical Questions

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Things I’d think about in your shoes:

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Sometimes job searching is helped by thinking by contrast:

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As you’re interviewing:

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Questions to potentially ask your hiring manager:

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Questions to ask your peers you’re interviewing with:

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Reading Heal Your Nervous System has been interesting as I’ve learned about additional senses beyond the five we commonly know. Certainly, meditating has had experiences for me that have been floaty feelings or what not.

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I’m grateful I’ve had these experiences and know what they are.

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    This blog post will attempt to describe my thoughts on what makes for a fulfilling career. It’s a hard question. Maybe something in here is valuable as you search for your “ideal” career. # Likely useless career advice

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    ….I’ve been writing this for two hours and I’m not sure any of it makes sense. Skip to the “books to read” section if you get lost. At this point I’m too lazy to edit any of the below but don’t want to delete it. Sunk costs baby…

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    Some say a job should help you 1) earn or 2) learn and if neither then leave. But that framework doesn’t work because you can learn anything anywhere. If you’re not learning things you enjoy learning about, that’s moot.

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    Also, knowledge is accretive. As I look back on jobs I didn’t love, I still learned things. I wasn’t a fan of the type of consulting I was doing 10 years ago, but I’ve now started a consulting firm and having had that experience is helpful. So it’s all kind of gray. I didn’t like pulling weeds as a kid but I’m now pulling weeds as a homeowner so yea, I’m glad I know how to do that.

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    what is life anyway?

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    Per Guide to Decision Making, “resulting” may apply if you say you made a good decision because you enjoyed a job. By the same token you made a bad decision because you didn’t enjoy the job.

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    The reality is that “all or nothing thinking” is more of a cognitive bias, per The Coddling of the American Mind and The Worry Cure. And so, you’re going to learn things as long as you’re remotely interested in learning things. Whether they satisfy your Working Genius is another matter.

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    Can you land your dream job? Or is it a myth? 30-40% of first time marriages end in divorce. And not all of the remaining 70-60% are blissfully happy either. But many of those 70% ARE blissfully happy. Or they will be. Or they were and they will be again maybe or something…

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    Marriage and work are similar: they’re a type of relationship. # Professional and Life happiness

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    Happiness to me comes in two forms: doing the best I can with the circumstances I have (the cards I’ve been dealt) and choosing environments that are healthy (the game that gives me the cards).

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    This is life. Some games are fun to me. Others less fun by definition. But any game may be better than no game. Unless the game involves a high risk of me breaking my spine. Nuance.

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    Point is: it takes a long while to find what environments you thrive in. Any company can offer just one or potentially many environments depending on their size or the role.

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    So if you don’t know what you’re interested in, you must explore. You try.

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    Experiment Your Way to a Happy Career

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    You can “try” by doing it yourself. Do you want to be a teacher? Go try to volunteer teaching. Do you want to be a coder? Spend 20 hours trying to build an app. Do you want to be a doctor? Volunteer with doctors.

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    So you can lower the risk of not liking a job by trying to do it without actually having to get the job.

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    You can get a pretty good sense by doing little projects similar to what the real work is going to be. Don’t be dictated because you don’t yet have the role.

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    And that’s kind of the great myth: the myth of titles and credentials. That you need to be experienced at something to be able to do that thing.

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    I once spent a single week shadowing dentists in an open room in Honduras. I was a Spanish translator for these American dentists that came through. I felt pretty confident by the end that I could probably do one of the fillings just because it really wasn’t that complicated. And the dentists told me so. Once you look at 100 cavities in a mouth it’s not hard to spot them. This was the easiest way to de-myth this job: watching and observing.

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    It was actually really boring. Once you’ve seen 100 cavities you’ve seen them all I think. Glad I figured that out quickly! But I know there’s someone out there that disagrees with me and I’m glad they’ll be drilling my teeth and not me.

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    90% of most people jobs could be taught via apprenticeship, like the good old days. Today’s world of credentials makes people think they’re incapable of doing a pretty simple task: putting a drill into someone’s tooth. But before you invest 8 years of your life in dental school, why not go be a dental hygienist for 1 year? Instead of doing a coding bootcamp, why not just code in your basement for a month after hours? This is the way to find what you like.

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    Whether you enjoy doing that thing that created value for people can only be discovered by doing it. # People Hire you Because you offer a service or value. Period.

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    Your real job is to create value for people. It’s not a title. It’s not a credential. It’s not mandated or necessary in society. And if you were born 100 years before today or 100 years after the job may not exist. So think about opportunities in this way.

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    A healthier way to thinking about corporate life is: what creates value? Is there a reasonable exchange of goods for my offering?

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    I’m capable of many offerings. But they’re hiring for one offering. That’s life.

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    If I were selling apricots, and someone was offering me peanuts, would I exchange my apricots for their peanuts? Well, if we were the only two people sure.

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    But maybe I feel like I can get some avocados for my apricots. So can I find an avocado dealer? Do they even like apricots? Do they already have enough apricots? And if yes to all the above, are they even in the mood to exchange for apricots today? Lastly, do they like me?

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    Getting a job is more of a negotiation than anything. And everything in work is a negotiation. Read Never Split the Difference and that becomes quite apparent. It’s nothing fancy. It’s not a title. It’s not a degree. It’s just doing little activities.

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    And after you’ve 1000 similar activities you’re soon labeled a data scientist or a farmer. And if you circled the right boxes on an exam and got a piece of paper you’re now a doctor/dentist. But the paper or the title don’t make you good at that thing. My point: create value, not titles.

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    In Sum

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    So yes. I’ve gone on a rant here. But hey this is my blog. I’m trying to talk about the deeper issues at how to choose a profession or a company within that profession. I’m trying to break away from the titles and credentials that blind our thinking away from the more important questions of “what activities bring me joy” and “how will I know if?” And “will someone pay me for doing this activity?” And “how do I find an environment of people that will enable me to do valuable activities and make it a pleasant place to work?” (PS, don’t work for Elon Musk…unless you enjoy is working style.)

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    Long story short: make sure the company hiring you actually needs your skills to run their business. Strive to find better opportunities by putting yourself out there and trying new things. And find people you like working with. All the rest is just a bonus.

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    The most dangerous thing is to get all those good things on your first job because then you try to self actualize per Maslov’s hierarchy of needs. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?” (Lyrics) So if you get a “bad” job just know it’s part of the process and one day 10 years from now you’ll probably be grateful you had that job anyway.

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    If I didn’t actually answer your questions that’s because some questions are a perennial debate. Some popular people hate the idea of work-life balance, some embrace it. Go figure. And keep searching to find someone who sees work and career the same way you do, because there are millions of jobs in the work. Hundreds of millions. # Books to read

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    Things I’d think about in your shoes:

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    diff --git a/posts.xml b/posts.xml index 51119b7e3..d9f92bd21 100644 --- a/posts.xml +++ b/posts.xml @@ -10,7 +10,137 @@ quarto-1.4.515 -Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:54:28 GMT +Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:19:05 GMT + + My Advice for New Career People + Bryan Whiting + https://www.bryanwhiting.com/posts/my-advice-for-new-career-people.html + I’ve worked for five companies in 9 years. The keys for me for job and life satisfaction are now pretty basic:

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    • Is the work continuously interesting? Will I develop skills that are likely to bring interesting opportunities in the future?
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    This blog post will attempt to describe my thoughts on what makes for a fulfilling career. It’s a hard question. Maybe something in here is valuable as you search for your “ideal” career. # Likely useless career advice

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    ….I’ve been writing this for two hours and I’m not sure any of it makes sense. Skip to the “books to read” section if you get lost. At this point I’m too lazy to edit any of the below but don’t want to delete it. Sunk costs baby…

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    Some say a job should help you 1) earn or 2) learn and if neither then leave. But that framework doesn’t work because you can learn anything anywhere. If you’re not learning things you enjoy learning about, that’s moot.

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    Also, knowledge is accretive. As I look back on jobs I didn’t love, I still learned things. I wasn’t a fan of the type of consulting I was doing 10 years ago, but I’ve now started a consulting firm and having had that experience is helpful. So it’s all kind of gray. I didn’t like pulling weeds as a kid but I’m now pulling weeds as a homeowner so yea, I’m glad I know how to do that.

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    what is life anyway?

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    Per Guide to Decision Making, “resulting” may apply if you say you made a good decision because you enjoyed a job. By the same token you made a bad decision because you didn’t enjoy the job.

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    The reality is that “all or nothing thinking” is more of a cognitive bias, per The Coddling of the American Mind and The Worry Cure. And so, you’re going to learn things as long as you’re remotely interested in learning things. Whether they satisfy your Working Genius is another matter.

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    Can you land your dream job? Or is it a myth? 30-40% of first time marriages end in divorce. And not all of the remaining 70-60% are blissfully happy either. But many of those 70% ARE blissfully happy. Or they will be. Or they were and they will be again maybe or something…

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    Marriage and work are similar: they’re a type of relationship. # Professional and Life happiness

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    Happiness to me comes in two forms: doing the best I can with the circumstances I have (the cards I’ve been dealt) and choosing environments that are healthy (the game that gives me the cards).

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    This is life. Some games are fun to me. Others less fun by definition. But any game may be better than no game. Unless the game involves a high risk of me breaking my spine. Nuance.

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    Point is: it takes a long while to find what environments you thrive in. Any company can offer just one or potentially many environments depending on their size or the role.

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    So if you don’t know what you’re interested in, you must explore. You try.

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    Experiment Your Way to a Happy Career

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    You can “try” by doing it yourself. Do you want to be a teacher? Go try to volunteer teaching. Do you want to be a coder? Spend 20 hours trying to build an app. Do you want to be a doctor? Volunteer with doctors.

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    So you can lower the risk of not liking a job by trying to do it without actually having to get the job.

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    You can get a pretty good sense by doing little projects similar to what the real work is going to be. Don’t be dictated because you don’t yet have the role.

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    Don’t Not Try Something Because of a Dumb Reason

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    And that’s kind of the great myth: the myth of titles and credentials. That you need to be experienced at something to be able to do that thing.

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    I once spent a single week shadowing dentists in an open room in Honduras. I was a Spanish translator for these American dentists that came through. I felt pretty confident by the end that I could probably do one of the fillings just because it really wasn’t that complicated. And the dentists told me so. Once you look at 100 cavities in a mouth it’s not hard to spot them. This was the easiest way to de-myth this job: watching and observing.

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    It was actually really boring. Once you’ve seen 100 cavities you’ve seen them all I think. Glad I figured that out quickly! But I know there’s someone out there that disagrees with me and I’m glad they’ll be drilling my teeth and not me.

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    90% of most people jobs could be taught via apprenticeship, like the good old days. Today’s world of credentials makes people think they’re incapable of doing a pretty simple task: putting a drill into someone’s tooth. But before you invest 8 years of your life in dental school, why not go be a dental hygienist for 1 year? Instead of doing a coding bootcamp, why not just code in your basement for a month after hours? This is the way to find what you like.

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    Whether you enjoy doing that thing that created value for people can only be discovered by doing it. # People Hire you Because you offer a service or value. Period.

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    Your real job is to create value for people. It’s not a title. It’s not a credential. It’s not mandated or necessary in society. And if you were born 100 years before today or 100 years after the job may not exist. So think about opportunities in this way.

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    A healthier way to thinking about corporate life is: what creates value? Is there a reasonable exchange of goods for my offering?

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    I’m capable of many offerings. But they’re hiring for one offering. That’s life.

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    If I were selling apricots, and someone was offering me peanuts, would I exchange my apricots for their peanuts? Well, if we were the only two people sure.

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    But maybe I feel like I can get some avocados for my apricots. So can I find an avocado dealer? Do they even like apricots? Do they already have enough apricots? And if yes to all the above, are they even in the mood to exchange for apricots today? Lastly, do they like me?

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    Work is just an exchange of goods
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    Getting a job is more of a negotiation than anything. And everything in work is a negotiation. Read Never Split the Difference and that becomes quite apparent. It’s nothing fancy. It’s not a title. It’s not a degree. It’s just doing little activities.

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    And after you’ve 1000 similar activities you’re soon labeled a data scientist or a farmer. And if you circled the right boxes on an exam and got a piece of paper you’re now a doctor/dentist. But the paper or the title don’t make you good at that thing. My point: create value, not titles.

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    In Sum

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    So yes. I’ve gone on a rant here. But hey this is my blog. I’m trying to talk about the deeper issues at how to choose a profession or a company within that profession. I’m trying to break away from the titles and credentials that blind our thinking away from the more important questions of “what activities bring me joy” and “how will I know if?” And “will someone pay me for doing this activity?” And “how do I find an environment of people that will enable me to do valuable activities and make it a pleasant place to work?” (PS, don’t work for Elon Musk…unless you enjoy is working style.)

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    If I didn’t actually answer your questions that’s because some questions are a perennial debate. Some popular people hate the idea of work-life balance, some embrace it. Go figure. And keep searching to find someone who sees work and career the same way you do, because there are millions of jobs in the work. Hundreds of millions. # Books to read

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    Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:

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    I’ve worked for five companies in 9 years. The keys for me for job and life satisfaction are now pretty basic:

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    This blog post will attempt to describe my thoughts on what makes for a fulfilling career. It’s a hard question. Maybe something in here is valuable as you search for your “ideal” career. # Likely useless career advice

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    ….I’ve been writing this for two hours and I’m not sure any of it makes sense. Skip to the “books to read” section if you get lost. At this point I’m too lazy to edit any of the below but don’t want to delete it. Sunk costs baby…

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    Some say a job should help you 1) earn or 2) learn and if neither then leave. But that framework doesn’t work because you can learn anything anywhere. If you’re not learning things you enjoy learning about, that’s moot.

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    Also, knowledge is accretive. As I look back on jobs I didn’t love, I still learned things. I wasn’t a fan of the type of consulting I was doing 10 years ago, but I’ve now started a consulting firm and having had that experience is helpful. So it’s all kind of gray. I didn’t like pulling weeds as a kid but I’m now pulling weeds as a homeowner so yea, I’m glad I know how to do that.

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    what is life anyway?

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    Per Guide to Decision Making, “resulting” may apply if you say you made a good decision because you enjoyed a job. By the same token you made a bad decision because you didn’t enjoy the job.

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    The reality is that “all or nothing thinking” is more of a cognitive bias, per The Coddling of the American Mind and The Worry Cure. And so, you’re going to learn things as long as you’re remotely interested in learning things. Whether they satisfy your Working Genius is another matter.

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    Can you land your dream job? Or is it a myth? 30-40% of first time marriages end in divorce. And not all of the remaining 70-60% are blissfully happy either. But many of those 70% ARE blissfully happy. Or they will be. Or they were and they will be again maybe or something…

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    Marriage and work are similar: they’re a type of relationship. # Professional and Life happiness

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    Happiness to me comes in two forms: doing the best I can with the circumstances I have (the cards I’ve been dealt) and choosing environments that are healthy (the game that gives me the cards).

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    This is life. Some games are fun to me. Others less fun by definition. But any game may be better than no game. Unless the game involves a high risk of me breaking my spine. Nuance.

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    Point is: it takes a long while to find what environments you thrive in. Any company can offer just one or potentially many environments depending on their size or the role.

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    So if you don’t know what you’re interested in, you must explore. You try.

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    Experiment Your Way to a Happy Career

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    You can “try” by doing it yourself. Do you want to be a teacher? Go try to volunteer teaching. Do you want to be a coder? Spend 20 hours trying to build an app. Do you want to be a doctor? Volunteer with doctors.

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    So you can lower the risk of not liking a job by trying to do it without actually having to get the job.

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    You can get a pretty good sense by doing little projects similar to what the real work is going to be. Don’t be dictated because you don’t yet have the role.

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    And that’s kind of the great myth: the myth of titles and credentials. That you need to be experienced at something to be able to do that thing.

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    I once spent a single week shadowing dentists in an open room in Honduras. I was a Spanish translator for these American dentists that came through. I felt pretty confident by the end that I could probably do one of the fillings just because it really wasn’t that complicated. And the dentists told me so. Once you look at 100 cavities in a mouth it’s not hard to spot them. This was the easiest way to de-myth this job: watching and observing.

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    It was actually really boring. Once you’ve seen 100 cavities you’ve seen them all I think. Glad I figured that out quickly! But I know there’s someone out there that disagrees with me and I’m glad they’ll be drilling my teeth and not me.

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    90% of most people jobs could be taught via apprenticeship, like the good old days. Today’s world of credentials makes people think they’re incapable of doing a pretty simple task: putting a drill into someone’s tooth. But before you invest 8 years of your life in dental school, why not go be a dental hygienist for 1 year? Instead of doing a coding bootcamp, why not just code in your basement for a month after hours? This is the way to find what you like.

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    Whether you enjoy doing that thing that created value for people can only be discovered by doing it. # People Hire you Because you offer a service or value. Period.

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    Your real job is to create value for people. It’s not a title. It’s not a credential. It’s not mandated or necessary in society. And if you were born 100 years before today or 100 years after the job may not exist. So think about opportunities in this way.

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    A healthier way to thinking about corporate life is: what creates value? Is there a reasonable exchange of goods for my offering?

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    I’m capable of many offerings. But they’re hiring for one offering. That’s life.

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    If I were selling apricots, and someone was offering me peanuts, would I exchange my apricots for their peanuts? Well, if we were the only two people sure.

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    But maybe I feel like I can get some avocados for my apricots. So can I find an avocado dealer? Do they even like apricots? Do they already have enough apricots? And if yes to all the above, are they even in the mood to exchange for apricots today? Lastly, do they like me?

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    Getting a job is more of a negotiation than anything. And everything in work is a negotiation. Read Never Split the Difference and that becomes quite apparent. It’s nothing fancy. It’s not a title. It’s not a degree. It’s just doing little activities.

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    And after you’ve 1000 similar activities you’re soon labeled a data scientist or a farmer. And if you circled the right boxes on an exam and got a piece of paper you’re now a doctor/dentist. But the paper or the title don’t make you good at that thing. My point: create value, not titles.

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    So yes. I’ve gone on a rant here. But hey this is my blog. I’m trying to talk about the deeper issues at how to choose a profession or a company within that profession. I’m trying to break away from the titles and credentials that blind our thinking away from the more important questions of “what activities bring me joy” and “how will I know if?” And “will someone pay me for doing this activity?” And “how do I find an environment of people that will enable me to do valuable activities and make it a pleasant place to work?” (PS, don’t work for Elon Musk…unless you enjoy is working style.)

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    Long story short: make sure the company hiring you actually needs your skills to run their business. Strive to find better opportunities by putting yourself out there and trying new things. And find people you like working with. All the rest is just a bonus.

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    The most dangerous thing is to get all those good things on your first job because then you try to self actualize per Maslov’s hierarchy of needs. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?” (Lyrics) So if you get a “bad” job just know it’s part of the process and one day 10 years from now you’ll probably be grateful you had that job anyway.

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    If I didn’t actually answer your questions that’s because some questions are a perennial debate. Some popular people hate the idea of work-life balance, some embrace it. Go figure. And keep searching to find someone who sees work and career the same way you do, because there are millions of jobs in the work. Hundreds of millions. # Books to read

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    It helps to get perspective when choosing where you want to work.

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    Practical Questions

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    Things I’d think about in your shoes:

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    • do I have an ideal salary? What’s realistic? (Levels.fyi, don’t over or undersell yourself. Figure out market rates and if your job will support your desired lifestyle in a location)
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    • what’s the entry level job that gets me some experience 50% in the right direction that I’m interested in?
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    Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:

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A friend of mine that has three kids didn’t know this was a thing until he saw me do it. It’s a thing. Do it! Your forearm will thank you.\n\n\n\nToddler Time\nDown the road, these products have hit home runs for me.\n\nMunchkin Miracle 360 Trainer Cup. Every time I put this cup together I consider applying to Munchkin for a job to be their sales rep. This company has very clever designs on their products and this one just crushes it for me. Acts like a normal cup. Performs like a sippy. (I’ll admit I’ve taken a few swigs out of this just to understand how it works!)\nContigo Spill-Proof Kids Tumbler. I think we have 80 water bottles in a junk drawer somewhere. Cheap ones. Expensive ones. They all end up scattered in pieces like the zebra herd before the lion that is your innocent child. This cup is no exception: I’ve lost a straw on one already. But! If you want a water bottle you’ll have the problem of spare parts. (Uhh, this isn’t a recommendation so far…) So why this cup? 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Break time. The book explains the method. YouTube is probably a friend here too.\n\n\n\nFinal word\nFatherhood has pushed my limits in all the ways. But I thank God every day I’m a dad. I do a nightly gratitude journal of my favorite moments of the day. If I’m paying attention during the day, at night it’s always my kids that have brought me the happiest moments and greatest joys of the day.\nJust remember: the clothes/products/trips are like the tools used to construct a fine painting. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what tools you use. Nobody cares and neither will you. It’s the output that matters most. 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Half the time it felt arbitrary.\nOnly later did I learn that one of the most famous investment company, Bridgewater Capital, does this very thing. It’s not for everybody, nor do I do it, but I think it’s a good idea 😄. # proposal\nMake a spreadsheet for your decisions.\n\nWhat to decide\nDescription\nDecision: what you chose\nRationale: why you chose it\nFacts: supporting facts\nEmotional Reasoning: how you “felt” about it.\n\nDo this for all decisions: even the “hold” decisions (maintain status quo). Because decision to not change course is a decision in and of itself.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I listened to an interview with Imagine Dragons. The lead singer talked about how he writes several songs per day.\nNo wonder he’s so successful. Repetitions breeds opportunity.\nThis has two affects on the brain. 1) lowers the pressure of individual songs. Don’t need to knock it of the park. 2) you get better at writing that much faster.\nI heard once about a photography that let one half of the students only take 5 photos in a semester. The other half had to take 100. Which group had the better photos?\n\nYou miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky Michael Scott\n\n\n\n\nMore shots is more opportunities for a goal. Worry about good shots later.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/the-little-red-hen.html", - "href": "posts/the-little-red-hen.html", - "title": "The Little Red Hen", + "objectID": "posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.html", + "href": "posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.html", + "title": "Downstream Impact", "section": "", - "text": "TL;DR: Be the hen. Do work!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The Little Red Hen” is a classic folk tale that tells the story of a hardworking red hen who finds wheat seeds and decides to plant them. Throughout the story, she asks other farm animals for help with various tasks—planting the wheat, harvesting it, milling the flour, and baking the bread. Each time, the animals refuse to help. However, once the bread is baked and the hen asks who will help her eat it, all the animals eagerly volunteer. She declines their offers, choosing to eat the bread with her chicks, who assisted her in the work.\nSo, too, do startups everywhere struggle to get funding. 100 rejections, etc.\nAnd great products don’t get attention until there’s social proof. Many e-commerce companies understand this - sales take off as more people buy, which gets more reviews, which gets more trust - even if the product didn’t change much between first sale to the last.\nThe only difference between startups and the red hen is she perhaps had a recipe. She didn’t have to wonder, “is baking bread possible? Will the recipe be delicious?”\nIt takes a founder’s belief to see what isn’t yet so and build it anyway. Be the founder. Be the hen. Dream big. Go bake some bread even if nobody’s watching.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Every pea is unique. But it’s still a pea.\n\n\nOnline experiments are powerful tools to see the causal impact of a business strategy. Tweak something, see what users do.\nThe limitations of online experiments is that once you manipulate your user experience there’s no going back. Users are forever impacted by your choice.\nIf you give out a credit card with $100, $300, and $500 lines, people are going to spend more on the $500 line. They might also default more because they’re less able to pay back $500 than they are $100. As a result, you may lose these $500 users forever and might impact other aspects of their life, not to mention impact the marketing department’s strategy.\nA group of users is like a single living organism, if you treat it like that. If you only measure one metric (conversion rate) on the entire massive audience, then you’ll optimize for the “average” user.\nBut nobody is average. We are all distinct. We fall into categories, sure. But to really optimize the whole business we need to optimize for pockets of users. Or, we just need to set up a system that’s personalized.\nTakeaway? Personalize your experiments where possible. Consider the ethical and downstream impacts of the experiment.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.html", - "href": "posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.html", - "title": "AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans", + "objectID": "posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.html", + "href": "posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.html", + "title": "Become a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks", "section": "", - "text": "With a proper objective function, machines can do really hard, isolated tasks\n\n\n\n\nthey can walk\nthey can solve complex physical challenges\nthey can play the toughest strategic games on earth and win (AlphaGo 2017, AlphaStar 2019)\nbut can they determine the objective function by themselves?\n\n\n\n\nReinforcement Learning\nGreat article written at Techradar going over the advances in reinforcement learning that allow a robot to finish labyrinth faster than humans. The video does the feat even more justice:\n\nThis stands out to me in a few ways, principally that they crippled the machine to not take shortcuts. It still won.\nReminds me first of AlphaGo:\n\nWhich reminds me of AlphaStar. Here’s a video with commentary on AlphaStar’s performance:\n\nThe thing I connect this video (or some other I watched) with labyrinth is that AlphaStar devised brand new strategies. Players against AlphaStar remarked how they felt like it was indeed being creative. Likewise, Cyberrunner (labyrinth) found shortcuts.\nAll of this points to reinforcement learning as a viable solution to getting stuff done both in the digital and physical worlds. Take, for example, how RL is used to teach a robot how to walk.\n\n\n\nAn AI robot learning to play StarCraft for the first time…\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s the objective?\nThe goal for Super AI will be to figure out what the objective is. If we can marry digital and physical worlds, teaching the systems how to solve objective functions, the possibilities become…super/human.\nThe unique thing about a human, it seems, is that we have our objective function hardwired into us: survive. First this is “food/shelter”. Next it’s social survival.\nHow do humans figure out objective functions so fast? A human looking at labyrinth will know what to do within a second. Does it have interest/patience to sit there and learn it? Does GPT 4Vision have the ability to figure out these objective functions?\nWe learn by objective functions. Minimize wrong answers on a test. Minimize missed baskets on the basketball court. Minimize rejections in a sales funnel. Maximize great conversation and connection at a dinner party.\nHumans learn very quickly. For now, robots are being isolated to specific tasks and their results are impressive. But perhaps to become our overlords all they need is the one objective function to rule them all. Er, uhm, and by “them” I of course don’t mean “us”…\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "How do you get a job in data science if you currently aren’t a data scientist?\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/the-compounding-interest-of-reading.html", - "href": "posts/the-compounding-interest-of-reading.html", - "title": "The Compounding Interest of Reading", - "section": "", - "text": "I’m on my way to get 52 books read this year. I think I can do it.\nBut it’s not to finish 52 books. It’s to read two hours of fifty two books. Why?\nBecause of compounding interest. One book doesn’t level you up. But multiple books over time will affect you for a long while to come.\nIf you improve just 1% each day for 365 days, and that improvement compounds, then you’ll have improved 37x over a year. (invest $100 and gain 1% each day and reinvest that money is $137 by the end of the year).\nSo don’t worry what any one book gives you. Just keep investing. A few will pay off big, and the many “wasted” will have little downside.\n\n\n\nImage: compound interest and reading a book\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.html#ab-testing-and-kpi-optimization-for-online-companies-applies-to-offline-too", + "href": "posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.html#ab-testing-and-kpi-optimization-for-online-companies-applies-to-offline-too", + "title": "Become a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks", + "section": "A/B Testing and KPI Optimization for Online Companies (applies to offline too)", + "text": "A/B Testing and KPI Optimization for Online Companies (applies to offline too)\n\nAll big internet companies use A/B testing, or split testing, to make decisions about how to improve their product. If you’re interested in software, or understanding how all modern websites and software are improved, you need to understand A/B testing.\n\nIf You’ve taken stat 101, this is where the “t.test” gets used to literally make Big Tech billions of dollars. I’m not kidding. It’s simple, but it’s powerful.\n\nIt’s All A/Bout Testing: The Netflix Experimentation Platform | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog\nA seven part series by Netflix: Netflix: A Culture of Learning. Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng… | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog I put here the seventh post because it likes to parts 1-6 in the intro. This part 7 is probably the best to start with because it explains the context behind A/B testing.\nExperiment Guide – Accelerate innovation using trustworthy online controlled experiments This book tells you how Microsoft, Amazon, and Google use online experimentation to make billions of dollars. It’s written by the people who invented online experimentation and who are top data scientists at those companies.\nSequential A/B Testing Keeps the World Streaming NetflixPart 1: Continuous Data | by Netflix Technology Blog | Feb, 2024 | Netflix TechBlog" }, { - "objectID": "posts/flip-a-coin.html", - "href": "posts/flip-a-coin.html", - "title": "Flipping the coins of life", + "objectID": "posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.html", + "href": "posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.html", + "title": "Mark Cuban Mogul Support", "section": "", - "text": "Assume you flip a coin 5 times and get heads 5 times. You’re going pretty well!\nBut are you?\nA normal coin has 50% chance of heads. Chances of 5 heads in a row is ~3/100. It’s not nothing. But over time this will average to 50%, if you flip 10000 times.\nDecisions are rarely black and whites despite how we choice to say “that was a bad decision”. The outcome doesn’t determine the quality of the decision.\nYou chose to flip a coin, and not roll a dice. You didn’t roll a 32 sided die either.\nFocus on choice that maximize probability. This is the decision.\n\nhow-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices\ndecisions-are-rivers\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Great video, I’ve always loved mark cuban:\n\n\nread, be curious, adapt, sell.\nGet a sales job. → if money is coming in, you can do anything. There is no company without sales\nUse the simpler word. No cohort. Just “group”.\n\n\n\n\nMark!\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/30-seconds-for-payment.html", - "href": "posts/30-seconds-for-payment.html", - "title": "30 Seconds is All You Get", + "objectID": "posts/2023-12-21-github-copilot-levels-up/index.html", + "href": "posts/2023-12-21-github-copilot-levels-up/index.html", + "title": "GitHub copilot levels up", "section": "", - "text": "Apple iTunes changed the music industry forever with one simple decision: the preview of a song should be 30 seconds long.\nThis little change dramatically altered how music sounds today. I’ve recently listened to some bangers that were only 90 seconds long. They left me hanging.\n\n\n\nEnjoy the music while it lasts\n\n\nWhy was my song so short? Because nobody gets paid after 30 seconds.\n\nApple’s decision made artists want to have more interesting 30 seconds in the iTunes Store\nThat evolved into: an artist doesn’t get paid if you don’t listen at least 30 seconds. And they don’t get paid any more if you listen 31 or 900 seconds. In fact, they get paid more if you listen to two songs, 30s a piece.\n\nSpotify, Amazon, YouTube, Apple, etc all pay based on views. They each define views their own way, but they need to negotiate with the labels who already decided to agree to Apple’s 30s schemes in the early 2000’s. They may have different payment schemes, but some have a scheme of “take all revenue, distribute it according to the artist’s share of views.” So if I pay $10/mo for Spotify and don’t use it, my money goes to someone I didn’t listen to.\nSo how do small artists compete? They’ve got to build their following. Proportionally, the major artists (rather, their labels) soak up all the streaming royalties.\nWhat would be more fair is if my $10 went to the artists I actually listened to, as if I bought their music.\nWhy does any of this matter? Algorithms. Optimization. Monetization.\nIncentives drive outcomes. How we designed our music payment incentives altered music forever (try to be super catchy for 30s). Now, with AI, music can be created much faster which will dilute the pool.\nIn the end, one simple decision changed billions of lives. 30s? That’s all you need to get paid.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "TL;DR:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncan debug failed terminal errors\nshows git diff of revisions\ncan explore workspaces now with @workspace (still lags behind Cursor, which indexes everything in your code base)\nauto-commit messages (I’ll take this)\nauto-pr messages (sounds good to me)\n\nMore here:\nhttps://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2023/11/13/vscode-copilot-smarter\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/book-summaries.html", - "href": "posts/book-summaries.html", - "title": "Book Summaries", + "objectID": "posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.html", + "href": "posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.html", + "title": "Writing is truly enlivening", "section": "", - "text": "Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\nLeadership from the bayonette. 10 points of leadership by dick winters.\n\nStrive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage.\nLead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.\nStay in top physical shape—physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.\nDevelop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.\nDelegate responsibility to your subordinates and let them do their jobs. You can’t do a good job if you don’t have a chance to use your imagination or your creativity.\nAnticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.\nRemain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.\nTake a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.\nTrue satisfaction comes from getting the job done. The key to a successful leader is to earn respect—not because of rank or position, but because you are a leader of character.\nHang tough!—Never, ever give up.\n\nHow to Win Friends and Influence People\n\n\n\nHow to win friends\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Hamilton is running out of time\n\n\nI’ve been writing for my whole life. I have at least 15-20 journals. I have 3000 notes in one app, 2200 notes in another, at least 1800 digital journal entries over 10 years, I’ve built and replaced probably 5 blogs. This blog has 57 entries so far. What have I learned?\n\nMake writing daily as easy as possible. I set up some automation so I can write from my phone for daily blogging.\nWriting makes things feel real for me. It helps connect the dots. It’s a far more productive way to read the news. Less stuff, more thinking. Because if I can’t write at least one useful note about something I read, I realize it wasn’t worth reading.\nPerhaps reading is the more important daily duty. Well, to write I need something to inspire me. Usually that comes from the news. Sometimes inspiration comes from yesterday’s post. This inspiration came from editing my prior post.\n\nI’m not gonna worry about who reads this. But instead focus on writing every day because…\n\nI think it helps me practice storytelling\nhelps me practice communication\n\nHamilton wrote like he was “running out of time”. I’m writing because I want to use my time how I enjoy it.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.html", - "href": "posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.html", - "title": "Export your Libby Timeline to Obsidian", + "objectID": "posts/2020-12-15-data-beats-opinions/index.html", + "href": "posts/2020-12-15-data-beats-opinions/index.html", + "title": "Data Beats Opinions", "section": "", - "text": "I love reading and I love writing. Both are integral parts of learning. The reading to receive new ideas, the writing to cement those ideas to something.\nAs I stood up my blog I wondered how to get past books on here. There’s a way!\nI now use Audible and Spotify audiobooks, but most of my past reads come from Libby.\n\n\n\nLibby\n\n\nHere’s how you do it using Python:\n\nOpen Libby app and figure out how to export your timeline. Somewhere in settings. It’ll produce a CSV.\nGo through that CSV and creat a column “read” that identified the ones you actually began (sigh…so many books I placed holds on but never read….)\nRun this python script and it’ll create an obsidian markdown file for each. Tweak it to match your preferences. I personally use quarto to blog so I have a naming convention for the files and metadata.\nOr! Just ask ChatGPT to do this for you lol.\n\nfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta\nimport pandas as pd\nimport os\nimport zipfile\nimport re\n\n# Load the provided spreadsheet using pandas\nfile_path = \"~/Downloads/libbytimeline-activities.csv\"\ndf = pd.read_csv(file_path)\n\n# Parse the timestamp into the format yyyy-mm-dd and rename the column to 'date'\ndf[\"timestamp_raw\"] = df[\"timestamp\"]\ndf[\"timestamp\"] = pd.to_datetime(df[\"timestamp\"], format=\"%m/%d/%y %H:%M\")\n# create a stringed date\ndf[\"date\"] = df[\"timestamp\"].dt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\n\ndf[[\"date\", \"timestamp_raw\"]]\n\n# Custom column: Filter rows where read == 1 (went through spreadsheet to filter out those I had borrowed but never read).\ndf = df[df[\"read\"] == 1]\n\n# De-duplicate by title, keeping the most recent record (sorted by date)\ndf = df.sort_values(\"timestamp\", ascending=False).drop_duplicates(\"title\")\n\n# Create a new column 'created' with today's date in yyyy-mm-dd format\ntoday = datetime.now().strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\ndf[\"created\"] = today\n\n# Create a new column 'date-finished' that's the timestamp's date + 21 days\ndf[\"date-finished\"] = (df[\"timestamp\"] + timedelta(days=21)).dt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\n\n# Prepare for markdown file creation\noutput_directory = os.path.expanduser(\"~/Desktop/markdown_files\")\nos.makedirs(output_directory, exist_ok=True)\n\n# Loop through each item in the dataframe and create a markdown file\nfor index, row in df.iterrows():\n markdown_content = f\"\"\"\n---\ntitle: {row['title']}\ndescription: _{row['title']}_ by {row['author']}. Published by {row['publisher']}, with ISBN {row['isbn']}. Read on {row['date']}\ndate: {row['date']}\ncategories: book-review\ncreated: {row['created']}\ndraft: false\nauthor: {row['author']}\nbook-year: 1000\nbook-time: 0\ndate-start: {row['date']}\ndate-finished: {row['date-finished']}\npct-complete: 0\n---\n\n![]({row['cover']}){{.preview-image}}\n\"\"\"\n filename = re.sub(r\"[^\\w]\", \"-\", row[\"title\"]).lower()\n filename = re.sub(r\"-+\", \"-\", filename)\n file_path = os.path.join(output_directory, f\"{filename}.md\")\n with open(file_path, \"w\") as file:\n file.write(markdown_content.strip())\n print(f\"Created {file_path}\")\n\n# Zip the markdown files\nzip_file_path = os.path.expanduser(\"~/Desktop/markdown_files.zip\")\nwith zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_path, \"w\") as zipf:\n for root, dirs, files in os.walk(output_directory):\n for file in files:\n zipf.write(os.path.join(root, file), file)\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "When I co-started a company several years ago, my founders and I would canvass neighborhoods knocking doors. We’d discuss our ideas for a new product one door at a time. After each conversation, the product took a new form. Eventually, the product took shape and we had a successful kickstarter launch.\nSince that time, I’ve thought about how valuable it was to get information straight from the source.\nAlberto Savoia’s new book, “The Right It”, is re-teaching me this principle. Data beats opinions, he says. In another book I’m reading, “Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments”, the former CEO of Netscape is quoted saying,\n\nIf we have data, let’s go with data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. - Jim Barksdale\n\nData sourced from your manager, your stakeholder, or your customer are invaluable to help you know if you’re solving their problem. Too often it’s easy to get stuck in the original solution that comes to our mind.\nData from customers directly shape the product. Data sourced at scale from online experiments refine it.\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words. Frequently, it’s challenging to correlate the two. We’re left to guess why someone actually clicked, bought, churned. It’s a beautiful cycle.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2020-12-15-calendaring-todos/index.html", - "href": "posts/2020-12-15-calendaring-todos/index.html", - "title": "Get rid of the todo list. 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You can find the source code for it here.\nThis is part 2 out of a two-part series on scraping used car data. Check out part 1 to learn how to scrape the data.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html", - "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", - "section": "", - "text": "[Update 2021-11-16] This analysis was originally written on my old blog here. You can find the source code for it here. This code no longer works as TrueCar changed their CSS to make it more difficult to scrape. It’s still possible, but you’d need to build a custom scraper from scratch.\nThis is part 1 out of a two-part series on scraping used car data. Check out part 2 to learn how to analyze the data.\nIn another post, I describe how I use this data that I’ve scraped, but I wanted to provide a more in-depth tutorial for those interested in how I got the data. Note, this data belongs to Truecar, so all uses herein are for personal and academic reasons only.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#youre-in-the-market", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#youre-in-the-market", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "You’re in the market", + "text": "You’re in the market\nSo you want to buy a car, but you don’t know anything about them? Welcome to my life.\nYou show up at the dealer and there’s a sticker on the window. You know the difference between make and model, but you soon learn what a trim is. Some versions come with leather. Some have a sun roof. Some have all wheel drive. Some have 20k in miles, and a similarly priced car in a higher trim is at 40k miles. How do you know what you’re really paying for, and what these features are worth? And how do you know what it’ll be worth when it’s four years older and has an additional 40k miles?\nPretty advanced questions for someone who just learned what a powertrain is.\nIn this analysis, I’ll dive into how you can use data to learn a lot about an industry in a short amount of time. I’ll first dive into knowing what you’re buying (now and later). Then, I’ll dive into how Truecar and others might be finding their ‘deals’." }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#get-the-data", - "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#get-the-data", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", - "section": "Get the data", - "text": "Get the data\nIn order to do any good analaysis, you first need data. I prefer to have more data than less, where possible. In this case, I don’t have any data, so I use webscraping to get the data. There are much better tutorials on how to scrape data, so I’ll be light. I use R’s rvest package here, which does a decent job.1 Let’s look at Truecar’s Used Car postings2. First I use google to find the search query on Truecar that I like." + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#what-am-i-paying-for", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#what-am-i-paying-for", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "What am I paying for?", + "text": "What am I paying for?\nTo do any analysis, you need data. Please see my most recent post if you’re interested in learning how I got the data for this analysis. Suffice it to say, I webscraped it. The data is not my own, but belongs to Truecar.\nI love using linear regression to understand my data on a granular level. In my data set, I was able to extract the make, model, year, mileage, trim, and a flag for whether the car was all wheel drive (awd == 1) or not. Putting this data into a linear regression, we can see some interesting results. First let’s look at the data we have:\n\nlibrary(dplyr)\nload('../../data/used-car/tc-ford-edge.Rda')\n# Get the prices into the appropriate scale and remove some extraneous\ndf$price = df$price*1000\ndf %>% select(-stats, -url, -int, -vin, -v6, -trueprice, -resid) %>% head()\n\n## price year mileage trim awd location ext deal\n## 1 16000 2014 28.477 SE 1 Sterling, VA <NA> 6514\n## 2 13300 2013 64.315 SE 0 Chantilly, VA <NA> 1784\n## 3 13800 2013 72.111 SEL 0 Fairfax, VA Mineral Gray Metallic 3331\n## 4 16000 2014 27.490 SE 0 Manassas, VA Oxford White 5448\n## 5 12000 2013 66.825 SE 0 Clarksville, MD Mineral Gray Metallic NA\n## 6 14900 2014 65.157 SE 0 Manassas, VA Tuxedo Black Metallic 4436\n## mpyr\n## 1 7.12\n## 2 12.86\n## 3 14.42\n## 4 6.87\n## 5 13.37\n## 6 16.29\nNow let’s see the regression results.\n\nmod <- lm(price ~ as.factor(year) + mileage + trim + awd, data = df)\nsummary(mod)\n\n## \n## Call:\n## lm(formula = price ~ as.factor(year) + mileage + trim + awd, \n## data = df)\n## \n## Residuals:\n## Min 1Q Median 3Q Max \n## -4755.7 -854.6 -2.7 877.5 5024.2 \n## \n## Coefficients:\n## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) \n## (Intercept) 22216.400 788.885 28.162 < 2e-16 ***\n## as.factor(year)2013 1267.037 625.804 2.025 0.0442 * \n## as.factor(year)2014 3160.017 645.152 4.898 1.92e-06 ***\n## as.factor(year)2015 5664.470 710.322 7.975 9.56e-14 ***\n## as.factor(year)2016 6166.658 821.469 7.507 1.68e-12 ***\n## as.factor(year)2017 9082.971 878.956 10.334 < 2e-16 ***\n## mileage -91.951 5.625 -16.347 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimSE -4983.725 409.765 -12.162 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimSEL -1822.889 291.400 -6.256 2.17e-09 ***\n## trimSport 3419.270 374.977 9.119 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimTitanium 99.242 568.428 0.175 0.8616 \n## awd 1277.734 222.680 5.738 3.30e-08 ***\n## ---\n## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1\n## \n## Residual standard error: 1450 on 211 degrees of freedom\n## Multiple R-squared: 0.9231, Adjusted R-squared: 0.9191 \n## F-statistic: 230.2 on 11 and 211 DF, p-value: < 2.2e-16" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#load-packages", - "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#load-packages", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", - "section": "Load packages", - "text": "Load packages\n\nlibrary(rvest)\nlibrary(dplyr)\nlibrary(magrittr)\n# Find the URL of the data you want to scrape\nurl <- 'https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/ford/edge/'\nread_html(url)\n\n## {xml_document}\n## <html lang=\"en-US\">\n## [1] <head>\\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset= ...\n## [2] <body>\\n <!-- Element target for any partner code meant to execut ...\nYou’ll see there’s a head and a body. Our data’s in the body, so let’s use html_nodes() and html_text() to parse out the data we want. I used Selectorgadget to know what HTML classes to search for.\n\nread_html(url) %>% html_nodes('.col-xs-6.col-sm-8.no-left-padding') %>% html_text()\n\n## character(0)\nSo that’s how you get the data on a single page. If you look closer at the URL, you see a lot of helpful things. First, there’s the make, then the model, then the location-zip, then the year-range, and ultimately the trim. This is a very pretty and clean URL. If you click on a few additional pages, you’ll see the URL opens up with ?page=2.\nhttps://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/ford/edge/location-90210/?page=2\nThis is our ‘in’ to scraping multiple pages. I won’t bore you with the details of how to get that data into a neat matrix for us to analyze, but suffice it to say that I’m able to do it. Just build a function to construct a URL, and build a loop to go through the different pages, then use lots of str_extract() from the stringr package and gsub to clean up the data.\n\nlibrary(stringr)\n\nmake = 'ford'\nmodel = 'edge'\nzip = '90210'\nyear = 2012\nnpages = 5\n\nurl <- paste('https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/', \n make, '/', \n model ,\n '/location-', zip,\n '/year-',year,'-max/?page=', sep = \"\")\n\nurls <- paste(url, 1:npages, sep = \"\")\n\nscrape <- function(pageno){\n try(\n read_html(urls[pageno]) %>% html_nodes('.col-xs-6.col-sm-8.no-left-padding') %>% html_text()\n )\n}\n\nlong_list = scrape(1)\nfor(i in 2:npages){\n print(i)\n new_list = try(scrape(i))\n \n error = (\"try-error\" %in% class(new_list))\n \n if( error == FALSE ){\n long_list = c(long_list, new_list) \n } else {\n break\n }\n}\n## [1] 2\nstats <- long_list\ndf <- as.data.frame(stats)\ndf$stats %<>% as.character()\ndf$price <- str_extract(df$stats, '\\\\$[0-9]*,[0-9]*') %>% \n gsub('Price: |\\\\$|,', '', .) %>%\n as.numeric()\ndf$year <- str_extract(df$stats, '^[0-9]* ') %>% \n as.numeric()\ndf$mileage <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Mileage: [0-9]*,[0-9]*') %>% \n gsub('Mileage: |,', '', .) %>%\n as.numeric()\n\n# a = df$stats[1]\ndf$trim <- str_extract(df$stats, '.*Mileage:') %>% \n gsub('FWD|AWD|4x[24]|[24]WD|V6|4-cyl|^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]|4dr|Automatic|Manual|Mileage:', '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n gsub(make, '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n gsub(model, '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n trimws() \n\n\ndf$awd <- grepl('AWD|4WD|4x4', df$stats, ignore.case = T) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$manual <- grepl('manual', df$stats) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$v6 <- grepl('V6', df$stats) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$location <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Location: .*Exterior:') %>% \n gsub('Location: |Exterior:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$ext <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Exterior: .*Interior:') %>% \n gsub('Interior:|Exterior:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$int <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Interior: .*VIN:') %>% \n gsub('Interior: |VIN:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$vin <- str_extract(df$stats, 'VIN: .*\\\\$') %>% \n gsub('VIN: |\\\\$', '', .) %>% \n substr(., 1, 17)\ndf$deal <- str_extract(df$stats, '\\\\$[0-9]*,[0-9]* below') %>% \n gsub('below|\\\\$|,', '', .) %>% trimws() %>%\n as.numeric()\n\nAnd here’s what the results look like. You’ve got the original scraped data in the stats column and then everything else that you can parse out.\n\n# df was the dataframe object we needed\ndf %>% select(-stats) %>% head(10) %>% formattable::formattable()" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#interpretation-matters", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#interpretation-matters", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "Interpretation matters", + "text": "Interpretation matters\nFirst, we see the (Intercept). This is the average value of a car for every level of every feature not show. So it represents the average price of a year 2000 with 0 miles, Limited trim, without all wheel drive. This allows us to now see what the average effect of, say, year is, holding all else constant. Every unit is in terms of dollars, so we can see that for as.factor(year)2013 that 2013 cars are worth $1,267 more than 2012 cars. This makes sense.\nI scaled mileage to be in the thousands so that it’s a little easier to interpret. So we see that for every 1,000 miles you drive a Ford Edge, it decreases the value of the car by $91 dollars. This tells you a few things. One, if I’m being offered two cars that are 10K miles different, there should be about a ~$900 difference in the car.\nSecond, if I’m planning on driving my car 30k miles over the next two years, how much should I expect the price to drop just due to mileage? Well, about -$91 * 30 = -$2,730. And maybe if you bought a 2014 model, two years later it could perhaps be like owning a 2012 model today. What’s the two-year difference between a 2014 and a 2012 model? About $3,160 dollars." }, { - "objectID": "posts/flip-a-coin-and-not-fail.html", - "href": "posts/flip-a-coin-and-not-fail.html", - "title": "97 percent chance you’ll fail", - "section": "", - "text": "In Flipping the coins of life, I outline how you can succeed 5 times with a success rate of 3%. That also means you have a 97% chance you won’t succeed 5 times in a row.\n\n\n\nFlipping five coins will almost certainly yield at least tails\n\n\nIn life, we sometimes overemphasize winning. Even in the tech world of wanting to fail fast, I think most people just really want to win every time. Nobody seeks failure - that’s not the goal. They seek other things (learning, promotions, making more money).\nWhen making decisions, it’s easy to black-and-white them. If there’s only a 3% change we’ll win 5 times in a row (with a 50% chance of winning every time), there’s a 97% chance you’ll fail at least once every 5 attempts.\nIf your probability of success is lower, then the odds of failing at once in five are almost 100%.\nHow do you quantify a life decision though? Maybe you only get one big choice a year (job change, like as is discussed in How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices). Is there a 50% chance of “success”? If so, every five years you’re highly likely to “fail”.\nPer the book, it’s more likely that one bad thing happens and we hindsight bias our decision and black-and-white it.\nReality is: getting fired or your startup blowing up might be the best thing that ever happens to you. You just don’t know. Your story isn’t written yet. And actually, it’s not so much about if you made the right choice as if you just make the choice right in some way.\nChoose your love, and then love your choice, as they say.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#inference", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#inference", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "Inference", + "text": "Inference\nNow it’s getting interesting! You’re now starting to remember how your mom told you to never buy a car new, because once you drive it off the lot, it’s worth significantly less. Well, we can see that if you own a brand-new 2017 model and a 2016 model, they’re about $9082 - $6166 = $2916 different. So yea, just by getting the 2017 model you’ll lose $3,000 in the first year. See how 2016 is only $502 dollars more than the 2015? Having the 2015 model is practically the same price as a 2016. So you might as well buy the 2016 model and save a year of wear.\nWell, my theory kind of starts breaking down because 2015 cars and 2014 cars are similarly spaced as 2014 and 2013 ones. So maybe I shouldn’t read too much into this. But the ability to see these trends shouldn’t stop you from asking important questions, like, why is there a difference between years?\nWhen investigating the Nissan Murano, I observed a $5430 difference between 2015 and 2014. That’s non-trivial considering the other years were equally spaced. Doing a little research I saw that Nissan changed the 2015 Murano style, and the new style was apparently worth a lot more. Turns out the same thing happened here for the Ford Edge - the 2015 model is slightly longer with redesigned interior.\nYou can also use this framework to get a decent sense for what features are important to you. Like, is having all wheel drive really worth $1,277? If you live in an area where it snows, it probably is. But if you live in Florida, you may not need it.\nNot only is this framework helpful for comparing within-make-model differences, it helps you get a sense of between-make-model differences. Say, comparing the Ford Edge with the Nissan Murano and the Toyota RAV4. The coefficient for milage on the Edge is -$91. On the Murano it’s -$83, and on the RAV4 -$61. Remember this is the cost per 1,000 miles. That tells me that if I ‘spend’ 30k miles on a car over two years, I’ll lose -$2,730 on the Edge, but only -$1,830 on the RAV4, saving me $900. This also validates that Toyotas hold their value more." }, { - "objectID": "posts/how-to-blog-with-obsidian-and-quarto.html", - "href": "posts/how-to-blog-with-obsidian-and-quarto.html", - "title": "Blogging with Obsidian and Quarto", - "section": "", - "text": "First half is my philosophy on the relationship between learning, notetaking, and blogging.\n\nI love to learn\nWriting helps me learn\nPublicly writing increases my focus\n\nSecond half is how I use Obsidian and Quarto, alternatives I’ve tried, and my actually flow. I detail what tools I use, how I use them.\n\nset up relative links\nHave one img folder\nUse templater to manage new post templates and relative links\nUse linter\nUse commander for toolbar palette\ndataview to find drafts\nTags to flag ideas\n\n\n\n\nI’ve had a blog since 2016. Started with Jekyll. Then blogdown. Tried medium in 2020 because it had a good mobile app and I was able to publish every day. Then I didn’t know how to get my posts out of there so I lost interest. Then I found quarto, which I was excited about because I have always loved Rmarkdown (things like tabs, executable code, etc.). Then I tried Substack, which I did for a few weeks but eventually gave up because 1) no mobile app to write and 2) how do I get my stuff off of there?\nSeth Godin writes every day, and I love his blog and take it as an inspiration. In one post he mentions how “some say do a podcast, others say write on platform x or platform Y”. (Medium, Substack, etc.) He recommends: those tools always serve the 1%. If you’re the 1%, you make money. Otherwise you don’t. So you might as well own your own content.\nI know two Instagram and TikTok influencers with 100k and 300k followers respectively. The 100k made $5k in 2022. The 300k TikToker still makes maybe $100/mo. They each put in 20 hours+ a week.\nSo I’m giving up the illusion I’ll ever make money off a blog or my content. I write because I always have. I write publicly now because I found a way to do so online, from my phone.\nThis is how I blog daily using quarto (for the website) and Obsidian (for the editor).\n\nOwn your platform\nAfter all the years blogging, giving up, coming back, etc, there are many things that are my personal needs.\n\nMobile first. I can’t write at my computer. This isn’t my job.\nFootnotes: many blogging platforms don’t allow for them or handle them well. Footnotes are essential in long content.\nCustomizable: I need to be able to add styling how I like it. This is part of the creative process.\nTags: having and filtering by tags is nice\nPortable: if I stop blogging for 9 months I need to be able to move it to the next shiny object platform. I need to own my content. I also don’t like posting on LinkedIn or Facebook directly because I see my writing as my creative work. Those platforms don’t let you save or share those links later on.\n\nRelative links: I need to be able to link to other posts. This is part of the mental note taking journey.\nSubscribe button. (Substack and Medium are built for this!)\nComments: 99% of people don’t comment, but when people reach out it feels like I did something for the world. It also makes the blog more approachable, even if nobody every posts.\nHackable/automatable: I need templates. I need code. I need to be able to automate things. (At one point I figured out how to set up automations to post straight to Instagram from GitHub actions. I’m going to bring that back!)\n\nSubstack does footnotes well, linking to notes poorly, doesn’t have a mobile editor for posts, and isn’t portable. It handles tags, subscribers, and distribution extremely well, and makes it easy to have multiple publications. But it’s got the vendor lock in.\nMedium had an excellent mobile editing experience, but again - vendor lock in. And you’ve gotta kinda buy into the Medium-way-of-doing-posts.\nAll platforms have their vibe. If you want to be popular on TikTok, you gotta dance. Although I personally love to dance, I want my site to be creative and my own.\n\n\nWhy blog with obsidian/quarto?\nEnter Obsidian and Quarto. Obsidian makes managing and editing content a breeze (things like draft management, sorting files, organizing images, etc is all super easy):\nWhy obsidian as my editor?\n\nIt makes writing markdown a breeze\nIt has tons of extensions, such as managing footnotes, linting files, spell checking, etc.\nIt makes it really easy to link to other files (relative links)\nIt makes it easy to refactor (move stuff around)\nIt works with markdown. The files are just plain text files in my Files app on my iPhone.\n\n\n\nWriting flow\nEvery writer has their flow. The tools they use should reflect their mental process of writing, and not the other way around. If you’re trying to get your brain to work like the tool does, rather than using tools that working like your brain, you’re ngmi. If you’re like me, you’ll try it for a while and then give up. (I may give up after this post, but at least this post isn’t saved on Blogger.com!)\nHere’s mine:\n\nGet an idea\nCategorize it (religious, tech, life, etc)\nCreate a file\nMark as draft\nWrite some ideas\nEdit it (if long), reread a few times\nUnmark as draft\nPost to the internet, read a few more times in live version and make edits\nTag it\nFind old drafts, finish them\nAdd an image, either from my phone camera or chatgpt. Save image in the right folder.\nWrite alt text to the images.\nCreate links to other entries.\nMake some footnotes for content that doesn’t flow\nCry and debate if I’m a good writer or if anyone is even listening anymore\nAdd a subscribe button\nshare a good one to social media\nCheck my Google analytics to see if I’m popular. Check subscribers to see if I got any. Wonder why I care anyway because I know I won’t make money off this.\nGet an idea for a new post while reading a book and start again\n\nThe process of getting ideas from a source, and writing from those ideas, makes me want to be able to connect the entry to the source (book or podcast). Sure, I don’t have to write. And sometimes writing is wasted time (writing for writing’s sake), but I enjoy it.\n\n\nMy writing flow with Obsidian and Quarto\nAt the risk of nobody ever reading this far, I’ll keep this high level, and if someone cares about something ask me in the comments.\nFirst, see Quarto from Phone to see how I set up Working Copy to sync my Obsidian repo with GitHub.\nHere’s my flow with obsidian:\n\nRead a book. Create new book note using new-post via the Templater obsidian plugin. This lets me create a new note in a folder of my choice, give a title, make a filename with a good url slug. Adds some categories automatically.\nWhen idea comes up, take note in book note. When substantial idea comes up, create a quick draft of a new post using Templater. Enable draft: true if i don’t finish.\nUse Obsidian Dataview to create a list of all outstanding drafts. I can come back and finish.\nUse Obsidian Custom Sort to sort the files in my repo how I want. This package helped me to stop time-stamping my URLs (which I thought was good for sorting). Instead, I can sort by modified time (note custom sort isn’t necessary for modified time sorting), but custom sort allows for sorting by yaml front matter.\nWhen I’m ready to post, create an image using ChatGPT app. Click on the image in the app, share, save to files. It will save to the img/ folder in my root. Next image? Saves here (iPhone remembers).\n\nAt some point I was creating folders for every blog post so I could reference images there. I’m giving this up for two reasons: 1) every file would then need to be named “index.md” and 2) more folders is more noise. So instead, I have one place for all images, which makes it easier to save and I don’t have to click a bunch of subfolders every time I add an image.\nAlso, screenshot any photos you may want to add so as to remove the location metadata.\n\nUse Footnote Shortcut plugin to more efficiently write footnotes. Add a hotkey to the mobile obsidian editor toolbar to quickly add footnotes. 1\nSet up an iOS shortcut to do a “git pull”, “git commit”, “git push” on the repo. Put this shortcut on my home page. Since I have a synced folder, this happens very efficiently!2\nSet up a github actions to build the blog using quarto render. See Quarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\nPublish to GitHub pages with the docs/ folder.\n\nAnd that’s it. That’s my flow. If you like this, ask me a question.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis footnote is added with the tap of a button. Brilliant!↩︎\nYou can also set up an automation to sync anytime you leave the app, but I’ve found that gets kind of annoying because sometimes there can be data loss with a git pull that happens without thinking about it.↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#identify-a-good-market-deal-and-how-truecar-might-do-it", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#identify-a-good-market-deal-and-how-truecar-might-do-it", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "Identify a good market deal (and how TrueCar might do it)", + "text": "Identify a good market deal (and how TrueCar might do it)\nBeyond the research above, you can use such a model to identify deals in the market and guide your buying decision. Here’s how:\n\nMake a PriceFinder: Get the residuals (actual minus predicted value) for each car. The more negative the residual, the more this car is a good price! This may be how TrueCar and CarGurus get their ‘deals’. They fit a model (probably one better than what I’ve created here) and use its residuals to value each car.\nIdentify ‘overpriced’ cars and try to possibly haggle those dealers down. Again, use the residuals here.\nUse this model to predict ‘out-of-sample’ cars. You can use this model built on TrueCar data and find a car on the classifieds or another site and evaluate whether it’s a good deal or not.\n\nHere’s an example of how we do that. First, let’s predict a hypothetical 2015 SEL Ford Edge FWD with 27.6k miles:\n\nthat_car <- as.data.frame(list(\n year = 2015,\n mileage = 27.6,\n trim = 'SEL',\n awd = 0\n))\n\npredict(mod, newdata = that_car)\n\n## 1 \n## 23520.13\nWe’d expect, on average, such a car to cost $23,520.13. Is what the dealer’s offering you above or below that? If they’re offering $25,000 then you know the car is $1,479.87 higher than what you might expect." }, { - "objectID": "posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.html", - "href": "posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.html", - "title": "The Allegory of the Dodo", - "section": "", - "text": "The scoop\nThere’s a great kids book, called “There’s a dodo on the wedding cake”.\nSo there’s this dodo, right, who walks in and hops on a cake. The attending violinist then scares it away and is praised for protecting the cake.\nTo the reader’s delight, more animals start appearing and the violinist excitedly protects the cake through hilarious misadventure. (My favorite is when he says, “begone beavers!”)\nTwo funny things happen though:\n\nThe guy soon realizes that all these creatures are wedding guests.\nThe guy has such a big nose and he’s allergic to marshmallows, that when he’s offered some cake he sneezes and the cake goes flying.\n\n\n\n\ndodo on a cake\n\n\n\n\nMorale?\n\nWhen you praise someone for doing something good, they do it again and again. → There’s a natural hero inside all of us.\nBut only the first animal was a problem. The beavers were the chefs. So he ends up creating all these problems thinking they’re problems. → In tech, when you fix a bug you then think other things are bugs and go off fixing those too. No, just do the first. Then check in.\nThe irony is that, despite saving the cake, he sneezes and ruins the cake. → Despite all the effort, the greatest protection to the cake was him staying away from it. Sometimes by trying to solve a problem we can make things way worse and create all these problems. (Politics? Create problems by creating solutions to problems that need solutions.)\n\nDon’t mistake a beaver for a dodo. But don’t mistake a dodo for a wedding guest.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#how-to-improve-our-model", + "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#how-to-improve-our-model", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", + "section": "How to improve our model", + "text": "How to improve our model\nNow, this is a pretty naive model, but it’s a model. As George Box said, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” But here are some quick ways to improve this model:\n\nCheck for interactions. 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Here are other random things I learned to think about during the car-buying process.\n\nHow many miles has it been driven, and how old is it? (We found a car with 45,000 miles in one year. That’s almost two trips around the entire world in a year! This is also 3750 miles per month (a cross-country US trip), or about 125 miles per day. What kind of driving do you have to do in a year to get that?\nHow many prior owners were there?\nWas the car previously a rental? A lease? A fleet?\nRental: Abused by X number of people? But also perhaps better maintained by rental companies?\nLease: What kind of person would lease?\nFleet: Probably a corporate car. Like a rental, but different kind of drivers.\nWhere did the car come from?\nIs there snow where they live? And do they use salt on the roads there? (Salt = rust underneath)\nWhat else does the geography tell you about the possible wear on the car (causing long-term problems)\nWhat does the CarFax or Autocheck say?\nWas the car sold at auction? When? What could the time between sales tell you about the car?\nIf someone gets into an accident and doesn’t report it, the CarFax won’t tell you. I drove 45 minutes to look at a ‘great’ deal only to learn the door was nearly falling off.\nGood luck haggling the dealer down. Car dealerships don’t usually make that much on the car, but make their money on warranties and fees. Your best chance is to haggle on the deals being offered (terms and agreements).\nDon’t get the powertrain warranty. This is like the “french fries” of the auto industry. Pure profit.\nEvery dealership has quota. Going in at the end of the month might help you, but the dealership will be packed.\nUsed cars are bought at auction. Carmax buys all their cars at auction and only keeps 1/3 of them. Local dealers also get their cars this way, and they don’t always know what the car looks like till it gets to their lot. Check the Carfax to see if any prior dealers ‘flipped’ the car quickly.\n\nUsed cars have a shelf life. If a car isn’t sold in 45-60 days, some dealerships might have to auction off the car. That means you’ll see a tiering in the price. Less-favorable cars will see the price drop several times in its life cycle. Check CarGurus to see how many times the price has dropped, and try to guess for yourself if it might drop again (or just get sold). They know their prices. They’ve got their back-office guys looking at every price of every same car within 100 mile radius. While I’m also able to get as many of those cars as available on TrueCar, I’m not able to segment by all the various features. It’s easy to webscrape for Make, Model, Year, AWD/FWD, and maybe V6 engine, but it’s very hard to get the details like leather, sunroof, twin-turbo, etc. That’s where the pricing gets really interesting.\n\n\nFinal thoughts\nUltimately, a car is bought by irrational humans, and sold by more experienced ones too. So all of this data will probably go out the door when you try to make a deal.\nSo a data scientist walked into several dealerships, and left frustrated because nobody budged on their prices. 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Endless hoards of products, products, products. Three moving trucks. Why? I wondered.\nMy philosophy now is: RAM and Hard drive.\nRAM: the random access memory. The things you see when you open doors affect your brain state. Your brain can only hold so much. If you live in clutter you have clutter. So the things you see in your house should reflect what you can hold in memory.\n\nToys should have a theme (blocks, action figures, doll house). If it doesn’t match a theme, it’s gone (begone random slap bracelet! “Afuera!!!”, (quote from new Argentine President))\nThings you see should be things you use. Don’t use flower every day? Don’t have it in the pantry. Put it in the corner thing. Cereal every day? Put that front and center.\n\nThen long-storage is the hard drive. It’s about keeping stuff you know you’ll want. This is easier to say than do.\n\nHoliday decoration? (Theme) keep those in the attic, out of sight out of mind. But when you need it you know where it is.\nYou get the point.\n\nThe same goes for code. Maintenance and search cost increase as you add garbage. When it doubt, delete code. Afuera!!\nWhen in doubt, “afuera!!”\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Foster talent by:\n\ncreating stress free environment\nfinish before they’re tired\ndon’t pamper them at the country club\ntreat them for 10 minutes after\nno need to teach. Kids will figure it out\npeople who are great don’t necessarily love what they do, but those who love what they do will be great\n\n\n\nThis from Padraig Harrington should be required viewing for parents. Some really great advice.pic.twitter.com/ExE5rZpg7a\n\n— Kendall Baker (@kendallbaker) December 18, 2023\n\n\nI love it.\nThis is probably good management advice in any capacity.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/it-all-depends-on-me.html", - "href": "quotes/it-all-depends-on-me.html", - "title": "It all depends on me", + "objectID": "posts/trajectory-and-mindset.html", + "href": "posts/trajectory-and-mindset.html", + "title": "Trajectory and Mindset", "section": "", - "text": "A leadership failure mode is thinking I have the answers. Thinking I’m smart. Thinking it all depends on me. Thinking I’m the solely accountable individual.\nIf it all depended on me, why did I hire someone? Why do I have direct reports?\nIt depends on my people. It depends on all of us. It depends on teamwork.\nAnd my team relies on me for their livelihood. Their child’s medical bills. Their alimony payments. Their parental care.\nThey chose me way more than I chose them.\nTeamwork makes the dream work baby.\n#leadership\nI’m going to let you down : leaders will let you down.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Tony Robbins has said:\n\nWhat we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are. Tony Robbins Quotes, Read These Famous Quotes from Tony Robbins\n\nThe book Mindset talks about “fixed” vs “growth” mindsets. My post Decisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft - decisions take you down to known endpoints.\nBring those two concepts together and on one hand there’s a trajectory - where you’re capable of going given your decisions (and mindset) and your mindset - how you perceive your circumstances.\nSomeone recently told me, “It’s not what you go through but how you perceive what you’re going through that matters.”\nI believe perception is powerful. Any negative situation can be reframed for a positive. This is mindset.\nBut the other component is also important: where your circumstances will take you if pursued every day for the next 30 years.\n\n\n\nAre you aimed toward the valley or the mountain? Neither is better, but one is probably better to you\n\n\nIf you’re an extremely happy person but you don’t take action to get out of a minimum wage job, such as spend time on self improvement, you’re going to stay in your minimum wage job (nothing wrong with that, just trying to illustrate a point).\nAnd so, to get what you want out of life you can’t just assume things will get better without any change on your part. You can 1) change your mindset or 2) change your trajectory.\nI’ve wondered whether at times in my career I was complacent or not, or whether I was growing doing what I was doing. That’s not a helpful question. Because if you’re too myopic you can miss that you doing your multiplication tables isn’t going to change anyone’s life, but if you can’t do multiplication you can’t be a machine learning engineer.\nMost days in our work are steps. Steps towards something.\nA spaceman can’t land on the moon unless they build a rocket. 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I’m going to fail.\nBut by me writing this, hopefully you know my commitment to helping you, encouraging you, surprising you, and empowering you with whatever you asked me to do or whatever you relied on me for.\n-“The prayer of the growth mindset”\nMindset\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Wirecutter reviewed the best todo list apps and declared “ticktick” the winner. After all my research here’s what I’ve learned.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Am I?\nBuffett told Brian Chesky to make his money slowly.\nAnd then there’s this banger:\n“On the last day of class, I ask my students to turn those theoretical lenses on themselves, to find cogent answers to three questions: First, how can I be sure that I’ll be happy in my career? Second, how can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse and my family become an enduring source of happiness? Third, how can I be sure I’ll stay out of jail? Though the last question sounds lighthearted, it’s not. Two of the 32 people in my Rhodes scholar class spent time in jail. Jeff Skilling of Enron fame was a classmate of mine at HBS. These were good guys—but something in their lives sent them off in the wrong direction.”\n\nClayton Christensen\n\nHow Will You Measure Your Life?\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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It didn’t seem like it offered sub tasks and all that. So you really need to trust the algorithm.\n\nIt gets the notion of task-duration right. But if you want to jot down notes of all the next actions you need to take on a project, your up the creek. I’m also not sure how it handles task dependency - if I put in 5 tasks for a project will it know their order? Not sure. Again I’ve never tried this app so take this all with a grain of salt.\nReclaim is another app claiming to do the same thing and offers a free tier. I did as much as set up my account with this.\nPerhaps if I gave these more attention they’d prove their worth. I’ve tried calendaring my todos in the past and it hasn’t been very effective for me. Perhaps these apps would solve it but I think I need a good mobile app.\nAnyway, you can’t beat free and free is working for me on TickTick right now. 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(But you can use Todoist for this if you want.)" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/the-ten-thousand-hour-rule-doesnt-make-any-sense.html", - "href": "quotes/the-ten-thousand-hour-rule-doesnt-make-any-sense.html", - "title": "The ten thousand hour rule doesn’t make any sense", - "section": "", - "text": "The 10,000 hour rule doesn’t make any sense. And it’s harmful in a lot of ways.\nIt implies to be an expert in a field you need to spend 10,000 hours on something.\nExpert relative to whom?\nAnd have we asked ourselves what the value of being an expert even is?\nPerhaps it gives some benchmark of “if I can make it 10,000 hours I’ll be useful to society”. But that’s a less useful mindset than just asking “what does it take to be valuable?”\nTwo counter perspectives:\n\nHow much do you know about how peanut butter is made? How long would it take you to know more than everyone in your neighborhood? Sure you may not know more than those who have spent 10,000 hours, but 100 hours may be enough to come up with a new recipe.\nThere are 260 million people above the age of 18 in the U.S. Per a Google search there were 490,000 #datascience jobs in the U.S. in 2018. That’s 0.3% of the population. I’m guessing most of those people compare themselves to the 0.3% of the population rather than to the 99.7%.\n\nValue is driven by the problems you’re able solve and the willingness of someone to pay for those problems because they don’t have the time or energy to solve them for themselves. It doesn’t take 10,000 hours to solve 99.9% of problems.\nOther thoughts:\nThe Great Practice Myth: Debunking the 10,000 Hour Rule • Six Seconds\n#innovation #perspective #experts\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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My dad’s a simple guy.\nBut I asked him the way a son kids his dad, “why don’t you put up your PhD diploma like other folks, so they can know of your greatness?”\nMy dad paused. “Because I want them to feel my greatness.”\nWe both laughed. He’s one of the most humble people I know. But his words never left me - even if it was a joke on both sides.\nHe didn’t care about titles. He didn’t want to brag to people about his titles or pull rank. I don’t think he wanted a corner office (but I’m sure he didn’t mind at some level).\nPoint is: do you talk the talk or walk the walk? I hope people can trust me for who I am, and not where I’ve been or what I’ve done.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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My personal 100 day challenge.\nI scheduled this for 100 days after March 9th for June 17th, the day you see this.\nI’m going to post for 100 days. I’ve been writing for the last 100 days on my blog, bryanwhiting.com.\nWhy am I going to write every day for 100 days?\n\nTo learn. Posting is like promoting a thought to prod. #devops I learn from feedback, please challenge my thoughts.\nTo empower. I believe I have thoughts worth sharing. I’ve been terrified to share them my whole life, so I’ve kept them to myself. Perhaps someone will benefit from these thoughts.\nTo be rejected. I want to be unfollowed. Disliked. I want the freedom to fail. I’ve been too hesitant to post or write because “what will they think?”\nTo get over myself. Maybe posting frequently comes off as vainglorious. Your call. For me I believe\nTo trust in myself. I’ve relied on external validation my whole life to know if I’m doing the right direction. For some, posting incessantly shows a high degree of self insecurity - that they’re looking for validation. For me, I post my #failure s, my #lessonslearned . Vulnerability is growth. Trusting in myself is holding to a belief that I have something worth sharing and I don’t need approval to share it.\nTo connect. If you follow me, you’re a human following someone quite human. I hope to promote humanity. We’re all in this together.\n\nHow’d I do?\n#goals #reflection\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Link to the 1912 publication, Twas the Night Before Christmas\noriginal poem was 1820’s\nSt Nick was 4th century\nDutch brought the name “Sinterklass” to the U.S. in the 1600’s.\nSt Nick becomes red by 1931, thanks to Coke\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe OG St. Nick\n\n\nEverything below is produced by GPT:\n“How long has the concept of Santa been around? Where did”st nick” come from?”\n\nThe concept of Santa Claus has evolved over many centuries, originating from the historical figure of Saint Nicholas. Saint Nicholas was a 4th-century Christian bishop in Myra, which is now part of modern-day Turkey. He was known for his generosity and for performing miracles, which earned him a reputation as a protector of children and sailors.\n\n\nThe name “Santa Claus” evolved from the Dutch “Sinterklaas,” a short form of Sint Nikolaas (Saint Nicholas). Dutch immigrants brought the traditions of Sinterklaas to America in the 17th and 18th centuries. In these traditions, Sinterklaas was depicted as a serious, religious figure who rewarded good children and punished the naughty ones.\n\n\nDuring the 19th century, especially in America, the image of Santa Claus as we know it today began to take shape. The 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (commonly known as “Twas the Night Before Christmas”) played a crucial role in shaping the modern character of Santa Claus, including his physical appearance and the tradition of delivering gifts to children.\n\n\nLater, in the 19th and 20th centuries, Santa’s image was further popularized through various media, including advertisements, films, and songs, which contributed to the jovial, red-suited, and reindeer-driving character recognized globally today. This character represents a blend of the historical Saint Nicholas, folk traditions from various cultures, and modern commercial and media influences.\n\nHow did St Nick become red?\n\nThe transformation of Saint Nicholas into the red-suited Santa Claus is a gradual evolution influenced by cultural, artistic, and commercial factors. The image of Santa Claus wearing red clothes began to become popular in the 19th century, but it was solidified in the 20th century, particularly through advertising.\n\n\n\n19th Century Literature and Art: In the 19th century, Santa Claus was often depicted in various colors of robes, including blue, green, and brown. However, by the latter half of the 19th century, the image of Santa in a red suit began to appear more frequently in literature and illustrations. Thomas Nast, a prominent American cartoonist, played a significant role in popularizing this image. In his illustrations for Harper’s Weekly starting in the 1860s, Nast depicted Santa Claus in a variety of outfits, including the now-familiar red suit.\n\n\n\n\nCoca-Cola Advertising in the 20th Century: The standardized image of Santa Claus in a red suit with white fur trim was popularized and became iconic largely due to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns. In 1931, Coca-Cola commissioned illustrator Haddon Sundblom to create a Santa Claus for their Christmas advertising campaign. Sundblom’s Santa was jolly, rotund, and dressed in a red suit with white fur trim, which matched the company’s color scheme. These advertisements were widely circulated and became immensely popular, cementing the image of Santa Claus in a red suit in the public’s imagination.\n\n\n\nWhile the red-suited Santa Claus is now ubiquitous, it’s important to note that the evolution of his image was influenced by a blend of historical, cultural, and commercial factors over several decades.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/discounting-positives.html", - "href": "quotes/discounting-positives.html", - "title": "Discounting positives", + "objectID": "posts/2022-06-28-pomodoro-principles/index.html", + "href": "posts/2022-06-28-pomodoro-principles/index.html", + "title": "Pomodoro Principles", "section": "", - "text": "What if instead of “discounting positives”, we anchored our lives around the things that bring us huge returns and are super easy (for us) because of the unique talents we posses?\nhttps://www.thecoddling.com/how-to-do-cbt\n#cbt #mentalhealth #leverage #priorities\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I’ve been trying a Pomodoro timer in TickTick and it’s changing how I approach my work day. I’ve been using it for two days so far and here are the differences I notice:\n\nWhen my mind knows I’ll get a break at 25 minutes, it allows me to focus more.\nIt’s easier to say not to slack messages or impulses to open the news if I know I’ll have time for those things later.\nA 5 min break is perfect.\nIf a distraction pops up, I write it down in my journal and tell myself I can follow up during my break.\n25 minutes is short. It’s amazing how time flies.\n\nI used to hate timing myself after working in consulting. I vowed I would never work on the clock ever again. But don’t the best athletes pace themselves? Any marathon trainer knows how to set a pace and have rest periods. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "IBM once launched a demo of speech-to-text in the early day’s of the technology. But there was a twist: it was smoke and mirrors. A typist in behind the stage was translating and typing.\nThis is a mechanical Turk.\nIn data science, we can present results or dashboards to audience members before they see anything. If you see a big reaction, you know you found a number they cared about.\nGo ahead, write the conclusion first. Fake the chart first. Then back out the code that could produce the insights they need.\nSometimes, unique insights appear along the way. But most of the time you can properly gut-check whether someone will care about what you’re doing. Save time. Work backward.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "concepts/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.html", - "href": "concepts/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.html", - "title": "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", + "objectID": "posts/the-multiverse-of-careers.html", + "href": "posts/the-multiverse-of-careers.html", + "title": "The Multiverse of Careers", "section": "", - "text": "The church I’ve been a part of since the early nineties.\nIt’s a Christian church (notice Christ in the name), sometimes referred to as “the Mormon church”, because we have a powerful book called The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, which is compiled by an ancient prophet named Mormon. (Like the book of Matthew, or John, it’s named after the author.)\nI’m baptized, I’m an ordained deacon, priest, and elder, I’ve graduated from a four year seminary, and spent two years as a missionary (my mission).\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Spoken about in The Dream State of Software, Paul of Dune has a moment where he’s both past and present in his mind. He doesn’t know even whether he’s had his kid or not.\nIn a podcast I listened to lately on happiness, one suggestion was to write out all your goals and cross them off from day one. Pretend like it doesn’t even matter if you accomplish them. This helps free you.\nCareers are like both of these things. We want everything. We can pretend like we have it. We can come to terms with it. And we can say “doesn’t matter if I don’t get that, because I’ve got a life outside my career.”\n\n\n\nWhich path you choose isn’t as important as who you choose as companions\n\n\nConsider your career from your deathbed (My Tombstone). What path did you take that mattered? What were all the alternate realities and multiverses you could have had.\nPut them all together. In one multiverse you’ve been fired. In another you end up getting insanely wealthy. In another you start your own company. In another you become an online blogger.\nAll of them can’t be true when you do this exercise extensively enough. And choosing which one probably doesn’t matter as much (right vs wrong path thinking). If you’ve ever left a job you realize that nothing really comes over with you. Most relationships at work are short lived and contextual, like your relationships in high school. And that’s life.\nHappiness is perhaps being okay with not having everything you desire, except for the few things that are truly attainable: peace with God, self, and cherished relationships.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "concepts/gratus-sum-ergo-habeo.html", - "href": "concepts/gratus-sum-ergo-habeo.html", - "title": "Gratus sum, ergo habeo", + "objectID": "posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.html", + "href": "posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.html", + "title": "The Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative", "section": "", - "text": "“Gratus sum, ergo habeo.” (I’m thankful, therefore I have.)\nNot sure if that’s proper Latin or not.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The easiest thing one can do is see the world through their own viewpoints. It takes no effort. Takes no work. It’s already done: your viewpoints are there. Either you care about climate change today or you don’t. Either you care about opossums or you don’t. You are who you are, right now.\nThe only gap between who you are today and who you are tomorrow is what you learn and experience and how you see the world because of what you learn and experience.\nYou learn from others. You learn from your experiences. You learn from other’s experiences.\nThe goal isn’t to be right. The goal is to understand.\nAnd so, I believe in the value of learning from those around me, especially those I disagree with. It’s hard work to grind through walls of disbelief or misunderstanding. But it’s always worth it, even if at the other side you merely understand. That in and of itself is a destination worth pursuing because of the many benefits it yields.\nBut beware, with an assumption of understanding comes peril. Therefore, the goal is to constantly seek understanding, because no person is every the same one day to the next.\n\n\n\nSeeing through a glass darkly and then clearly\n\n\nSources: - How to Win Friends and Influence People - the constant focus of the book is to put yourself in the other’s shoes. - Greenlights African tribe: don’t seek to be right. Seek to understand. - The Coddling of the American Mind - tribalism is when you don’t see another’s viewpoint and only feel you are right.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Self Surveillance\nI came across this article in Flowing Data and thought it was fascinating.\nI’ve been on a productivity kick lately and notice these apps have habit trackers. I’ve tried using them in the past and have realized it gets too much too quickly. But that doesn’t mean as a data guy that I don’t think it’s a cool idea. It just overwhelms me.\nWe’ll I discovered that me tracking a few habits a day is junior varsity level. Felix’s blog is how it’s done to the extreme. Clearly this guy isn’t worried about Big Tech or Big Government harvesting his personal data. I love the boldness!\nThis is just 1/20th of the full page screen shot:\n\nThe number of slices and views he has is endless. It’s crazy to see everything he’s tracking, partly I’m sure because he has fun with it and the other part because he deep down hopes there’s something there.\nHis quote on Flowing Data has stuck with me:\n\nOverall, having spent a significant amount of time building this project, scaling it up to the size it’s at now, as well as analysing the data, the main conclusion is that it is not worth building your own solution, and investing this much time. When I first started building this project 3 years ago, I expected to learn way more surprising and interesting facts. There were some, and it’s super interesting to look through those graphs, however retrospectively, it did not justify the hundreds of hours I invested in this project.\n\nThis guy probably knows himself in a way that none of us ever will. He can’t ever lie to himself and say “yea, I’m good at exercising every day” because he’s got the data to back it up. But is this the life we want?\n\n\nSelf Surveillance as a Service\nSSaaS? Apparently. Exist.io tries to find patterns in your personal data and tell you when your most happy.\n\n\n\nExist.io\n\n\nWhen I researched the Apple Watch team a few years back I came to appreciate what they were/are trying to do: correlate heart monitoring with insurance claims data to proactively identify preemptive signs of cardiac arrest and other health issues.\nThat seems meaningful in theory because information about other people can be correlated with information about me.\nBut does info about myself correlate with info about myself? Probably. I have cycles. I have common traps and pitfalls like any human walking this earth. Some pitfalls are daily, some are quarterly or seasonal.\nBut I can also take 5 minutes to ponder reflectively or talk to a close friend and identify those patterns. What’s more human?\nAnd what’s more: if you end up changing your behavior then your past can’t really predict your future. So all of the data becomes moot once it achieves its purpose: true lasting change. Because if you truly change your behavior based on the insights you glean about yourself, those past triggers and anomalies no longer affect you in the way they did. So when you experience a personal step change in life, you’re a new you. Maybe not. But maybe.\nAlso, the new generations growing up on smartphones have a unique challenge: their online identities are given to them before they’re really conscious enough to determine if that’s what they want to show the world. Parents posting YouTube or TikToks of their kids are cementing for these kids an identity they themselves didn’t choose. We’ve all gone through phases of deleting Facebook photos from 15 years ago because it doesn’t reflect our current self image. What’s to be said of giving people an opportunity to change if everything they’ve ever said or done is recorded somewhere? Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. Facebook. Every post is cementing us in a way.\nI think it’s better to forget yesterday. Because it doesn’t have to have any bearing on where you’re going tomorrow. It can if you let it. But your past doesn’t have to define you.\n\n\nTakeaways\nWould you rather spend hours setting up digital automatic and manual tracking systems just to learn what you could by opening a gratitude journal every day? Sometimes less is more. I don’t think digital self surveillance is a direction we should go. (Not to mention the moment you do get hacked you’ll deeply regret it.)\nEven blogging can be dangerous for your career. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I knew the moment I joined this team I made a mistake.\n\nBryan, 3x unlucky team picker.\n\nYea, I’ve had a few jobs.\nOn one team, I was told day one “I think you applied for the wrong job family” when I was vulnerable with my manager about my career objectives.\nOn another team I joined I was asked to unionize the first week. “If we all unionize, leadership can’t do anything”. Though no union was formed, that person and ten others were let go six weeks later.\nOn a third team, I was told “But that’s what we hired PhD’s to do, and you don’t have a PhD”.\n\nOn another team I joined after 3 members had just quit. My leader sat down and asked us all what could be done better. Changes were made. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "“Look at the plot”\n“No, look at the plot”\n“No, seriously, look at the plot”\nChris Peterson’s three rules for data science never left me.\nI can’t help but look at the plot every time I look at a plot.\n#datascience #PeopleIAdmire\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Time value of memories\nI wish I would care more about the time value of memories more than the time value of money.\nWhat’s the discounted cash flow for a monthly trip to the beach?\nThe net present value of 40 years of spending time with loved ones?\n#HowWillYouMeasureYourLife #perspective\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I’ve walked into many rooms where I’m far from the smartest person. Sometimes it leaves me feeling bad about myself. Other times it leaves me feeling empowered. What explains the difference?\nThere are two types of smart people. Those who make you feel smarter and those who remind you how smart they are.\nTruly brilliant people are focused on learning, and sharing, and helping those who were once like them: eager to learn.\nLess brilliant are those who are focused on themselves. Living in an insecure sand castle, they’re helplessly trying to reinforce as the waves of life crash on their egos.\nI’m not sure what makes one person the one or the other. It has nothing to do with their background, the titles they hold, the accomplishments they’ve achieved.\nPerhaps Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters explains it (paraphrasing): “war either makes you or breaks you. 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But as I look at the things on my todo list and “eventual” to do list, a different picture emerges. I know I want to be a writer (hence this blog), I know I want to travel to XYZ location, to be involved in giving back, etc. TLDR: I know things I want to experience in life. I don’t have to craft value statements and invent ideas of what to do (seems forced). Instead I can reflect on what’s currently exciting and important to me and categorize those things into high levels values/missions. This will help me when I need to prioritize so not every whim of an idea gets my attention.\nGTD book just lays out what a todo is. It breaks down the problem of doing things (big and small) into what they are (time sensitive, someday, etc). Whether I’ll follow the system is up for debate, but I love the ideas so far. It very much fits my naturally organized mind, but may not work for more spontaneous folks that don’t like as much structure and list keeping.\nMost of my “todos” have been “intended outcomes”, but not “next actions”. For example, I see I have “change car battery” on my list right now and “plan yosemite trip”. But these aren’t todos. I can’t organize and prioritize outcomes. I can only organize and prioritize actions, he says. Changing these to “call mechanic to book oil and battery change and identify an hour in your calendar”. And “open recreation.gov when walking around the house and find a campsite.”\nOrganize tasks around where you’ll do them. This is in line with Atomic habits which states to be hyper specific about where and when you’ll do something. “Call grandma when I get into my car tomorrow morning to go to work.” Or “take a moment at my desk during lunchtime to find a mechanic by opening Google Maps and plan an oil change. Find 1 open hour on the calendar.”\n\n\n\nPutting it into practice\nI’ve been using TickTick for my task manager, which has Lists (folders) where I can put my tasks and tags so I can label and categorize each task. Here’s my organization strategy:\n\nWhen jotting ideas write intended outcome and next action as my todo.\nTag with where I’ll do it and provide day or time it’s due (if applicable)\n\nMove each item to a respective list:\n\nASAP - there’s a useful urgency to this task (begin memo)\nEventually - there’s no urgency but I know I’ll want to do this\nSomeday maybe - no urgency and no commitment, but it’s an idea of something I want to do.\n\nTagging system: tag each item with either Work or Personal. Then within that, some meaningful themes:\n\nProjectName (work deliverable or personal project like “ImproveMyHealth”, “BuildApp”)1\nLocation (where I’ll do it). Around the house. At desk. In car. While cleaning the house, etc. this is habit stacking. 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Instead of Exercise, the intended outcome is improving health. The goal is being able to run a 5k. So perhaps goal/objective is “ImproveHealth” and KR is “run 5k”. These goals can be identified by asking the 5 whys. If I have an idea if “go running” as my task, a good grounds-up vision exercise would be to ask “why do I want to run a mile tomorrow? Is it to accomplish something or to relax my mind? Why is relaxing my mind important to me? Why is my mental health important? Etc. I think subconsciously ideas come of what to do next all the time “I should work out” but rarely do I take the time to ask “why do I see the need to work out? What’s the greater vision here for this task?” Understanding that vision can help prioritize and build a desire to accomplish the task. If the idea “learn a new language” comes up, asking why can help me realize “oh, this is just for fun and won’t be for anything meatier than having fun! 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Tarot cards, prophets, etc have been religious and spiritual forecasters.\nForecasting has always been a guessing game.\nSometimes you can use algorithms to mine historical data for forecasting, but that assumes the future will be like the past.\n\n\n\n\nForecasting\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "A good decision is associated with, but not causal of a good outcome.\nYou can make a bad decision and have a good outcome.\nA decision happens before the consequence. Making a decision is a process. Making a good decision involves a thoughtful process.\nMost choices are probabilistic. There are a range of probable outcomes.\nLuck is what happens after the decision is made and the outcome is good.\nShould I take fentanyl? Highly probable outcome of ruining your life, though not guaranteed.\nShould I invest in #ai? Highly probable outcome of improving your business in some way, though it may tank you.\nShould I hire this employee/join this company? Wide range of possible future outcomes.\nGood #leadership recognizes the result is not decision.\nSee How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/beyond-band-of-brothers.html", - "href": "book-review/beyond-band-of-brothers.html", - "title": "Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters", + "objectID": "quotes/i-wasnt-much-of-a-founder-until-i-found-her.html", + "href": "quotes/i-wasnt-much-of-a-founder-until-i-found-her.html", + "title": "I wasn’t much of a founder until I found her.", "section": "", - "text": "Comparison to Band of Brothers\n\nfocuses more on winter’s specific things, though many things are similar. More stories in the other book.\nwhile other people\n\n2024-03-09\nWhen I meet people i size them up.\nAmbrose: I would follow Winters because he was honest and knew how to lay down a cover of fire.\nThree stages\n\nThis can’t happen to me\nThis could happen to me\nThis is going to happen to me. → combat fatigue. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "<li>2024-04-11 <a href=\"/posts/my-advice-for-new-career-people.md\">My Advice for New Career People</a> [posts,career advice]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-peak-of-a-hike.md\">I'm Grateful for The Peak of a Hike</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-04-10.md\">2024-04-10</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-09 <a href=\"/quotes/body-language-in-public-speaking.md\">Body Language in Public Speaking</a> [quotes,communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-04-09.md\">2024-04-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-08 <a href=\"/book-review/the-coming-wave.md\">The Coming Wave</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/warm-naps-on-the-couch.md\">I'm Grateful for Warm naps on the couch</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/customer-service-agents.md\">I'm Grateful for Customer Service Agents</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.md\">Microsoft Copilot notes</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/book-review/a-gentleman-in-moscow.md\">A Gentleman in Moscow</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/christianity/jacob-1-viewing-christ.md\">Jacob 1 - Viewing Christ</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-1.8.md\">Jacob 1.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/mentors.md\">I'm Grateful for Mentors</a> [gratitude,relationships]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/quotes/how-ebay-empowers-their-developers-with-ai.md\">How eBay empowers their developers with AI</a> [quotes,news,reactions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/news/llms-need-to-call-functions.md\">LLMs need to call Functions</a> [news,ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/wet-suit.md\">I'm Grateful for Wet Suits</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/christianity/Jacob-2-give-freely.md\">Jacob 2 - Give Freely</a> [christianity,charity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/posts/how-to-sign-in-with-icloud-calendar-on-outlook-for-ios.md\">How to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS</a> [posts,tutorial,tips and tricks,to my future self]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/quotes/discounting-positives.md\">Discounting positives</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/acts-20.35.md\">Acts 20.35</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-2.17.md\">Jacob 2.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.md\">Why you should log with Aimstack</a> [tech,logging,machine learning,data pipeline,ml pipeline,data science,monitoring,ml-tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/quotes/how-to-argue.md\">How to argue</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.md\">Configurations for ML Pipelines</a> [tech,configuration,software engineering,ml pipeline,ml-tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-01 <a href=\"/book-review/brave-new-world.md\">Brave New World</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/easter.md\">I'm Grateful for Easter</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/quotes/i-wont-get-it-right-but-i-will-get-right-getting-it-right.md\">I won't get it right. 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Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-26 <a href=\"/tech/on-file-formats-parquet-vs-csv.md\">On file formats: parquet vs csv</a> [tech,reactions,news,data science,data engineering]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-26 <a href=\"/tech/chronos-time-series-foundation-model-by-amazon.md\">Chronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon</a> [tech,foundation models,time series,ml-tools,data science,machine learning]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/ever-shifting-tides.md\">I'm Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides</a> [gratitude,tech,big tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-31-.md\">2 Nephi 31 -</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/quotes/relationships-are-about-knowing-when-to-make-the-big-things-little-and-the-little-things-big.md\">Relationships are about knowing when to make the big things little, and the little things big.</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/better-health.md\">I'm Grateful for Better Health</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-31.20.md\">2 Nephi 31.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/elon-musk.md\">Elon Musk</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/the-count-of-monte-cristo.md\">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/of-mice-and-men.md\">Of Mice and Men</a> [book-review,fiction,classics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-21 <a href=\"/quotes/bad-teams-bad-leaders.md\">Bad teams bad leaders</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/cs-lewis.md\">I'm Grateful for CS Lewis</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/book-review/the-worry-cure.md\">The Worry Cure</a> [book-review,therapy,psychology,mindfulness,self-help]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/news/2024-03-18-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-03-18</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-31-plain.md\">2 Nephi 31.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-17 <a href=\"/creative/prayer-of-perspective.md\">Prayer of Perspective</a> [creative,mindfulness,christianity,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-17 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/infinite-suffering-of-everyone.md\">Infinite Suffering of Everyone</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-feeling-of-skimboarding.md\">I'm Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/quotes/jim-fan-on-apples-mm1-multimodal-llm-paper.md\">Jim Fan on Apples MM1 Multimodal LLM paper</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26-30-apostasy.md\">2024-03-17 Come Follow Me CTR 7 - 2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/book-review/the-prophet.md\">The Prophet</a> [book-review,poetry,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-16.md\">2024-03-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.23.md\">2 Nephi 27.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-15.md\">2024-03-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-27-the-purpose-of-the-book-of-mormon.md\">2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/freedom-of-religion.md\">I'm Grateful for Freedom of Religion</a> [gratitude,family history,pioneers]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/tech/how-i-learn.md\">How I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game</a> [tech,life hacks]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/book-review/the-happiest-man-on-earth.md\">The Happiest Man on Earth</a> [book-review,ww2,philosophy,biography]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/quotes/why-data-science-takes-so-long.md\">Why data science takes so long</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.11.md\">2 Nephi 27.11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.20.md\">2 Nephi 27.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.26.md\">2 Nephi 27.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.3.md\">2 Nephi 27.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.7.md\">2 Nephi 27.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/kids-jumping-on-me.md\">I'm Grateful for Kids jumping on me</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26-pride.md\">2 Nephi 26 - pride</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/quotes/theres-something-really-boring-about-data-science.md\">There's something really boring about data science</a> [quotes,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/tech/devin-the-ai-coder.md\">Devin the AI coder</a> [tech,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-26.20.md\">2 Nephi 26.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26.md\">2 Nephi 26</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/a-sleeping-baby.md\">I'm Grateful for A sleeping baby</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/the-6-types-of-working-genius.md\">The 6 Types of Working Genius</a> [book-review,productivity,personality,culture,team building,teamwork]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/news/2024-03-11-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-03-11</a> [news,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/light-gbm-documentation.md\">Light GBM Documentation</a> [book-review,upskilling,tech,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/forecasting-principles-and-practice.md\">Forecasting: Principles and Practice</a> [book-review,data science,tech,upskilling,time series,A/B testing,machine learning]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-26.9.md\">2 Nephi 26.9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/im-grateful-for-logicians.md\">I'm Grateful for I'm grateful for logicians</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/walking-into-the-church-reminds-me-of-disciples-running-to-the-tomb.md\">Walking into the church Reminds me of Disciples Running to the Tomb</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-21-the-wolf-and-the-lamb.md\">2 Nephi 21.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.24-27.md\">2 Nephi 25.24–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-62.41.md\">Alma 62.41</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-20-25-lesson-plan.md\">2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/posts/book-summaries.md\">Book Summaries</a> [personal development,lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/the-ten-thousand-hour-rule-doesnt-make-any-sense.md\">The ten thousand hour rule doesn't make any sense</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/a-good-decision-is-associated-with-but-not-causal-of-a-good-outcome.md\">A good decision is associated with, but not causal of a good outcome</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/i-wrote-this-on-march-9th-to-hold-myself-accountable.md\">I wrote this on March 9th to hold myself accountable</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/it-all-depends-on-me.md\">It all depends on me</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/im-going-to-let-you-down.md\">I'm going to let you down</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/please-unfollow-me.md\">Please unfollow me</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/look-at-the-plot.md\">Look at the Plot</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-09.md\">2024-03-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-25-talk-of-christ.md\">2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,commandments]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/sun-on-turf.md\">I'm Grateful for Sun on turf</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/setting-up-a-new-mac.md\">Setting up a New Mac</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/hendrix-a-machine-learning-platform-by-spotify.md\">Hendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify</a> [tech,ml-tools,machine learning platforms]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/interviewing-as-an-ml-engineer.md\">Interviewing as an ML engineer</a> [tech,reactions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.24.md\">2 Nephi 25.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.25-26.md\">2 Nephi 25.25–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-07 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-22.md\">2 Nephi 22.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/artillery-takes-the-joy-out-of-life.md\">Artillery takes the joy out of life</a> [quotes,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/a-leader.md\">A leader</a> [quotes,people I admire,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/create-positivity.md\">Create positivity</a> [quotes,relationships,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/time-value-of-memories.md\">Time value of memories</a> [quotes,how will I measure my life,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/if-your-kids-wont-remember-this-time-who-will.md\">If your kids won't remember this time, who will?</a> [quotes,how will I measure my life,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-job.md\">I'm Grateful for New Job</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/i-cant-afford-not-to-read.md\">I can't afford not to read</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-five-dysfunctions.md\">the five dysfunctions</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/posts/a-costly-mistake.md\">A Costly Mistake</a> [posts,life lessons,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-problem-with-all-the-advice-in-all-those-books-is-that-none-of-it-was-written-for-you.md\">The problem with all the advice in all those books is that none of it was written for you</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-more-you-give-the-happier-youll-live.md\">The more you give, the happier you'll live</a> [quotes,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-iceberg-thwory.md\">The Iceberg Theory</a> [quotes,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-20-true-mercy.md\">2 Nephi 20.3–4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/long-naps.md\">I'm Grateful for Long Naps</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/book-review/mere-christianity.md\">Mere Christianity</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/tech/the-baby.md\">The Baby</a> [tech,startups]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/concepts/confirmation-bias.md\">confirmation bias</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/christianity/2024-03-03-my-testimony.md\">My Testimony 2023-03-03</a> [christianity,my testimony,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/chewing-the-bread-reminds-me-that-he-gave-everything.md\">Chewing the Bread Reminds me that He Gave Everything</a> [sacrament-symbols,atonement,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-18.md\">2 Nephi 18.19</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/posts/implementing-culture.md\">Implementing Culture</a> [posts,interviewing,culture,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/book-review/band-of-brothers.md\">Band of Brothers</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-02.md\">2024-03-02</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-14.5.md\">2 Nephi 14.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/posts/nothing-to-lose.md\">Nothing to Lose</a> [posts,memories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-14-personalized-guidance.md\">2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-01.md\">2024-03-01</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-13.18-25.md\">2 Nephi 13.18–25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-15.15-18.md\">Mosiah 15.15–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-13-enduring-beauty.md\">2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/gratitude/dune.md\">I'm Grateful for Dune</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/book-review/the-great-gatsby.md\">The Great Gatsby</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-28 <a href=\"/gratitude/charlie-the-barber.md\">I'm Grateful for the Barber</a> [gratitude,people I meet]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-28 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-28.md\">2024-02-28</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-11-seeing-my-redeemer.md\">2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer</a> [christianity,come follow me,revelation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/laundry-machine.md\">I'm Grateful for my Laundry Machine</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-27.md\">2024-02-27</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-11.2-3.md\">2 Nephi 11.2–3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-19.13.md\">Alma 19.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/mormon-1.15.md\">Mormon 1.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/choice.md\">I'm Grateful for Choice</a> [gratitude,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/book-review/the-sun-also-rises.md\">The Sun Also Rises</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/creative/prose-nuzzle.md\">Nuzzle</a> [creative,prose,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-9-familial-covenants.md\">2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants</a> [christianity,come follow me,covenant]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/waterfalls.md\">I'm Grateful for Waterfalls</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-25.md\">2024-02-25</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-10.23.md\">2 Nephi 10.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.53.md\">2 Nephi 9.53</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/basketball-games.md\">I'm Grateful for Basketball Games</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-10.md\">2 Nephi 10</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-24.md\">2024-02-24</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-9-infinite-atonement.md\">2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement</a> [christianity,come follow me,atonement]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/guitars.md\">I'm Grateful for Guitars</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-23.md\">2024-02-23</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.7.md\">2 Nephi 9.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/gratitude/fog.md\">I'm Grateful for Fog</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-8-perspective.md\">2 Nephi 8 - Perspective</a> [christianity,come follow me,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/book-review/beyond-band-of-brothers.md\">Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters</a> [book-review,historical,biography,world war 2]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-22.md\">2024-02-22</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-8.12.md\">2 Nephi 8.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/gratitude/copilot-money.md\">I'm Grateful for Copilot Money</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-7-jesus-is-with-us.md\">2 Nephi 7 - He is Near</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-21.md\">2024-02-21</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-7.1.md\">2 Nephi 7.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/gratitude/marriage.md\">I'm Grateful for Marriage</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/tech/5-questions-you-should-ask-before-adopting-ai.md\">5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-20.md\">2024-02-20</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-6-wait-on-the-lord.md\">2 Nephi 6 - Waiting on the Lord</a> [christianity,faith,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/gratitude/green-hills.md\">I'm Grateful for Green Hills</a> [gratitude,nature,sports,hiking]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/book-review/daring-greatly.md\">Daring Greatly</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/book-review/overcoming-the-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team.md\">Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team</a> [book-review,business,leadership,team building,emotional intelligence]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-19.md\">2024-02-19</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-6.17.md\">2 Nephi 6.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-6.7.md\">2 Nephi 6.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-5-sometimes-theres-war.md\">2 Nephi 5 - Sometimes there's war</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-coach.md\">I'm Grateful for The Coach</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-18-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-18</a> [news,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/lists/good-ai-news-aggregators.md\">Good AI News Aggregators</a> [lists,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/ye-are-my-hands.md\">Deacons passing out the sacrament reminds me: \"Ye are my Hands\"</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.md\">Pouring water into my mouth reminds me of \"Pour you out a blessing\"</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.md\">Air Canada's failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI</a> [tech,ai mishaps,ai,ai guardrails]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-18.md\">2024-02-18</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-5.34.md\">2 Nephi 5.34</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-110.9-10.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 110.9–10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/isaiah-44.3.md\">Isaiah 44.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-15.10-11.md\">John 15.10–11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-15.5-7.md\">Luke 15.5–7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/malachi-3.10-11.md\">Malachi 3.10–11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.10.md\">Mosiah 18.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.12.md\">Mosiah 18.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.13.md\">Mosiah 18.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/gratitude/brownies.md\">I'm Grateful for brownies</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/book-review/building-a-story-brand.md\">Building a Story Brand</a> [book-review,business,marketing,sales,storytelling]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-17-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-17</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-5-emergency-preparedness.md\">2 Nephi 5.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-17.md\">2024-02-17</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.26-27.md\">2 Nephi 4.26–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-heaven-and-hell.md\">2 Nephi 4 - Heaven and Hell in One</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/board-games.md\">I'm Grateful for Board Games</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/tech/unreal-ai-sora.md\">Unreal AI: Meet Sora</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/tech/spellbook-ai-reviews-redlining.md\">Spellbook AI Reviews</a> [tech,legal-ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-16.md\">2024-02-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-love-and-despair.md\">2 Nephi 4 - Love and Despair</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/gratitude/book-club.md\">I'm Grateful for Book Club</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/tech/observable-framework-vs-quarto.md\">Observable Framework 1.0 vs Quarto</a> [tech,observable,quarto,tool comparison]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/tech/package-installer-uv-vs-poetry.md\">Package Installer: \"uv\"</a> [tech,python,software engineering,dev ops,dev tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-15.md\">2024-02-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/concepts/truths-lost-in-the-bible.md\">truths lost in the Bible</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-prophecy-of-another-branch.md\">2 Nephi 4 - A Prophecy of Another Branch</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/explorers.md\">I'm Grateful for Explorers</a> [gratitude,gratitude-ThingsIHaveAtAnothersSacrifice]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/book-review/the-wager.md\">The Wager</a> [book-review,historical,non-fiction,survival]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/posts/trajectory-and-mindset.md\">Trajectory and Mindset</a> [posts,career,career advice,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-14-news-notes.md\">Gemini in the iOS Google app, TikTok advancements, and ChatGPT memory</a> [news,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-14.md\">2024-02-14</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.2.md\">2 Nephi 4.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/jst,-genesis-50.24.md\">JST, Genesis 50.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-3-two-scriptures.md\">2 Nephi 3 - Two Scriptures</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/foam-mattresses.md\">I'm Grateful for Foam Mattresses</a> [gratitude,home]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/tech/ab-testing-resources.md\">A/B Testing Resources</a> [tech,A/B testing,statistics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/tech/timegpt-and-lag-llama-two-foundation-models-for-time-series-forecasting.md\">TimeGPT and Lag-Llama: Two foundation models for time series forecasting</a> [tech,machine learning,ml-tools,time series,foundation models]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/posts/team-misfits.md\">Team Misfits</a> [posts,life lessons,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/christianity/coalesce-revelation-first-then-agency.md\">Coalesce - Revelation first, then Agency</a> [christianity,decisions,revelation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-13.md\">2024-02-13</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-3.12.md\">2 Nephi 3.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/creative/poem-breath-of-life.md\">Breathe on (Breath of Life)</a> [creative,poem]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-ask.md\">2 Nephi 4 Ask</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/gratitude/chicken-sliders.md\">I'm Grateful for Chicken Sliders</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/tech/war-tech.md\">War Tech</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-12.md\">2024-02-12</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-corinthians-10.13.md\">1 Corinthians 10.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.35.md\">2 Nephi 4.35</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.23.md\">Ether 2.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/malachi-3.10.md\">Malachi 3.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-enticing-decisions.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Enticement is Agency</a> [christianity,decisions,mental health,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/gatherings-for-the-super-bowl.md\">I'm Grateful for Gatherings for the Super Bowl</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/gathered-as-one.md\">Gathered as One</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-together]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.16.md\">2 Nephi 2.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-4.1-7.md\">Ephesians 4.1–7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-26.26-27.md\">Matthew 26.26–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-26.27.md\">Matthew 26.27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-he-carries-our-burdens.md\">2 Nephi 2 - His Capacity to Carry Our Burdens</a> [come follow me,adversity,atonement,christianity,prayer]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-10-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-10</a> [news,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/old-movies.md\">I'm Grateful for Old Movies</a> [gratitude,movies]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/tech/create-ai-images-with-googles-gemini-model.md\">Create AI images with Google's Gemini model</a> [tech,ai tools,Gemini,chatgpt,llm wars,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/christianity/isaiah-53.4.md\">Isaiah 53.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-10.md\">2024-02-10</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-11.29.md\">Matthew 11.29</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-redemption.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Redemption</a> [christianity,redemption,atonement,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/gratitude/skimboarding.md\">I'm Grateful for Skimboarding</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-09.md\">2024-02-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.6.md\">2 Nephi 2.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-consecration.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Consecration</a> [christianity,come follow me,consecration,adversity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/long-runs.md\">I'm Grateful for Long Runs</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.md\">Protobufs - Everything I don't know</a> [tech,raw notes,data engineering]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/tech/pkl-for-configuration-management.md\">Pkl for Configuration Management</a> [tech,coding,data engineering,data science,data pipeline,configuration]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-08.md\">2024-02-08</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.2.md\">2 Nephi 2.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-shake-off-the-chains.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Shake off the Chains</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-york.md\">I'm Grateful for New York</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-07.md\">2024-02-07</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.20.md\">2 Nephi 1.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.23.md\">2 Nephi 1.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/tech/galileo-ai-ui-generator.md\">Galileo AI</a> [tech,ai tools,ui generators,design]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-land-of-promise.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Obtaining a Promised Land</a> [christianity,individual covenant,covenant,land of promise,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/kindness.md\">I'm Grateful for Kindness</a> [gratitude,parenting,charity,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/tech/how-to-share-an-html-file-like-a-quarto-output-in-github.md\">How to share an HTML file (like a quarto output in GitHub)</a> [tech,quarto,github,data science,html]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-06.md\">2024-02-06</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.5.md\">2 Nephi 1.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-alternative-endings.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Alternative Endings</a> [christianity,decisions,come follow me,hindsight]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/posts/worlds-longest-drive.md\">World's Longest Drive</a> [posts,sports,golf]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/concepts/Honduras.md\">Honduras</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/gratitude/avocados.md\">I'm Grateful for Avocados</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.md\">Embedding audio in Quarto</a> [tech,quarto,blogging,tutorial,obsidian]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/creative/guitar-clouds.md\">Guitar: Clouds</a> [creative,song,guitar,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-05.md\">2024-02-05</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.4.md\">2 Nephi 1.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-22-gathered-by-his-covenants.md\">1 Nephi 22 - His Covenants will be the key of the Gathering of Israel</a> [christianity,come follow me,gathering of israel,Abrahamic Covenant]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.md\">The Divinely Discontent Chatbot User</a> [tech,software,saas,llm,ai,ai strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.md\">LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard</a> [tech,llm benchmarks,ai,ai tools,ai benchmarks]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/bowling.md\">I'm Grateful for bowling</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-04.md\">2024-02-04</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-21.14-16.md\">1 Nephi 21.14–16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-22.9-12.md\">1 Nephi 22.9–12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/11-ye-shall-receive-my-law.md\">11 Ye Shall Receive My Law</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/home-depot-saturday-morning-crafts.md\">I'm Grateful for Home Depot Saturday Morning Crafts</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/concepts/frank-herbert.md\">Frank Herbert</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/posts/the-iceberg-theory-theory-of-omission.md\">The Iceberg Theory - Theory of Omission</a> [posts,storytelling,writing,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-21-he-has-not-forgotten-you.md\">1 Nephi 21 - I Have Graven Thee</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-03.md\">2024-02-03</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-kings-7.md\">1 Kings 7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-13.26.md\">1 Nephi 13.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-20.1.md\">1 Nephi 20.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/galatians-3.27-29.md\">Galatians 3.27–29</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/isaiah-48.1.md\">Isaiah 48.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-6.64-68.md\">Moses 6.64–68</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-20-baptism-in-the-old-testament.md\">1 Nephi 20 - Baptism in the Old Testament</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,old testament,Abrahamic Covenant,baptism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/gratitude/peloton.md\">I'm Grateful for Peloton</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/book-review/shift.md\">Shift</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/holiday-demand-forecasting-using-xgboost.md\">Holiday Demand Forecasting using XGBoost</a> [tech,data science,machine learning,time series,forecasting,internet article bookmark]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-02-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-02</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/posts/the-compounding-interest-of-reading.md\">The Compounding Interest of Reading</a> [posts,reading,investing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/posts/the-power-of-a-good-book.md\">The Power of a Good Book</a> [posts,ai,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/private-gpt.md\">Private GPT</a> [tech,ai tools,privacy,open source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/lm-studio.md\">LM Studio</a> [tech,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/gpt4all.md\">GPT4All</a> [tech,ai tools,edge device,privacy,open source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/beam-ai.md\">Beam AI</a> [tech,ai tools,ai,local ai,privacy,edge device,closed source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-02.md\">2024-02-02</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/gratitude/compliments.md\">I'm Grateful for Compliments</a> [gratitude,leadership,charity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-19-yieldeth-himself.md\">1 Nephi 19 - Yieldeth Himself</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-old-man-and-the-sea.md\">The Old Man and the Sea</a> [book-review,fiction,classics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.md\">Export your Libby Timeline to Obsidian</a> [posts,tutorial,python,libby,quarto,blogging]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-01.md\">2024-02-01</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-19.10.md\">1 Nephi 19.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/basketball.md\">I'm Grateful for Basketball</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-18-prayer.md\">1 Nephi 18 - The Power of Prayer</a> [christianity,come follow me,prayer,adversity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/book-review/the-loop.md\">The Loop</a> [book-review,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/book-review/influence-the-psychology-of-persuasion.md\">Influence The Psychology of Persuasion</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-31.md\">2024-01-31</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-17.2-3.md\">1 Nephi 17.2–3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-18.21.md\">1 Nephi 18.21</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-18.3.md\">1 Nephi 18.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-17-strength.md\">1 Nephi 17 - He will strengthen us</a> [christianity,come follow me,strength,trust in the Lord]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/gratitude/youtube.md\">I'm Grateful for YouTube</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-30.md\">2024-01-30</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-16-christ-guides-us.md\">1 Nephi 16 - Christ Guides us in Unique Ways</a> [christianity,prayer,revelation,hand of the Lord,come follow me,gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/gratitude/rescue-workers.md\">I'm Grateful for Rescue Workers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/book-review/the-tyranny-of-experts.md\">The Tyranny of Experts</a> [book-review,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/bread-in-the-oven.md\">Bread in the Oven</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-29.md\">2024-01-29</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-16.25.md\">1 Nephi 16.25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-16.26.md\">1 Nephi 16.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.7.md\">2 Nephi 2.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-82.10.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 82.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.14.md\">Ether 2.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.16.md\">Ether 2.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.5.md\">Ether 2.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.6.md\">Ether 2.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-7.36-38.md\">Luke 7.36–38</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-7.39.md\">Luke 7.39</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/mark-15.46.md\">Mark 15.46</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-12.40.md\">Matthew 12.40</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-6.8.md\">Matthew 6.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-3.7.md\">Mosiah 3.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-28-jan-28-1-nephi-11-15.md\">2024-01-28 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 22-28 1 Nephi 11-15</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.md\">Bread given freely, like His life</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/gratitude/imagination.md\">I'm Grateful for Imagination</a> [gratitude,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/sunday-dress.md\">Sunday Dress Reminds me of Bringing Sacrifices to Him</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-dress]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/broken-bread-but-no-broken-bones.md\">Broken Bread, but No Broken Bones</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.md\">Porous Bread</a> [sacrament-symbols,prayer,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-28.md\">2024-01-28</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-14.14.md\">1 Nephi 14.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-15.23-25.md\">1 Nephi 15.23–25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/3-nephi-18.22.md\">3 Nephi 18.22</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/Jesus-the-Christ-chapter-35.-death-and-burial.md\">Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/chapter-25.-jesus-again-in-jerusalem.md\">Chapter 25. Jesus Again in Jerusalem</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/deuteronomy-21.22-23.md\">Deuteronomy 21.22–23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-6.10-18.md\">Ephesians 6.10–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/exodus-12.46.md\">Exodus 12.46</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-10.17-18.md\">John 10.17–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-19.31-33.md\">John 19.31–33</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-19.36.md\">John 19.36</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/numbers-9.12.md\">Numbers 9.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/psalm-34.19-20.md\">Psalm 34.19–20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/chirping-birds.md\">I'm Grateful for Chirping Birds</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-27.md\">2024-01-27</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-15.24.md\">1 Nephi 15.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-15-hearken-and-hold-fast.md\">1 Nephi 15 - Hearken and Hold Fast</a> [christianity,come follow me,obedience]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.md\">Become a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks</a> [posts,data science,featured,career,recommendation systems,A/B testing,analytics,beginners]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/rock-climbing.md\">I'm Grateful for Rock Climbing</a> [gratitude,adventure,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-26.md\">2024-01-26</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-14.7.md\">1 Nephi 14.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-14-convincing-unto-peace.md\">1 Nephi 14 - Convincing unto Peace</a> [christianity,peace,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.md\">The Only Mind that's Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative</a> [posts,my principles,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-perspectives.md\">I'm Grateful for New Perspectives</a> [gratitude,perspective,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-25.md\">2024-01-25</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-13.37.md\">1 Nephi 13.37</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-13-publish-peace.md\">1 Nephi 13 - Publish Peace</a> [christianity,peace,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/challenges.md\">I'm Grateful for Challenges</a> [gratitude,challenges]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/book-review/wool.md\">Wool</a> [book-review,apocalyptic,fiction,dystopian,sci-fi]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-24.md\">2024-01-24</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-12-broad-roads.md\">1 Nephi 12 - Broad Roads</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/book-review/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind.md\">The Coddling of the American Mind</a> [book-review,psychology,politics,education]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/navajo-code-talkers.md\">I'm Grateful for Navajo Code Talkers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/news/2024-01-23-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-01-23</a> [news,ai,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/posts/writing-only-makes-sense-to-the-author.md\">Writing Only Makes Sense to the Author</a> [posts,communication,writing,art]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-23.md\">2024-01-23</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-12.17.md\">1 Nephi 12.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/christianity/turn-to-god-not-your-idols.md\">Turn to God in All Things, and Not Your Idols</a> [christianity,scripture of the day,prayer,faith,consecration]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-11-seeing-signs-of-christ.md\">1 Nephi 11 - Angel shows signs to Nephi</a> [christianity,come follow me,faith]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/gratitude/early-morning-workouts.md\">I'm Grateful for Early Morning Workouts</a> [gratitude,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-22.md\">2024-01-22</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-11.7.md\">1 Nephi 11.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-32.8.md\">2 Nephi 32.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-58.27.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 58.27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-58.28.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 58.28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-6.36.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 6.36</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-11.28-30.md\">Matthew 11.28–30</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.1-4.md\">Matthew 16.1–4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-think-celestial.md\">\"Think Celestial!\", Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-21-jan-21.md\">2024-01-21 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 15-21 1 Nephi 6-10</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/gratitude/similarities.md\">I'm Grateful for Similarities</a> [gratitude,memories,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/book-review/saints-book-1-the-standard-of-truth-1815-1846.md\">Saints Book 1 The Standard of Truth 1815-1846</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/concepts/sacrament-covenant.md\">Sacramental Covenant</a> [concepts,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.md\">Receive the Holy Ghost</a> [sacrament-symbols,christianity,symbol-receive]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-21.md\">2024-01-21</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/18.-performing-priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings.md\">18. Performing Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/acts-10.45.md\">Acts 10.45</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/articles-of-faith-1.4.md\">Articles of Faith 1.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-33.15.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 33.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-35.6.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 35.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-39.23.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 39.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-49.14.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 49.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/gift-of-the-holy-ghost.md\">Gift of the Holy Ghost</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-6.8.md\">Jacob 6.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-14.16-18.md\">John 14.16–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-14.25-26.md\">John 14.25–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-15.26.md\">John 15.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-16.7.md\">John 16.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-20.22.md\">John 20.22</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-4.3.md\">Moroni 4.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-5.2.md\">Moroni 5.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-5.58.md\">Moses 5.58</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-8-choosing-to-press-forward.md\">1 Nephi 8 - Press Forward Continually</a> [christianity,come follow me,love,love of God,agency]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/gratitude/social-gatherings.md\">I'm Grateful for Social Gatherings</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/book-review/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people.md\">How to Win Friends and Influence People</a> [book-review,influence,leadership,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-20.md\">2024-01-20</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-10.6.md\">1 Nephi 10.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.24.md\">1 Nephi 8.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.24-26.md\">Matthew 16.24–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/gratitude/baby-formula.md\">I'm Grateful for Baby Formula</a> [gratitude,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/book-review/the-wealth-of-nations.md\">The Wealth of Nations</a> [book-review,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/book-review/the-inklings.md\">The Inklings</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/news/2024-01-19-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-01-19</a> [news,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-10-rely-on-the-redeemer.md\">1 Nephi 10 - Rely on the Redeemer</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-19.md\">2024-01-19</a> [goals,tabata]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-9.4.md\">1 Nephi 9.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-9-write-with-a-purpose.md\">1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/things-i-dont-understand.md\">I'm Grateful for Things I Don't Understand</a> [gratitude,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-18.md\">2024-01-18</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.27-28.md\">1 Nephi 8.27–28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-93.md\">1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/news/ai-news-01.md\">AI News Recap</a> [news,ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/gratitude/music.md\">I'm Grateful for Music</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/christianity/the-power-of-habitual-prayer.md\">The Power of Habitual Prayer</a> [christianity,my testimony,personal stories,prayer,scripture of the day,book of mormon,featured]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-8-what-others-think.md\">1 Nephi 8 - Think for yourself</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-17.md\">2024-01-17</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.31.md\">1 Nephi 3.31</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-34.26.md\">Alma 34.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-7.3.md\">Matthew 7.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-21.15.md\">Mosiah 21.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-23.28.md\">Mosiah 23.28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-27.14.md\">Mosiah 27.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-27.16.md\">Mosiah 27.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-7-commitment.md\">1 Nephi 7 - Make a Choice, Don't go Halvsies</a> [christianity,commitment,learning,epistemology,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/posts/the-problem-with-public-opinions.md\">The Problem with Public Opinions</a> [posts,philosophy,social media]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/book-review/paradise-lost-and-paradise-regained.md\">Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/open-source.md\">I'm Grateful for Open Source</a> [gratitude,tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-16.md\">2024-01-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-11.1.md\">1 Nephi 11.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-6.4.md\">1 Nephi 6.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-6.5.md\">1 Nephi 6.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-7.15-16.md\">1 Nephi 7.15–16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/revelation-3.16.md\">Revelation 3.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-6-god-of-the-covenant.md\">1 Nephi 6 - God of the Covenant</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,scripture of the day]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/gratitude/ice-skating.md\">I'm Grateful for Ice Skating</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-15.md\">2024-01-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-5-trusting-a-promise.md\">1 Nephi 5 - Will a promise be delivered?</a> [christianity,faith,covenant,individual covenant,promised blessings,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/heaven.md\">I'm Grateful for Heaven</a> [gratitude,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/concepts/president-russel-m-nelson.md\">President Russel M. Nelson</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/christianity/sacrament-talk-on-missionary-work.md\">A Church Culture of Missionary work</a> [christianity,opinion,lds culture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/support-beams-represent-the-cross.md\">Architecture Reminds Me of His Cross</a> [sacrament symbol,christianity,scripture of the day,symbol-cross]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/creative/poem-cuddles.md\">Cuddles</a> [creative,poem,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-14.md\">2024-01-14</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-4.1.md\">1 Nephi 4.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.8.md\">1 Nephi 5.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-40.6-9.md\">Alma 40.6–9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.4.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.5-6.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.5–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.8.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-1.38.md\">Ether 1.38</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/hope-of-israel.md\">Hope of Israel</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-6.31-32.md\">Moses 6.31–32</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-4.9.md\">Mosiah 4.9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/healing.md\">I'm Grateful for Healing</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-4-why-not.md\">1 Nephi 4 - Why not?</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/creative/poem-slow-blink.md\">Slow Blink</a> [creative,poem,babies,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.md\">Stairwell scoop</a> [creative,poem]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-13.md\">2024-01-13</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-3-dreamed-a-dream.md\">1 Nephi 3 - Dreamed a Dream</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/posts/you-can-plan-your-life-in-5-minutes.md\">You can plan your life in 5 minutes</a> [posts,purpose of life]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/gratitude/my-childhood.md\">I'm Grateful for My Childhood</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/creative/poem-bound.md\">Bound</a> [creative,poem,parenting,fatherhood]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/posts/junk-attracts-junk.md\">Junk attracts Junk</a> [posts,laws of human nature,observations,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-12.md\">2024-01-12</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.11.md\">1 Nephi 2.11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.2.md\">1 Nephi 3.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.2.md\">1 Nephi 5.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.4-5.md\">1 Nephi 5.4–5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/creative/poem-lint.md\">Lint</a> [babies,parenting,poem,creative]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/posts/bidens-debt-relief-wont-relieve-what-he-thinks-it-will.md\">Biden's debt relief won't relieve what he thinks it will</a> [posts,politics,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-11.md\">goals</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/strollers.md\">I'm Grateful for Strollers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-2-receiving-a-promised-land.md\">1 Nephi 2 - Receiving a promised land</a> [christianity,covenant,individual covenant,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/lists/scripture-study-list.md\">List of Study Topics</a> [lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/concepts/christian.md\">Christian</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/christianity/find-the-fun.md\">Find the Fun</a> [christianity,parenting,mental health,mindfulness,philosophy,tech,A/B testing,mindset]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.md\">AI and the Future of SaaS</a> [news,ai,ai strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.20.md\">1 Nephi 2.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.4.md\">1 Nephi 2.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/book-review/the-quest-for-cosmic-justice.md\">The Quest for Cosmic Justice</a> [book-review,economics,social justice,politics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/posts/cool-quarto-site.md\">Cool Quarto Site</a> [posts,quarto,tech,coding]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/lists/newsletters.md\">Newsletters I follow</a> [lists,ai,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/stop-trying-to-change-people.md\">Stop trying to change people. Stop it.</a> [christianity,prayer,agency,mindfulness,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-10.md\">Goals</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/1-Nephi-1-he-prepares-us-to-teach-us.md\">1 Nephi 1 - He prepares us to teach us</a> [christianity,come follow me,scripture of the day,book of mormon,revelation,prophets,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/listening-to-this-is-the-christ-right-now-grateful-for-good-music.md\">Listening to 'This is the Christ' right now, grateful for good music</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-14-jan-14.md\">2024-01-14 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 7-14</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/gratus-sum-ergo-habeo.md\">Gratus sum, ergo habeo</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/the-book-of-mormon-another-testament-of-jesus-christ.md\">The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.md\">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/my-mission.md\">my mission</a> [posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/small-things.md\">I'm grateful for small things</a> [gratitude,christianity,book of mormon,scripture of the day,retrospective,philosophy,principles]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/sandwich-shops.md\">I'm Grateful for Sandwich Shops</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/posts/the-six-hour-sandwich.md\">The six hour sandwich</a> [posts,sales,life musings,people I meet]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/book-review/guide-to-decision-making.md\">Guide to Decision Making</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.5-6.md\">1 Nephi 1.5–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.5.md\">1 Nephi 1.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.7-8.md\">1 Nephi 1.7–8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-28.30.md\">2 Nephi 28.30</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-37.7.md\">Alma 37.7</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/mark-4.31-32.md\">Mark 4.31–32</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-1-praying-for-other-people.md\">1 Nephi 1 - Praying for Other People</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/tech/this-drug-is-habit-forming.md\">This drug is habit forming</a> [tech,social media]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/tech/the-matrix.md\">The Matrix: Social Media's Influence on Human Interaction</a> [social media,digital minimalism,tech,modern living]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/book-review/the-oxford-inklings-lewis-tolkien-and-their-circle.md\">The Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle</a> [book-review,history,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/posts/whats-your-decision-framework.md\">What's your decision framework?</a> [posts,insights from books,investing,memories,personal stories,emotional intelligence]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/posts/organization-and-minimalism.md\">Organization and Minimalism</a> [posts,minimalism,organization,software,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-09.md\">Workout</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/lists/reading-ethos.md\">Reading Ethos</a> [posts,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/gratitude/audiobooks.md\">Audiobooks</a> [gratitude,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/christianity/scriptures-within-scriptures.md\">Scriptures within Scriptures</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,scripture of the day,scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/book-review/dune-messiah.md\">Dune: Messiah</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/lists/legal-ai.md\">Legal AI</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/toothbrush.md\">I'm Grateful for the Toothbrush</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.md\">A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I'm off Social Media</a> [tech,personal experiments,A/B testing,social media,big tech,incentives,decisions,relationships,ai,emotional intelligence,purpose of life,digital minimalism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-08.md\">Body: Sit-up, pushup, squat tabata</a> [workout]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.7.md\">1 Nephi 3.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.21.md\">1 Nephi 5.21</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.10.md\">1 Nephi 8.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.26.md\">2 Nephi 25.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.51.md\">2 Nephi 9.51</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.md\">The Thief of Time</a> [creative,time,parenting,perspective,deep thought,prose]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/posts/becoming-an-expert.md\">Becoming an expert is kind of a fallacy</a> [posts,personal development,growth,grit,life lessons,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/concepts/hand-of-god.md\">Hand of God</a> [christianity,concept]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/my-testimony-2024-01-07.md\">My testimony: Moving across the Country</a> [christianity,fast sunday,my testimony,memories,let god prevail]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/what-does-it-mean-to-preside.md\">What does it mean to preside?</a> [christianity,book of mormon,doctrine and covenants,priesthood,leadership,the family a proclamation to the world,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.md\">Vaulted Ceilings</a> [christianity,sacrament symbol,symbol-architecture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-07-jan-7.md\">2024-01-07 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 1-7</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/gratitude/cars.md\">Cars</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/creative/prose-red-eyed.md\">Red eyed</a> [creative,deep thought,funny,perspective,hypothetical,angle of vision,prose]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.5.md\">1 Nephi 5.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/3-nephi-10.4-5.md\">3 Nephi 10.4–5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/dale-g-renlund-the-priesthood-and-the-saviors-atoning-power.md\">\"The Priesthood and the Savior’s Atoning Power\", Dale G. Renlund</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-107.60-62.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 107.60–62</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-4.4-6.md\">Ephesians 4.4–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/introduction.md\">Introduction</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-3.16.md\">John 3.16</a> [favorite scriptures,sacrament]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-5.7-8.md\">Mosiah 5.7–8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-make-time-for-the-lord.md\">'Make Time for the Lord', Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-the-book-of-mormon-what-would-your-life-be-like-without-it.md\">\"The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?\", Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/the-family-proclamation.md\">The Family Proclamation</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/haircuts.md\">I'm Grateful for Haircuts</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.md\">AI won't replace us. We'll always create.</a> [tech,ai,futurism,humanity,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.md\">Mark Cuban Mogul Support</a> [posts,entrepreneurship,YouTube clip]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/creative/poem-cabinet-handle.md\">Cabinet Handle</a> [creative,poem,babies]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/gratitude/time.md\">Time</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.28.md\">alma-32.28</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-10.4.md\">moroni-10.4</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/christianity/how-to-use-the-book-of-mormon.md\">How I use the Book of Mormon</a> [christianity,book of mormon,testimony,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-32.9.md\">2 Nephi 32.9</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.md\">The Dove (Forevermore)</a> [creative,poem,poetry,parenting,featured]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/hard-work.md\">Hard Work and its Reward</a> [gratitude,perspective,effort,life lessons,memories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/tech/what-startups-and-musicians-have-in-common.md\">What startups and musicians have in common</a> [tech,startups,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/tech/the-future-wave-of-ai-hype.md\">The future wave of AI hype</a> [tech,news,chart critique]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/write-a-thousand-songs.md\">Write a thousand songs</a> [posts,creativity,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/losing-to-yesmen.md\">When Leaders Lose their People</a> [posts,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/the-multiverse-of-careers.md\">The Multiverse of Careers</a> [posts,meditation,deathbed meditation,career,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives.md\">russell-m-nelson-revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.34-36.md\">alma-32.34-36</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.15-17.md\">Matthew 16.15-17</a> [favorite scripture,holy ghost]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-18.26-28.md\">alma-18.26-28</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/christianity/a-change-in-witness.md\">When a Person Changes their Perspective on Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,epistemology,theology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/30-seconds-for-payment.md\">30 Seconds is All You Get</a> [music,economics,incentives,posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.9.md\">Mosiah 18.9</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/testimony-of-eight-witnesses.md\">testimony-of-eight-witnesses</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/leviticus-19.18.md\">leviticus-19.18</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/book-review/steve-jobs-biography.md\">Steve Jobs (Biography)</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/christianity/love-thy-neighbor-but-have-friends.md\">Love Thy Neighbor, But Have Friends</a> [christianity,love,family,friendship]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/christianity/share-your-testimony.md\">Share your testimony</a> [christianity,testimony]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/zoom.md\">Zoom</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/lists/writing-ethos.md\">Writing Ethos</a> [lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/posts/my-tombstone.md\">My Tombstone</a> [posts,mortality,work,work life balance,perspective,meditation,priorities]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/posts/your-mood-is-contagious.md\">Your Mood is Contagious</a> [posts,leadership,parenting,emotional resilience,grit]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/tech/dreaming-software.md\">The Dream State of Software</a> [tech,design,ai,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.16-18.md\">alma-32.16-18</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-5.45.md\">matthew-5.45</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-kings-19.11-12.md\">1-kings-19.11-12</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-3.5.md\">mosiah-3.5</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/lists/gratitude-backlog.md\">Things I'm grateful for</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/book-review/innovators-dilemma.md\">Innovator's Dilemma</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/book-review/socrates-a-life-worth-living.md\">\"Socrates A Life Worth Living\" by Devra Lehman</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/christianity/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.md\">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/christianity/the-miracles-of-christ.md\">The Miracles of Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,scripture of the day,miracles,faith,signs]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/gratitude/good-books.md\">Good Books</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/tech/why-we-want-new-software.md\">The Psychology of New Software Releases and its Parallels with Fashion</a> [business strategy,saas,sales,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-01 <a href=\"/gratitude/rest.md\">I'm grateful for rest</a> [gratitude,observations]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/christianity/cfm-2023-12-31-rev-15-21.md\">Come follow me, December 25-31, Revelations 15-21</a> [christianity,come follow me,raw notes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/eyes.md\">Eyes</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.md\">Replacing human work with AI</a> [tech,ai,automation,decisions,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/gratitude/beaches.md\">Beaches</a> [gratitude,water,beach,sunset]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/posts/emotional-recovery.md\">Emotional Recovery</a> [posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/posts/water-as-a-currency.md\">Water as a Currency?</a> [posts,water,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/creative/poem-timeless.md\">Timeless</a> [poem,poetry,parenting,creative]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/posts/how-to-blog-with-obsidian-and-quarto.md\">Blogging with Obsidian and Quarto</a> [obsidian,quarto,tutorial]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-vs-quartz-for-obsidian.md\">Quarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog</a> [quarto,obsidian,pkm,build in public,tool,tool comparison]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md\">How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices</a> [decisions,philosophy,book-review,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/decisions-are-rivers.md\">Decisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft</a> [decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/flip-a-coin-and-not-fail.md\">97 percent chance you'll fail</a> [success,decisions,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/flip-a-coin.md\">Flipping the coins of life</a> [philosophy,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md\">Leaving my Startup was the Right Decision</a> [decisions,storytelling,hindsight]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/christianity/christmas-empty-tomb.md\">Post Christmas blues? Remember the empty tombs</a> [christianity,christmas]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/christianity/unknown-god.md\">An Unknown God</a> [christianity,theology,faith,doubts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/grateful-for-artists.md\">I'm grateful for artists</a> [gratitude,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-26-i'm-grateful-for-blankets/index.md\">I'm grateful for blankets</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-feature-requests/index.md\">Things I'd like in a blog</a> [productivity,quarto]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-from-phone/index.md\">How to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian</a> [productivity,tech,tutorial]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/write-despite-ai/index.md\">Write despite AI</a> [ai,humanity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.md\">Writing is truly enlivening</a> [communication,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-25-grateful-for-doctors/index.md\">I'm grateful for doctors</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-25 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.md\">AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans</a> [ai,tech,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/christianity/let-your-light-so-shine.md\">His is the light that we should share</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/christianity/the-christ-child.md\">The Christ Child</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-24-light/index.md\">Light</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-24-twas-the-night-before-christmas/index.md\">Twas the Night before Christmas</a> [christmas,ask gpt]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-23 <a href=\"/book-review/dune.md\">Dune</a> [book-review,sci-fi]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-23 <a href=\"/book-review/the-best-of-edgar-allen-poe.md\">The Best of Edgar Allen Poe</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-22 <a href=\"/book-review/killers-of-the-flower-moon.md\">Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI</a> [storytelling,murder mystery,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-21 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-21-github-copilot-levels-up/index.md\">GitHub copilot levels up</a> [ai,productivity,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-21 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.md\">The Allegory of the Dodo</a> [productivity,business,kids books]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-20 <a href=\"/book-review/unbelievable.md\">Unbelievable</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-20 <a href=\"/posts/the-little-red-hen.md\">The Little Red Hen</a> [book review,startups]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-19 <a href=\"/book-review/101-essays-to-make-you-think.md\">101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest</a> [philosophy,mindfulness,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-19 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-19-how-to-encourage-your-kids-/index.md\">How to encourage your kids</a> [parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-18 <a href=\"/book-review/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.md\">Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> [storytelling,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-17 <a href=\"/christianity/christmas-celebrates-a-living-christ.md\">Christmas celebrates a Living Christ</a> [christianity,ai,christmas]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-16 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-16-humanity-and-ai/index.md\">What is humanity</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-15-llms-can-find-a-needle-in-the-haystack/index.md\">LLMs can find a needle in the haystack</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-15-prompt-techniques/index.md\">Prompt techniques</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-14 <a href=\"/lists/ai.md\">Cool AI Tweets</a> [tech,futurism,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-13 <a href=\"/christianity/three-little-pigs-christ.md\">Three Little Pigs</a> [book review,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-13 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-13-learn-by-doing/index.md\">Learn by doing</a> [data science,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-12 <a href=\"/book-review/scientific-freedom.md\">Scientific Freedom</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-12 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-12-future-of-coding/index.md\">Future of Coding</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-08-17 <a href=\"/book-review/four-thousand-weeks.md\">Four Thousand Weeks</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-07-22 <a href=\"/book-review/every-city-is-every-other-city.md\">Every City Is Every Other City</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-06-15 <a href=\"/book-review/sapiens.md\">Sapiens</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-05-08 <a href=\"/book-review/1984.md\">1984</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-04-25 <a href=\"/book-review/when-breath-becomes-air.md\">When Breath Becomes Air</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-23-who-do-you-want-to-be-known-for/index.md\">How do you want to be remembered?</a> [leadership,service]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-15-chatgpt-rshiny/index.md\">Building a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT</a> [data science,r,shiny,futurism,chatgpt]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-06 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-06-more-new-businesses-than-ever/index.md\">Models as a Service and the Future of Data Science</a> [tech,startups,business,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-18 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-18-substance-over-style/index.md\">Resume Substance over Style</a> [communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-18 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-18-writing-a-tech-resume/index.md\">Writing a Tech Resume</a> [communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-12 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-12-what-is-a-model/index.md\">What is a model?</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-09-11 <a href=\"/book-review/the-80-20-principle-and-92-other-powerful-laws-nature.md\">The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-09-07 <a href=\"/book-review/think-again.md\">Think Again</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-22 <a href=\"/book-review/human-compatible.md\">Human Compatible</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-17 <a href=\"/book-review/antifragile.md\">Antifragile</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-15 <a href=\"/book-review/never-split-the-difference.md\">Never Split the Difference</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-06 <a href=\"/book-review/willpower.md\">Willpower</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-04 <a href=\"/book-review/thinking-fast-and-slow.md\">Thinking, Fast and Slow</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-01 <a href=\"/book-review/digital-minimalism.md\">Digital Minimalism</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-power-of-regret.md\">The Power of Regret</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-20 <a href=\"/posts/2022-07-20-de-sciencing-data-science-and-talking-like-a-normal-person/index.md\">De-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person</a> [data science,communication,principles]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-15 <a href=\"/book-review/the-willpower-instinct.md\">The Willpower Instinct</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-08 <a href=\"/book-review/effortless.md\">Effortless</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-04 <a href=\"/book-review/why-we-sleep.md\">Why We Sleep</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-03 <a href=\"/posts/2022-07-03-when-data-collection-goes-too-far/index.md\">When data collection goes too far</a> [productivity,futurism,tech,surveillance]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-28 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-28-increase-focus-through-writing-down-everything/index.md\">Increase Focus through Writing Down Everything</a> [productivity,musings,ticktick]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-28 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-28-pomodoro-principles/index.md\">Pomodoro Principles</a> [productivity,ticktick]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-25 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-25-how-i-use-ticktick/index.md\">How I use TickTick</a> [productivity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/getting-things-done.md\">Getting Things Done</a> [productivity,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/give-and-take.md\">Give and Take</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/the-organized-mind.md\">The Organized Mind</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-23-new-ideas-are-distractingly-exciting/index.md\">New ideas are distractingly exciting</a> [productivity,priorities,ideation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-23-the-best-todolist-manager/index.md\">What is the best todo list manager?</a> [productivity,app review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-22 <a href=\"/book-review/radical-candor.md\">Radical Candor</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-22 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.md\">Downstream Impact</a> [data science,experimentation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-21 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-21-products-for-dads/index.md\">Products for dads</a> [productivity,fatherhood]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-21 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-21-the-power-of-party-pay-by-visible/index.md\">The Power of Party Pay by Visible</a> [startups,strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-20 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-20-blogging-with-quarto/index.md\">Blogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-17 <a href=\"/book-review/courage-is-calling.md\">Courage Is Calling</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-17 <a href=\"/book-review/the-obstacle-is-the-way.md\">The Obstacle Is the Way</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-09 <a href=\"/book-review/rich-dad-poor-dad.md\">Rich Dad Poor Dad</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-09 <a href=\"/book-review/zero-to-one.md\">Zero to One</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-08 <a href=\"/book-review/world-travel.md\">World Travel</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-05 <a href=\"/book-review/principles.md\">Principles</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-04 <a href=\"/book-review/good-to-great.md\">Good to Great</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-03 <a href=\"/book-review/no-rules-rules.md\">No Rules Rules</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-05-14 <a href=\"/book-review/life-of-pi.md\">Life of Pi</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-04-12 <a href=\"/book-review/steve-jobs.md\">Steve Jobs</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-31 <a href=\"/book-review/deep-work.md\">Deep Work</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-30 <a href=\"/book-review/midnight-in-chernobyl.md\">Midnight in Chernobyl</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-20 <a href=\"/book-review/one-second-after.md\">One Second After</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-16 <a href=\"/book-review/getting-to-yes.md\">Getting to Yes</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-15 <a href=\"/book-review/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things.md\">The Hard Thing About Hard Things</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-12 <a href=\"/book-review/the-first-90-days.md\">The First 90 Days</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-10 <a href=\"/book-review/guns-germs-and-steel.md\">Guns, Germs, and Steel</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-06 <a href=\"/book-review/tribe-of-mentors.md\">Tribe of Mentors</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-storytelling-animal.md\">The Storytelling Animal</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-02-22 <a href=\"/book-review/mindset.md\">Mindset</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-02-21 <a 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So long as your intent is pure.\nThe desire within us is reflective of something more. Desire to eat can only be satisfied by food. Desire for purpose can only be satisfied by Him.\nWe become like him as a line becomes a shape and a shape becomes a polyhedron.\nThe instrument needs to be clean. A man who keeps himself clean and bright will be able to receive God. Same frequency.\nChristianity provides the true purpose for life.\nThree dimensions: Godnspeaks to me, god is within me, and Christ is of God praying for me, giving me the words to pray for\n\nThe Prophet → you can only pray the words given to you (god only listens to the words he gives to you )\n\n\n2024-03-10\n\nGood people know about good and evil, the way a sober person clearly understands a drunk.\nGiving charitably. Give more than you can, sacrificing some things for it.\nI love the theology he thinks through, such as repentance and such. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The Coddling of the American Mind\n2024-03-13\nHow to practice CBT\n\nread “feeling good” by David burns\n\nAppendix 1: How to Do CBT | coddling\n\nTake a moment to write down what you are feeling if you’re anxious, depressed, or upset\nWrite down your level of distress (1-100)\nWrite down what happened and what your automatic thoughts were when you felt the pang of anxie th or despair\nConsider the categories of distortions and write them down. “This is catastrophizing”\nLook for evidence for and against your thought\nAsk yourself what someone might say if they disagree with you. Is there any merit in that argument?\nConsider again what happens and reevaluate without the cognitive distortions.\nWrite down your new feelings.\nWrite again the weight of your thoughts.\n\nAll 17 distortions from Appendix 1: How to Do CBT | coddling\nCategories of Distorted Automatic Thoughts\n\nMIND READING: You assume that you know what people think without having sufficient evidence of their thoughts. “He thinksI’m a loser.”\nFORTUNE- TELLING: You predict the future negatively: Things will get worse, or there is danger ahead. “I’ll fail that exam,” or “I won’t get the job.”\nCATASTROPHIZING: You believe that what has happened or will happen will be so awful and unbearable that you won’t be able to stand it. “It would be terrible if I failed.”\nLABELING: You assign global negative traits to yourself and others.“I’m undesirable,” or “He’s a rotten person.”\nDISCOUNTING POSITIVES: You claim that the positive things you or others do are trivial. “That’s what wives are supposed to do— so it doesn’t count when she’s nice to me,” or “Those successes were easy, so they don’t matter.”\nNEGATIVE FILTERING: You focus almost exclusively on the negatives and seldom notice the positives. “Look at all of the people who don’t like me.”\nOVERGENERALIZING: You perceive a global pattern of negatives on the basis of a single incident. “This generally happens to me. I seem to fail at a lot of things.”\nDICHOTOMOUS THINKING: You view events or people in all‑or ‑ ‑nothing terms. “I get rejected by everyone,” or “It was a complete waste of time.”\nSHOULDS: You interpret events in terms of how things should be, rather than simply focusing on what is. “I should do well. If I don’t, then I’m a failure.”\nPERSONALIZING: You attribute a disproportionate amount of the blame to yourself for negative events, and you fail to see that certain events are also caused by others. “The marriage ended because I failed.” \nBLAMING: You focus on the other person as the source of your negative feelings, and you refuse to take responsibility for changing yourself. “She’s to blame for the way I feel now,” or “My parents caused all my problems.”\nUNFAIR COMPARISONS: You interpret events in terms of standards that are unrealistic— for example, you focus primarily on others who do better than you and find yourself inferior in the comparison. “She’s more successful than I am,” or “Others did better than Idid on the test.”\nREGRET ORIENTATION: You focus on the idea that you could have done better in the past, rather than on what you can do better now.“I could have had a better job if I had tried,” or “I shouldn’t have said that.”\nWHAT IF?: You keep asking a series of questions about “what if”something happens, and you fail to be satisfied with any of the answers. “Yeah, but what if I get anxious?” or “What if I can’t catch my breath?”\nEMOTIONAL REASONING: You let your feelings guide your interpretation of reality. “I feel depressed; therefore, my marriage is not working out.”\nINABILITY TO DISCONFIRM: You reject any evidence or arguments that might contradict your negative thoughts. For example, when you have the thought “I’m unlovable,” you reject as irrelevant any evidence that people like you. Consequently, your thought cannot be refuted. “That’s not the real issue. There are deeper problems.There are other factors.”\nJUDGMENT FOCUS: You view yourself, others, and events in terms of evaluations as good– bad or superior– inferior, rather than simply describing, accepting, or understanding. You are continually measuring yourself and others according to arbitrary standards, and finding that you and others fall short. You are focused on the judgments of others as well as your own judgments of yourself. “I didn’t perform well in college,” or “If I take up tennis, I won’t do well,” or“Look how successful she is. I’m not successful.”\n\n​\n2024-03-12\n\nI feel this could have been written today.\nSafetyism. Words are harmful.\nScreens > 2 hours a day increase risk of suicide.\nKids are being coddled. Over worked. Over engineered for top tier schools. But who says those schools produce successful people? What’s the goal of getting into a top tier university? Will you really be better off in life? Most of the kids aren’t able to handle life and enjoy it.\nCollege has become a country club. Pay $100k/year.\nKids\nEssentially, his theory is that universities are getting more fragile kids who are playing less, on social media more. They pursue safetyism. They give up liberties such as\nLet your kid walk where is safe for them to do so. Avoid overprotection.\n\nPrepare kids.\nFree from adult guidance.\nProductive disagreement. Teach kids to argue productively.\n\n“Talk with strangers, just never go off with them”\nKids today at 18 have the maturity of 15 year olds 20 years ago. Too much time on phones. Too much time afraid, even though substantively less crime.\nMindfulness:\n\nAdam grant on good conflict:\n\nFrame it as a debate rather than a conflict\nArgue as if you’re right but listen as if you’re wrong and be willing to change your mind\nGive the most respectful interpretation of the other person’s perspective\nAcknowledge where you agree with your critics and what you’ve learned from them.\n\nYour own thoughts unguarded.\nwSJ on lazy river - 207k/4 years. Insane. - 58k/year at Stanford.\n\n2024-01-25\n\nus vs them thinking\nLabeling.\ncognitive distortions.\nIllogical gaps.\nTribalism. It’s within us all.\nThe rhetoric in the world affects us all. We can overcome by paying heed. But the people who probably need to read this book don’t. Same with any book: it’s never received by the people who need it most, perhaps.\nanti-fragility: don’t want you to be safe. Want you to be strong. Armor. Don’t want you to run. Want you to have the strength to overcome.\nconcept creep.\nDon’t defend the attacked.\n“rallies are sometimes in the belief in a God, but always in the belief of a devil”\n\n\n\n2024-01-23\nCBT: Emotional Reasoning, catastrophizing, labeling, Overgeneralising, black|white, mind reading, negative filtering, discounting positives, blaming\n\nEmotional reasoning. Confusing feelings with thoughts or reality is a cognitive distortion.\nCatastrophizing imagines a sequence of events. But it’s seldom true.\nOvergeneralising.\nDichotomous thinking. All or nothing thinking.\nMind reading\nLabelling. Because someone belongs to a category doesn’t mean they embody all the traits of that category.\nNegative filtering. Amplifying negative signals, so it overwhelms the positive.\nDiscounting positives. Rationalising away positive evidence as if it doesn’t count.\nBlaming.\n\n\ntribalism.\nCARE framework for responding to challenges.\nTheory: we grow through being challenged, not the opposite. We are not our feelings.\nPrinciple of charity: assume the best intent (not the worst)\nprepare the kid for the road, not the road for the kid. Life is the road.\nPeople are afraid to speak up For fear of being cancelled.\n\n\n\n\nThe Coddling of the American Mind\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/band-of-brothers.html", - "href": "book-review/band-of-brothers.html", - "title": "Band of Brothers", + "objectID": "book-review/101-essays-to-make-you-think.html", + "href": "book-review/101-essays-to-make-you-think.html", + "title": "101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest", "section": "", - "text": "2024-03-09\nInteresting stories:\n\nnoticing the new tree\nWebster’s commentaries\nThe personalities\nThe mental fortitude and collapse\nHow 101 went to the fight while other people retreated.\n\n2024-03-06\n\nthe book is a review of battles in incredible detail. Lots of details on maneuvers. But also shows the desperation. Of the situation.\nthings that impacted me:\n\nThe way they react to bullets and artillery. Sometimes laughing. Then crying.\nThe war breaks some people. They go crazy.\nSome shot their own hands to avoid the war\nMillion dollar\nCover fire.\nLooting. Lent up energy. 60+ days no showering. Digging own fox holes deep. Friendly fire and shooting or bayoneting own people. Miracle of a stray bullet not killing you.\nPolish with guns behind their back (from Germany) so they’d fight.\n\n\nYouTube video on the war\nYouTube - battle of the bulge google maps\nYouTube battle of dunkirk 1940\n2024-03-02\n\nthey want to be with the best rather than the common infantry unit. Their chances of survival are higher.\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "TL;DR: 101 Ideas. This is like a modern day Meditations\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2023-12-20 9-11\n\nhappiness of pleasure, grace (appreciation), excellence (emotional resilience)\nsome of the poorest countries are the happiest.\n\n2023-12-19 Essays 1-8\n\nwe all started as strangers\nto change your beliefs, go have experiences that manifest and confirm the beliefs you want to have\ncan only have a few truly\nour relationship with others is a pure reflection of our relationship with our self. Work on your relationship with yourself to improve your relationship with others.\ndo you look at your leg and say “that’s me?” No. That’s my leg. Do you look at your eye, heart, hair? No. Do you look at your fears, hopes or dreams and say, that’s me?\nfear and Anxiety aren’t feelings. They’re symptoms.\nWhat emotion do you feel the most often? Is it positive? If not, why does a negative feeling deserve the spotlight? What does this tell you about your relationship with yourself?\n\n2023-12-22 essays 12+\n\nknowing doing gap. “If I lived today on repeat for 10 years where will I be?” What would happen if I didn’t do X?\n\nInsights: - self actualization is what we’re all doing. We all mostly have shelter, food, job, even if minimum wage.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/no-rules-rules.html", - "href": "book-review/no-rules-rules.html", - "title": "No Rules Rules", + "objectID": "book-review/the-best-of-edgar-allen-poe.html", + "href": "book-review/the-best-of-edgar-allen-poe.html", + "title": "The Best of Edgar Allen Poe", "section": "", - "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Raw Notes\nThe Tell-Tale Heart:\n\nyou think me mad. Nah, I’m cool. But the man grows increasingly mad.\nguilt follows the commission, before then the guilt is only in the hesrt. After it consumes.\n\nThe Cask of Amontillado:\n\nwatch your pride. Don’t let it trick you into walking into catacombs\n\nThe Masque of the Red Death:\n\nfruitless to avoid it\nallegory of phases of life\nPrince Prospero tries to fight death, but dies in the process\n\nThe Raven\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/killers-of-the-flower-moon.html", - "href": "book-review/killers-of-the-flower-moon.html", - "title": "Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI", + "objectID": "book-review/steve-jobs.html", + "href": "book-review/steve-jobs.html", + "title": "Steve Jobs", "section": "", - "text": "TL;DR\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn Spotify\n\nHale: self made man. Cowboy. Learned the trade. Got one cow. Then many. Then had 25,000 acres.\nAlly. Used his position as a white guy to advocate on behalf of the Osage.\n\nCherokee nation parceled and “first come first serve” over 42,000 acres. Brawl.\n“my people will only be happy once the money is gone”\nWild West: private eye 1921 > than local sheriff\n1850 Alan Pinkerton - private eye.\nguardians - Osage couldn’t spend their own money without approval\ncriminal’s secret eats away at him\njudicial execution is a challenge of taming the evils within even those on the “right side of the law” calling for justice. Do we really need to execute someone? What if they’re actually innocent?\n\nEarnest Burkheart’s confession: - similar to The Tell Tale heart. Someone feels better letting go of lying and coming clean. He was a happy man, even living in prison the rest of his life. - Why doesn’t Hale feel this way?\nThey were the happiest people because they didn’t own anything and nobody owned them.\nStorytelling: - Zoom out of the big picture, get to some conclusion of Earnest’s story, then get back to the main plot. Wrap up the branches, perhaps with some summary or quip. - focused on one storyline, but revealed other side stories and off shoots. - the mystery is in the known details, unknown at the tkme\nTakeaways: - Different types of people. Earnest - has somewhat of a conscience to tell the truth. - FBI agents died destitute. No glory. Hoover took it all\nTom White is incredible. Was shot and left for dead but forgave his captors.\nQuestions: - how many descendants today with money stolen from the Osage? - how many crimes like this continue to happen today?\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/heal-your-nervous-system.html", - "href": "book-review/heal-your-nervous-system.html", - "title": "Heal Your Nervous System", + "objectID": "book-review/digital-minimalism.html", + "href": "book-review/digital-minimalism.html", + "title": "Digital Minimalism", "section": "", - "text": "Find out your sensitivity profile | Heal Your Nervous System\n2024-03-30 summary and takeaways\n\ndog mind vs lion mind\nSensitivity is good.\nNervous system health vs just mindfulness.\nBodyfulness. Engage the whole body.\nconnection to ancestors: we inherit generational issues.\nnervous systems can heal. The whole nervous aystem responds to issues.\nThe Worry Cure: anxious mind causes anxious feelings and vice versa. Same with nervous system. Chicken and egg.\nResiliency of a fern.\nNature is healing. Connect with it. Connect with self.\nMusic and creative expression for 45 min a week. Healing.\nphysiologic sigh. Two in, one long out mouth. Practice.\nHealing takes practice. It’s not fast. The quick fix mindset is the problem. Need to approach it as a whole body solution that takes time.\nRewire the embedded alarms via cognitive processing therapy. One at a time. Practice small. Get into a good state first, then practice. Over time the stimulation will reduce and you’ll have new pathways.\nImagine the perfect childhood. Perfect boss. Perfect situation. How would someone treat you in that situation? Connect with this. Become it. Self compassion.\n\n2024-03-29\nBoundaries - Don’t explain or defend them. Don’t share them. - Set boundaries. If you’re going to talk for 5 min then only talk for 5 min. - Parenting techniques - Placating parent. - Conflict avoiding parent.\nThree streps for challenges\n\nanalyze current circumstances. 95% focus on problem. Perceptions vs interpretations of perceptions. Accuracy of interpretation\nexpand list of coping strategies. Brainstorm a list of coping strategies.\n\nTypes of coping strategies\n\nSeeking social support\nProblem solving\nAvoidanve\npositive thinking\n\nNo bad coping strategies. Just less helpful\n\n\nBook: attachment disturbances in adults.\nFive core needs of attachment(like a house) 1. foundation. Safety and protection. 2. Walls. Attunement. Attune to the feelings. Identify the feelings, provide safety for them. Create a supporting environment, attune to their needs. 3. Roof: sooltjing and comfort. Shelter and security. Reassurance and support. Touch. 4. Windows: expressed delight. Regularly express it. 5. Garden: support self development. Aim for good enough. Support them in new ways.\nSecure attachment Dismissive attachment - Solves problems by avoidance or workaholic Preoccupied attachment - abandonemwnt, extra reassurance - Expressed delight was missing - Seek approval or reassurance. - Highly sensitive to rejection - Overshare personal details - Anxiety Disorganized or fearful attachment.\nImagine having your attachment needs met. IPF therapy. IPF protocol. Don’t just think about. Imagine. Feel everything of having met. - Deep breaths - Identify what you need: feeling supported. - Reflect - Imagine ideal parenting. - Create image of what ideal parent figures would look like. - Imagine those ideal parents interacting with your. Imagine them interacting with you in a nice scene. - Visualize and journal about ideal parent figures.\nTrack or be aware of your heart rate. Interoception: awareness of what things contribute to your stress.\nHeartbeat awareness or breathing awareness. - Locate pulse - 30 seconds light. - Locate pulse - 1 minute of mild. - 30 seconds of locate pulse. - 2 minutes of intense\nInteroceptive awareness. Body scan. Exteroceptive awareness: your surroundings.\nElevator alertness map: put coping strategies into the map.\nNervous System Regulation: How to Start Regulating Your Nervous System\n\n2024-03-28\n\ndog mind vs lion mind.\nCreate a gap: observe your thoughts\nEight senses. Proprioceptive awareness.\nBodyfulness. Bring your whole body.\nRelaxing stretches:\n\nEyes to right, Ear to right shoulder, eyes still right\nSalamander: neutral spine on all 4s.\n\nDiagnosis. How you feel. Disease. Three pillars of wellness.\n\n2024-03-27\n\nsensitivity: like an orchid or a tulip.\nBelief: those who are more sensitive can rewire faster.\nNeuroplasticity: past patterns can be rewired completely without long term entrenchment\nFour areas\nEmbedded alarms: why you don’t make the same mistake twice, or become afraid of dogs.\nMisrepresenting the word “trauma” can cause you to feel higher emotional reactions to more benign experiences. → how you perceive the word and its definition affects you.\n\nFive stages - awareness - Sensory stimulatjon - active proprioception - jump rope - passive Proprioceptive - Massage gun - Deep tissue - Tactile input - Manipulate textured - Olfactory input - Oral (tasting) - Visual - Sleep - Light 10 min after waking. - Light for 10 min in late afternoon. - Dim lights after sunlight, keep low to the ground - Regulation - restoration - Connection - Expansion\n\n\n\nHeal your nervous system\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Great read.\n\n\nMovie reactions to a friend:\n\nthe ending of the bad guys is anti-climactic, but I read the books and it’s pretty similar. Rabban doesn’t really even die. Feyd Rautha dies how he does in the book. The death of the Baron is far more interesting in the book, which I won’t spoil but it’s a whole subplot they couldn’t fit in\n\n\nThe symbolism is more that they all scoffed and scorned a 15 year old boy as not being worth anything. The theme of the baron being over confident that there aren’t fremen, that by leaving Paul in the desert he’d die with his mom, etc. they all felt untouchable. Then they all die unceremoniously and their power is just stripped away in a moment. Symbolic of Paul’s rise as a messiah and how these big leaders have very little keeping them from being humanized and debased.\n\n\nFrank Herbert’s theme when he speaks about the book is that “beware of leaders. Don’t trust any of them. Don’t worship them - they’re just humans”. And I think the unceremonious death kind of enshrines that. The baron who was rising over the Duke, dies face down in the dirt. Feyd Rautha who killed an Atreides in the coliseum dies in front of none of his people, etc.\n\n\nIt’s anti climactic but I think it speaks a lot to the theme of how majesty is kind of a thin veil.\n\n\n\n\nDune\n\n\n\nshield your son too much and he’ll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny\ndeprogram after the machines. Let the machines do too much thinking.\nhumans must never submit to animals\n“how did the woman seal my tongue?” Paul can’t tell his father he’s going to die. Why? Sometimes our tongues are bound to speak that which can’t be changed\n“the mind commands the body and it obeys. It commands itself and it rebels”\n\nConnections: - Alan Pinkerton killers “secrets break the character of the criminal till they give it out”. Dr Yueh cries when his scripture is given out.\nNotes: - if I made him do it it wouldn’t be his doing. - storytelling: why tell us 100% of everything up front? The movie hides the secrets about Yueh. - storytelling: the hindsight narrator\nWhen God has appointed a man to die, he guides his wants to desire that place\n\nyou’re remembered for what you fear\nFocusing too much on sight dulls the other senses\nWe became weak on caladan\nWhy beat yourself up after an emotional experience? What does it take to relevel yiur head.\n“Their minds rejected what they could not comprehend or encompass”\nTaking and giving force. a man loves the taking force, but he can’t get into the giving force without being changed.\nPower changed Muaddib to not care about lost people. Why is that?\n\nStorytelling - How he explains their thoughts after subtle observations. He explains things through humanity, not through narration alone. This makes those points more salient. 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But that was a point in time revelation. → like the book of revelation: don’t add to this.\nDon’t covet thy own property → the Lord gives. He may recall for His purposes.\nLand of promise to the saints → riches. Seek with all heart. many lands of promise. Missouri? Utah?\nPrepare to receive the word of the Lord, for it is coming. → why didn’t the Lord send the word immediately? He wanted to prepare people. He’s a fisher of men. A farmer of men. A lord of the vineyard.\n\n\n“Where is your faith? Where is your confidence in God?” she demanded. “If you will all of you raise your desires to heaven, that the ice may be broken up and we be set at liberty, as sure as the Lord lives, it will be done.” 11 Ye Shall Receive My Law\n\n→ this gathering is stil\n2024-01-21\n\n“Attend to it” - Joseph Senior supported Joseph. The Angel wanted Joseph to know this.\nDavid’s field being ploughed overnight - a few items were left for David - the Lord did just enough. 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So give more.\n\n2024-02-13\n\npeople are more likely to be influenced by and ad when they don’t think it’s an ad\n\n2024-02-10\n\nRejection and retreat principle. Larger than smaller offers.\nContrast principle.\nReciprocity - people give more than they get out of a sense of burden.\nReciprocity - your good works are not lost if they’re felt sincere.\n\nLiking:\n\n“it’s impossible to change someone’s belief with reasoning when they didn’t use reasoning and logic to come to that belief in the first place”\n“You cannot reason a person out a position he did not reason himself into in the first place” - Jonathan Swift #quotes\nLiking: finding genuine similarities between you and the other.\nIn group vs out group\nAssigning labels, such as mascots or alter names\n\n2024-01-30\n\nAckerman method from Never Split the Difference applies to the concept of anchoring. Better to anchor at $2 then tell them $200 off than play a joke at $10000 but only offer $200.\nReciprocity - the small things compound over time. Give more than you expect to get.\n“Because”. Giving reasons is persuasive, that word is a trigger.\n\n\n\n\nInfluence\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Choose Netflix fast.\nParalysis is trying to get certainty.\nMaximizing: trying to make the optimal decision.\n“What information would change your decision? What’s the cost to get it?”\nPre-mortum: why did you fail?\nbackcast: work backward from success and figure out what it took. Imagine you succeeded.\nHedge: pay to mitigate the downside of a bad outcome.\nPre-commitment barriers: dampen your emotional reaction\nTilt:\nDr. Evil -\nCategory decisions:\n\n2024-02-20\nSteps in decisions:\nIdentify your goal. Where are you hoping a decision will take you? 1. Identify the reasonable set of outcomes. 2. Identify your preference for the outcomes. What degree do you like/dislike each outcome? Payoffs? (Emotional, financial, etc. ) 1. What’s the range? (I could be somewhat happy or happy, but not elated) 3. Likelihood of each outcome unfolding. Use terms like “not likely, very likely” 4. Assess the relative likelihood of outcomes you like and dislike for the option under consideration. 5. Repeat 1-4 for all options. 6. Compare options.\n“If I were wrong, why might that be?” #IntrospectiveQuestion\n“What information could I discover that might make me change my mind?” #IntrospectiveQuestion\n“How shocked would I be if the outcome didn’t happen in the range I specified?” #IntrospectiveQuestion\nInside view vs outside view.\n\ninside:\nOutside: the advice others give you. Or what you’d say to someone in your position.\nStart with outside view and then move to the inside view.\nBeing smart means you anchor more to the inside view than the outside view. But decision making is best at the intersection of inside and outside.\n\n\n\n\nHow to Decide, on Spotify\n\n\nWhat is my best decision? Worst?\n\nresulting: focusing on outcomes, rather than expected values and doing the best\nto improve decision making: focus on what the process was for decision making. Information gathering. 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Only has one hand and one eye.\n\nInteresting Why I Wrote ‘Jesus the Son of Man’: A Little-Known Interview with Gibran - Kahlil Gibran Collective Inc.\n2024-03-16\n\nthe weathervane: told the wind to stop bothering it. You’re messing me up.\n\nThe whole point of the weathervane is to give direction to the wind.\nDo I question the thing that gives me employment? Gives me work?\n\nThe four poets: sometimes we all love to talk about something but don’t actually enjoy it\nThe four frogs: one of us wants to be right. We get angry with someone who tells us we’re all right, as well as someone who doesn’t want to challenge us - who won’t play in our game. They’re the enemy because They didn’t stoop to our level and caught us in our vice. (There was a person I didn’t like once but I now realize it’s because they didn’t stoop to my level )\nThe stolen horse: we all accuse the victim. Why don’t we focus on the stealer of a horse? 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/5-questions-you-should-ask-before-adopting-ai.html", - "href": "tech/5-questions-you-should-ask-before-adopting-ai.html", - "title": "5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI", + "objectID": "goals/test.html", + "href": "goals/test.html", + "title": "test", "section": "", - "text": "I see a lot of executives dive into AI with a fury of excitement - the possibilities are endless. 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Perhaps you’re so entrenched in a problem you intuitively know the solution, build something, and your customers (or coworkers) love what you’ve made.\nFar more likely is you end up believing AI isn’t working.\nHere are the five questions you should ask before adopting AI:\n\nWhats the job my customer will hire my AI to do? (Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”)\nWhy will they hire my AI?\nHow much is not having my AI costing them?\nIf my AI didn’t exists, whats the stupidest way my customers could get an 80% solution?\nIf my AI does exist in all its glory, why will it fail miserably to do the job its hired to do?\n\nToo many dive straight to a solution.\nYes, AI is and will revolutionize jobs. The first ones it’ll revolutionize are the obvious ones: the boring or time intensive tasks that you’re already doing. For Hollywood, AI will replace the laborious task of generating storyboards and such (Unreal AI: Meet Sora). They’re not trying to solve world hunger (first) at open AI. 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You can love it all you want, but it’s not yours.\nIn the words of Michael Jackson:\n\nBillie Jean is not my lover She’s just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son\n\nAlways remember: unless you own it, the kid is not your son.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 ⏪ Mo 2/26 | Let God Prevail | We 2/28 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/galileo-ai-ui-generator.html", - "href": "tech/galileo-ai-ui-generator.html", - "title": "Galileo AI", + "objectID": "goals/2024-03-15.html", + "href": "goals/2024-03-15.html", + "title": "2024-03-15", "section": "", - "text": "I came across Galileo AI. It lets you mock up UI interfaces. Great story in their blog: Galileo AI - Feb 6 Launch Announcement\nIt doesn’t export the code itself, but for a fee it’ll export to Figma for you. The cool thing is they trained or fine tuned an LLM specifically on design components. This is a cool use case of how people with specialized skill sets will create custom LLMs to compete in areas ChatGPT won’t be able to.\nThis is also showing the emergence in new software: don’t build a rules engine, train an LLM to solve the problem.\n\n\n\nGalileo UI\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Friday, March 15th, 2024 ⏪ Th 3/14 | Let God Prevail | Sa 3/16 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.html", - "href": "tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.html", - "title": "A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media", + "objectID": "goals/2024-02-21.html", + "href": "goals/2024-02-21.html", + "title": "2024-02-21", "section": "", - "text": "Tim Ferris describes why he doesn’t have social media on his phone:\n\nI recently deleted social media from my phone 14 days ago. I had been using Instagram until April when I quit and migrated to Twitter the rest of the year. I recently realized within days how much better I felt without social media. Happier. Legitimately happier.\nAnd why? What did I get out of it? I wasn’t growing closer to friends. That’s what texting and calling and spending time in person does. But I’d argue even texting doesn’t really strengthen a relationship because it’s so hard to properly interpret emotions and cues via text: you interpret them how you read those texts. You interpret it according to your emotional state, not the sender’s.\nPhone provides vocal emotional cues. Body language another set of emotional cues. I can get probably 70% of this out from FaceTime or Zoom. But being in person is what we’re meant for.\nThis is why we strengthen relationships locally, and fail to continue ones from high school or our previous job.\nSo what was I doing on social media? Watching clips of either strangers I don’t care about or college associates I friended (once lived locally with) that I no longer talk to.\nSo what’s the knife you’re bringing to the gun fight? When at YouTube I heard the CEO praise a team for increasing “seconds watched” by 15% by reducing the lag of the swipes between YouTube shorts (TikTok clone). The lag reduction was in the milliseconds. Meaning: they made the slot machine more addictive.\nYour attention is being bought and manipulated by the shareholders of these companies.\n\n\n\nYes, they’re targeting specifically you. You don’t stand a chance. And you have a pocket knife, and you’re 50 feet away. Who’s gonna win?\n\n\nThey A/B test everything. This isn’t morally wrong. It’s actually quite human: we all A/B test everything every day. A joke here. A smile there. We put out feelers and see if we get a reaction. Don’t believe me? Ask my kid why he keeps throwing things in the toilet!\nBillions of dollars and the brightest minds on earth are working at FAANG. Why? They need to provide for their families and academics doesn’t pay. Non-profits don’t pay. This isn’t immoral, it just is. There are very good people working there: honest, moral people. Some of the best I’ve seen in the industry. But when you get paid to maximize swipes, you maximize swipes. It’s just human nature. And some of them buy into the odd notions of “snackable content”, as if swiping for 30 minutes while on the toilet is what anyone wakes up excited to do. Keep on snacking…\nSocial media and Netflix provide a ton of value to the world in my opinion. I can use them to call anyone I want, raise money for a cause, or get likes on a cute pic of my cat (I don’t have a cat). I do see the value.\nBut the costs for me have outweighed the value.\nI do miss laughing about some random Reel. There’s nothing that can get you laughing faster than a 10 second clip paired with the right cuts and music and everything. The right meme just nails it in a way nothing else can. I miss seeing memes from my friends. But when all I do is send memes to these friends, is that a friendship?\nSince being off social media I feel like my senses have grown. I now find my kids a lot funnier, my wife funnier, and I’m able to make heavy situations lighter much easier.\nThere’s a quote in Dune that’s something like “If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken”. I’d argue my other relationships had weakened too. Time to leave the fight. I was losing.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 ⏪ Tu 2/20 | Let God Prevail | Th 2/22 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/package-installer-uv-vs-poetry.html", - "href": "tech/package-installer-uv-vs-poetry.html", - "title": "Package Installer: “uv”", + "objectID": "goals/2024-03-16.html", + "href": "goals/2024-03-16.html", + "title": "2024-03-16", "section": "", - "text": "uv: Python packaging in Rust\n\nreplaces pip\nDoes what poetry does\n\nSad that Python developers think Python can’t even maintain itself…it has to be written in Rust.\n\n\nAnnouncing uv: an extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust.uv is designed as a drop-in alternative to pip, pip-tools, and virtualenv.With a warm cache, uv installs are near-instant. Here, it's > 75x faster than pip and pip-tools. pic.twitter.com/wrvaudUn6i\n\n— Charlie Marsh (@charliermarsh) February 15, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nUV\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Saturday, March 16th, 2024 ⏪ Fr 3/15 | Let God Prevail | Su 3/17 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/how-i-learn.html", - "href": "tech/how-i-learn.html", - "title": "How I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game", + "objectID": "goals/2024-02-01.html", + "href": "goals/2024-02-01.html", + "title": "2024-02-01", "section": "", - "text": "I’ve been overdosing slightly on learning lately.\nEver since I got off social media, I got into writing (A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media), and listening to audio books.\nPodcasts are fine, but they’re about as quality as top-of-mind thinking. Books are usually far more instructive because each sentence is reviewed at least a few times if not a hundred times during the editing process.\nI noticed that once I started binging books instead of posts, my happiness and satisfaction increased.\nHere’s a strategy I’m using for learning.\n\nGet Audible and Spotify subscriptions. It has books that aren’t available on Libby (which I also use).\nStock up on free books using Libby. Hold times vary, but can be a few weeks or months for popular titles. Note: you can supply multiple library accounts.\nFor short books not on Libby, check Audible free catalog. If it’s not in the Audible free catalog, check Spotify Premium listening, which is 15 hours per month. If you listen to short books on Spotify, you can get 2-3 books in 15 hours. (It’s 15 book hours, not listening hours.) Also, if your phone is locked, you can go beyond the 15 hours (don’t report this…). But once you re open the app the 15 hour limit will halt you. 2-3 books would otherwise be $20-45 dollars depending on the cost of the audio book. $12 for Spotify premium is a deal.\nUse Audible credits for books you can’t find on Libby or Spotify. Remember, Audible is $15 per month. So don’t waste it on a $4 book. Buy the expensive books or >15 hour books with the credits.\nWith all the cash savings, and if you still have time, now you can buy the remaining books you want on either Audible and Spotify.\n\nMost books are on Libby. Domain specific books and cutting edge releases books are on Audible. Lots of great in between books on Spotify Premium.\nI don’t know why but after 50 books you get a sense for what books are going to be available where.\nLastly, on Chrome I use the SwiftRead extension for speed reading and on iOS the Outread app.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Thursday, February 1st, 2024 ⏪ We 1/31 | Let God Prevail | Fr 2/2 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.html", - "href": "tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.html", - "title": "Replacing human work with AI", + "objectID": "posts.html", + "href": "posts.html", + "title": "Posts", "section": "", - "text": "In a recent MIT article, the author discusses how to know if you’re ready for AI adoption. It boils things down to a rather obvious four-step questioning process:\n\nHow much time would I save if I used AI?\nHow expensive is the task? (How expensive is the salary of the person doing the task.)\nHow capable is the AI of completing the task successfully?\nHow easy is it to determine if the output is good/correct?\n\nI say obvious because these are actually just questions you’d ask of any task worth doing by any person at your company. In every decision in running a business, there is an ROI question at play - what does this person cost me, what’s the return?\n\n\n\nIt’s not: “should I use AI?” It’s “how?”\n\n\n\nKnowing what you don’t know, and how to know you know it\nThe author lays out the hypothetical “I asked this ChatGPT to write something in Perl and it did it well on the second try!”\nConsider that. Do you know what Perl is? Would you know how to evaluate if the code is complete? How would you execute such code - do you know the programs to run?\nAI cannot solve these environmental, contextual problems yet. It can’t think through all the nuance. And, if you have an expensive salary, there’s a reason: you have a lot of experience. Experience to know what Perl is. Experience to recognize the code’s flaws and poor design patterns. This makes you all the more valuable with AI.\nOn the other hand, a highly creative, curious person could just ask AI “what programming languages are good for this task?” Like Neo in The Matrix when he “downloads kung-foo” into his brain, we all can get up to speed a lot faster.1\n\n\nHow do I adopt AI? (Not “should”)\nTo me, the question isn’t “do these four questions check the box”? Instead, I see AI as an always-on strategy with various ranges of usefulness:\n\nDo you care what the final product looks like?\n\nAre you okay with an 80% solution?\nIs this throwaway work?\nDo you plan to maintain this code as part of a 10,000 line code base?\nDo you just need ideas to get started?\n\nWhat are the risks in firing my experts?\n\nWho will catch the mistakes of the AI? What if it’s wrong?\nIn many aspects of your business the risk of being wrong might be a lot lower than you think.\n\nWhat can’t it do well?\n\nAssume AI is doing everything at your company - what would that look like?\nGive AI the benefit of the doubt first, then work backward from what it can’t do.\n\n\nI think that AI holds great power to aid our jobs in a lot of ways. It will replace a lot of jobs, just as there are far fewer farmers today than a hundred years ago. Those farmers are far more effective than ever before - we get more yield for less. It will replace part of your job - the stuff you know how to do but would rather have someone else do it.\nCoders will be highly automatable, especially those who think otherwise. Lawyers. Graphic designers. Marketers. This is a cycle as old as time: people and businesses who think they have a strong hold on the market (think: BlackBerry, Innovators Dilemma) are the ones who always get eclipsed. # Learn the new skillset\nHave everyone at your company use it today. It’s the new programming language. It’s the new way of authoring. And yes, prompt engineering (how you ask it questions) widely impacts its usefulness. Therefore, we all need to learn how to prompt engineer.\nThat is the new skillset: knowing what question to ask and how to pressure test its validity. In essence, the learning acceleration curve has skyrocketed, and one person can now actually be good at many things a lot faster. It’s the curious person who will win. It’s the visionary. The evaluator. The one who knows where they want to go, can discern if the steps they’re taking are taking them to their destination, and who have the ability to adapt and course correct when necessary.\nFor now, AI can hardly do things outside data it was trained on. In the future 10 years that may change. If so, we’ll all be on the edge of scientific discovery, pushing the bounds of creative work, and focusing on the nuance that will win/lose that legal case. AI will have a seat at the table. But so will we.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’ve read stories of people without technical backgrounds building websites with GPT. On the surface this is cool. Now do they care to keep doing that? Is that their personality? Are they going to get bored? This is the differentiator. And the people who stick with GPT to build a website and remain curious are the ones who will get ahead. Those who give up won’t.↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "“I write what I learn. I learn by what I write”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n Title\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Advice for New Career People\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday April 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\ntips and tricks\n\n\nto my future self\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday April 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday March 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday March 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninterviewing\n\n\nculture\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday March 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday March 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrajectory and Mindset\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhy do people say “don’t be complacent” in your career?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday February 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeam Misfits\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\n“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” - Einstein\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday February 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld’s Longest Drive\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsports\n\n\ngolf\n\n\n\nFull send\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday February 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Iceberg Theory - Theory of Omission\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nwriting\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\nA captivating writing style\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday February 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Compounding Interest of Reading\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nreading\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\n\nAsk not what one book can do for you. Ask instead what you couldn’t do without one book?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday February 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Good Book\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nai\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nIt takes one to know one.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday February 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExport your Libby Timeline to Obsidian\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\npython\n\n\nlibby\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nblogging\n\n\n\nDownload the Libby timeline, export to markdown files using pandas\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday February 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecome a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\ncareer\n\n\nrecommendation systems\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nanalytics\n\n\nbeginners\n\n\n\nYou only need the desire. The rest is freely accessible. Focus on breadth at first and creating content for your resume (tips included on that too!)\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmy principles\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nSeek not to be right. Seek to understand.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Only Makes Sense to the Author\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\nart\n\n\n\nThe rest of us are left guessing. But the more the author puts themself in the shoes of the audience, the less guesswork needs to happen.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Problem with Public Opinions\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nEveryone has one, and they all stink…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can plan your life in 5 minutes\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\n\nYou know what’s good for you.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJunk attracts Junk\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlaws of human nature\n\n\nobservations\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe law of junk\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiden’s debt relief won’t relieve what he thinks it will\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nAsking a tradesperson to pay for someone else’s education isn’t right\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool Quarto Site\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\n\nDifferent things you can do pretty easily with quarto.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe six hour sandwich\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsales\n\n\nlife musings\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHow to sell a breakfast sandwich\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s your decision framework?\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninsights from books\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nFacts? Gut? Blend? Do you track your emotional decisioning performance?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganization and Minimalism\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nminimalism\n\n\norganization\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nWhen in doubt, “Afuera” it out!\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming an expert is kind of a fallacy\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\ngrowth\n\n\ngrit\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nDoesn’t matter how many hours you work at something. What matters is if you figure out the lightbulb. Could have been the first by luck, no?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday January 7, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Cuban Mogul Support\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nentrepreneurship\n\n\nYouTube clip\n\n\n\nAMA from Twitter\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite a thousand songs\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nTake the pressure off and write a little.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Leaders Lose their People\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nHave I lost you too?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Multiverse of Careers\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\ndeathbed meditation\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhich path you choose isn’t as important as the companions to journey with\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 Seconds is All You Get\n\n\n\nmusic\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nincentives\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nApple set the limit to 30s. That impacted music forever.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Tombstone\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmortality\n\n\nwork\n\n\nwork life balance\n\n\nperspective\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\npriorities\n\n\n\nWhat will your tombstone actually read? What do you want it to read.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Mood is Contagious\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nemotional resilience\n\n\ngrit\n\n\n\nIt may take twice the effort to overcome negative vibes.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmotional Recovery\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nEveryone recovers differently.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 30, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater as a Currency?\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nwater\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 30, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Obsidian and Quarto\n\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nMy framework and flow for blogging from my phone using Obsidian and Quarto.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 29, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\n\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\npkm\n\n\nbuild in public\n\n\ntool\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nWhy I use quarto to manage my knowledge database.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 29, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n97 percent chance you’ll fail\n\n\n\nsuccess\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe odds of constant success are against you every 5 decisions. So there’s gotta be another way to define success.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDecisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlipping the coins of life\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nAre you right just because you got heads?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeaving my Startup was the Right Decision\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nBut not because of the outcome.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nWorking copy is $20, obsidian is free (and optional). I’ll show you how to set this up (iPhone only I think?)\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’d like in a blog\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nquarto\n\n\n\nWhat quarto is great at and what I’d like out of it.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite despite AI\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\n\nI’m fully aware an AI is listening and all that I write just trains it. Perhaps this is a perversion of my work (if I made money off it). Why write if everything I write…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting is truly enlivening\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nWrite in public. Write daily. Write about nothing.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans\n\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nFrom walking to labyrinth, the future looks bright for these machines. The key is the objective functions, time, and training data.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday December 25, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwas the Night before Christmas\n\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\nask gpt\n\n\n\nThe origin of the story, and a link to the 1912 publication.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday December 24, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGitHub copilot levels up\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat will it do next?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 21, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Allegory of the Dodo\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nkids books\n\n\n\nWhen in having solved a problem we inadvertently create problems for ourselves\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 21, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Little Red Hen\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\nPeople love to enjoy the fruits, but who will bake the bread?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 20, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to encourage your kids\n\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nUnexpected advice on how to be a great parent when fostering talent\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 19, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is humanity\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nHumanity seeks to resolve problems. What happens when they’re too easily solved?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 16, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs can find a needle in the haystack\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nGPT outperforms Claude.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 15, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompt techniques\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nOpen AI strategies\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 15, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn by doing\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nYou don’t need a PhD. Or a masters. You just need to hustle\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 13, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFuture of Coding\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nAs our jobs are automatable, we need to discover what’s not\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 12, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do you want to be remembered?\n\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nservice\n\n\n\nIt’s a question as old as time, but misses the mark and is distracting from the more important question.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nr\n\n\nshiny\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\n\nChatGPT can create amazing boilerplate code and can point you in the right direction, but it cannot debug data problems easily (yet). It can read in data from the internet…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 15, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModels as a Service and the Future of Data Science\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nData Scientists shouldn’t be scared their jobs will disappear. They should be excited that they’ll be joining companies that automate what they’re currently doing and offer…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 6, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResume Substance over Style\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nThe content of your resume is more important than the design.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday November 18, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting a Tech Resume\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nHow to write a resume to get into a FAANG company.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday November 18, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a model?\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nPutting the mysterious in context.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday November 12, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDe-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nHow can data scientists bring their technical knowledge to a non-technical audience? Here are my lessons learned from seven years in the data trenches.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday July 20, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen data collection goes too far\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsurveillance\n\n\n\nIt’s important for us to track certain things about ourselves. But this is clearly not exactly healthy IMO.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday July 3, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncrease Focus through Writing Down Everything\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nmusings\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nTo be more present, get it all down and into a system.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 28, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPomodoro Principles\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nThe art of focus through 25min work blocks.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 28, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use TickTick\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nAn overview of how I apply the principles of “Getting Things Done”, or GTD.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday June 25, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew ideas are distractingly exciting\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npriorities\n\n\nideation\n\n\n\nBe careful of recency bias with your ideas.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday June 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the best todo list manager?\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\napp review\n\n\n\nI’ve reviewed 20+ apps. I think I’m done reviewing them.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday June 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownstream Impact\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nexperimentation\n\n\n\nWhen you do an online experiment, you’re changing the future forever.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday June 22, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProducts for dads\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfatherhood\n\n\n\nWhat products am I still using 5 years later?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 21, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Party Pay by Visible\n\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nstrategy\n\n\n\nVisible wireless, owned by Verizon, offers users $25 off per month if they join a meaningless party. What’s the effect?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 21, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nI’m trying out quarto and I like it.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday June 20, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Author’s Angle Matters\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday July 17, 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProductivity notes\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nRunning list of productivity ideas.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 19, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to mock the value of an ML solution\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ninnovation\n\n\n\nSell your solution before training your model.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 16, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nData Beats Opinions\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 15, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet rid of the todo list. Calendar everything.\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nIf you’re not willing to block time for it, does it event matter?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 15, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSemantic Versioning for Data Science Models\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nMeaningful versioning for data science models and machine learning pipelines.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday July 2, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 2\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\nr\n\n\nregression\n\n\nanalysis\n\n\npricing\n\n\nbuying things\n\n\n\nHow I analyze used car data to find under-valued cars, and why none of my analysis matters.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday February 19, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 1\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\ncars\n\n\npricing\n\n\nr\n\n\n\nHow I scrape used car data.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday February 18, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe DataViz battle: Plotly vs ggplot2\n\n\n\ndataviz\n\n\nr\n\n\nggplot\n\n\nplotly\n\n\n\nWhat can you do with plotly vs. ggplot2 and how do they compare on a simple chart?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday February 10, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Jekyll\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nblogging\n\n\njekyll\n\n\n\nHello world.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday November 17, 2016\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "What is it about a new release that gets people excited? Would you buy software that never changes? How about a hammer?\nWhy are we okay with buying a hammer, but not stagnant software? Our culture is addicted to new widgets. A/B testing.\n\n\n\nShipping software like fashion, every season\n\n\nSoftware releases are free, but development is not. Therefore, research and development is constant, whereas the Hammer company hasn’t needed to update its product in a couple…millennia. That’s why they call it software. It’s not hard to make.\nIs there a way to sell software like you sell a hammer?\nNo. Because per Innovator’s Dilemma, those who can out-do you will. And software is easy to alter and improve. I’m not convinced all “updates” done in the software industry are actually improvements, but people like change. Ever see a fashion line repeat itself?\nSoftware is like fashion.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/chronos-time-series-foundation-model-by-amazon.html", - "href": "tech/chronos-time-series-foundation-model-by-amazon.html", - "title": "Chronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon", + "objectID": "tech/devin-the-ai-coder.html", + "href": "tech/devin-the-ai-coder.html", + "title": "Devin the AI coder", "section": "", - "text": "TimeGPT and Lag-Llama: Two foundation models for time series forecasting are two predecessor models.\nAmazon just came out with Chronos.\nDiscussion here:\nPascal Biese on LinkedIn: Chronos: Learning the Language of Time Series | 87 comments\n\nPuff Piece: Chronos: Adapting language model architectures for time series forecasting - Amazon Science\nGitHub: GitHub - amazon-science/chronos-forecasting: Chronos: Pretrained (Language) Models for Probabilistic Time Series Forecasting\nPaper: [2403.07815v1] Chronos: Learning the Language of Time Series\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Blog\n\nDevin is hooked up to a terminal, the internet, and the code base\nCan solve some problems and to end\nLet’s you help be involved in the process\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/ab-testing-resources.html", - "href": "tech/ab-testing-resources.html", - "title": "A/B Testing Resources", + "objectID": "tech/beam-ai.html", + "href": "tech/beam-ai.html", + "title": "Beam AI", "section": "", - "text": "First mentioned in Become a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks.\nIf You’ve taken stat 101, this is where the “t.test” gets used to literally make Big Tech billions of dollars. I’m not kidding. It’s simple, but it’s powerful.\n\nIt’s All A/Bout Testing: The Netflix Experimentation Platform | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog\nA seven part series by Netflix: Netflix: A Culture of Learning. Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng… | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog I put here the seventh post because it likes to parts 1-6 in the intro. This part 7 is probably the best to start with because it explains the context behind A/B testing.\nExperiment Guide – Accelerate innovation using trustworthy online controlled experiments This book tells you how Microsoft, Amazon, and Google use online experimentation to make billions of dollars. 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Just thought it’s cool. # commentary I don’t see why Open AI can’t build something like this, but they’re focused on much higher value problems such as solving enterprise hunger.\nSo we’ll see niche tools like this that pop up and solve the needs of a few - satisfying the developer costs of some indie programmers. thinking of Innovators Dilemma, there’s just not enough juice in this lemon for Open AI to squeeze, but plenty for a small fish.\n\n\n\nBeam AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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But it’s God that would have us look to Him.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Pkl is the new kid on the block.\nHave you ever built a config for a modeling pipeline? Surely, if you’ve built a pipeline to do experiments you’ve wondered how you can quickly iterate through a bunch of different settings to see which model is the best for your use case.\nMaybe you want to generate a list of hypothesis to test, and then compare and contrast them.\nLike any good data scientist you’ve created a system to loop over some settings.\nIt’s the big challenge of data science: how do I configure something? Should I build this function to do one thing or should I build a development environment where I can explore a thousand things? If I build a development environment how do I know if all the things I’ve configured aren’t going to be moot in a few weeks or months?\nI don’t have the answer to those questions. But perhaps how we design our configs can affect those design decisions.\nPkl is cool because it lets you do a for loop to output configs.\nHere’s a basic config file per their docs:\n\n\n\nConfig\n\n\nAnd here’s that config looped and rendered:\n\n\n\nRendered\n\n\n\nApplication to DS\nI’m not 100% sure that this is any easier for a Python developer than just using ChatGPT to loop some parameters and spit out a bunch of yaml files. Because YAML does have some validation to it. And YAML has been around a long time.\nAnything’s better than Python’s ConfigParser…yuck.\nReminds me of Protocol Buffers Documentation but honestly I don’t know much about this stuff. See Protobufs - Everything I don’t know\nBut it’s nice to see people are thinking about configs…\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "index.html", - "href": "index.html", - "title": "Blog", + "objectID": "tech/dreaming-software.html", + "href": "tech/dreaming-software.html", + "title": "The Dream State of Software", "section": "", - "text": "“All blogs are wrong, but some are useful.”\nMusings on tech, faith, gratitude, books I’m reading and anything else.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", - "crumbs": [ - "Blog" - ] + "text": "Dreaming code working is ever coders dream\n\n\nI returned from vacation yesterday and tried running my code. It didn’t work. I looked at code I had written, it had my imports correctly and all - why wasn’t it running?\nThe file it was importing didn’t exist.\nI thought I created that. I swear I made it. My coworker remarked, “oh so you set up all the scafffolding but didn’t write the actual code?” I was in disbelief. maybe it was deleted by accident or stashed on another branch. But the git log shows all: the imported file never existed.\nIn Dune, Paul Atriedes has many visions and the author uses this feature to skip the book ahead three years. Paul wakes up one morning and doesn’t know what’s past or future. It’s all one in his mind.\nSo it is with software. It gets created in the mind near instantly. Coding is a burden, the journey of many failures and design choices to enable the simple vision of the mind.\nPerhaps Gen AI can help us dream software faster. I look forward to when my dreams are realities, and not the rude awakening I still have coding to do.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "index.html#recent-thoughts", - "href": "index.html#recent-thoughts", - "title": "Blog", - "section": "Recent Thoughts", - "text": "Recent Thoughts\nPosts on tech and spurious thoughts.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Copilot notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs need to call Functions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy you should log with Aimstack\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfigurations for ML Pipelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIbis DataFrames for Python, why I hate Pandas, and what I miss about dplyr\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn file formats: parquet vs csv\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-03-18\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevin the AI coder\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-03-11\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting up a New Mac\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify\n\n\nSpotify has an internal machine learning platform\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterviewing as an ML engineer\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Baby\n\n\n“…the kid is not my son”\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-02-18\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAir Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI\n\n\nBe careful what your AI bot says. We can’t yet contain today’s AI - how do we expect to contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-02-17\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nReading\nSee more books and my reading list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coming Wave\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Apr 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Gentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmor Towles\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrave New World\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAldous Huxley\n\n\nMon Apr 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Children of Emotional Immature Parents\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLindsay C. Gibson\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeal Your Nervous System\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinnea Passaler\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElon Musk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalter Isaacson\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Count of Monte Cristo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexandre Dumas\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOf Mice and Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Steinbeck\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Worry Cure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Leahy\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKahlil Gibran\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nEddie Jaku\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\nRob Hyndman\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\nChristianity\n\n\n\nC.S. Lewis\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\nWWII\n\n\n\nStephen E. Ambrose\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published by Blackstone Audio, Inc., with ISBN 9781433241451.0. Read on 2024-01-08\n\n\n\nF. Scott Fitzgerald\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sun Also Rises\n\n\nMeanderings across France and Spain.\n\n\n\nErnest Hemingway\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nMajor Dick Winters\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaring Greatly\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nBrené Brown\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team\n\n\nMotivates the reader to want to have an excellent, high performing team by addressing concerns\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a Story Brand\n\n\nEye opening, simple, to the point on marketing.\n\n\n\nDonald Miller\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wager\n\n\nCrazy story in so many dimensions. Very well written.\n\n\n\nDavid Grann\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGratitude\nSee more gratitude.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Wet Suits\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Easter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Oasis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Bodyfulness\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fairy Houses\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Better Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for CS Lewis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding\n\n\nIt’s the energizing feeling that keeps me going.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for A sleeping baby\n\n\nThat I can\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for I’m grateful for logicians\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sun on turf\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Job\n\n\nIt’s a new way to see things\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Naps\n\n\nThe best part is the part you never remember.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Dune\n\n\nGreat writing deserves attention\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Barber\n\n\nHis kindness was simple, but powerful\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for my Laundry Machine\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Choice\n\n\nIt’s a gift from God. It’s what enables happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nChristianity\nA Life worth following. 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The focus is on Chrisf\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 22.2\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 7, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20.3–4\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Testimony 2023-03-03\n\n\nI’m grateful for the story and reality of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 18.19\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance\n\n\nPersonalized guidanve\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty\n\n\nTrue beauty\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer\n\n\nSeeing the Savior isn’t as mysterious as it sounds. Many who seek Him can experience this blessing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants\n\n\nHe’s a God of personal promises\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 10\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement\n\n\nThe Lord’s mercy knows no bounds\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 8 - Perspective\n\n\nThe Lord is with us.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items", - "crumbs": [ - "Blog" - ] + "objectID": "tech/create-ai-images-with-googles-gemini-model.html", + "href": "tech/create-ai-images-with-googles-gemini-model.html", + "title": "Create AI images with Google’s Gemini model", + "section": "", + "text": "First seen on: Ethan Mollick on LinkedIn: I think that Google may have come out of nowhere to have the best LLM… | 19 comments\nImageFX Is the tool to generate images with Google’s Gemini. I’ve been a huge fan of using ChatGPT on iOS to get images for this blog. You can decide for yourself which ones are actually good or not. But it’s helped me associate a post with an idea (image), which I think is incredibly helpful for memory retention. So my theory has been: some content is better than no content. The other thought is: better learn now what these tools are and how to use them because you never know where you’re going to be able to take them. They’re like learning how to drive a car: if you can drive, you can go places.\nSo how does ImageFX compare?\n\nBattle Prompt\n\na battle of chatgpt vs Google Gemini photo generators. Psychedelic. Parasitic. Enlightened. Groovy. Ethereal. Down to earth.\n\nGoogle:\n\nAnd ChatGPT:\n\n\n\nChatGPt wins\n\n\nThis is but one test, and clearly chatGPT wins.\n\n\nFast Car Prompt\n\nImage: sports car driving along the highway. Scenic. Photographic. Realistic. Focused camera, low aperture. Beach off in the distance. Windy roads.\n\nGoogle:\n\n\n\nGemini\n\n\nChatGPT:\n\n\n\nSports Car\n\n\nInterestingly, ChatGPT added a camera and had the identical photo inside the camera’s viewport. I’m really not sure how LLMs are that capable, that’s some diffusion inside diffusion.\nBut winner goes to Gemini here! That nails the image best.\nAlso, Gemini has an editor that pops up that lets you swap out backgrounds or objects. Pretty neat!\n\n\n\nPhoto editor\n\n\n\n\nHuman\nLet’s see how they do on people.\n\nImage: a seven year old brother and nine year old sister. The boy has brown hair, spiked. The girl has long curly blond hair. They’re on a swing-set together. The boy is jumping off the swing while the girl is on the swing but getting ready to. A creek and a grassy hill in the background.\n\nGoogle:\n\n\n\nAgainst Google policies\n\n\nChatGPT:\n\n\n\nTwo kids Swinging\n\n\nChatGPT wins by TKO on this one. Gemini perhaps can’t generate images of kids? Not sure.\n\n\nFinal Battle: Picturesque Landscape\nNothing better than a sunset, right?\n\nSunset over the San Francisco Bay. Taken from the East, the Golden Gate Bridge is in visible. The sunset is bursting through a gentle fog, angle is taken from higher in the air, perhaps 1000 feet as if from a low helicopter view.\n\nGoogle:\n\nChatGPT:\n\n\n\nSF sunset\n\n\nAnd a real photo taken from Google Images:\n\n\n\nWhat the sunset really looks like\n\n\nWinner here is Google Images search! Both of those photos are bad. ChatGPT nailed the fog, which Gemini omitted. Gemini is much closer to the mark but made up a city to the right. Both of them couldn’t produce the right angle for the sun. But hey, they’re both better than nothing!\n\n\nConclusion\nGemini is here! I can now use it to create images from my phone.\nAs a consumer, I think the mobile experience of ChatGPT is really great. But if I’m on desktop I may use Gemini because it gives me four variations for each prompt. And it’s free. Can’t beat free.\nBut ChatGPT can do crazy things that Gemini can’t, such as the head to head battle.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "index.html#reading", - "href": "index.html#reading", - "title": "Blog", - "section": "Reading", - "text": "Reading\nSee more books and my reading list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coming Wave\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Apr 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Gentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmor Towles\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrave New World\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAldous Huxley\n\n\nMon Apr 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Children of Emotional Immature Parents\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLindsay C. Gibson\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeal Your Nervous System\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinnea Passaler\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElon Musk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalter Isaacson\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Count of Monte Cristo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexandre Dumas\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOf Mice and Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Steinbeck\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Worry Cure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Leahy\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKahlil Gibran\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nEddie Jaku\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\nRob Hyndman\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\nChristianity\n\n\n\nC.S. Lewis\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\nWWII\n\n\n\nStephen E. Ambrose\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published by Blackstone Audio, Inc., with ISBN 9781433241451.0. Read on 2024-01-08\n\n\n\nF. Scott Fitzgerald\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sun Also Rises\n\n\nMeanderings across France and Spain.\n\n\n\nErnest Hemingway\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nMajor Dick Winters\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaring Greatly\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nBrené Brown\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team\n\n\nMotivates the reader to want to have an excellent, high performing team by addressing concerns\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a Story Brand\n\n\nEye opening, simple, to the point on marketing.\n\n\n\nDonald Miller\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wager\n\n\nCrazy story in so many dimensions. Very well written.\n\n\n\nDavid Grann\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items", - "crumbs": [ - "Blog" - ] + "objectID": "tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.html", + "href": "tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.html", + "title": "Air Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI", + "section": "", + "text": "In recent news, Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot | Ars Technica.\n\n\n\nWe can’t even contain today’s AI. How will we contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\nPreviously, trollers were able to convince the chatbot to agree to selling them a car for $1. People buy brand-new Chevrolets for $1 from a ChatGPT chatbot. It’s possible some of these things may have actually been legally binding if someone wanted to sue for it.\nAnd don’t forget the lawywrs being sanctioned for not reviewing their AI: New York lawyers sanctioned for using fake ChatGPT cases in legal brief | Reuters.\nBe careful - AI is incredibly hard to control. Open tools exist to attempt impose guardrails, but they’re not perfect: Building Guardrails for Large Language Models.\nIf we can’t contain today’s AI, can we contain tomorrow’s? This isn’t to be an alarmist, but a pragmatist. Machine learning was used in a lot of wrong ways before it was able to be harnessed for good. The same will likely be true for AI.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "index.html#gratitude", - "href": "index.html#gratitude", - "title": "Blog", - "section": "Gratitude", - "text": "Gratitude\nSee more gratitude.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Wet Suits\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Easter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Oasis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Bodyfulness\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fairy Houses\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Better Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for CS Lewis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding\n\n\nIt’s the energizing feeling that keeps me going.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for A sleeping baby\n\n\nThat I can\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for I’m grateful for logicians\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sun on turf\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Job\n\n\nIt’s a new way to see things\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Naps\n\n\nThe best part is the part you never remember.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Dune\n\n\nGreat writing deserves attention\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Barber\n\n\nHis kindness was simple, but powerful\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for my Laundry Machine\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Choice\n\n\nIt’s a gift from God. It’s what enables happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items", - "crumbs": [ - "Blog" - ] + "objectID": "tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.html", + "href": "tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.html", + "title": "LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard", + "section": "", + "text": "I just came across the Chatbot Arena, a place where you can put up a prompt and vote on which LLM has the best output. The leaderboard is here: LMSys Chatbot Arena Leaderboard - a Hugging Face Space by lmsys\n\nChatbot Arena\n\n\n\nPrompt\n\n\nAnd after you enter a prompt you can choose, but they don’t tell you the name until you vote.\n\n\n\nChoose\n\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\nAnd the output looks like this:\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\n\n\nFull page:\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Read more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob 1 - Viewing Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob 2 - Give Freely\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEaster, the most important holiday\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEaster Study: Seek Miracles\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 31 -\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 31.3\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-03-17 Come Follow Me CTR 7 - 2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26 - pride\n\n\nThose with pride in their hearts seek power over others\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 21.6\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ\n\n\nThe law is dead. 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Many who seek Him can experience this blessing\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants\n\n\nHe’s a God of personal promises\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 10\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement\n\n\nThe Lord’s mercy knows no bounds\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 8 - Perspective\n\n\nThe Lord is with us.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items", - "crumbs": [ - "Blog" - ] + "objectID": "tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.html", + "href": "tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.html", + "title": "Why you should log with Aimstack", + "section": "", + "text": "I’ve long idolized Home | AimStack. It’s a tool that allows you to track metrics and hyperparameters and a whole bunch of stuff. It lets you compare across experiments.\n\n\n\nAim landing lage\n\n\nI first built my own version of this in RShiny back in 2017 so I could compare AUC across experiments.\nI was using h2o.ai at the time which had this great flow for monitoring an individual experiment but made it impossible to compare across experiments.\nThen my company Capital One built rubicon: GitHub - capitalone/rubicon-ml: Capture all information throughout your model’s development in a reproducible way and tie results directly to the model code!. This was cool and they open sourced it. It tracks parameters.\nBut it pales in comparison to aim.\nAim can do all these things:\n\nTrack hyperparameters\nTrack learning curves (like a metric over time such as when building DL models and you’re watching how the error decreases with each epoch)\nTrack any plotly plot, which means you can put any EDA charts nicely organized in one place\nit captures all your logging.info calls so you don’t need to use a remote logging thing like cloud watch to monitor long runs\nIt has its own loggers if you want to differentiate\nIt lets you take notes on an experiment\nIf lets you compare across experiments\nIt lets you use locally or remotely as a remote API\nIt tracks images, etc.\nit connects with ML packages like xgbost to auto log.\nIt can even convert MLFlow data.\n\nIt’s incredible. Use it. It’s free.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-01-19-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-01-19-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-01-19", + "objectID": "tech/interviewing-as-an-ml-engineer.html", + "href": "tech/interviewing-as-an-ml-engineer.html", + "title": "Interviewing as an ML engineer", "section": "", - "text": "Social media platforms make $11B in ad revenue from U.S. teens — Harvard Gazette\n\nkids have always been targeted though. Don’t tell me the disease ridden McPlay place with its sad meals isn’t to blame too.\nAfter reading The Quest for Cosmic Justice I’ve considered how negative regulation can be. Let’s thought experiment: stop advertising to kids. Well then why not stop advertising to people of any other demographic? Old people are vulnerable too right? Okay so then let’s have free market. Advertise to anyone - okay let’s enable smoking ads again for kids. No that’s not good.\n\n\nYouTube derived the greatest ad revenue from users 12 and under ($959.1 million), followed by Instagram ($801.1 million) and Facebook ($137.2 million). Instagram derived the greatest ad revenue from users ages 13-17 ($4 billion), followed by TikTok ($2 billion) and YouTube ($1.2 billion). The researchers also calculated that Snapchat derived the greatest share of its overall 2022 ad revenue from users under 18 (41 percent), followed by TikTok (35 percent), YouTube (27 percent), and Instagram (16 percent).\n\nOpenAI announces first partnership with a university - education is going to be greatly commoditized. - Academic researchers can enjoy researching again instead of teaching (what some of them are horrid at) - I took an accounting class where half was online, half in person. This will be the future for all classes, but probably 10% in person. - The value of the professor will be in office hours.\nMeta’s new goal is to build artificial general intelligence - The Verge\n\nWe’re used to there being pretty intense talent wars,” he says. “But there are different dynamics here with multiple companies going for the same profile, [and] a lot of VCs and folks throwing money at different projects, making it easy for people to start different things externally.\n\n\nBig tech has the compute resources to develop AGi\nMultiple AGI competition will increase security, lower cost.\nWe’ll all have access eventually to open source AGI. And the same bad guys that have access will be countered by the good guys who have access. Just like today.\n\nGitHub - FlagOpen/TACO - It’s good to have benchmarks everyone can rely on. Hopefully they don’t leak into the training data.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "On job-hunting in 2024 as a machine learning engineer - On Statistics and Machine Learning\nThis blog offers some really interesting\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.html", - "href": "news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.html", - "title": "AI and the Future of SaaS", + "objectID": "tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.html", + "href": "tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.html", + "title": "Configurations for ML Pipelines", "section": "", - "text": "Reading this:\n\nAnd that’s what AI should always be. A feature of your product, not your product itself. AI can be an interface to your users’ data or a means of transforming that data into shapes that are more useful to your users.\n\nChatGPT will likely never build a todo list app that manages sending you notifications, etc. (Not until they have their own OS at least).\nFocus on building AI-augmented experiences.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Configuring an ML pipeline means you have 15 different things that could change at any time and you create a way to easily change those 15 things. Those 15 things could be file paths, data filtering steps, models you want to use, etc.\nAny researcher constantly asks themselves: but what if I switch X?\nAnd so the researcher starts to configure a pipeline.\n\nConfig Methods I’ve Used\nFirst time I built a config it was in VBA. I had a text file I loaded in that could be overwritten based on setting someone chose.\nSecond time I config’d something was in Python. I used ConfigParser per my Manager David Mantilla’s suggestion. It was pretty good for 2017. But unwieldy. Don’t use this. It had cool string substitutions but there are better tools now.\nThird thing I saw was using a Python constants.py file. Just import Python variables from another module. This is nice because you can import model objects or such. Dicts. Whatever. Seems great. But it’s Python code. Config files shouldn’t be code. They should be configs. Every great software follows this, like k8s helm charts or whatever. Google loves using Protobufs. Configs shouldn’t be code, because if they’re code they’re dangerous. You start doing crazy things with them.\nFourth thing I did was to use YAML which is very clean. Lots of people like YAML. This gets unwieldy if you need 100 configs for different customers, for example. Can you imagine managing 100 yaml files? What if you need to update one param? Then you need to update 100 files. Rough. So then you start setting “default” blocks and settings.\nI also used Pydantic to read in the YAML file and validate types. Gotta validate types. What’s an int vs a string? Well, this mean that we needed to design the pipeline to rely on some config class. We had to pass this config object around everywhere. Not super idea but gets the job done.\nFifth thing was to use one default YAML. This solved the issue of redundancy across all the 100 YAML files. (If you only have one model, you probably need only 1 YAML file so this may not be your problem.) But this still kinda stinks. It’s in a file.\nSixth thing was some eng’s on my team saw a better way and build a CRUD database. This made it so we didn’t have to do a code change to update a config. That means that people outside the team could edit a config. Awesome. But we still have 100 web pages that could change. Kinda sux. And we still had a default setting - essential. Benefits of a crud are migrations. You can get rid of one option across 100 configs more easily.\nProblem with 100 YAML or 100 web pages is that if you want to change things or run experiments, you need to literally clone the config file. Now you have 15 versions of the same config file with slight modifications and you can’t remember what’s going on. So you delete them all eventually and just pick one.\nSeventh thing: shove everything into environment variables. Create a .env file and load with dotenv() but that gets messy because env files don’t support data type validation. Validation is essential, lest you try to encode a Boolean in your env file only to realize environment variables only support strings and then you have a “False” rendering as true in your “if os.get(MY_BOOL)” call just because it exists as a valid string. Blech… 🤮\n\n\nHydra?\nI’m writing this because I just learned about hydra . Remember: I use this site for note taking. Here’s what I just learned.\n\n\n\nHydra!\n\n\nHydra | Hydra\n\nHydra is Python open source maintained by Facebook\nIf built to configure pipelines, in particular ML pipelines but could be used for anything.\nIt uses dataclasses and yaml files, so I’m thinking I was smart for what I did with my fourth option.\nBut it quickly allows you to override config files from the command line or from editing the yaml file directly.\n\nThis demo is slick:\n\n\n\nWhy I like Hydra’s design\n\nThis seems really nice because it avoids the headache of changing code.\nAlso, you can create a simple bash loop to execute 5 different experiments - while retaining only one config file\nAlso, I used to think that having a system of record is pretty important: I need to save the configs that were used for this run. That tells me how the pipeline or experiment was configured. I still think that’s true: but I believe that should be done via logging instead of managing 15 config files.\nMy new belief is that experiments should be ephemeral to keep the code clean. Have one prod yaml file and then everything else is ephemeral. Log everything: log the created yaml file with all defaults filled inso you can recreate it if necessary.\n\n\n\nMy Ideal World\nHydra doesn’t solve the “you shouldn’t have to do a git push to update prod”. If everything is a yaml file then to update prod you need to do a code change.\nGoogle doesn’t seem to mind using code changes because everything is a protobuff. Code changes are nice because they’re reviewed.\nBut code changes are slow. And non-coders can do them.\nSo I believe one prod config should live in a UI with a database backend. But then that should be serialized to yaml and loaded via something like hydra.\nI also believe experiments should be launched programmatically. Meaning I should be able to kick off 10 experiments training 10 models using a bash script. I can then log this experiment using Why you should log with Aimstack and I can log the full config there.\nAlso, I’d throw hydra in with metaflow .\nHow do you configure? # Appendix\n\nEasy Hyperparameter Management with Hydra, MLflow, and Optuna | by NT | Optuna | Medium\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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It’s a full time job just to understand what’s out there.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-b_data-nerds-what-technology-should-you-learn-activity-7181698703722729472-N03S?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios\n\n\n\nData landscape\n\n\nGecko: Versatile Text Embeddings Distilled from Large Language Models - Google DeepMind\n\ngecko is a text embedding model that can do more with 256 tokens than most can with 700+\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Sometimes they tell you that at the pharmacy: “this drug is habit forming”. Or, the saline nasal spray bottle thing I tried once, “this spray is refreshing, but not habit forming.” Oh, how nice.\nWhy doesn’t everything have this distinction? Driving in the car: non habit forming. Eating a bag of goldfish when I’m noodling on a work problem: def habit forming.\nOne time, someone put a candy jar with skittles right beside my desk. It was for the whole floor, but my consumption was certainly not a pro-rata share. Buggy code? Gimme some skittles. Habit formed.\nSocial media? Someone likes your post? Habit formed.\n\n\n\nIronically Dalle put “habit farming”, which is kinda what social media is\n\n\nWhy don’t they warn that social media is one of the most addictive digital things we do? That we’ve just accepted as a society?\nIt took until 1964 before the surgeon general announced smoking caused cancer. The first cigarette machine was invented in 1881 by Albert Bonsack. That’s +80 years, not to mention it was popular for much longer before that.\nSo yes, society can get it wrong for many years before they change course and do the more healthful thing.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-02-02-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-02-02-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-02", + "objectID": "tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.html", + "href": "tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.html", + "title": "AI won’t replace us. We’ll always create.", "section": "", - "text": "Elon Musk pay package from Tesla denied by Delaware judge | AP News\n\n\n\nWages\n\n\nKind of an interesting idea - what if you took the hours he worked to figure out what his hourly rate was. It’s been 7521 days since July 1, 2003, the day Tesla incorporated. That means his work has been worth 7.312M dollars per day. A quick search shows Tesla’s revenue was 81Bn in 2022, about 221M per day. So his comp is just 3% of current daily revenue.\nI’m sure I’m missing something, like how much he’s been comped in the past. But 3% for making a company what it is doesn’t seem unreasonable. Of course, that’s not 3% on last year. That’s like 67% of 2022 revenue. Indeed that’s a lot.\nMan, getting paid $7m per day is a lot of money. With $55M (assuming post tax) money he could buy literally every house in my town, at a premium of 50%. Imagine: a town called Elon. Or he could finally afford Twitter 🧐.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I recently got back into writing some poems. The Dove (Forevermore) was fun to write. After the fact, I tried getting ChatGPT to create something similar. I only tried once before declaring victory.\nWhy is this poem meaningful to me? Because it has my soul in it. It’s the summation of my experience as a parent. Should you find it interesting, perhaps that’s why.\nReading The Best of Edgar Allen Poe recently I’m amazed (besides how depressing he is) at how excellent a writer he is. He peers into the mind and soul and extricates anything interesting. It’s interesting because a human wrote it.\nDo we still paint, even if a camera can take a picture? Do we still ride bikes and horses even with cars and things? Do we still read even though we have TV and movies?\nWords. Creative expression. They will always be interesting to us. Humans are interesting to us. Stories. Social acceptance is a fundamental human need. We desire connection. We’ll like reading something because a human wrote it.\nBut what about that guy I heard about who makes a ton of money using ChatGPT to create fake digital books on Amazon. People don’t know it’s AI-written. Digital GenAI images now are insanely accurate - it’s only 2024. It’s very possible great AI art will inspire us more than non-AI art (whatever that means because everyone uses photoshop anyway).\nI’m not saying we won’t find value in AI art (creative writing, digital, video, etc.). We will. It’s clear we’ll have a really hard time knowing what’s human vs not.\nBut I am saying that creativity will never disappear. We’re always going to be interested in creating - even if machines can do it better. Machines can beat us at Go and StarCraft (AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans), but we’ll still play. Because what else will there be to do?\n\n\n\nI guess I’ll pick up painting now…\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I haven’t used ibis as of writing this. Just reviewed the docs.\n\n\nData Manipulation in Python\nI’ve been a Python data scientist for 5-6 years. I’ve never liked pandas. Ever.\nIt’s because I started as a tidyverse data scientist in R. One of the things I’ve missed about using Python is dplyr, an R package for data manipulation. And when I started with Python it was in PySpark - it felt very similar to dplyr, except for the annoying JVM.\nIt’s amazing because everything is done by chaining, and it’s able to manipulate in memory or translate to a spark or SQL backend for execution. (It’s very easy to use base dplyr and then just run the same query in memory on a small dataframe or against BigQuery or something.)\nThis chaining also avoids the common readability problem with pandas wherein often you see df[x] = df[y] / df[b] on one line and that’s repeated for multiple lines if you want to create multiple new variables.\nWhile pandas has the .pipe and .assign operators for chaining, they still require lambda functions, which get annoying. This Reddit thread explores the opinion I share: the api is inconsistent. Reddit - Does anyone else hate pandas?.\nPolars makes this much cleaner with the with_columns operator, for example, which is also very similar to PySpark. But polars is Rust backend, not Java. Game, Set, Match polars.\nI’m not the only one who loves dplyr . There have been several Python attempts to build dplyr in the Python ecosystem. There were great packages like GitHub - coursera/pandas-ply: functional data manipulation for pandas (9 years since last commit), and GitHub - dodger487/dplython: dplyr for python, not updated in 7 years. Then there’s the dfply package that hasn’t been maintained in 5 years (see tutorial).\nThe siuba package is the latest Python dplyr incantation that is actively maintained: GitHub - machow/siuba: Python library for using dplyr like syntax with pandas and SQL and can also execute against a SQL backend, but it can’t execute a polars backend. # Ibis to solve my problems?\nI just came across ibis however, and it seems really promising. Turns out it was created in 2015 by Wes McKinney, who created the pandas pyarrow backend to solve the “10 Things I Hate About pandas”. More on the\n\nIbis\nIbis – getting_started\nIbis – Analysis of World of Warcraft data\n\n\nIt looks like dplyr (for example it even copies some syntax like mutate() for adding new columns and select for picking columns). But, the benefit is it has polars and pandas as backends, but also offers PySpark (should someon need to use databricks as a backend compute engine). And it can also translate into SQL. Sure, polars can do this too: Databases - Polars user guide. But ibis seems more extensive.\nThis means I could have one programming language to execute either polars, SQL, or PySpark, rather than have both polars and SQL or pandas in my pipeline in different places. (Side note: why would I use pandas as a backend though when polars is so fast?)\nI just discovered this over the weekend. Would love your thoughts! I’m sure there are limitations vs raw polars/pandas that are hidden from my quick overview.\n\n\nAppendix\nThe most annoying thing about pandas is the .transform() operator. I hate it. Just hate it. It never makes sense and I always have to look it up. This essentially just does a window operation.\nYou don’t need this until you need to do some type of aggregation within a group. Let’s assume you want to calculate the fraction of sales attributed to a city within a state. (What fraction of sales in California come from San Francisco, for example.)\nRead the following and consider for yourself what’s simplest:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Sample data\ndata = {\n 'State': ['CA', 'CA', 'CA', 'NY', 'NY', 'NY'],\n 'City': ['SF', 'LA', 'SF', 'NYC', 'Buffalo', 'NYC'],\n 'Sales': [100, 200, 150, 300, 100, 200]\n}\n\ndf = pd.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf['Fraction'] = df.groupby('State')['Sales'].apply(lambda x: x / x.sum())\n\nprint(df)\nPolars:\nimport polars as pl\n\ndf = pl.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf = df.with_column(\n pl.col('Sales') / df.groupby('State').agg(pl.sum('Sales'))['sum'])\n\nprint(df)\nDplyr:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf <- data %>%\n group_by(State) %>%\n mutate(Fraction = Sales / sum(Sales))\nIbis:\nimport ibis\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\nexpr = sales.mutate(Fraction=sales['Sales'] / sales.groupby('State').Sales.sum())\n\nresult = expr.execute()\nprint(result)\nIt may not look all that different, but pandas has this weird syntax where you group by (something) but then select a column with brackets. But sometimes you can use periods to select the column.\nThe polars and ibis implementations seem simple, but overly verbose.\nThen there’s the dplyr. So elegant and simple. The sum() operator is summing within the group, and the sales/sum(sales) is very easy to read.\nIn pandas I’m left wondering what is x/x.sum() and why this lambda thing?\nThis is a very simple example, but the more you get into the weeds the more my point becomes obvious.\nThe benefits of dplyr come from when you want to do 10 mutates in one go. It’s so simple. In pandas that’s 10 lambda functions with a .assign operator.\nLike, look at pandas trying to do this:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Sample data\ndata = {\n 'A': list(range(1, 11)),\n 'B': list(range(11, 21)),\n 'C': list(range(21, 31))\n}\n\ndf = pd.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Using assign to create 10 new columns\ndf = df.assign(\n # New columns with various transformations\n A_Squared=lambda x: x['A']**2,\n B_Squared=lambda x: x['B']**2,\n C_Squared=lambda x: x['C']**2,\n A_Cubed=lambda x: x['A']**3,\n B_Cubed=lambda x: x['B']**3,\n C_Cubed=lambda x: x['C']**3,\n A_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['A']),\n B_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['B']),\n C_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['C']),\n A_B=lambda x: x['A'] * x['B']\n)\n\nprint(df)\nNow look at dplyr:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Sample data\ndata <- data.frame(\n A = 1:10,\n B = 11:20,\n C = 21:30\n)\n\n# Using mutate to create 10 new columns\ndf <- data %>%\n mutate(\n # New columns with various transformations\n A_Squared = A^2,\n B_Squared = B^2,\n C_Squared = C^2,\n A_Cubed = A^3,\n B_Cubed = B^3,\n C_Cubed = C^3,\n A_Log = log(A),\n B_Log = log(B),\n C_Log = log(C),\n A_B = A * B\n )\n\nprint(df)\nNow let’s complicate it, where each manipulation takes in a previous column:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Create a DataFrame\ndf = pd.DataFrame({'A': [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]})\n\n# Mutate operations\ndf['B'] = df['A'] ** 2\ndf['C'] = df['A'] + df['B'] * 2\ndf['D'] = df['B'] / 2\ndf['E'] = df['C'] - df['A']\ndf['F'] = df['A'] * 5\ndf['G'] = df['D'] - df['E']\ndf['H'] = df['F'] + df['G']\ndf['I'] = df['D'] ** 2\ndf['J'] = df['H'] / df['I']\ndf['K'] = df['I'] - df['J']\n\nprint(df)\nThis is how most people write pandas. They write df 26 times.\nLet’s look at pandas using the assign operator:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Create a DataFrame\ndf = pd.DataFrame({'A': [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]})\n\n# Mutate operations with assign and lambda functions\ndf = df.assign(\n B=lambda x: x['A'] ** 2,\n C=lambda x: x['A'] + x['B'] * 2,\n D=lambda x: x['B'] / 2,\n E=lambda x: x['C'] - x['A'],\n F=lambda x: x['A'] * 5,\n G=lambda x: x['D'] - x['E'],\n H=lambda x: x['F'] + x['G'],\n I=lambda x: x['D'] ** 2,\n J=lambda x: x['H'] / x['I'],\n K=lambda x: x['I'] - x['J']\n)\n\nprint(df)\nSlightly better but still an eyesore. 10 lambda statements and still 26 x calls.\nAnd in R:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Create a tibble\ndf <- tibble(A = c(10, 20, 30, 40, 50))\n\n# Mutate operations\ndf <- df %>%\n mutate(B = A ^ 2,\n C = A + B * 2,\n D = B / 2,\n E = C - A,\n F = A * 5,\n G = D - E,\n H = F + G,\n I = D ^ 2,\n J = H / I,\n K = I - J)\n\nprint(df)\nIt’s just so simple. So elegant. So beautiful. No wasted text. Very easy to read.\nIbis seems similar to dplyr but requires the D = _.[\"B\"]/2 operation. Ibis – basics - mutating columns\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-01-23-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-01-23-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-01-23", + "objectID": "tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.html", + "href": "tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.html", + "title": "Microsoft Copilot notes", "section": "", - "text": "AI\nTesla finally releases FSD v12, its last hope for self-driving | Electrek - 300k rules based system down to a model - you’ll need both: a model and overrides. - Or, you train the model by learning from the scenarios encoded in your 300k rules engine (like DeepMind’s AlphaGo)\nFast Tracking RAG Model Evaluation with Synthetic Data - synthetic data to evaluate RAG responses? - A response is non-deterministic, random - Perhaps do a Levenshtein distance of sorts to evaluate of response is as good as you want? - But isn’t this the same as question-answer pairs and instruction tuning?\nAuto Wiki by Mutable.ai - this proves how powerful AI is. Just add data and watch it churn. - An example of an AI product.\n\n\nCoding\nPython Does Not Fully Deliver OOP Encapsulation Functionalities - I learned how attributes are names in a Python class. As an R programmer, most of these things were never taught to me in school, and I’ve never really needed to know them (until working with software engineers)\n\n\nProduct\nHow Gong builds product - by Lenny Rachitsky - the planning!! > We do not plan monthly or biweekly. Both the engineering leader and I dislike the Scrum methodology. We feel it’s trying to drive urgency via artificial deadlines versus via value to the customer. And by forcing “commitment” to deliverables within a time window, it essentially inhibits on-the-fly trade-offs between content, quality, and timelines. Yet we have internal reviews with the different groups on a monthly basis.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Three copilots:\n\ncopilot.Microsoft.com\n\nYouTube MS ignite\n\n\nuses RAG on the Microsoft graph\nCopilot can make a PowerPoint from a Doc\nTeamsKit\nplugins and graph connectors. Maybe plugin is right? Maybe graph connector is right.\nNot very useful PowerPoints unless tied to data\nLLMs are only as accurate as the data.\n\nYouTube create awesome documents\n\nEdit and revise\n\nYouTube | Excel tutorial\n\n20-30 second\n\nYouTube | MS Cop featurs\n\n\n\nWrite speech\n\n\nYouTube | Microsoft Loop is cool\n\nloop is cool. Makes collaborating across applications on a single thing easy.\n\nYouTube | Global Enterprise\n\nyou can have it “sound like me” in outlook\n41:35 copilot studio\nCan use open AIs GPTs\n\n\nAzure open ai\nYouTube\n\n\nBRK206 Vector search and state of the art retrieval for generative ai apps\nBRK205 multimodal\n\nThings to explore:\n\nTeamsKit\nAzure OpenAI\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.html", - "href": "creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.html", - "title": "Stairwell scoop", + "objectID": "tech/war-tech.html", + "href": "tech/war-tech.html", + "title": "War Tech", "section": "", - "text": "The Stairwell Scoop\nLeft hand: hotwheel\nRight hand: Thomas book\nIn front of me: Mt Everest. \nObjective: descend. \nDifficulty with hands occupied: impossible\nExpectation: ride on a Sherpa \nRequest: grunt. \"Ehhh!!\" Paired with helpless eyes and full hands. Eyes that sag with \"what am I supposed to do?\"\nObservation: dad approaches. Request accepted. \nEngagement: giant left arm behind my right hip. Diaper fully supported. Knees open, then latch like a Koala onto love handles. Maintain proper tension between knees and toes. \nPayment to Sherpa: a kind coo and pleasant, soft smile, like I own him. \nResponse: more cuddles. I do own him. Probability of next successful Sherpa request: 97%. Probability heightens if I scuttle away fast at the bottom of Everest, shaking my hips. \n\n\n\nThe plea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Tech Companies Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab | TIME details the fight in Ukraine and how Palantir specifically has used it as a testing ground for its digital surveillance and weaponry .\n\n\n\nTime vs tech\n\n\nObviously war profits defense contractors. This isn’t anything new.\nAnd putting aside beliefs about the war itself, I see the angle here as somewhat inauthentic. It assumes tech is somehow awful.\nArms dealers will always be in the race for selling more arms, whether in peace or in war. But providing services at a discounted rate to defend an invaded ally seems reasonable.\nMy point: I wish we had more positive tech news. Tech is how we won WWII and almost how we lost it. That same awful WWII tech is how we now power homes with cleaner energy across the world. Some argue it’s how we’ve avoided a WWIII so far because it’s a nuclear war is an unwinnable war.\nTech cannot control the hearts of the men and women who wield it. It can only enable them. May we all strive for wars of words and code not wars of people or weapons, and I actually think tech helps enable that. And hopefully, we can use tech to facilitate misunderstandings and bring people to better diplomacy, ending the need for war. But that’s up to the leaders. Desires for war rage within hearts long before those desires rage within bullets.\nAs for the main stream media, I’d hope for more nuanced discussions around the uses of tech. Perhaps that’s what it’s alluding to - that war mongers are being fueled by this war.\nBut then let’s get more diplomatic leaders into office that can manage peace talks. It’s a people problem. Our government shouldn’t be run by the war machine, but by the people. And tech will always enable the people to do what they do best: be human.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.html", - "href": "creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.html", - "title": "The Thief of Time", + "objectID": "tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.html", + "href": "tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.html", + "title": "Protobufs - Everything I don’t know", "section": "", - "text": "There are only two robbers of childhood: death and time.\nTime is a death in a way. A cessation of your four year old self. Of your 10 year old self. Of your ignorant self. Of your yesterday self.\nTime is constant, pushing us closer to one inevitable.\nTime is a gift, the only gift we all share while here on earth.\nWhat is the time constant? There’s a gravitational constant. A Planck constant. What about a time constant - the rate at which time ticks? At which our molecules age. At which our beings move from one state to another?\nI don’t think I’ll get the time to answer that…\n\n\n\nTime robbing time\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "If you want a guide on Protobufs this isn’t it. These are my notes. Just stumbled on this tonight after having seen these all over the place at Google and I wanted to learn something.\nSee Protocol Buffers Documentation and ChatGPT. Pkl for Configuration Management made me think of this. # The point of a Protobuf\n\nwrite one file\nThis file defines data structure, but not the data itself\nCompile it to different languages (like Python)\nA file in Python will be have a class defined with the properties in it\nWhen you serialize data (send via JSON or something over an API) the other service knows how to read that data file immediately (if you built it and gave it the proto)\n\nThis makes sense to me why Google used this everywhere. They have one service in Python and another in Java and another in Go. To get them talking to each other they need a common data structure to read from.\nThe setters and getters help with the parsing a JSON blob for example.\n\n\nLike first you define the protobuf\n\n\n\nRaw proto fike\n\n\nAnd then you compile it via a bash command and it turns to this:\n\n\n\nCompiled\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-bound.html", - "href": "creative/poem-bound.html", - "title": "Bound", + "objectID": "tech/unreal-ai-sora.html", + "href": "tech/unreal-ai-sora.html", + "title": "Unreal AI: Meet Sora", "section": "", - "text": "Bound\nMy finger\nYour hand\nOnce divided\nUnited we stand\n\nEver bound\nYour biology compels it\nCooing sound\nA union I won't quit\n\n\n\nUnion\n\n\nThe baby doesn’t let go. Their grip on anything (even Lint) is locked in. Only I can let go, which is a powerful idea. She’s bound to me, trustfully so.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Years ago Deepmind proved they can solve StarCraft: YouTube\n\nNow OpenAI is probably using reinforcement learning using physics engines. Meet Sora: Sora.\n\n\nIf you think OpenAI Sora is a creative toy like DALLE, … think again. Sora is a data-driven physics engine. It is a simulation of many worlds, real or fantastical. The simulator learns intricate rendering, \"intuitive\" physics, long-horizon reasoning, and semantic grounding, all… pic.twitter.com/pRuiXhUqYR\n\n— Jim Fan (@DrJimFan) February 15, 2024\n\n\nThink that robots won’t be 100% smarter than us being able to do anything we can think of?\nThe video games, movies, simulators, etc of next year are gonna be lit.\n\n\n\nUnreal sora\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-timeless.html", - "href": "creative/poem-timeless.html", - "title": "Timeless", + "objectID": "tech/private-gpt.html", + "href": "tech/private-gpt.html", + "title": "Private GPT", "section": "", - "text": "The days pass by like weeks.\nThe weeks pass by like days.\nThe sun continues to set\nin it's old, familiar way\n\n\nTime is an illusion,\nrestful nights, a delusion, \nmy state of mind, a confusion,\nBut still my kids want to play\n\n\n\nTime slips away, under our watchful eye\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Private GPT\nPrivateGPT\n\n\n\nPrivate GPT\n\n\nChat with your notes.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-timeless.html#timeless", - "href": "creative/poem-timeless.html#timeless", - "title": "Timeless", + "objectID": "tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.html", + "href": "tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.html", + "title": "Embedding audio in Quarto", "section": "", - "text": "The days pass by like weeks.\nThe weeks pass by like days.\nThe sun continues to set\nin it's old, familiar way\n\n\nTime is an illusion,\nrestful nights, a delusion, \nmy state of mind, a confusion,\nBut still my kids want to play\n\n\n\nTime slips away, under our watchful eye" + "text": "I want to embed just a plain audio file in my blog post.\nCheck out the post Guitar: Clouds, where I embed some audio using the quarto video short link: Quarto – Videos.\nMy process:\n\ntake a voice recording with my voice notes on iOS.\nSave to files, I did audio/ folder (How to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian)\nThen if I link using a standard markdown link it’ll create an audio recording in a new browser. If I use the video shortcode then quarto will embed it as a video right in the post (doesn’t open a new browser). You can adjust the height so it’s not a massive black screen.\n\n\nSong snippet today: [2024-02-05-guitar-clouds](../audio/2024-02-05-guitar-clouds.m4a) 3rd capo, G, Em, C, G with some pinky action. \n\n\n<-- This works on safari, not chrome desktop for some reason --> \n\n![2024-02-05-guitar-clouds](../audio/2024-02-05-guitar-clouds.m4a)\n\n\n\nHope this helps someone!\nNote, the second way (the ![]) approach didn’t work on Chrome Desktop, but works on Safari desktop, safari mobile, and chrome mobile:\n\n\n\nChrome doesn’t pick up the audio player\n\n\nIf I inspect the HTML I can see the audio tag is created in Chrome, it’s just not showing a player or anything.\nBut the mobile audio player is picked up:\n\n\n\nMobile safari\n\n\n\n\n\nMobile chrome\n\n\n\nObsidian\nI like using this markdown syntax in Obsidian because that’s where I write my notes.\n\n\n\nThe markdown syntax\n\n\nBecause it appears like an audio player in app. The syntax is a quarto thing and renders nicely. The <audio> tag is supposed to work but doesn’t in my vault. In my app it looks like this;\n\n\n\nRendered in quarto\n\n\nSo yes, the markdown link is the most usable, works on most browsers, and works in Obsidian. Just doesn’t work on Chrome Web…(at least not on my version).\nSeems also that using the <audio> tag breaks my quarto:\n\n\n\nBroken file\n\n\n\n\nIn Summary\nI’ve found two ways of showing audio in quarto. 1) using the image syntax in markdown and 2) using a video shortcode. The markdown syntax works great locally on my iPhone and on most browsers, but the video shortcode seems to work on all browsers.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-breath-of-life.html", - "href": "creative/poem-breath-of-life.html", - "title": "Breathe on (Breath of Life)", + "objectID": "tech/gpt4all.html", + "href": "tech/gpt4all.html", + "title": "GPT4All", "section": "", - "text": "Breath on\n2024-02-12 Bryan Whiting\nYou lay here on me\nAnd I wonder\nAre you breathing?\n\nYou are. \n\nHow?\n\nI wonder. How? You're only so little yet you know the key to life itself:\n\nBreath. \n\nBreathe on. \n\nYour little chest rises and falls. \n\nUp. \n\nDown. \n\nBreath. \n\nYou breathe on. \n\nMy hand from palm to tip touches across the entirety of your rib cage. You're tiny. \n\nYet you breathe. \n\nYou breathe on me. \n\n\n\nWhat I’m feeling right now\n\n\n\nBaby lays on me at near midnight. This is peace. This is life.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "description\nGPT4All train and deploy customized LLMs.\n\n\n\nGpt4all screenshot\n\n\n\n\nsimilar tools\nSeems like a different use case than LM Studio, but hard to say. LM Studio is likely focused on people wanting to download and use the open source models, where this is to help you train and fine tune locally.\nUse it to connect with your notes:\nHow to Use GPT4All with Langchain to Chat with Your Documents | by Vikas Tiwari | Medium\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.html", - "href": "creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.html", - "title": "The Dove (Forevermore)", + "objectID": "tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.html", + "href": "tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.html", + "title": "The Divinely Discontent Chatbot User", "section": "", - "text": "A twist on “The Raven”, from The Best of Edgar Allen Poe. Poe got it all wrong.\nIf you haven’t read “The Raven” recently, take a moment first to remember, remember that Raven of yore.\n\nThe Dove (Forevermore)\nA twist on “The Raven” by Bryan Whiting\nThree A.M., I hear you wrapping.\nDesitin, I keep slapping.\nDiapers fresh, for poop, post napping.\nDiapers fresh, for my Adore.\n\nIt was a cold and bleak December.\nDark and dreary, I remember.\nSleepless nights and occasional frights, \nI'd forgotten the parent's implore:\n please protect my Sweet Adore \n\nNothing strange, just parents living.\nBabies growing, always swimming\nthrough the tides of life they're dipping, \n dripping, \n tripping, slick socks \n slipping \n lovey, pants, they all keep ripping \n\"Will it stop?\", my mind is tipping\nI love them so, my Adore. \nBut I just ask rest, I implore. \nWill I get it? \n \"Nevermore.\" \n\nWhat's that I hear, is something slapping? \nNo! by Jove! A creature crapping! \nCrapping on my kitchen floor!! \nRight next to the. bathroom..door...\nI just cannot believe for sure.\nNot another chore.\nI just mopped there, I can assure.\nI feel denial swelling more.\n That creature must be \n her \n Adore. \n\nThen in Jan the rain starts stalling. \nOn my chest, her eyes are falling, \nNapping, cooing, smiling, fawning,\nMy bedroom window, in Jan is calling\nCalling in a creature, sure.\n\n\"What's this?\" I wonder, as I slumber.\nIs it just me, or am I dumber? \nIs that a bird?! What's that number? \n\"Animal control!\" I now thunder,\n\"For the dove! Not one mess more!!\"\n\"Begone, you bird!\" I implore!\nIt cocks its head, \n \"Nevermore.\"\n\nSomething changed, as I remember,\nafter that, cold, bleak December.\nThe sleep rolled in, and so I weather,\n weather just a little bit more.\n\nThe baby's coos I now see freshly.\nThe piqued smiles now enmesh me.\nThe drools of milk now refresh me.\n\"Refresh me, my Adore.\"\nHow could I ever\n have seen anything more?\n Please don't let it end, I implore.\nThe dove then whispers, \n \"Evermore.\"\n\nThe children calling, wailing, falling\nat my feet, screaming, brawling,\nincessant thumping, pounding, hounding,\n is pleasant to my ears once more.\nPleasant because they're my Adore.\n\nI see it now, that bright December.\nIt wasn't dark, I now remember.\nJust a dog, a fog, but nothing more. \nBut now it's gone, and nevermore.\nI took photos, Polaroids, sure.\nBut now it's gone. \n And I want more. \n\nRemembered now are the cuddles.\nLong forgotten: spilled milk puddles.\nSpilled milk puddles are \n nevermore. \n\nDays asleep and nights awake.\nDream eyes open, for goodness sake.\nWhat I wouldn't give to take\nanother look at my Make.\nAnother look at \n my \n Adore.\n\nWhen I could hold her, and nothing more. \nWhen in my hands, and on the floor\nwe cuddle, huddle, muddle more.\n\"Bring it back\", I implore\n\"Turn back time\", I plead pure.\n\nThen entered in that dove once more, \nthe welcomed bird, the dove of yore.\n\"The past is gone, time pressed its seal.\nBut yours to keep, for it is real\npast and present, space time is traveled\nIn eternity, your gift unravels\n Forevermore.\"\nThe tides of parenting are just phases. The good, the bad, the guilt, the love, the denial you even have kids to the overwhelming joy you could never express adequately in words…it all comes and goes - sometimes within the same hour.\nThen suddenly we realize it’s all gone before we can blink.\nThe newborn is now walking at my feet. The eighteeen-month-old-diaper-generator is now riding his bike. The four-year-old brother slapper is now six and creating “Daddy, I love you” cards. Thankfully families are forevermore.\n(Mostly) written 5:02am on Jan 5, 2024, after a sweet midnight feeding, where she cooed and smiled right before passing out peacefully on my chest.\n\n\n\nMessy rooms, a memory forevermore\n\n\nOther lines…\nPints of puke are never more\nOnce held lovey is now a bore\nonce scraped knees now never sore\ngoing to the park now a chore\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "There is Divine Discontent in the Consumer Appetite\nJeff Bezos alluded to the “divinely discontent” customer in a 2017 shareholder letter (Elements of Amazon’s Day 1 Culture | AWS Executive Insights).\n\nOne thing I love about customers is that they are divinely discontent. Their expectations are never static – they go up. It’s human nature. We didn’t ascend from our hunter-gatherer days by being satisfied. People have a voracious appetite for a better way, and yesterday’s ‘wow’ quickly becomes today’s ‘ordinary’. I see that cycle of improvement happening at a faster rate than ever before 2017 Amazon_Shareholder_Letter.pdf\n\n\n\n\nImage: Divine Discontent\n\n\nMore googling shows the phrase was also used by Neal A Maxwell in 1976 (Notwithstanding My Weakness):\n\nWhat can we do to manage these vexing feelings of inadequacy? Here are but a few suggestions: (1) We can distinguish more clearly between divine discontent and the devil’s dissonance, between dissatisfaction with self and disdain for self. We need the first and must shun the second, remembering that when conscience calls to us from the next ridge, it is not solely to scold but also to beckon.\n\n(Just dropping that in case Bezos gets all the credit for the term 😉.)\n\n\nLLM Discontent\nPeople grappling with building LLMs are facing this discontent at an alarming rate. The LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard is a testament to how quickly appetites will change. Many AI tool providers refrain from vendor lock in and try to build LLM agnostic tooling.\nHow do you compete? Well, most of us aren’t building these foundational models. How do they compete with each other? None of us care. We just want a good one.\nBut ask yourself, would you rather have Bard from today or nothing from 2022?\nThese leaderboards are fascinating because in 14 months since ChatGPT emerged we’ve become so reliant on these tools but yet they’re not even old enough to walk or talk by human standards. Yet we now have Bard, ChatGPT, LLaMA, Mistral, Claude, and whatever’s cooking at Amazon/Apple/Microsoft (behind the scenes as a contingency plan I’m sure) and the Chinese/Indian companies that don’t want to rely on the U.S.\nIt’s the early days of search: Yahoo, AOL, Ask Jeeves, etc. One will emerge as your favorite perhaps, like how we all use Google even though Bing probably isn’t that bad anymore (I wouldn’t know…).1\nPoint is: it’s a race to the bottom, the customer is fickle. They know this, which is why they keep releasing new stuff every 6 months.\nPoint is: as you build your LLM application, your customer will be divinely discontent with you. This is nothing knew, it’s just the age of software development.\nExpectations of what software can do are rising. Those expectations are becoming indiscernible from the magic that software is becoming.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdge is better than Chrome for now in LLM usage!↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html", - "href": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html", - "title": "Cabinet Handle", + "objectID": "creative.html", + "href": "creative.html", + "title": "Creative", "section": "", - "text": "Hey you, over there\nBlack and shiny, half a square\nMind if I sit and stare?\nAs I rock in my chair?\n\nDo you come here often?\nOr is it just me? I sit here rockin.\nEither way, my heart softens\nYou've got me smiling and I don't care\n\n\n\nClearly, there is value in staring at a cabinet handle. Why can’t adults see it?\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Creative writing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n Title\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrayer of Perspective\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday March 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNuzzle\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\nprose\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nA bond\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreathe on (Breath of Life)\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\n\nEach breath brings life. To you. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", + "crumbs": [ + "Writing", + "Creative" + ] }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html#the-cabinet-handle", - "href": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html#the-cabinet-handle", - "title": "Cabinet Handle", + "objectID": "2-nephi-20-true-mercy.html", + "href": "2-nephi-20-true-mercy.html", + "title": "2 Nephi 20 - True Mercy", "section": "", - "text": "Hey you, over there\nBlack and shiny, half a square\nMind if I sit and stare?\nAs I rock in my chair?\n\nDo you come here often?\nOr is it just me? I sit here rockin.\nEither way, my heart softens\nYou've got me smiling and I don't care\n\n\n\nClearly, there is value in staring at a cabinet handle. Why can’t adults see it?" + "text": "Scriptures\nIsaiah is describing how people can be so selfish that they “rob the fatherless” and make the “widows their prey”\n\nAnd what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 2 Nephi 20.3–4\n\n\n\nMeaning\nOne who is mercury is one who is willing to help those whom he has deemed lost.\nChrist is merciful. We are all lost in many ways, meaning we’re all works in progress. “His hands are outstretched still”.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/poem-cuddles.html", - "href": "creative/poem-cuddles.html", - "title": "Cuddles", + "objectID": "all.html", + "href": "all.html", + "title": "Recent Posts", "section": "", - "text": "Cuddles\n\n\n\nCuddled\nYou cuddle Cuddles,\nI cuddle you. \nAn inception of cuddles. \nLaps within laps. \nI squeeze cuddles\nand get you too.\nKid was sitting on my lap with a lovey in their lap.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "“All blogs are wrong, but some are useful.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Title\n \n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Advice for New Career People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 11, 2024\n\n\n10 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coming Wave\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Apr 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Copilot notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Gentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob 1 - Viewing Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nrelationships\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Wet Suits\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob 2 - Give Freely\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncharity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\ntips and tricks\n\n\nto my future self\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy you should log with Aimstack\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nlogging\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\ndata pipeline\n\n\nml pipeline\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmonitoring\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfigurations for ML Pipelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nconfiguration\n\n\nsoftware engineering\n\n\nml pipeline\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrave New World\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Apr 1, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Easter\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIbis DataFrames for Python, why I hate Pandas, and what I miss about dplyr\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\npython\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndata manipulation\n\n\npandas\n\n\nibis\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\nanalytics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEaster, the most important holiday\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Oasis\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Children of Emotional Immature Parents\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Bodyfulness\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 28, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEaster Study: Seek Miracles\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fairy Houses\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nfamily bonding\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeal Your Nervous System\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn file formats: parquet vs csv\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nreactions\n\n\nnews\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfoundation models\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\nbig tech\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 31 -\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Better Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElon Musk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Count of Monte Cristo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOf Mice and Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\nclassics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for CS Lewis\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Worry Cure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ntherapy\n\n\npsychology\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nself-help\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 31.3\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt’s the energizing feeling that keeps me going.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-03-17 Come Follow Me CTR 7 - 2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\npoetry\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfamily history\n\n\npioneers\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nlife hacks\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nww2\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nbiography\n\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26 - pride\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThose with pride in their hearts seek power over others\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevin the AI coder\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for A sleeping baby\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThat I can\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npersonality\n\n\nculture\n\n\nteam building\n\n\nteamwork\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nupskilling\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\nupskilling\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for I’m grateful for logicians\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 21.6\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\n\n\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncommandments\n\n\n\nThe law is dead. The focus is on Chrisf\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sun on turf\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting up a New Mac\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\nmachine learning platforms\n\n\n\nSpotify has an internal machine learning platform\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterviewing as an ML engineer\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nreactions\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 22.2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Job\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s a new way to see things\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20.3–4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Naps\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe best part is the part you never remember. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nChristianity \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Baby\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\n“…the kid is not my son”\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Testimony 2023-03-03\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for the story and reality of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n9 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 18.19\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninterviewing\n\n\nculture\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWWII\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nPersonalized guidanve\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nTrue beauty\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Dune\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nGreat writing deserves attention\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published by Blackstone Audio, Inc., with ISBN 9781433241451.0. Read on 2024-01-08\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Barber\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHis kindness was simple, but powerful\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 28, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\n\nSeeing the Savior isn’t as mysterious as it sounds. Many who seek Him can experience this blessing\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for my Laundry Machine\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Choice\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nIt’s a gift from God. It’s what enables happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sun Also Rises\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\n\nMeanderings across France and Spain.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\n\nHe’s a God of personal promises\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Waterfalls\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nHow it looks, and how it feels to dip your toes in\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Basketball Games\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 10\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\natonement\n\n\n\nThe Lord’s mercy knows no bounds\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Guitars\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nA portal to another world\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fog\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nIt’s blinding when you’re in it, gorgeous when admired from afar\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 8 - Perspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\nThe Lord is with us.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistorical\n\n\nbiography\n\n\nworld war 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Copilot Money\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nSimplicity, beautiful design, and does what you’d hope it would do\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 7 - He is Near\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe may wander and wonder, but He is near.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Marriage\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 6 - Waiting on the Lord\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nHe will support His covenant people\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Hills\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\nsports\n\n\nhiking\n\n\n\nHome is where you remember who you are\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaring Greatly\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nteam building\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nMotivates the reader to want to have an excellent, high performing team by addressing concerns\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 5 - Sometimes there’s war\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nResolution requires both to want it\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Coach\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood AI News Aggregators\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAir Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai mishaps\n\n\nai\n\n\nai guardrails\n\n\n\nBe careful what your AI bot says. We can’t yet contain today’s AI - how do we expect to contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for brownies\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nBut really, is there anything better than a warm Costco brownie with vanilla ice cream?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a Story Brand\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nmarketing\n\n\nsales\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\n\nEye opening, simple, to the point on marketing.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 5.14\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - Heaven and Hell in One\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nOne person, two worlds.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Board Games\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nNever bored.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnreal AI: Meet Sora\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nWhen AI uses reinforcement learning on a physics engine…\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpellbook AI Reviews\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nlegal-ai\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\nAn AI focused on editing and revising legal documents and redlining\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - Love and Despair\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nHow can one person feel God’s love, but also not?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Book Club\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s how old people pretend like they’re still young, and have a good time doing it.m\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObservable Framework 1.0 vs Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nobservable\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nAnother markdown-based dash boarding solution, similar to Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPackage Installer: “uv”\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\npython\n\n\nsoftware engineering\n\n\ndev ops\n\n\ndev tools\n\n\n\nFaster than pip and poetry\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - A Prophecy of Another Branch\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Explorers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ngratitude-ThingsIHaveAtAnothersSacrifice\n\n\n\nThe knowledge of islands on maps is often connected with many lost lives.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wager\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistorical\n\n\nnon-fiction\n\n\nsurvival\n\n\n\nCrazy story in so many dimensions. Very well written. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrajectory and Mindset\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhy do people say “don’t be complacent” in your career?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 3 - Two Scriptures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe books work together\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Foam Mattresses\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nhome\n\n\n\nComfy, affordable, and comfy.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA/B Testing Resources\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nstatistics\n\n\n\nLearn from the best.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimeGPT and Lag-Llama: Two foundation models for time series forecasting\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nfoundation models\n\n\n\nA foundation model for time series?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeam Misfits\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\n“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” - Einstein\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoalesce - Revelation first, then Agency\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\n\nFirst obey the Lord, then do your own will with Him involved when He hasn’t given instruction.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 Ask\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Chicken Sliders\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nGood food exists\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWar Tech\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nTech cannot control the hearts of the men and women who wield it. It can only enable them.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Enticement is Agency\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nmental health\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe can’t make choices without being enticed. Are we aware of that?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Gatherings for the Super Bowl\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt brings people together\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - His Capacity to Carry Our Burdens\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nadversity\n\n\natonement\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\n\nHe has borne our sorrows. He wants us to be yoked with him so those sorrows can be light.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Old Movies\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmovies\n\n\n\nAnd how they’re still so relatable and human\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate AI images with Google’s Gemini model\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nGemini\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\nllm wars\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nChatGPT vs Gemini. The battle begins.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsaiah 53.4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Redemption\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nredemption\n\n\natonement\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe are capable of being healed because we are loved and because He did what needed to be done\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Skimboarding\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt’s that buttery feeling\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Consecration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nconsecration\n\n\nadversity\n\n\n\nIt’s a state of mind.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Runs\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nOh the places you’ll go.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtobufs - Everything I don’t know\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nraw notes\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\n\nWhat they’re potentially used for\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPkl for Configuration Management\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndata pipeline\n\n\nconfiguration\n\n\n\nYet another config system\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Shake off the Chains\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWhat holds you back?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New York\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nAnd it’s way of life\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalileo AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nui generators\n\n\ndesign\n\n\n\nText to UI generation\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Obtaining a Promised Land\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nland of promise\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nLehi waited a long time to receive his inheritance. But through perseverance and faith, their time came.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kindness\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nparenting\n\n\ncharity\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThe kindness I’ve been shown every day of my life.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to share an HTML file (like a quarto output in GitHub)\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ngithub\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nhtml\n\n\n\nDo you have an HTML file saved on GitHub that you’d like to share?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Alternative Endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nWe often ask ourselves, “what if?” Rarely do we get the answer.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld’s Longest Drive\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsports\n\n\ngolf\n\n\n\nFull send\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Avocados\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nThey enrich everything they’re combined with, even life itself.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmbedding audio in Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nblogging\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\n\nHow do I use audio in Quarto? Here are three ways.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 22 - His Covenants will be the key of the Gathering of Israel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ngathering of israel\n\n\nAbrahamic Covenant\n\n\n\nWe are gathered in when we make and keep covenants.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Divinely Discontent Chatbot User\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nsaas\n\n\nllm\n\n\nai\n\n\nai strategy\n\n\n\nIt’s the early days. One will emerge as the next “Google” of the search engines. Expectations of what software can do are rising. Those expectations are becoming indiscernible from the magic that software is becoming.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nllm benchmarks\n\n\nai\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nai benchmarks\n\n\n\nHead to head challenges of chatbots.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for bowling\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt’s a sport anyone can do, nobody cares about who’s better, and you can actually do at night pretty easily.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Home Depot Saturday Morning Crafts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nBringing families together through crafts\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Iceberg Theory - Theory of Omission\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nwriting\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\nA captivating writing style\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 21 - I Have Graven Thee\n\n\nHe has not forgotten you\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe Lord wants us to know he’s there for us. He always has been.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 20 - Baptism in the Old Testament\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nold testament\n\n\nAbrahamic Covenant\n\n\nbaptism\n\n\n\nBaptism is a covenant that was lost from the Old Testament\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Peloton\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nAnd the many great workouts it’s given me\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Demand Forecasting using XGBoost\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nforecasting\n\n\ninternet article bookmark\n\n\n\nHow DoorDash makes precision predictions with decision trees and spiky holidays\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Compounding Interest of Reading\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nreading\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\n\nAsk not what one book can do for you. Ask instead what you couldn’t do without one book?\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Good Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nai\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nIt takes one to know one.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrivate GPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nopen source\n\n\n\nIndex your local files and chat with them\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLM Studio\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGPT4All\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nedge device\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nopen source\n\n\n\nRun LLMs locally\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeam AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nai\n\n\nlocal ai\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nedge device\n\n\nclosed source\n\n\n\nRun OpenAI in a native Mac App\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Compliments\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nleadership\n\n\ncharity\n\n\n\nThey’re financially cheap, but when sincere are incredibly valuable\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 19 - Yieldeth Himself\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThat the Lord gave himself to His persecutors is the power of the atonement\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Old Man and the Sea\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\nclassics\n\n\n\nBeautiful\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExport your Libby Timeline to Obsidian\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\npython\n\n\nlibby\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nblogging\n\n\n\nDownload the Libby timeline, export to markdown files using pandas\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Basketball\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt brings people together, and many people can contribute in their own way\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 18 - The Power of Prayer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nadversity\n\n\n\nThe winds in our life can cease when we turn to God.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Loop\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfluence The Psychology of Persuasion\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSeven realms of influence\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 17 - He will strengthen us\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nstrength\n\n\ntrust in the Lord\n\n\n\nDon’t ask for obstacles to be removed. Ask to be strengthened to overcome them\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for YouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nAnd for everything I’ve learned on it\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 16 - Christ Guides us in Unique Ways\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\nhand of the Lord\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe same person can receive different guidance at different times. Two people in the same circumstance can be guided differently.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Rescue Workers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nWe in America have hundreds of people ready to help us at a moment’s notice\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Tyranny of Experts\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-28 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 22-28 1 Nephi 11-15\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nSummary and notes for the lesson week\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 28, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Imagination\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\nA boring tree is only boring to a boring person\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 28, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Chirping Birds\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for the time of day and time of year they make their presence known.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 15 - Hearken and Hold Fast\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nobedience\n\n\n\nFind the word. Listen. Hold on to it.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecome a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks\n\n\nHow to break into data science with an understanding how the modern data economy works\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\ncareer\n\n\nrecommendation systems\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nanalytics\n\n\nbeginners\n\n\n\nYou only need the desire. The rest is freely accessible. Focus on breadth at first and creating content for your resume (tips included on that too!)\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n11 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Rock Climbing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nadventure\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nBecause I’m still alive, and I had fun.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 14 - Convincing unto Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\npeace\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWill I be convinced?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmy principles\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nSeek not to be right. Seek to understand.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Perspectives\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nperspective\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nNever know when you’re gonna break a bone. But sometimes it’s a good thing.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 13 - Publish Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\npeace\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe world is a crazy place. We can make it a little less crazy.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Challenges\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchallenges\n\n\n\nLife has a way of refining us. But isn’t refinement what we seek?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWool\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\napocalyptic\n\n\nfiction\n\n\ndystopian\n\n\nsci-fi\n\n\n\nLiving in a Silo\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 12 - Broad Roads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nYou can do down any path you choose. How you go down the path matters.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coddling of the American Mind\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\npsychology\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neducation\n\n\n\nWe are meant to be challenged, and our nation faces a risk of coddling\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Navajo Code Talkers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe freedoms I enjoy come at the sacrifices of those who came before\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Only Makes Sense to the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\nart\n\n\n\nThe rest of us are left guessing. But the more the author puts themself in the shoes of the audience, the less guesswork needs to happen.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTurn to God in All Things, and Not Your Idols\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nfaith\n\n\nconsecration\n\n\n\nWhere do we turn when things get hard?\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 11 - Angel shows signs to Nephi\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nfaith\n\n\n\nWe can see signs if we are believing.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Early Morning Workouts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nIt was good then, and the effects have been lifelong\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-21 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 15-21 1 Nephi 6-10\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Similarities\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nWe’re all very similar in many ways\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaints Book 1 The Standard of Truth 1815-1846\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 8 - Press Forward Continually\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nlove\n\n\nlove of God\n\n\nagency\n\n\n\nAlthough His love is unconditional, we have to work to put ourselves in a position to recognize and feel that love.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Social Gatherings\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nHumans are made for social gatherings, whether you’re introverted or not\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Win Friends and Influence People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ninfluence\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nThe business and relationship bible. Practical ideas for understanding and adapting to various human needs\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Baby Formula\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nIt saves lives.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wealth of Nations\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Inklings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 10 - Rely on the Redeemer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nWe are all lost and fallen. Perhaps we can fall to our knees to grow.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nSome of your work can focus on the savior, other work on not the savior.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Things I Don’t Understand\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nThe process of discovery and enlightenment is fulfilling\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 18, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Music\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nIt heals. It moves. It communicates.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habitual Prayer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\n\nWhy praying sometimes doesn’t work like it “should”, and how I fixed that\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 8 - Think for yourself\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nDon’t let the haters of the world blind your perceptions. Think for yourself. Experience for yourself.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 7 - Make a Choice, Don’t go Halvsies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncommitment\n\n\nlearning\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nLaman and Lemuel struggled committing. As a result they had a lot of issues. If you’re going to follow the prophet, do it.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Problem with Public Opinions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nEveryone has one, and they all stink…\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParadise Lost and Paradise Regained\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nBy John Milton\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Open Source\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nThis site is built using open source tools, hosted for free on GitHub\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 6 - God of the Covenant\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\n\nFocus on the covenants that He has made and will fulfill\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ice Skating\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nFor the people who make communities thrive\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 15, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 5 - Will a promise be delivered?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\npromised blessings\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nTrust in what you’re promised. Don’t worry about what you’re not.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Heaven\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nAs a concept and as a place\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Church Culture of Missionary work\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nopinion\n\n\nlds culture\n\n\n\nHow members talk about sharing the gospel\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Healing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThat it’s possible and that I’ve experienced it\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 4 - Why not?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nWhy wouldn’t Christ want to help me?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 13, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 3 - Dreamed a Dream\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nOn complaining\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can plan your life in 5 minutes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\n\nYou know what’s good for you.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for My Childhood\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nA few good choices, a lot of good fortune, and great parents.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJunk attracts Junk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlaws of human nature\n\n\nobservations\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe law of junk\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiden’s debt relief won’t relieve what he thinks it will\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nAsking a tradesperson to pay for someone else’s education isn’t right \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Strollers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nGet there faster.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 2 - Receiving a promised land\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nThe Lord gives us one thing, takes it to give us another even better\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nList of Study Topics\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to study\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind the Fun\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nmental health\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ntech\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nmindset\n\n\n\nA mindset for the madness.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Quest for Cosmic Justice\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nsocial justice\n\n\npolitics\n\n\n\nI’m shocked this was written in 1999. I didn’t learn the date until after finishing the book. That illustrates that we live in the same general state of challenge that he wrote about, and things haven’t changed for 20 years. People in power still seek power. Seek to restrict freedoms of few, in an attempt to empower the many, in the name of equity and cosmic justice.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool Quarto Site\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\n\nDifferent things you can do pretty easily with quarto.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNewsletters I follow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nxxx\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStop trying to change people. Stop it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nagency\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\nLiving the Gospel isn’t about changing others. It’s about changing yourself through Christ.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 1 - He prepares us to teach us\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\nprophets\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nHe teaches us line upon line. He is the master teacher, and if we listen he will teach us.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nListening to ‘This is the Christ’ right now, grateful for good music\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nBy Calee Reed\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-14 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 7-14\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nLesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for small things\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nretrospective\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nThe smaller the better. If you can appreciate a blade of grass, you can appreciate anything.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sandwich Shops\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI grew up near some of the best\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe six hour sandwich\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsales\n\n\nlife musings\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHow to sell a breakfast sandwich\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuide to Decision Making\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGuide to Decision Making by Helga Drummond. Published by Wiley, with ISBN 9781118240557.0. Read on 2024-01-10\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 1 - Praying for Other People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nHow to have an influence on others and allow them to influence you for good as well.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis drug is habit forming\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nAn argument against societal acceptance of things not good for us\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Matrix: Social Media’s Influence on Human Interaction\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\ndigital minimalism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nmodern living\n\n\n\nCan you enter it? Or can you leave it?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistory\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nby Colin Duriez\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s your decision framework?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninsights from books\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nFacts? Gut? Blend? Do you track your emotional decisioning performance?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganization and Minimalism\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nminimalism\n\n\norganization\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nWhen in doubt, “Afuera” it out!\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading Ethos\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nHow I approach reading.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudiobooks\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nListen here, there, anywhere.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScriptures within Scriptures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nscriptures\n\n\n\nHow Nephi feels about scriptures, and all the things one verse can yield.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDune: Messiah\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Frank Herbert. More political than the first. Focusing on the torment of a leader who has it all. What must it be like to have everything? The thought experiment is worth the read.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLegal AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nLegal AI companies and solutions\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Toothbrush\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe power to clean and the power to refresh\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\npersonal experiments\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\nbig tech\n\n\nincentives\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nrelationships\n\n\nai\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\ndigital minimalism\n\n\n\nTim Ferris has a viewpoint that is 100% aligned with what I experienced working in tech.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming an expert is kind of a fallacy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\ngrowth\n\n\ngrit\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nDoesn’t matter how many hours you work at something. What matters is if you figure out the lightbulb. Could have been the first by luck, no?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy testimony: Moving across the Country\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfast sunday\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\nmemories\n\n\nlet god prevail\n\n\n\nAfter prayer, a door immediately opened. It doesn’t always work like this, but there’s no mistaking this was the Lord’s hand.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to preside?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\ndoctrine and covenants\n\n\npriesthood\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nthe family a proclamation to the world\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nIt means to care for and love those you serve\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-07 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 1-7\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nLesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCars\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Haircuts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s not about the hair, but who cut it\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI won’t replace us. We’ll always create.\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Cuban Mogul Support\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nentrepreneurship\n\n\nYouTube clip\n\n\n\nAMA from Twitter\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for time, however temporary.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use the Book of Mormon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\ntestimony\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nPray. Sincere. Have a question in mind.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHard Work and its Reward\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nperspective\n\n\neffort\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nGood work, consistently done, is meaningful and a reward itself\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat startups and musicians have in common\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nA recently signed Artist is their own startup\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe future wave of AI hype\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nnews\n\n\nchart critique\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite a thousand songs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nTake the pressure off and write a little.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Leaders Lose their People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nHave I lost you too?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Multiverse of Careers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\ndeathbed meditation\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhich path you choose isn’t as important as the companions to journey with\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a Person Changes their Perspective on Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\ntheology\n\n\n\nWhat is a witness? What if someone flip flops? How do we know what is true?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n9 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 Seconds is All You Get\n\n\n\n\n\n\nmusic\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nincentives\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nApple set the limit to 30s. That impacted music forever.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nA video is worth a thousand words\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Mood is Contagious\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nemotional resilience\n\n\ngrit\n\n\n\nIt may take twice the effort to overcome negative vibes.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Ethos\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nWhy and how I write\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Dream State of Software\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndesign\n\n\nai\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nGen AI will blur the lines between what’s dreamed and what’s real - hopefully in a near instant blend of ever evolving software adapting instantly to needs\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs (Biography)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Walter Isaacson\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare your testimony\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ntestimony\n\n\n\nStand before nations, even in your living room\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Tombstone\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmortality\n\n\nwork\n\n\nwork life balance\n\n\nperspective\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\npriorities\n\n\n\nWhat will your tombstone actually read? What do you want it to read.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLove Thy Neighbor, But Have Friends\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nlove\n\n\nfamily\n\n\nfriendship\n\n\n\nTo love someone doesn’t mean spend all your time with them. You can focus on relationships that bring you joy while loving all mankind.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’m grateful for\n\n\n\n\n\nMaybe I’ll write these in a post, maybe not.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Psychology of New Software Releases and its Parallels with Fashion\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbusiness strategy\n\n\nsaas\n\n\nsales\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat the software industry and fashion have in common: a divinely discontent customer and excited competitors\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Miracles of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nmiracles\n\n\nfaith\n\n\nsigns\n\n\n\nWhat is a miracle? How does He do His work?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInnovator’s Dilemma\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Clayton Christiansen.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nBooks always have been and always will be a captivating way to tell a thought provoking story.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Socrates A Life Worth Living” by Devra Lehman\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for rest\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nobservations\n\n\n\nRest is restorative\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 1, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReplacing human work with AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\nautomation\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nReactions to an MIT article ‘4 questions to ask before swapping out human labor for AI’\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEyes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI’m grateful I can see.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome follow me, December 25-31, Revelations 15-21\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nraw notes\n\n\n\nSea of glass. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater as a Currency?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nwater\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmotional Recovery\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nEveryone recovers differently.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeaches\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nwater\n\n\nbeach\n\n\nsunset\n\n\n\nThe rhythmic but unique crash of each wave is soothing\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\n\n\n\n\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\npkm\n\n\nbuild in public\n\n\ntool\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nWhy I use quarto to manage my knowledge database.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 29, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Obsidian and Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nMy framework and flow for blogging from my phone using Obsidian and Quarto.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 29, 2023\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeaving my Startup was the Right Decision\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nBut not because of the outcome.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlipping the coins of life\n\n\n\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nAre you right just because you got heads?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDecisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n97 percent chance you’ll fail\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsuccess\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe odds of constant success are against you every 5 decisions. So there’s gotta be another way to define success.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPost Christmas blues? Remember the empty tombs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\n\nAn empty room and an empty tomb. There is meaningful symbolism in taking down the tree. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for artists\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThose who create, who learn, who think in new ways, who pioneer, who explore. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Unknown God\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ntheology\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ndoubts\n\n\n\nGod is indeed unknown, but that doesn’t mean He doesn’t exist. And learning His ways requires seeing all sides, being intellectually and spiritually honest, and open. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n10 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting is truly enlivening\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nWrite in public. Write daily. Write about nothing. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite despite AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\n\nI’m fully aware an AI is listening and all that I write just trains it. Perhaps this is a perversion of my work (if I made money off it). Why write if everything I write just trains an AI agent to do their job better? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’d like in a blog\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nquarto\n\n\n\nWhat quarto is great at and what I’d like out of it. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for blankets\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nMy grandma made blankets cool \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nWorking copy is $20, obsidian is free (and optional). I’ll show you how to set this up (iPhone only I think?) \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for doctors\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nDoctors of the body. Doctors of the mind. Doctors of the soul…Any engaged in the pursuit of healing. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 25, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nFrom walking to labyrinth, the future looks bright for these machines. The key is the objective functions, time, and training data. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 25, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwas the Night before Christmas\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\nask gpt\n\n\n\nThe origin of the story, and a link to the 1912 publication. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Christ Child\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThe birth of Jesus Christ teach us what we can do to have greater peace in this life \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI set up 72 lights today. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis is the light that we should share\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nWho is the source of light? \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDune\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nsci-fi\n\n\n\nThe plans and risks of generations\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 23, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Best of Edgar Allen Poe\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nYou think me mad?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 23, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKillers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nmurder mystery\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAn incredible story of how low, sick and twisted humanity can get, and how good people can truly be.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 22, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Allegory of the Dodo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nkids books\n\n\n\nWhen in having solved a problem we inadvertently create problems for ourselves \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 21, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGitHub copilot levels up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat will it do next? \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 21, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnbelievable\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nA man’s separation from Christianity\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 20, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Little Red Hen\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\nPeople love to enjoy the fruits, but who will bake the bread? \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 20, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest\n\n\n\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWe all started as strangers. It’s a choice who stays that way.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 19, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to encourage your kids\n\n\n\n\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nUnexpected advice on how to be a great parent when fostering talent \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 19, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHow did it take me so long to finally read this?\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 18, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristmas celebrates a Living Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nai\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\n\nChrist is the way, the light and life of the world. Always has been. Always will be. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 17, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is humanity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nHumanity seeks to resolve problems. What happens when they’re too easily solved? \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 16, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompt techniques\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nOpen AI strategies \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 15, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs can find a needle in the haystack\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nGPT outperforms Claude. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 15, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool AI Tweets\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nRunning list of cool things I’ve seen. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 14, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree Little Pigs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nA story with a terrible but incredibly relatable morale \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 13, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn by doing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nYou don’t need a PhD. Or a masters. You just need to hustle \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 13, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScientific Freedom\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nInnovation comes by varied incentives: intellectual curiosity and economic incentive\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 12, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFuture of Coding\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nAs our jobs are automatable, we need to discover what’s not \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 12, 2023\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour Thousand Weeks\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. Published by Macmillan Audio, with ISBN 9781250834386.0. Read on 2023-08-17\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Aug 17, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery City Is Every Other City\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEvery City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge. Published by ECW Press, with ISBN 9781773057620.0. Read on 2023-07-22\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jul 22, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSapiens\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062796233.0. Read on 2023-06-15\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 15, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1984\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n1984 by George Orwell. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483050935.0. Read on 2023-05-08\n\n\n\n\n\nMon May 8, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Breath Becomes Air\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780399566172.0. Read on 2023-04-25\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 25, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do you want to be remembered?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nservice\n\n\n\nIt’s a question as old as time, but misses the mark and is distracting from the more important question. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 23, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nr\n\n\nshiny\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\n\nChatGPT can create amazing boilerplate code and can point you in the right direction, but it cannot debug data problems easily (yet). It can read in data from the internet, make time-series forecasts, and visualize the data (with a little assistance). \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 15, 2022\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModels as a Service and the Future of Data Science\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nData Scientists shouldn’t be scared their jobs will disappear. They should be excited that they’ll be joining companies that automate what they’re currently doing and offer it as a service. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 6, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting a Tech Resume\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nHow to write a resume to get into a FAANG company. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Nov 18, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResume Substance over Style\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nThe content of your resume is more important than the design. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Nov 18, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a model?\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nPutting the mysterious in context. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Nov 12, 2022\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature by Richard Koch. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469093048.0. Read on 2022-09-11\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Sep 11, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink Again\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThink Again by Adam Grant. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593394762.0. Read on 2022-09-07\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Sep 7, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuman Compatible\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHuman Compatible by Stuart Russell. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593148631.0. Read on 2022-08-22\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntifragile\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739370704.0. Read on 2022-08-17\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Aug 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever Split the Difference\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nNever Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062471253.0. Read on 2022-08-15\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWillpower\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWillpower by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101543771.0. Read on 2022-08-06\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Aug 6, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThinking, Fast and Slow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739357996.0. Read on 2022-08-04\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Aug 4, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Regret\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593555576.0. Read on 2022-08-01\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDigital Minimalism\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDigital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780525643555.0. Read on 2022-08-01\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDe-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nHow can data scientists bring their technical knowledge to a non-technical audience? Here are my lessons learned from seven years in the data trenches. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jul 20, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Willpower Instinct\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal Ph.D.. Published by Gildan Media Corp, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-07-15\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jul 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEffortless\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEffortless by Greg McKeown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593153925.0. Read on 2022-07-08\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jul 8, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy We Sleep\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWhy We Sleep by Matthew Walker. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508240013.0. Read on 2022-07-04\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jul 4, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen data collection goes too far\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsurveillance\n\n\n\nIt’s important for us to track certain things about ourselves. But this is clearly not exactly healthy IMO. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jul 3, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPomodoro Principles\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nThe art of focus through 25min work blocks. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 28, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncrease Focus through Writing Down Everything\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nmusings\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nTo be more present, get it all down and into a system. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 28, 2022\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use TickTick\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nAn overview of how I apply the principles of “Getting Things Done”, or GTD. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jun 25, 2022\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting Things Done\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nA system of thought and action\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Organized Mind\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Organized Mind by Daniel J. Levitin. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780698162235.0. Read on 2022-06-24\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive and Take\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGive and Take by Adam Grant. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781101621479.0. Read on 2022-06-24\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the best todo list manager?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\napp review\n\n\n\nI’ve reviewed 20+ apps. I think I’m done reviewing them. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 23, 2022\n\n\n11 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew ideas are distractingly exciting\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npriorities\n\n\nideation\n\n\n\nBe careful of recency bias with your ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 23, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadical Candor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRadical Candor by Kim Scott. Published by Macmillan Audio, with ISBN 9781250245786.0. Read on 2022-06-22\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownstream Impact\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nexperimentation\n\n\n\nWhen you do an online experiment, you’re changing the future forever. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 22, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Party Pay by Visible\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nstrategy\n\n\n\nVisible wireless, owned by Verizon, offers users $25 off per month if they join a meaningless party. What’s the effect? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 21, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProducts for dads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfatherhood\n\n\n\nWhat products am I still using 5 years later? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 21, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nI’m trying out quarto and I like it. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jun 20, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Obstacle Is the Way\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101620595.0. Read on 2022-06-17\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourage Is Calling\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nCourage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593456262.0. Read on 2022-06-17\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZero to One\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nZero to One by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780804165266.0. Read on 2022-06-09\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 9, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Dad Poor Dad\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. Published by Plata Publishing, LLC., with ISBN 9781612680163.0. Read on 2022-06-09\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 9, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Travel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWorld Travel by Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780063055568.0. Read on 2022-06-08\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 8, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrinciples\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nPrinciples by Ray Dalio. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508243250.0. Read on 2022-06-05\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jun 5, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood to Great\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGood to Great by Jim Collins. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062045874.0. Read on 2022-06-04\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jun 4, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo Rules Rules\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nNo Rules Rules by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781984891174.0. Read on 2022-06-03\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 3, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLife of Pi\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLife of Pi by Yann Martel. Published by HighBridge Company, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-05-14\n\n\n\n\n\nSat May 14, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Published by Recorded Books, Inc., with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-04-12\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 12, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeep Work\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDeep Work by Cal Newport. Published by Hachette Audio, with ISBN 9781478930082.0. Read on 2022-03-31\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 31, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMidnight in Chernobyl\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nMidnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508278511.0. Read on 2022-03-30\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 30, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne Second After\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nOne Second After by William R. Forstchen. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483057736.0. Read on 2022-03-20\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 20, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to Yes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGetting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781442339538.0. Read on 2022-03-16\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 16, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062347992.0. Read on 2022-03-15\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe First 90 Days\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469025476.0. Read on 2022-03-12\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 12, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuns, Germs, and Steel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307932433.0. Read on 2022-03-10\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTribe of Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nTribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss. Published by HarperCollins, with ISBN 9781328994974.0. Read on 2022-03-06\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 6, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Storytelling Animal\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, with ISBN 9780547644813.0. Read on 2022-03-01\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMindset\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nMindset by Carol Dweck. Published by Gildan Media Corp, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-02-22\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtomic Habits\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAtomic Habits by James Clear. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781524779269.0. Read on 2022-02-21\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 21, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEinstein\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEinstein by Walter Isaacson. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9780743560979.0. Read on 2022-02-10\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508241997.0. Read on 2022-01-21\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 21, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHidden Figures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062472076.0. Read on 2022-01-15\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Alchemist\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780060879075.0. Read on 2022-01-10\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDare to Lead\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDare to Lead by Brené Brown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781984844224.0. Read on 2022-01-05\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 5, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalking to Strangers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nTalking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Published by Hachette Audio, with ISBN 9781549150340.0. Read on 2021-12-29\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 29, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreenlights\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGreenlights by Matthew McConaughey. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593294185.0. Read on 2021-12-28\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 28, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Body\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Body by Bill Bryson. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780147526922.0. Read on 2021-12-07\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 7, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrit\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGrit by Angela Duckworth. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781442397149.0. Read on 2021-12-03\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 3, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Author’s Angle Matters\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jul 17, 2021\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habit\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307966650.0. Read on 2021-05-03\n\n\n\n\n\nMon May 3, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Richest Man in Babylon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469055695.0. Read on 2021-03-20\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 20, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Team Six Seal Operator Adam Brown\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFearless by Eric Blehm. Published by christianaudio.com, with ISBN 9781610454827.0. Read on 2021-03-12\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 12, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Smith\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nJoseph Smith by Richard Lyman Bushman. Published by Tantor Media, Inc., with ISBN 9781541488717.0. Read on 2021-02-17\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 17, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProductivity notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nRunning list of productivity ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 19, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to mock the value of an ML solution\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ninnovation\n\n\n\nSell your solution before training your model. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 16, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet rid of the todo list. Calendar everything.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nIf you’re not willing to block time for it, does it event matter? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 15, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nData Beats Opinions\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 15, 2020\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart with Why\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nStart with Why by Simon Sinek. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101149034.0. Read on 2020-03-21\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 21, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Anatomy of Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781602834477.0. Read on 2019-12-31\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 31, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Positive No\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Positive No by William Ury. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739342152.0. Read on 2019-12-25\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 25, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership and Self-Deception\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLeadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN nan. Read on 2019-12-16\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 16, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeeling Good Together\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFeeling Good Together by David D. Burns, M.D.. Published by Tantor Media, Inc., with ISBN 9781400178209.0. Read on 2019-09-14\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Sep 14, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRising Strong\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRising Strong by Brené Brown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781101913819.0. Read on 2019-09-10\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Sep 10, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Giver\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Giver by Lois Lowry. Published by HarperCollins, with ISBN 9780547345901.0. Read on 2019-08-25\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Aug 25, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Innovator’s Dilemma\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen. Published by HighBridge, with ISBN 9781598874365.0. Read on 2019-07-23\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jul 23, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAstrophysics for People in a Hurry\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781538408063.0. Read on 2019-06-26\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 26, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander Hamilton\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101200858.0. Read on 2019-01-04\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 4, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetween the World and Me\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Published by Random House Publishing Group, with ISBN 9780679645986.0. Read on 2018-12-30\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 30, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSemantic Versioning for Data Science Models\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nMeaningful versioning for data science models and machine learning pipelines. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jul 2, 2018\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe War\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe War by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739357293.0. Read on 2018-06-27\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 27, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 4-Hour Workweek\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483058757.0. Read on 2018-05-01\n\n\n\n\n\nTue May 1, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lean Startup\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307939845.0. Read on 2018-03-16\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 16, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\nr\n\n\nregression\n\n\nanalysis\n\n\npricing\n\n\nbuying things\n\n\n\nHow I analyze used car data to find under-valued cars, and why none of my analysis matters.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 19, 2017\n\n\n14 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\ncars\n\n\npricing\n\n\nr\n\n\n\nHow I scrape used car data.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 18, 2017\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe DataViz battle: Plotly vs ggplot2\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndataviz\n\n\nr\n\n\nggplot\n\n\nplotly\n\n\n\nWhat can you do with plotly vs. ggplot2 and how do they compare on a simple chart?\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 10, 2017\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Jekyll\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nblogging\n\n\njekyll\n\n\n\nHello world.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Nov 17, 2016\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading List\n\n\n\n\n\nWish list of books\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 1, 2015\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.html", - "title": "Receive the Holy Ghost", + "objectID": "news/2024-03-18-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-03-18-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-03-18", "section": "", - "text": "Today at church someone was confirmed a member of the Church after having been baptized yesterday. This taught me something new about the sacrament and the covenant we make with Him every week.\n\n\n\nReceive the Holy Ghost\n\n\n\nEntry into His Church by Baptism\nAfter baptism, we receive the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nBut now I give unto thee a commandment, that thou shalt baptize by water, and they shall receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, even as the apostles of old. Doctrine and Covenants 35.6\n\nThere is precedence for this, as the Savior gave the gift of the Holy Ghost to his apostles after he was no longer tarrying with them:\n\nAnd when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: John 20.22\n\nPausing on that thought for a moment, let’s consider the last sentence in the sacrament prayer on the bread:\n\nthat they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 4.3\n\nAlso consider that the last of the water prayer omits that word “always”:\n\nthat they may have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 5.2\n\nAre they contradictory? No. Because the full last sentence of the water prayer says:\n\nthat they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 5.2\n\nThis tells us that if we always remember him (the Savior), we’ll have His spirit to be with us.\nBack to the New Teatament. The Lord taught His disciples that the comforter would come to them once He left:\n\nNevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16.7\n\nAnd in a prior chapter, Jesus had instructed that this was the plan - that he would give them the gift of the Comforter when He was gone. Notice the word “another”:\n\nAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14.16–18\n\nPerhaps He said “another” Comforter because He is the first?\nHe further promised the role of the Holy Ghost is to teach of truth and testify of the Savior:\n\nBut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: John 15.26\n\nThe Lord also explained how He works with the Holy Ghost. It appears that, because the Savior was with them, He was their source of truth. But as He was planning to leave them He needed to leave them with a source of truth. As such, they were being prepared to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nThese things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14.25–26\n\nThis doesn’t mean they didn’t have the spirit - how else could Peter have received His spiritual witness of the Savior? matthew-16.15-17\nWhat do these scriptures all teach me?\n\nIf we always remember the Savior, we’ll have His spirit to be with us\nHis spirit teaches us what is truth: it testifies of Christ\nHe gave this gift because we can’t always be in His presence.\nEven if we were in His presence, we’d need the spirit to let us know that He is the Christ\nWhen we receive the Holy Ghost after baptism, we are commanded to “receive the Holy Ghost” by confirmation into the church.\n\n\n\nWhat is the “gift” of the Holy Ghost?\nThis last one is powerful, because of a clarifying point in the handbook of the church:\n\n\nStates “receive the Holy Ghost” (not “receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”).\n18. Performing Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings\n\n\nOr, the “gift” of the Holy Ghost perhaps isn’t a thing like the priesthood - something bestowed upon us. (This is something I’ve thought it was my whole life - a gift I receive.) why aren’t we told to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost?\nWhat, then, is legally binding about the Lord’s covenant? And what is the “gift of the Holy Ghost” as mentioned in the scriptures? (Articles of Faith 1.4, Moses 5.58, Jacob 6.8, Doctrine and Covenants 39.23, Doctrine and Covenants 49.14, Acts 10.45, and like 4 other references…it’s referenced in every standard work!)\nEven the Lord says he’ll bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nAnd whoso having faith you shall confirm in my church, by the laying on of the hands, and I will bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost upon them. Doctrine and Covenants 33.15\n\nBecause we don’t “receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”, perhaps the gift of the Holy Ghost is instead the promised blessing of the constant companionship as a result of keeping our covenant. Things consistent with the definitions in the Guide to the Scriptures:\n\nIt is the right of every worthy baptized member of the Church to have the constant influence of the Holy Ghost. Following a person’s baptism into the true Church of Jesus Christ, he receives the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands from one who has the proper authority Gift of the Holy Ghost\n\nAnyone on earth can enjoy the Holy Ghost. It teaches those of truth. But only those of the covenant of baptism, who keep that covenant and the Sacrament Covenant (To always remember Him, keep His commandments, and take His name upon us), are blessed always with His spirit. Things the gift of the Holy Ghost: its constant companionship.\n\nWhile someone is being confirmed a member of the Church, he or she is told to “receive the Holy Ghost.” The gift of the Holy Ghost is not forced on anyone. It becomes the responsibility of members to invite the Holy Ghost to be with them Gift of the Holy Ghost\n\nAnd perhaps the ordinance of the confirmation is to start that covenant: “receive the Holy Ghost now, and always as you remember Me.”\nAnd why do we always want His spirit to be with us? Because the spirit is a proxy for Him: the Comforter, the Source of Truth, the Light and Life of the World. When we have that spirit, we are of the Kingdom of Heaven (on earth).\nSo when I take the sacrament every week, I’m making the covenant to always remember Him so that I can enjoy the gift of receiving the Holy Ghost always.\n\nWhy is this relevant to me personally?\n\nthe gift isn’t some separate power that I can offend or please. It’s not some separate God. Instead, the gift is a covenant. This changes my focus away from a relationship with the Holy Ghost and instead a relationship with the Savior. The purpose of the holy ghost is to point me to the Savior. And if I’m not feeling the spirit, it’s not about trying to please the Holy Ghost - I just need to begin remembering the savior in that moment.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Greg Isenberg on LinkedIn: This is an IRS tax form of a recent business we started. 95% of the… | 65 comments - Greg on how to bootstrap a busines. - This is an IRS tax form of a recent business we started. 95% of the businesses we start look like this:\nWe use audience to bootstrap customers.\nWhen we don’t have time to build an audience, we’ll partner with a creator. Give them a cut of the business.\nThen we’ll create a little community of the power customers. Sometimes it’s just an iMessage group or WhatsApp group.\nWe limit who can come in. This is only for the people for the most excited audience members. Those who just are dying to be in a group of other like-minded people.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.html", - "title": "Pouring water into my mouth reminds me of “Pour you out a blessing”", + "objectID": "news/2024-02-17-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-02-17-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-17", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nPouring water from the cup to my mouth.\n\n\nScriptures\nBlessings for keeping the commandments (the commandment of tithing):\n\nBring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3.10–11\n\nThe Lord invites us to drink his blood, to drink if we are thirsty:\n\nFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Isaiah 44.3\n\nBlessings will be poured out on those who covenant with Christ:\n\nYea the hearts of thousands and tens of thousands shall greatly rejoice in consequence of the blessings which shall be poured out, and the endowment with which my servants have been endowed in this house. And the fame of this house shall spread to foreign lands; and this is the beginning of the blessing which shall be poured out upon the heads of my people. Doctrine and Covenants 110.9–10\n\nThe covenant of baptism is about pouring the spirit upon us:\n\nNow I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you? Mosiah 18.10 O Lord, pour out thy Spirit upon thy servant, that he may do this work with holiness of heart. Mosiah 18.12 Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world. Mosiah 18.13\n\n\n\nMeaning\nWhen I take the sacrament, I renew a covenant which binds me to a Lord who is eager and capable of pouring out blessings. He does not deliver in vain. He does not deliver spitefully. He does not deliver like a carrot on a stick. In short, he is not human.\nHe delivers bountifully, readily, excitedly. When we rejoice, he rejoices (Mosiah 18.9). It pleases Him to bless us:\n\nIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15.10–11\n\nHis work is one of joy:\n\nAnd when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke 15.5–7\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Sora “nuked” the human world overnight!\n\nAI will empower the few creatives to not need underlings. Same in legal - no need for temps or paralegals. Tech can replace them, empowering the truly competent to get more done faster. This will eliminate jobs near the bottom, not near the top (the ones in control to begin with)\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/chewing-the-bread-reminds-me-that-he-gave-everything.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/chewing-the-bread-reminds-me-that-he-gave-everything.html", - "title": "Chewing the Bread Reminds me that He Gave Everything", + "objectID": "news/ai-news-01.html", + "href": "news/ai-news-01.html", + "title": "AI News Recap", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nWhen I take the bread, I eat. Eating takes something whole and makes it smaller. Each bite can remind me of a whip. Of a crown. Of a nail. Of a drop of blood.\n\n\n\nBroken bread\n\n\n\n\nScriptures\nChrist’s final moments:\n\nBetrayal. Judas chose to forsake his Savior for money. Jesus knew this would happen, but he also went into the garden to atone for the bitterest sin of all: knowing who the Savior is and turning altogether away from him. Christ must have felt true sorrow for a lost brother that day.\nLoneliness. Where were his disciples while he suffered in the garden? They couldn’t stay awake.\nIncredible emotional and spiritual pain - paying the debts of the world across time and space. Of all galaxies.\nDisbelief of his followers. In his final moments with the Savior, Peter defied the will of the Lord, chose violence, and cut off the ear of a soldier.\nNoose. He was walked like a lamb with a noose around his neck.\nCrown of thorns.\nWhips.\nMockery.\nHeavy burden of carrying his cross.\nThe nails…\n\n\n\nMeaning\nEach bite slowly decomposes the bread. Each attack on the Savior slowly decomposed his body, spirit, and mind to the point He felt forsaken by His Father. But he kept doing the will of the Father even as He felt forsaken. He showed the Way.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Token 1.17: Deploying ML Model: Best practices feat. LLMs - Companies will have a question of what models to use: cloud based, cloud open, or internal open. - GPT: closed cloud. - Llama: open internal. - Perplexity/Mistral hosting: open cloud. - my Assumption is that open cloud will catch up. Especially when they match it with vector embeddings. No provider does both embeddings and inference as a service, which is interesting. - Thoughts on vector DBs Reddit - Dive into anything - Seems cool: Lightning AI, which allows you to do like a repl type solution but for AI. Curious how good the editor is.\nThe Lazy Tyranny of the Wait Calculation - by Ethan Mollick - waiting for tech to be competent to achieve your vision or hop on the train? - I think software will catch up quickly. Our ability to get to a solution faster means faster prototyping, pickier customers, but ultimately more junk. The question of product market fit will always be the question, regardless if you wait. But some ideas may be worth trying a year from now rather than doing all this stuff that will be obsolete with the next AI release. - This blog itself wouldn’t be possible without Obsidian Mobile, free GitHub repos, Working Copy App, and quarto and iOS shortcuts. so the technologies need to converge to enable certain innovations (in this case my peculiar system for how to blog online from my phone)\n\n\n\nDreaming of cloud solutions\n\n\nGPTs won’t make you rich - by Charlie Guo - GPTs are now available. The Teams pricing is now available.\nWhy knowledge management is foundational to AI success - Stack Overflow - Generic old news. General principles that garbage in, garbage out.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/walking-into-the-church-reminds-me-of-disciples-running-to-the-tomb.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/walking-into-the-church-reminds-me-of-disciples-running-to-the-tomb.html", - "title": "Walking into the church Reminds me of Disciples Running to the Tomb", + "objectID": "news/2024-02-14-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-02-14-news-notes.html", + "title": "Gemini in the iOS Google app, TikTok advancements, and ChatGPT memory", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nMy church has four class doors with a middle space between another set of glass doors. As I parked in the lot and walked to the door I couldn’t help but think of Peter running to the tomb to see what has happened.\nAs I enter the tomb, I don’t see Christ, I see the remnants of his cloth and his sacrament body on the sacrament table. He isn’t here. He is risen.\n\n\nScriptures\n\n\nMeaning\nWhen I leave the church, I leave renewed, remembering I was here. I testified of His resurrection by taking the sacrament, and I left cleansed of the things that hold me down.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The crazy thing about AI is that it’s moving so faat it’s not longer “that’d be cool in 5 years if it did X”. Instead it’s “TikTok is doing X, Google’s doing Y, researchers just did Z, OpenAI just did A-K…Apples still sleeping which means it’s gonna do J-Z”.\n\nAI will turn pictures into movies:\n\n\nTikTok presents Boximator!This method can generate rich and controllable motions for image-to-video generations by drawing box constraints and motion paths onto an image and combining it with a prompt:\"A girl in red is covering her face with a skull.\"10 crazy examples: pic.twitter.com/Jy3op9BEdB\n\n— Dreaming Tulpa 🥓👑 (@dreamingtulpa) February 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\nChatGPT retains memory\nOpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory | WIRED\n\nWill this create echo chambers?\nCharacter.ai is doing this. Helpful for building personal assistants.\n\n\n\nGemini on Mobile\nThis doesn’t work:\n\n\n\nCome on\n\n\nBut at the top there’s a Gemini button:\n\n\n\nGemini in the Google iOS app\n\n\nAnd here it’s working!\n\n\n\nGemini makes photos\n\n\nUse Create AI images with Google’s Gemini model instead.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.html", - "title": "Porous Bread", + "objectID": "news/2024-02-18-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-02-18-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-18", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nBread is porous.\n\nIn the sacrament, the bread (flesh) is first broken, then the water (blood) is administered.\nBlood follows broken flesh. Blood flowed through the broken flesh. The pores of the flesh.\n\nBread, being porous, is also absorbent. → He absorbed our problems. He internalized them inside His flesh to the point that his own blood didn’t have space internally anymore and exited through the pores.\n\n\n\nThe pores in bread remind me of the pores that let blood for me\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Scriptures\n\nAnd lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. Mosiah 3.7\n\n\n\nMeaning\nThe Savior suffered an enormous amount. Even the thought of imagining blood coming out of my pores evokes thoughts of feeling so much physically overwhelming internal pressure or emotional agony that it would make a human body explode.\nI can remember this when I pray. I can feel heard because He not only felt what I feel today, but he knows the future me, the past me, and the past/present/future everyone else. When I pray, I’m not approaching a distant God. I’m approaching the one that understands humanity better than any human possibly could. Someone that understands me more than I’ll ever understand myself. Someone who’s been there.\nWhen I pray, I don’t have to give pretenses, because “your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Matthew 6.8)\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "10X AI (Issue #39): Open AI’s Sora, Google’s Gemini 1.5, Stable Cascade, and a “Hand Ox?”\n\nNVIDIA lets you chat with your docs privately using llama\nSora is far better than other video platforms\nGoogle Gemini 1.5 can find content deep within a video pretty incredibly\nStable cascade lets you do text to video\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds and Beliefs Are so Hard to Change in 2024? | Research.com\n\ndata science link on why it’s hard to change minds with facts.\n\nChatGPT vs. Microsoft Copilot: The Major Differences - UC Today\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/infinite-suffering-of-everyone.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/infinite-suffering-of-everyone.html", - "title": "Infinite Suffering of Everyone", + "objectID": "creative/prose-nuzzle.html", + "href": "creative/prose-nuzzle.html", + "title": "Nuzzle", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nThere are so many in this room. So much suffering in the lives of ask these people.\n\n\nScriptures\nI’m thinking about The Happiest Man on Earth and the immeasurable suffering of 6 million people. In my mind came the Prayer of Perspective.\n\n\nMeaning\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Nuzzle\nIt’s a strange thing. I can’t help but wonder if she knows what’s good for herself. But there she is, doing what she knows best. Night after night, more drinking.\nHer eyes roll back and I can see the eyelids bulge slightly. She’s quite far gone at this point. I don’t mind.\nI lean in and kiss her head. She lets out a little groan and drool drips out of the corner of her mouth. She leans in and falls on me. I let her. I nuzzle in. This is how it’s always been between us. You’d figure I’d find a way to work through it but we don’t talk much. It’s never really been her thing. And so here we are, night after night and I find myself talking care of her. Just more drinking and sleeping. She doesn’t even eat.\nBut that’s how it it’s always been…I’ve been in love with her since we first met a few months ago. When I found her she was helpless. Just laying there, crying - not knowing where she was or what her name was. So I gave her one. And in time she’ll call me dad.\n *** Reading The Sun Also Rises right now and can’t help but think of the association. But with a twist.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "goals.html", - "href": "goals.html", - "title": "Goals", + "objectID": "creative/poem-lint.html", + "href": "creative/poem-lint.html", + "title": "Lint", "section": "", - "text": "Public accountability is the greatest motivator.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese goals are correlated with, but not causal to happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\nThey’re anti-sad, but pro-happy comes not from checking off boxes but by building meaningful relationships with God, self, family, and friends.\nWhy do I measure? Because whenever things aren’t going well I often attribute it to a lacking of one of these things. But I don’t keep this checkbox list to make me happy. Happiness is perspective and relationships. Purpose. So why this list? Well, they’re the foundation of a guided, structured, and prosperous life.\n\nStudying scriptures and praying teaches me who I am and what my purpose is here on earth. It also gives me perfect role models to follow (Christ’s example in the scriptures, and God’s influence on me during prayer). What better way to guide your rudder (as Christensen says), than to be influenced by God on a daily basis. They say you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Why not make the number 1 person you spend your most valuable time to be God? (I don’t have to spend 5 hours. 5 very meaningful minutes can correct my day.)\nWriting about my study is my little attempt to share God’s light with the world. Imagine what social media would look like if everyone shared an insight from Marcus Aurelius, Buddha, Ghandi, Jesus, Mohammad, on a daily basis and how that insight affected their perspective? Be the change you want to see in the world, they say.\nWriting gratitude rewires my brain. It causes me to see things I wouldn’t. Why not just say things I’m grateful for during prayer or a gratitude journal? I dunno. Those things don’t help me for some reason. It always feels forced (I’ve tried it dozens of ways). Somehow, writing in public, gives me a great sense of “I mean it.” Helps me think about that thing. Give it real thought.\nPhysical health. Strength helps my bones. The effects of weight lifting are seen over decades, not months. I need to take better care of my bones. Same with cardio. They both energize today, but they prevent a whole host of bad things tomorrow and beyond. The effects are compounding - in both directions. Physical health also drives me to eat better. Eating better doesn’t cause me to exercise, but exercising caueses me to eat better. Less snacks.\nMeditating helps me train my mind. It’s a moment where I think about something I want to improve on. Less reactivity as a dad to kids misbehaving. More optimism. More appreciation for the body I have, the health I enjoy, the freedom I have in this world.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024 Goals: Read, hike, pray, meditate, workout, give thanks daily, study scripture daily\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObjective\n\nDeepen my relationship with and connection to God, self, family, and friends.\nEnjoy intellectual growth and historical understanding\nHave fun.\n\n\n\nKPIs\nReading:\n\n52 books. 12 fiction. 12 biographies. 12 business/self help. 4 religious. And 12 free choice (history, philosophy, career/data-ai). See Reading List.\n\nDaily Habits:\n\nPray\nMeditate\nWorkout (strength and cardio)\nGive thanks (write a post)\nStudy scriptures (write a post)\nGo to Sleep by 10:30pm\n\nWeekly Habits:\n\nFamily Home Evening with my kids (Come Follow Me study + activity)\nChurch by 9:45\nCall a friend\nHike (Goal: 30+ hikes in the year)\n\nMonthly:\n\nDate night.\n\nQuarterly:\n\nAttend the temple - a religious building (separate from church).\nExplore and vacate: Weekend trip or week vacation to new place (national parks, overnight stay). Goal is 4 trips this year.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHabitsRecords\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 1: Goals\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaily Habits\n\n\n\n☀️\n💧\n📖\n🙏🏻\n🚴🏻\n🏋🏼‍♂️\n🧘🏼‍♂️\n🛐\n🔗\n\n\n\n\nWed 4/10\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nTue 4/9\n0\n0\n0\n0\n1\n1\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSat 4/6\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nFri 4/5\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nThu 4/4\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nWed 4/3\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSun 3/31\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSat 3/30\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nThu 3/28\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nWed 3/27\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nMon 3/25\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSat 3/23\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nMon 3/18\n0\n0\n0\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSun 3/17\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\nSat 3/16\n0\n0\n1\n1\n0\n0\n0\n0\n0\n\n\n\n📖: Study, 🙏🏻: Gratitude, 🛐: Pray, 🚴🏻‍♂️: Cardio, 🏋🏼‍♂️: Strength, 🧘🏼‍♂️: Meditate\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 2: Recent streak\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsettings - G3, 29:3, i:0\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBike Records\n\n\nTime\nKJ\nAvg W\nDay\nNotes\n90%\n80%\n70%\n\n\n\n\n8\n101\n210\n2024-03-09\nNA\n90.9KJ (189avg)\n80.8KJ (168avg)\n70.7KJ (147avg)\n\n\n10\n103\n172\n2024-04-09\nNA\n92.7KJ (154.8avg)\n82.4KJ (137.6avg)\n72.1KJ (120.4avg)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFigure 3: Peloton Records\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n Title\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nDate\n\n\nTitle\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday April 10, 2024\n\n\n2024-04-10\n\n\nWent on a hike and carried son up the hill\n\n\n\n\nTuesday April 9, 2024\n\n\n2024-04-09\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday March 30, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-30\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday March 16, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-16\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nFriday March 15, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-15\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday March 9, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-09\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday March 2, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-02\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nFriday March 1, 2024\n\n\n2024-03-01\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nWednesday February 28, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-28\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nTuesday February 27, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-27\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSunday February 25, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-25\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday February 24, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-24\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 23, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-23\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nThursday February 22, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-22\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nWednesday February 21, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-21\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nTuesday February 20, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-20\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 19, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-19\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSunday February 18, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-18\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday February 17, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-17\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 16, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-16\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nThursday February 15, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-15\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nWednesday February 14, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-14\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nTuesday February 13, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-13\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 12, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-12\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday February 10, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-10\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 9, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-09\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nThursday February 8, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-08\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nWednesday February 7, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-07\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nTuesday February 6, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-06\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 5, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-05\n\n\n10 min pelo. 50 pushups\n\n\n\n\nSunday February 4, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-04\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nSaturday February 3, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-03\n\n\nPeloton PR 10 min.\n\n\n\n\nFriday February 2, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-02\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nThursday February 1, 2024\n\n\n2024-02-01\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nWednesday January 31, 2024\n\n\n2024-01-31\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nTuesday January 30, 2024\n\n\n2024-01-30\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\nMonday January 29, 2024\n\n\n2024-01-29\n\n\nTabata. 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First was kettlebell, then pushups then sit ups. Two rounds. Second Tabata was rows and biceps. Three rounds.\n\n\n\n\nMonday January 8, 2024\n\n\nBody: Sit-up, pushup, squat tabata\n\n\n60s sit-up, 60s pushup, 60s squat. 2 sets. 30s rest in between. Replaced squats with squat jumps. Didn’t rest. Stayed in plank, down squat, or descending sit-up position.\n\n\n\n\nThursday January 13, 2000\n\n\ntest\n\n\n2 min workout in room. Pushups then lower back lifts. 20 of each, 2 sets. L\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", - "crumbs": [ - "Other", - "Goals" - ] + "text": "Lint between your fingers\nLint between your toes\nWhere does it comes from?\nOnly the windtraps know\n\nYou clench it like a prized possession\nIts presence makes you my obsession\n\n\n\nCute toes\n\n\nSeriously, it’s like a windtrap of Arrakis (Dune). Just appears.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/broken-bread-but-no-broken-bones.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/broken-bread-but-no-broken-bones.html", - "title": "Broken Bread, but No Broken Bones", + "objectID": "creative/poem-lint.html#lint", + "href": "creative/poem-lint.html#lint", + "title": "Lint", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nWe break bread, but His bones were not broken. Only His flesh.\n\n\n\nBread to be broken\n\n\n\n\nScriptures\nWhenever we break the bread, I’m reminded of many things. But one that sticks out is that Christ’s legs were commanded to be broken by the Roman leaders:\n\nThe Jewish officials, who had not hesitated to slay their Lord, were horrified at the thought of men left hanging on crosses on such a day, for thereby the land would be defiled; so these scrupulous rulers went to Pilate and begged that Jesus and the two malefactors be summarily dispatched by the brutal Roman method of breaking their legs, the shock of which violent treatment had been found to be promptly fatal to the crucified. Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial\n\nIt was a technique practiced by the Romans to hasten the death of the crucified:\n\nVictims in the head up position could spend several days on the cross before they died. One technique used by the Romans to hasten death was to break the legs below the knee with a blunt instrument1 (p. 25) Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion - PMC\n\nA bit graphic, but how did this technique possibly accelerate the death?\n\nAccording to those who have studied the grim mechanics of crucifixion, in order to breathe adequately, the crucified victim periodically had to push himself up using his legs. Breaking the legs prevented him from doing that, thus hastening his death. He would suffocate. Why are the crucified persons’ legs broken?\n\nBut Christ’s legs were not broken as instructed. Continuing the quote above from Jesus the Christ:\n\n…The governor gave his consent, and the soldiers broke the limbs of the two thieves with cudgels. Jesus, however, was found to be already dead, so they broke not His bones. Christ, the great Passover sacrifice, of whom all altar victims had been but suggestive prototypes, died through violence yet without a bone of His body being broken, as was a prescribed condition of the slain paschal lambs. Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial\n\nWhy? Why weren’t the bones broken? Why is this significant?\nThe bones of a paschal lamb were meant not to be broken.\nIt dates back to the Mosiac Passover in Egypt (when the firstborns of the Egyptians and the Pharaoh were killed)\n\nIn one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Exodus 12.46\n\n\nThey shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. Numbers 9.12\n\nIt was prophesied that “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.” (Psalm 34.19–20)\nJohn testified of the fulfillment of this prophecy:\n\nThe Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: John 19.31–33\n\n\n36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. John 19.36\n\nSo while we break the bread, His bones were not broken. Just His flesh.\n\n\nMeaning\nThe details that were fulfilled at His death remind me of His prophetic life. The fact that he was killed according to the law, and the law predated him and is scripture in the Torah, is further evidence that Christ truly lived and that his life was a fulfillment of prophecy.\nLikewise, those same details apply to my life. He is involved in those details. Alma 37.7\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Lint between your fingers\nLint between your toes\nWhere does it comes from?\nOnly the windtraps know\n\nYou clench it like a prized possession\nIts presence makes you my obsession\n\n\n\nCute toes\n\n\nSeriously, it’s like a windtrap of Arrakis (Dune). Just appears." }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.html", - "title": "Bread given freely, like His life", + "objectID": "creative/prayer-of-perspective.html", + "href": "creative/prayer-of-perspective.html", + "title": "Prayer of Perspective", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nAll are welcome. Everyone. He doesn’t want a skimpy congregation. He wants it packed. The bread is offered to everyone, the way His life was.\nLikewise, his life was freely given. Free. He had control. And He gives the sacrament freely to all who see it.\n\n\nScriptures\nAll are invited to participate in the sacrament, which is symbolic of the life He freely gave. All souls in the chapel are invited to partake of His goodness.\nOnly He could give up His life:\n\nA natural effect of His immortal origin, as the earth-born Son of an immortal Sire, was that He was immune to death except as He surrendered thereto. The life of Jesus the Christ could not be taken save as He willed and allowed. The power to lay down His life was inherent in Himself, as was the power to take up His slain body in an immortalized state. Chapter 25. Jesus Again in Jerusalem\n\nChrist alone was given power by God to control the fate of his otherwise immortal body:\n\nTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 10.17–18\n\nBy similar rite, all are welcome. He is in control.\n\nAnd behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and forbid them not; 3 Nephi 18.22\n\n\n\nMeaning\nBecause Christ had a choice, and not the Romans, over the timing of His death, and He chose to be taken in captivity, and He chose to walk up the hill, the Lord showed he did all that He could to offer Himself to us.\nWhen I pray, I’m not praying to an unknown God. I’m praying to one who fully understands me (Porous Bread).\nWhen I pray, I can remember He’s already done His part. The only thing holding me back from feeling His love is me.\nHow can I pray in such a way to lower those barriers that I put up between Him and me ?\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Prayer of Perspective\nIt’s has been worse for others, it’s currently worse for others, I’m grateful it’s not worse for me. May God bless those who suffer more than me, that they may feel the love and comfort of He who suffered beyond them all.\nIt’s hard for me. The fact it could be worse does not change the validity of my challenge. Perhaps it’s the hardest it’s ever been. But it will be harder yet, and I do not worry about that, do I? So why worry about the difficulty now. This too shall pass, because He has created a way for healing for me and for all.\nIt will be better. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe today. I know not what life holds. But because He has overcome all, it will be better. Through Him, I can\nI will pursue better. More healthy. More happy. The suffering of others or the suffering of myself does not preclude me from greater happiness any more than I should let the greater happiness of others prevent my current suffering.\nLife is all of this. The suffering and happiness of self. The suffering and happiness of others.\nThe choice therein is to pray for others. To pray for self. To invoke the divine on behalf of all of us with great charity and love, and to pursue the available happiness in all circumstances beyond our control. And to pursue better circumstances within my control. And to ask for sacred circumstances only accessible through asking and only gift able under His control.\n\n\nContext\nI read The Happiest Man on Earth and wondered: how do I take Eddie’s story and use it to better my life. That was His wish after all “I do not seek revenge. I chose to have a happy life - the greatest revenge possible.”\nJust because life is worse for others it dormant mean I can’t improve my own. It’s bad for others. It’s been worse for me. It’s been better for me. It’s been worse for Christ. But Eddie wants us all to experience happiness.\nThis is a prayer of perspective. Of acceptance.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.html", - "title": "Vaulted Ceilings", + "objectID": "creative/guitar-clouds.html", + "href": "creative/guitar-clouds.html", + "title": "Guitar: Clouds", "section": "", - "text": "Every chapel I’ve been in has a vaulted, high ceiling. This is common across many church architectures.\nIt reminds me of the stable where he was born. It reminds me of above, how he came down. It reminds me that there’s space for everyone. Even if it’s crowded on the ground, there’s a ton of space Above. This is why he came: to make space for all of us.\n\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3.16\n\n\n\n\nA simple chapel with vaulted ceilings\n\n\nSource: Chapel with vaulted ceilings\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Song snippet today: 2024-02-05-guitar-clouds 3rd capo, G, Em, C, G with some pinky action.\n\n\nAudio\n2024-02-05-guitar-clouds\n\n\n\nKids are like clouds. Soft and fluffy. Rain storms. 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Many consider it in jest as a noose. # Scriptures\n\nAfter this—His body then wrenched and drained of strength—He confronted Judas and the other incarnate devils, some from the very Sanhedrin itself; and He was led away with a rope around His neck, as a common criminal, to be judged by the arch-criminals, who as Jews sat in Aaron’s seat and who as Romans wielded Caesar’s power. The Purifying Power of Gethsemane\n\n\n\nMeaning\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "How would you like to sleep next to a stranger?\nHow about between two strangers?\nAnd sometimes you cuddle! But you can’t pick the strangers.\nOh! And all three of you are sleeping in chairs!\nDoes that sound like something you’d like? No? Hmm…\nBut what if you got a midnight snack, would that make it better?\nOr if someone interrupted your sleep at 4am with an irrelevant megaphone announcement?\nBut what if there were not two, but 200 strangers?\n…Why can’t I convince you? Okay, last try:\nWhat if you all were sleeping in a moving object?\nGoing 700mph?\nAnd everyone is suspended at 30,000 feet?\nYea, you’d like that? You’d pay a lot of money for that experience? Wow.\nWell, I guess everybody has their limit.\n\n\n\nEyeballs\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/gathered-as-one.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/gathered-as-one.html", - "title": "Gathered as One", + "objectID": "creative/poem-slow-blink.html", + "href": "creative/poem-slow-blink.html", + "title": "Slow Blink", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nWe take the sacrament as a congregation, as one unified body.\n # Scriptures\nWhen the sacrament was first administered, there was one bread and one cup.\n\nAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Matthew 26.26–27\n\nCan you imagine being in that room with Him? Drinking the sacrament for the first time?\n\nThere is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians 4.1–7\n\nThis is what it means when we gather together. We are one. We all rely on the same One Savior. We’ve all made the same one baptismal covenant. We all worship the same One God.\nWe all renew the same One covenant, which is a covenant to love and serve each other with His love.\n\n\nMeaning\nI gain strength looking around at people so incredibly different than me, but also so incredibly similar. The fact that all these people want to follow Christ too gives me strength.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Slow Blink\nSlow blink\n\"What do you think?\"\nNot much. \nJust got here. \nWhat's that?\n\"Are you looking at the cabinet handle?\"\nYea. What is it.\nWhy is it?\nWhere am I?\nMy eyes are doing this thing.\nOh, hi there, orbital cavity. Thought I'd..\n\"Awww, slow blink...\"\nCabinet Handle\n\n\n\nSlow blink\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/bread-in-the-oven.html", - "href": "sacrament-symbols/bread-in-the-oven.html", - "title": "Bread in the Oven", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/sunday-dress.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/sunday-dress.html", + "title": "Sunday Dress Reminds me of Bringing Sacrifices to Him", "section": "", - "text": "Symbol\nBread is placed in an oven. Likewise His body was placed in a sepulcher. And he was in that sepulcher three days. When he came out, He was finished as a resurrected Lord.\n # Scriptures\n\nFor as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12.40\n\n\nAnd he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. Mark 15.46\n\n\n\nMeaning\nChrist prophesied he’d be in the tomb three days, and He was. He keeps His promises. The covenant of the sacrament is a promise, one I can trust. For “I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise.” (Doctrine and Covenants 82.10)\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nWe show up to take the sacrament in our Sunday best. There were many “sinners” who came and adored the Lord. A lady gave him oil and washed His feet. The widow gave two mites. The publicans prayed for forgiveness while the Pharisees judged them.\nWe give Him our best when we show up, as sinners, to offer Him a broken heart and contrite spirit.\n\n\n\nSunday best dress\n\n\n\n\nScriptures\n\nAnd one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7.36–38\n\nThe Pharisees didn’t like that she was a sinner.\n\nNow when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. Luke 7.39\n\nWe are redeemed by Him when we come with such a spirit as this woman.\n\nBehold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered. 2 Nephi 2.7\n\n\n\nMeaning\nThe sacrament isn’t for those who are perfect. It’s for me, a sinner. One who sins. And is sinning and doesn’t even know it. One who is separated from the happiness God would have me fully feel because of my ignorance, my natural state. I am good. I am loved. When I pray, He already knows I’m a sinner and loves me regardless. He doesn’t want me to see myself as a sinner, but as a worshipper who has much to grow from. And I am growing.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/support-beams-represent-the-cross.html", @@ -2932,1343 +2918,1364 @@ "text": "Today I noticed the wooden beams supporting the roof of my chapel building.\nChrist is our foundation. He’s our rock. But he also carried the cross up the hill. People looked up to him in His last moments.\nLikewise this beam above me can represent His ascension above the cross. It can also remind me to take up His cross.\n\n\n\nWooden beams\n\n\n\n24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16.24–26\n\nThe irony of the cross is that He was the Law, the one who gave Moses the book of Deuteronomy. And he was sentenced to death by the same law he gave to the Israelites:\n\nAnd if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. Deuteronomy 21.22–23\n\nThe irony is that while he fulfilled the law of Moses, he was condemned according to it.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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And he went into the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Luke 7.36–38\n\nThe Pharisees didn’t like that she was a sinner.\n\nNow when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. Luke 7.39\n\nWe are redeemed by Him when we come with such a spirit as this woman.\n\nBehold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered. 2 Nephi 2.7\n\n\n\nMeaning\nThe sacrament isn’t for those who are perfect. It’s for me, a sinner. One who sins. And is sinning and doesn’t even know it. One who is separated from the happiness God would have me fully feel because of my ignorance, my natural state. I am good. I am loved. When I pray, He already knows I’m a sinner and loves me regardless. He doesn’t want me to see myself as a sinner, but as a worshipper who has much to grow from. And I am growing.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nBread is placed in an oven. Likewise His body was placed in a sepulcher. And he was in that sepulcher three days. When he came out, He was finished as a resurrected Lord.\n # Scriptures\n\nFor as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Matthew 12.40\n\n\nAnd he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. Mark 15.46\n\n\n\nMeaning\nChrist prophesied he’d be in the tomb three days, and He was. He keeps His promises. The covenant of the sacrament is a promise, one I can trust. 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Thought I'd..\n\"Awww, slow blink...\"\nCabinet Handle\n\n\n\nSlow blink\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nWe take the sacrament as a congregation, as one unified body.\n # Scriptures\nWhen the sacrament was first administered, there was one bread and one cup.\n\nAnd as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; Matthew 26.26–27\n\nCan you imagine being in that room with Him? Drinking the sacrament for the first time?\n\nThere is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Ephesians 4.1–7\n\nThis is what it means when we gather together. We are one. We all rely on the same One Savior. We’ve all made the same one baptismal covenant. We all worship the same One God.\nWe all renew the same One covenant, which is a covenant to love and serve each other with His love.\n\n\nMeaning\nI gain strength looking around at people so incredibly different than me, but also so incredibly similar. The fact that all these people want to follow Christ too gives me strength.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/prose-red-eyed.html", - "href": "creative/prose-red-eyed.html", - "title": "Red eyed", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/wearing-a-tie-reminds-me-of-the-noose-around-his-neck.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/wearing-a-tie-reminds-me-of-the-noose-around-his-neck.html", + "title": "Wearing a Tie Reminds me of the Noose Around His Neck", "section": "", - "text": "How would you like to sleep next to a stranger?\nHow about between two strangers?\nAnd sometimes you cuddle! But you can’t pick the strangers.\nOh! And all three of you are sleeping in chairs!\nDoes that sound like something you’d like? No? Hmm…\nBut what if you got a midnight snack, would that make it better?\nOr if someone interrupted your sleep at 4am with an irrelevant megaphone announcement?\nBut what if there were not two, but 200 strangers?\n…Why can’t I convince you? Okay, last try:\nWhat if you all were sleeping in a moving object?\nGoing 700mph?\nAnd everyone is suspended at 30,000 feet?\nYea, you’d like that? You’d pay a lot of money for that experience? Wow.\nWell, I guess everybody has their limit.\n\n\n\nEyeballs\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nI wear a tie to church on Sundays. Many consider it in jest as a noose. # Scriptures\n\nAfter this—His body then wrenched and drained of strength—He confronted Judas and the other incarnate devils, some from the very Sanhedrin itself; and He was led away with a rope around His neck, as a common criminal, to be judged by the arch-criminals, who as Jews sat in Aaron’s seat and who as Romans wielded Caesar’s power. The Purifying Power of Gethsemane\n\n\n\nMeaning\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/guitar-clouds.html", - "href": "creative/guitar-clouds.html", - "title": "Guitar: Clouds", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.html", + "title": "Vaulted Ceilings", "section": "", - "text": "Song snippet today: 2024-02-05-guitar-clouds 3rd capo, G, Em, C, G with some pinky action.\n\n\nAudio\n2024-02-05-guitar-clouds\n\n\n\nKids are like clouds. Soft and fluffy. Rain storms. Etc. as parents, we need the rain as much as we need the beautiful shapes.\n\n\n\nClouds\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Every chapel I’ve been in has a vaulted, high ceiling. This is common across many church architectures.\nIt reminds me of the stable where he was born. It reminds me of above, how he came down. It reminds me that there’s space for everyone. Even if it’s crowded on the ground, there’s a ton of space Above. This is why he came: to make space for all of us.\n\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3.16\n\n\n\n\nA simple chapel with vaulted ceilings\n\n\nSource: Chapel with vaulted ceilings\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative/prayer-of-perspective.html", - "href": "creative/prayer-of-perspective.html", - "title": "Prayer of Perspective", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.html", + "title": "Bread given freely, like His life", "section": "", - "text": "Prayer of Perspective\nIt’s has been worse for others, it’s currently worse for others, I’m grateful it’s not worse for me. May God bless those who suffer more than me, that they may feel the love and comfort of He who suffered beyond them all.\nIt’s hard for me. The fact it could be worse does not change the validity of my challenge. Perhaps it’s the hardest it’s ever been. But it will be harder yet, and I do not worry about that, do I? So why worry about the difficulty now. This too shall pass, because He has created a way for healing for me and for all.\nIt will be better. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe today. I know not what life holds. But because He has overcome all, it will be better. Through Him, I can\nI will pursue better. More healthy. More happy. The suffering of others or the suffering of myself does not preclude me from greater happiness any more than I should let the greater happiness of others prevent my current suffering.\nLife is all of this. The suffering and happiness of self. The suffering and happiness of others.\nThe choice therein is to pray for others. To pray for self. To invoke the divine on behalf of all of us with great charity and love, and to pursue the available happiness in all circumstances beyond our control. And to pursue better circumstances within my control. And to ask for sacred circumstances only accessible through asking and only gift able under His control.\n\n\nContext\nI read The Happiest Man on Earth and wondered: how do I take Eddie’s story and use it to better my life. That was His wish after all “I do not seek revenge. I chose to have a happy life - the greatest revenge possible.”\nJust because life is worse for others it dormant mean I can’t improve my own. It’s bad for others. It’s been worse for me. It’s been better for me. It’s been worse for Christ. But Eddie wants us all to experience happiness.\nThis is a prayer of perspective. Of acceptance.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nAll are welcome. Everyone. He doesn’t want a skimpy congregation. He wants it packed. The bread is offered to everyone, the way His life was.\nLikewise, his life was freely given. Free. He had control. And He gives the sacrament freely to all who see it.\n\n\nScriptures\nAll are invited to participate in the sacrament, which is symbolic of the life He freely gave. All souls in the chapel are invited to partake of His goodness.\nOnly He could give up His life:\n\nA natural effect of His immortal origin, as the earth-born Son of an immortal Sire, was that He was immune to death except as He surrendered thereto. The life of Jesus the Christ could not be taken save as He willed and allowed. The power to lay down His life was inherent in Himself, as was the power to take up His slain body in an immortalized state. Chapter 25. Jesus Again in Jerusalem\n\nChrist alone was given power by God to control the fate of his otherwise immortal body:\n\nTherefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. John 10.17–18\n\nBy similar rite, all are welcome. He is in control.\n\nAnd behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and forbid them not; 3 Nephi 18.22\n\n\n\nMeaning\nBecause Christ had a choice, and not the Romans, over the timing of His death, and He chose to be taken in captivity, and He chose to walk up the hill, the Lord showed he did all that He could to offer Himself to us.\nWhen I pray, I’m not praying to an unknown God. I’m praying to one who fully understands me (Porous Bread).\nWhen I pray, I can remember He’s already done His part. 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Just appears.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nWe break bread, but His bones were not broken. Only His flesh.\n\n\n\nBread to be broken\n\n\n\n\nScriptures\nWhenever we break the bread, I’m reminded of many things. But one that sticks out is that Christ’s legs were commanded to be broken by the Roman leaders:\n\nThe Jewish officials, who had not hesitated to slay their Lord, were horrified at the thought of men left hanging on crosses on such a day, for thereby the land would be defiled; so these scrupulous rulers went to Pilate and begged that Jesus and the two malefactors be summarily dispatched by the brutal Roman method of breaking their legs, the shock of which violent treatment had been found to be promptly fatal to the crucified. Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial\n\nIt was a technique practiced by the Romans to hasten the death of the crucified:\n\nVictims in the head up position could spend several days on the cross before they died. One technique used by the Romans to hasten death was to break the legs below the knee with a blunt instrument1 (p. 25) Medical theories on the cause of death in crucifixion - PMC\n\nA bit graphic, but how did this technique possibly accelerate the death?\n\nAccording to those who have studied the grim mechanics of crucifixion, in order to breathe adequately, the crucified victim periodically had to push himself up using his legs. Breaking the legs prevented him from doing that, thus hastening his death. He would suffocate. Why are the crucified persons’ legs broken?\n\nBut Christ’s legs were not broken as instructed. Continuing the quote above from Jesus the Christ:\n\n…The governor gave his consent, and the soldiers broke the limbs of the two thieves with cudgels. Jesus, however, was found to be already dead, so they broke not His bones. Christ, the great Passover sacrifice, of whom all altar victims had been but suggestive prototypes, died through violence yet without a bone of His body being broken, as was a prescribed condition of the slain paschal lambs. Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial\n\nWhy? Why weren’t the bones broken? Why is this significant?\nThe bones of a paschal lamb were meant not to be broken.\nIt dates back to the Mosiac Passover in Egypt (when the firstborns of the Egyptians and the Pharaoh were killed)\n\nIn one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Exodus 12.46\n\n\nThey shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. Numbers 9.12\n\nIt was prophesied that “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.” (Psalm 34.19–20)\nJohn testified of the fulfillment of this prophecy:\n\nThe Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. 32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: John 19.31–33\n\n\n36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. John 19.36\n\nSo while we break the bread, His bones were not broken. Just His flesh.\n\n\nMeaning\nThe details that were fulfilled at His death remind me of His prophetic life. The fact that he was killed according to the law, and the law predated him and is scripture in the Torah, is further evidence that Christ truly lived and that his life was a fulfillment of prophecy.\nLikewise, those same details apply to my life. He is involved in those details. Alma 37.7\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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But I don’t keep this checkbox list to make me happy. Happiness is perspective and relationships. Purpose. So why this list? Well, they’re the foundation of a guided, structured, and prosperous life.\n\nStudying scriptures and praying teaches me who I am and what my purpose is here on earth. It also gives me perfect role models to follow (Christ’s example in the scriptures, and God’s influence on me during prayer). What better way to guide your rudder (as Christensen says), than to be influenced by God on a daily basis. They say you’re the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. Why not make the number 1 person you spend your most valuable time to be God? (I don’t have to spend 5 hours. 5 very meaningful minutes can correct my day.)\nWriting about my study is my little attempt to share God’s light with the world. 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It’s never really been her thing. And so here we are, night after night and I find myself talking care of her. Just more drinking and sleeping. She doesn’t even eat.\nBut that’s how it it’s always been…I’ve been in love with her since we first met a few months ago. When I found her she was helpless. Just laying there, crying - not knowing where she was or what her name was. So I gave her one. And in time she’ll call me dad.\n *** Reading The Sun Also Rises right now and can’t help but think of the association. But with a twist.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nThere are so many in this room. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-02-18-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-02-18-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-18", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.html", + "title": "Porous Bread", "section": "", - "text": "10X AI (Issue #39): Open AI’s Sora, Google’s Gemini 1.5, Stable Cascade, and a “Hand Ox?”\n\nNVIDIA lets you chat with your docs privately using llama\nSora is far better than other video platforms\nGoogle Gemini 1.5 can find content deep within a video pretty incredibly\nStable cascade lets you do text to video\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nBread is porous.\n\nIn the sacrament, the bread (flesh) is first broken, then the water (blood) is administered.\nBlood follows broken flesh. Blood flowed through the broken flesh. The pores of the flesh.\n\nBread, being porous, is also absorbent. → He absorbed our problems. He internalized them inside His flesh to the point that his own blood didn’t have space internally anymore and exited through the pores.\n\n\n\nThe pores in bread remind me of the pores that let blood for me\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Scriptures\n\nAnd lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people. Mosiah 3.7\n\n\n\nMeaning\nThe Savior suffered an enormous amount. Even the thought of imagining blood coming out of my pores evokes thoughts of feeling so much physically overwhelming internal pressure or emotional agony that it would make a human body explode.\nI can remember this when I pray. I can feel heard because He not only felt what I feel today, but he knows the future me, the past me, and the past/present/future everyone else. When I pray, I’m not approaching a distant God. I’m approaching the one that understands humanity better than any human possibly could. Someone that understands me more than I’ll ever understand myself. Someone who’s been there.\nWhen I pray, I don’t have to give pretenses, because “your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.” (Matthew 6.8)\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Instead it’s “TikTok is doing X, Google’s doing Y, researchers just did Z, OpenAI just did A-K…Apples still sleeping which means it’s gonna do J-Z”.\n\nAI will turn pictures into movies:\n\n\nTikTok presents Boximator!This method can generate rich and controllable motions for image-to-video generations by drawing box constraints and motion paths onto an image and combining it with a prompt:\"A girl in red is covering her face with a skull.\"10 crazy examples: pic.twitter.com/Jy3op9BEdB\n\n— Dreaming Tulpa 🥓👑 (@dreamingtulpa) February 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\nChatGPT retains memory\nOpenAI Gives ChatGPT a Memory | WIRED\n\nWill this create echo chambers?\nCharacter.ai is doing this. Helpful for building personal assistants.\n\n\n\nGemini on Mobile\nThis doesn’t work:\n\n\n\nCome on\n\n\nBut at the top there’s a Gemini button:\n\n\n\nGemini in the Google iOS app\n\n\nAnd here it’s working!\n\n\n\nGemini makes photos\n\n\nUse Create AI images with Google’s Gemini model instead.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nMy church has four class doors with a middle space between another set of glass doors. As I parked in the lot and walked to the door I couldn’t help but think of Peter running to the tomb to see what has happened.\nAs I enter the tomb, I don’t see Christ, I see the remnants of his cloth and his sacrament body on the sacrament table. He isn’t here. 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LLMs - Companies will have a question of what models to use: cloud based, cloud open, or internal open. - GPT: closed cloud. - Llama: open internal. - Perplexity/Mistral hosting: open cloud. - my Assumption is that open cloud will catch up. Especially when they match it with vector embeddings. No provider does both embeddings and inference as a service, which is interesting. - Thoughts on vector DBs Reddit - Dive into anything - Seems cool: Lightning AI, which allows you to do like a repl type solution but for AI. Curious how good the editor is.\nThe Lazy Tyranny of the Wait Calculation - by Ethan Mollick - waiting for tech to be competent to achieve your vision or hop on the train? - I think software will catch up quickly. Our ability to get to a solution faster means faster prototyping, pickier customers, but ultimately more junk. The question of product market fit will always be the question, regardless if you wait. But some ideas may be worth trying a year from now rather than doing all this stuff that will be obsolete with the next AI release. - This blog itself wouldn’t be possible without Obsidian Mobile, free GitHub repos, Working Copy App, and quarto and iOS shortcuts. so the technologies need to converge to enable certain innovations (in this case my peculiar system for how to blog online from my phone)\n\n\n\nDreaming of cloud solutions\n\n\nGPTs won’t make you rich - by Charlie Guo - GPTs are now available. The Teams pricing is now available.\nWhy knowledge management is foundational to AI success - Stack Overflow - Generic old news. General principles that garbage in, garbage out.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nWhen I take the bread, I eat. Eating takes something whole and makes it smaller. Each bite can remind me of a whip. Of a crown. Of a nail. Of a drop of blood.\n\n\n\nBroken bread\n\n\n\n\nScriptures\nChrist’s final moments:\n\nBetrayal. Judas chose to forsake his Savior for money. Jesus knew this would happen, but he also went into the garden to atone for the bitterest sin of all: knowing who the Savior is and turning altogether away from him. Christ must have felt true sorrow for a lost brother that day.\nLoneliness. Where were his disciples while he suffered in the garden? They couldn’t stay awake.\nIncredible emotional and spiritual pain - paying the debts of the world across time and space. Of all galaxies.\nDisbelief of his followers. In his final moments with the Savior, Peter defied the will of the Lord, chose violence, and cut off the ear of a soldier.\nNoose. He was walked like a lamb with a noose around his neck.\nCrown of thorns.\nWhips.\nMockery.\nHeavy burden of carrying his cross.\nThe nails…\n\n\n\nMeaning\nEach bite slowly decomposes the bread. Each attack on the Savior slowly decomposed his body, spirit, and mind to the point He felt forsaken by His Father. But he kept doing the will of the Father even as He felt forsaken. He showed the Way.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-02-17-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-02-17-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-17", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.html", + "title": "Pouring water into my mouth reminds me of “Pour you out a blessing”", "section": "", - "text": "Sora “nuked” the human world overnight!\n\nAI will empower the few creatives to not need underlings. Same in legal - no need for temps or paralegals. Tech can replace them, empowering the truly competent to get more done faster. This will eliminate jobs near the bottom, not near the top (the ones in control to begin with)\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Symbol\nPouring water from the cup to my mouth.\n\n\nScriptures\nBlessings for keeping the commandments (the commandment of tithing):\n\nBring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. Malachi 3.10–11\n\nThe Lord invites us to drink his blood, to drink if we are thirsty:\n\nFor I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: Isaiah 44.3\n\nBlessings will be poured out on those who covenant with Christ:\n\nYea the hearts of thousands and tens of thousands shall greatly rejoice in consequence of the blessings which shall be poured out, and the endowment with which my servants have been endowed in this house. And the fame of this house shall spread to foreign lands; and this is the beginning of the blessing which shall be poured out upon the heads of my people. Doctrine and Covenants 110.9–10\n\nThe covenant of baptism is about pouring the spirit upon us:\n\nNow I say unto you, if this be the desire of your hearts, what have you against being baptized in the name of the Lord, as a witness before him that ye have entered into a covenant with him, that ye will serve him and keep his commandments, that he may pour out his Spirit more abundantly upon you? Mosiah 18.10 O Lord, pour out thy Spirit upon thy servant, that he may do this work with holiness of heart. Mosiah 18.12 Helam, I baptize thee, having authority from the Almighty God, as a testimony that ye have entered into a covenant to serve him until you are dead as to the mortal body; and may the Spirit of the Lord be poured out upon you; and may he grant unto you eternal life, through the redemption of Christ, whom he has prepared from the foundation of the world. Mosiah 18.13\n\n\n\nMeaning\nWhen I take the sacrament, I renew a covenant which binds me to a Lord who is eager and capable of pouring out blessings. He does not deliver in vain. He does not deliver spitefully. He does not deliver like a carrot on a stick. In short, he is not human.\nHe delivers bountifully, readily, excitedly. When we rejoice, he rejoices (Mosiah 18.9). It pleases Him to bless us:\n\nIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. John 15.10–11\n\nHis work is one of joy:\n\nAnd when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. Luke 15.5–7\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "news/2024-03-18-news-notes.html", - "href": "news/2024-03-18-news-notes.html", - "title": "News Notes for 2024-03-18", + "objectID": "sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.html", + "href": "sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.html", + "title": "Receive the Holy Ghost", "section": "", - "text": "Greg Isenberg on LinkedIn: This is an IRS tax form of a recent business we started. 95% of the… | 65 comments - Greg on how to bootstrap a busines. - This is an IRS tax form of a recent business we started. 95% of the businesses we start look like this:\nWe use audience to bootstrap customers.\nWhen we don’t have time to build an audience, we’ll partner with a creator. Give them a cut of the business.\nThen we’ll create a little community of the power customers. Sometimes it’s just an iMessage group or WhatsApp group.\nWe limit who can come in. This is only for the people for the most excited audience members. Those who just are dying to be in a group of other like-minded people.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Today at church someone was confirmed a member of the Church after having been baptized yesterday. This taught me something new about the sacrament and the covenant we make with Him every week.\n\n\n\nReceive the Holy Ghost\n\n\n\nEntry into His Church by Baptism\nAfter baptism, we receive the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nBut now I give unto thee a commandment, that thou shalt baptize by water, and they shall receive the Holy Ghost by the laying on of the hands, even as the apostles of old. Doctrine and Covenants 35.6\n\nThere is precedence for this, as the Savior gave the gift of the Holy Ghost to his apostles after he was no longer tarrying with them:\n\nAnd when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: John 20.22\n\nPausing on that thought for a moment, let’s consider the last sentence in the sacrament prayer on the bread:\n\nthat they may always have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 4.3\n\nAlso consider that the last of the water prayer omits that word “always”:\n\nthat they may have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 5.2\n\nAre they contradictory? No. Because the full last sentence of the water prayer says:\n\nthat they do always remember him, that they may have his Spirit to be with them. Moroni 5.2\n\nThis tells us that if we always remember him (the Savior), we’ll have His spirit to be with us.\nBack to the New Teatament. The Lord taught His disciples that the comforter would come to them once He left:\n\nNevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. John 16.7\n\nAnd in a prior chapter, Jesus had instructed that this was the plan - that he would give them the gift of the Comforter when He was gone. Notice the word “another”:\n\nAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. John 14.16–18\n\nPerhaps He said “another” Comforter because He is the first?\nHe further promised the role of the Holy Ghost is to teach of truth and testify of the Savior:\n\nBut when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: John 15.26\n\nThe Lord also explained how He works with the Holy Ghost. It appears that, because the Savior was with them, He was their source of truth. But as He was planning to leave them He needed to leave them with a source of truth. As such, they were being prepared to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nThese things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14.25–26\n\nThis doesn’t mean they didn’t have the spirit - how else could Peter have received His spiritual witness of the Savior? matthew-16.15-17\nWhat do these scriptures all teach me?\n\nIf we always remember the Savior, we’ll have His spirit to be with us\nHis spirit teaches us what is truth: it testifies of Christ\nHe gave this gift because we can’t always be in His presence.\nEven if we were in His presence, we’d need the spirit to let us know that He is the Christ\nWhen we receive the Holy Ghost after baptism, we are commanded to “receive the Holy Ghost” by confirmation into the church.\n\n\n\nWhat is the “gift” of the Holy Ghost?\nThis last one is powerful, because of a clarifying point in the handbook of the church:\n\n\nStates “receive the Holy Ghost” (not “receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”).\n18. Performing Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings\n\n\nOr, the “gift” of the Holy Ghost perhaps isn’t a thing like the priesthood - something bestowed upon us. (This is something I’ve thought it was my whole life - a gift I receive.) why aren’t we told to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost?\nWhat, then, is legally binding about the Lord’s covenant? And what is the “gift of the Holy Ghost” as mentioned in the scriptures? (Articles of Faith 1.4, Moses 5.58, Jacob 6.8, Doctrine and Covenants 39.23, Doctrine and Covenants 49.14, Acts 10.45, and like 4 other references…it’s referenced in every standard work!)\nEven the Lord says he’ll bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost:\n\nAnd whoso having faith you shall confirm in my church, by the laying on of the hands, and I will bestow the gift of the Holy Ghost upon them. Doctrine and Covenants 33.15\n\nBecause we don’t “receive the gift of the Holy Ghost”, perhaps the gift of the Holy Ghost is instead the promised blessing of the constant companionship as a result of keeping our covenant. Things consistent with the definitions in the Guide to the Scriptures:\n\nIt is the right of every worthy baptized member of the Church to have the constant influence of the Holy Ghost. Following a person’s baptism into the true Church of Jesus Christ, he receives the gift of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of hands from one who has the proper authority Gift of the Holy Ghost\n\nAnyone on earth can enjoy the Holy Ghost. It teaches those of truth. But only those of the covenant of baptism, who keep that covenant and the Sacrament Covenant (To always remember Him, keep His commandments, and take His name upon us), are blessed always with His spirit. Things the gift of the Holy Ghost: its constant companionship.\n\nWhile someone is being confirmed a member of the Church, he or she is told to “receive the Holy Ghost.” The gift of the Holy Ghost is not forced on anyone. It becomes the responsibility of members to invite the Holy Ghost to be with them Gift of the Holy Ghost\n\nAnd perhaps the ordinance of the confirmation is to start that covenant: “receive the Holy Ghost now, and always as you remember Me.”\nAnd why do we always want His spirit to be with us? Because the spirit is a proxy for Him: the Comforter, the Source of Truth, the Light and Life of the World. When we have that spirit, we are of the Kingdom of Heaven (on earth).\nSo when I take the sacrament every week, I’m making the covenant to always remember Him so that I can enjoy the gift of receiving the Holy Ghost always.\n\nWhy is this relevant to me personally?\n\nthe gift isn’t some separate power that I can offend or please. It’s not some separate God. Instead, the gift is a covenant. This changes my focus away from a relationship with the Holy Ghost and instead a relationship with the Savior. The purpose of the holy ghost is to point me to the Savior. And if I’m not feeling the spirit, it’s not about trying to please the Holy Ghost - I just need to begin remembering the savior in that moment.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "all.html", - "href": "all.html", - "title": "Recent Posts", + "objectID": "creative/poem-cuddles.html", + "href": "creative/poem-cuddles.html", + "title": "Cuddles", "section": "", - "text": "“All blogs are wrong, but some are useful.”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Title\n \n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coming Wave\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Apr 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Copilot notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Gentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJacob 1 - 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2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\npoetry\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfamily history\n\n\npioneers\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nlife hacks\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nww2\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nbiography\n\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26 - pride\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThose with pride in their hearts seek power over others\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevin the AI coder\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 26\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n_ \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for A sleeping baby\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThat I can\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npersonality\n\n\nculture\n\n\nteam building\n\n\nteamwork\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nupskilling\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\nupskilling\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for I’m grateful for logicians\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 21.6\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\n\n\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncommandments\n\n\n\nThe law is dead. The focus is on Chrisf\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sun on turf\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting up a New Mac\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\nmachine learning platforms\n\n\n\nSpotify has an internal machine learning platform\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterviewing as an ML engineer\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nreactions\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 22.2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Job\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s a new way to see things\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 20.3–4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Naps\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe best part is the part you never remember. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nChristianity \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Baby\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\n“…the kid is not my son”\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Testimony 2023-03-03\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for the story and reality of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n9 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 18.19\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninterviewing\n\n\nculture\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWWII\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nPersonalized guidanve\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nTrue beauty\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Dune\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nGreat writing deserves attention\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published by Blackstone Audio, Inc., with ISBN 9781433241451.0. Read on 2024-01-08\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Barber\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHis kindness was simple, but powerful\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 28, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\n\nSeeing the Savior isn’t as mysterious as it sounds. Many who seek Him can experience this blessing\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for my Laundry Machine\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Choice\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nIt’s a gift from God. It’s what enables happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sun Also Rises\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\n\nMeanderings across France and Spain.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\n\nHe’s a God of personal promises\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Waterfalls\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nHow it looks, and how it feels to dip your toes in\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Basketball Games\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 10\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\natonement\n\n\n\nThe Lord’s mercy knows no bounds\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Guitars\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nA portal to another world\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fog\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nIt’s blinding when you’re in it, gorgeous when admired from afar\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 8 - Perspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\nThe Lord is with us.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistorical\n\n\nbiography\n\n\nworld war 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Copilot Money\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nSimplicity, beautiful design, and does what you’d hope it would do\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 7 - He is Near\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe may wander and wonder, but He is near.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Marriage\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 6 - Waiting on the Lord\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nHe will support His covenant people\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Hills\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\nsports\n\n\nhiking\n\n\n\nHome is where you remember who you are\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaring Greatly\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nteam building\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nMotivates the reader to want to have an excellent, high performing team by addressing concerns\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 5 - Sometimes there’s war\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nResolution requires both to want it\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Coach\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood AI News Aggregators\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAir Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai mishaps\n\n\nai\n\n\nai guardrails\n\n\n\nBe careful what your AI bot says. We can’t yet contain today’s AI - how do we expect to contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for brownies\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nBut really, is there anything better than a warm Costco brownie with vanilla ice cream?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a Story Brand\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nmarketing\n\n\nsales\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\n\nEye opening, simple, to the point on marketing.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 5.14\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - Heaven and Hell in One\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nOne person, two worlds.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Board Games\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nNever bored.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnreal AI: Meet Sora\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nWhen AI uses reinforcement learning on a physics engine…\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpellbook AI Reviews\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nlegal-ai\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\nAn AI focused on editing and revising legal documents and redlining\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - Love and Despair\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nHow can one person feel God’s love, but also not?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Book Club\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s how old people pretend like they’re still young, and have a good time doing it.m\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nObservable Framework 1.0 vs Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nobservable\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nAnother markdown-based dash boarding solution, similar to Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPackage Installer: “uv”\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\npython\n\n\nsoftware engineering\n\n\ndev ops\n\n\ndev tools\n\n\n\nFaster than pip and poetry\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 - A Prophecy of Another Branch\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Explorers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ngratitude-ThingsIHaveAtAnothersSacrifice\n\n\n\nThe knowledge of islands on maps is often connected with many lost lives.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wager\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistorical\n\n\nnon-fiction\n\n\nsurvival\n\n\n\nCrazy story in so many dimensions. Very well written. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrajectory and Mindset\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhy do people say “don’t be complacent” in your career?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 3 - Two Scriptures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe books work together\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Foam Mattresses\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nhome\n\n\n\nComfy, affordable, and comfy.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA/B Testing Resources\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nstatistics\n\n\n\nLearn from the best.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimeGPT and Lag-Llama: Two foundation models for time series forecasting\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\nml-tools\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nfoundation models\n\n\n\nA foundation model for time series?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeam Misfits\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\n“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid” - Einstein\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCoalesce - Revelation first, then Agency\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\n\nFirst obey the Lord, then do your own will with Him involved when He hasn’t given instruction.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 13, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 4 Ask\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Chicken Sliders\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nGood food exists\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWar Tech\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nTech cannot control the hearts of the men and women who wield it. It can only enable them.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 12, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Enticement is Agency\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nmental health\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe can’t make choices without being enticed. Are we aware of that?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Gatherings for the Super Bowl\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt brings people together\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - His Capacity to Carry Our Burdens\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nadversity\n\n\natonement\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\n\nHe has borne our sorrows. He wants us to be yoked with him so those sorrows can be light.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Old Movies\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmovies\n\n\n\nAnd how they’re still so relatable and human\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCreate AI images with Google’s Gemini model\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nGemini\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\nllm wars\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nChatGPT vs Gemini. The battle begins.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIsaiah 53.4\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfavorite scriptures\n\n\n\nSelected quotes.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Redemption\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nredemption\n\n\natonement\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWe are capable of being healed because we are loved and because He did what needed to be done\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Skimboarding\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt’s that buttery feeling\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 2 - Consecration\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nconsecration\n\n\nadversity\n\n\n\nIt’s a state of mind.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Runs\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nOh the places you’ll go.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProtobufs - Everything I don’t know\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nraw notes\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\n\nWhat they’re potentially used for\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPkl for Configuration Management\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\ndata engineering\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndata pipeline\n\n\nconfiguration\n\n\n\nYet another config system\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Shake off the Chains\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWhat holds you back?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New York\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nAnd it’s way of life\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGalileo AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nui generators\n\n\ndesign\n\n\n\nText to UI generation\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Obtaining a Promised Land\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nland of promise\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nLehi waited a long time to receive his inheritance. But through perseverance and faith, their time came.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kindness\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nparenting\n\n\ncharity\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThe kindness I’ve been shown every day of my life.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to share an HTML file (like a quarto output in GitHub)\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ngithub\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nhtml\n\n\n\nDo you have an HTML file saved on GitHub that you’d like to share?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2 Nephi 1 - Alternative Endings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nWe often ask ourselves, “what if?” Rarely do we get the answer.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld’s Longest Drive\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsports\n\n\ngolf\n\n\n\nFull send\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Avocados\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nfood\n\n\n\nThey enrich everything they’re combined with, even life itself.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmbedding audio in Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nblogging\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\n\nHow do I use audio in Quarto? Here are three ways.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 22 - His Covenants will be the key of the Gathering of Israel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ngathering of israel\n\n\nAbrahamic Covenant\n\n\n\nWe are gathered in when we make and keep covenants.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Divinely Discontent Chatbot User\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nsaas\n\n\nllm\n\n\nai\n\n\nai strategy\n\n\n\nIt’s the early days. One will emerge as the next “Google” of the search engines. Expectations of what software can do are rising. Those expectations are becoming indiscernible from the magic that software is becoming.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nllm benchmarks\n\n\nai\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nai benchmarks\n\n\n\nHead to head challenges of chatbots.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for bowling\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nsports\n\n\n\nIt’s a sport anyone can do, nobody cares about who’s better, and you can actually do at night pretty easily.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Home Depot Saturday Morning Crafts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nBringing families together through crafts\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Iceberg Theory - Theory of Omission\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nwriting\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\nA captivating writing style\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 21 - I Have Graven Thee\n\n\nHe has not forgotten you\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe Lord wants us to know he’s there for us. He always has been.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 20 - Baptism in the Old Testament\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nold testament\n\n\nAbrahamic Covenant\n\n\nbaptism\n\n\n\nBaptism is a covenant that was lost from the Old Testament\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Peloton\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nAnd the many great workouts it’s given me\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHoliday Demand Forecasting using XGBoost\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\ntime series\n\n\nforecasting\n\n\ninternet article bookmark\n\n\n\nHow DoorDash makes precision predictions with decision trees and spiky holidays\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Compounding Interest of Reading\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nreading\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\n\nAsk not what one book can do for you. Ask instead what you couldn’t do without one book?\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Good Book\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nai\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nIt takes one to know one.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrivate GPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nopen source\n\n\n\nIndex your local files and chat with them\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLM Studio\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGPT4All\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nedge device\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nopen source\n\n\n\nRun LLMs locally\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeam AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai tools\n\n\nai\n\n\nlocal ai\n\n\nprivacy\n\n\nedge device\n\n\nclosed source\n\n\n\nRun OpenAI in a native Mac App\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Compliments\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nleadership\n\n\ncharity\n\n\n\nThey’re financially cheap, but when sincere are incredibly valuable\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 19 - Yieldeth Himself\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThat the Lord gave himself to His persecutors is the power of the atonement\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Old Man and the Sea\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nfiction\n\n\nclassics\n\n\n\nBeautiful\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExport your Libby Timeline to Obsidian\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\npython\n\n\nlibby\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nblogging\n\n\n\nDownload the Libby timeline, export to markdown files using pandas\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 1, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Basketball\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt brings people together, and many people can contribute in their own way\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 18 - The Power of Prayer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nadversity\n\n\n\nThe winds in our life can cease when we turn to God.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Loop\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInfluence The Psychology of Persuasion\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSeven realms of influence\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 31, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 17 - He will strengthen us\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nstrength\n\n\ntrust in the Lord\n\n\n\nDon’t ask for obstacles to be removed. Ask to be strengthened to overcome them\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for YouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nAnd for everything I’ve learned on it\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 30, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 16 - Christ Guides us in Unique Ways\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\nhand of the Lord\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe same person can receive different guidance at different times. Two people in the same circumstance can be guided differently.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Rescue Workers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nWe in America have hundreds of people ready to help us at a moment’s notice\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Tyranny of Experts\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 29, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-28 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 22-28 1 Nephi 11-15\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nSummary and notes for the lesson week\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 28, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Imagination\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\nA boring tree is only boring to a boring person\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 28, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Chirping Birds\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nnature\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for the time of day and time of year they make their presence known.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 27, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 15 - Hearken and Hold Fast\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nobedience\n\n\n\nFind the word. Listen. Hold on to it.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecome a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks\n\n\nHow to break into data science with an understanding how the modern data economy works\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\ncareer\n\n\nrecommendation systems\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nanalytics\n\n\nbeginners\n\n\n\nYou only need the desire. The rest is freely accessible. Focus on breadth at first and creating content for your resume (tips included on that too!)\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n11 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Rock Climbing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nadventure\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nBecause I’m still alive, and I had fun.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 26, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 14 - Convincing unto Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\npeace\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nWill I be convinced?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmy principles\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nSeek not to be right. Seek to understand.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Perspectives\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nperspective\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nNever know when you’re gonna break a bone. But sometimes it’s a good thing.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 25, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 13 - Publish Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\npeace\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nThe world is a crazy place. We can make it a little less crazy.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Challenges\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchallenges\n\n\n\nLife has a way of refining us. But isn’t refinement what we seek?\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWool\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\napocalyptic\n\n\nfiction\n\n\ndystopian\n\n\nsci-fi\n\n\n\nLiving in a Silo\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 24, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 12 - Broad Roads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nYou can do down any path you choose. How you go down the path matters.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coddling of the American Mind\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\npsychology\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neducation\n\n\n\nWe are meant to be challenged, and our nation faces a risk of coddling\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Navajo Code Talkers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe freedoms I enjoy come at the sacrifices of those who came before\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Only Makes Sense to the Author\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\nart\n\n\n\nThe rest of us are left guessing. But the more the author puts themself in the shoes of the audience, the less guesswork needs to happen.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 23, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTurn to God in All Things, and Not Your Idols\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nfaith\n\n\nconsecration\n\n\n\nWhere do we turn when things get hard?\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 11 - Angel shows signs to Nephi\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nfaith\n\n\n\nWe can see signs if we are believing.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Early Morning Workouts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nIt was good then, and the effects have been lifelong\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 22, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-21 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 15-21 1 Nephi 6-10\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Similarities\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\n\nWe’re all very similar in many ways\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaints Book 1 The Standard of Truth 1815-1846\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 21, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 8 - Press Forward Continually\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nlove\n\n\nlove of God\n\n\nagency\n\n\n\nAlthough His love is unconditional, we have to work to put ourselves in a position to recognize and feel that love.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Social Gatherings\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nHumans are made for social gatherings, whether you’re introverted or not\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Win Friends and Influence People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\ninfluence\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nThe business and relationship bible. Practical ideas for understanding and adapting to various human needs\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 20, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Baby Formula\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nIt saves lives.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wealth of Nations\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Inklings\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nx \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 10 - Rely on the Redeemer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nWe are all lost and fallen. Perhaps we can fall to our knees to grow.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 19, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nSome of your work can focus on the savior, other work on not the savior.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 18, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Things I Don’t Understand\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nThe process of discovery and enlightenment is fulfilling\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 18, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Music\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nIt heals. It moves. It communicates.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habitual Prayer\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\n\nWhy praying sometimes doesn’t work like it “should”, and how I fixed that\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 8 - Think for yourself\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nDon’t let the haters of the world blind your perceptions. Think for yourself. Experience for yourself.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 17, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 7 - Make a Choice, Don’t go Halvsies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncommitment\n\n\nlearning\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nLaman and Lemuel struggled committing. As a result they had a lot of issues. If you’re going to follow the prophet, do it.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Problem with Public Opinions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nEveryone has one, and they all stink…\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParadise Lost and Paradise Regained\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nBy John Milton\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Open Source\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nThis site is built using open source tools, hosted for free on GitHub\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 16, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 6 - God of the Covenant\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\n\nFocus on the covenants that He has made and will fulfill\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 15, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ice Skating\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nFor the people who make communities thrive\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 15, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 5 - Will a promise be delivered?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\npromised blessings\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nTrust in what you’re promised. Don’t worry about what you’re not.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Heaven\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nAs a concept and as a place\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Church Culture of Missionary work\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nopinion\n\n\nlds culture\n\n\n\nHow members talk about sharing the gospel\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 14, 2024\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Healing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThat it’s possible and that I’ve experienced it\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 13, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 4 - Why not?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nWhy wouldn’t Christ want to help me?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 13, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 3 - Dreamed a Dream\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nOn complaining\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can plan your life in 5 minutes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\n\nYou know what’s good for you.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for My Childhood\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nA few good choices, a lot of good fortune, and great parents.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJunk attracts Junk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlaws of human nature\n\n\nobservations\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe law of junk\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 12, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiden’s debt relief won’t relieve what he thinks it will\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nAsking a tradesperson to pay for someone else’s education isn’t right \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Strollers\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nGet there faster.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 2 - Receiving a promised land\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncovenant\n\n\nindividual covenant\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nThe Lord gives us one thing, takes it to give us another even better\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nList of Study Topics\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to study\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind the Fun\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nmental health\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ntech\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nmindset\n\n\n\nA mindset for the madness.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 11, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Quest for Cosmic Justice\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nsocial justice\n\n\npolitics\n\n\n\nI’m shocked this was written in 1999. I didn’t learn the date until after finishing the book. That illustrates that we live in the same general state of challenge that he wrote about, and things haven’t changed for 20 years. People in power still seek power. Seek to restrict freedoms of few, in an attempt to empower the many, in the name of equity and cosmic justice.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool Quarto Site\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\n\nDifferent things you can do pretty easily with quarto.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNewsletters I follow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nxxx\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStop trying to change people. Stop it.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nprayer\n\n\nagency\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\nLiving the Gospel isn’t about changing others. It’s about changing yourself through Christ.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 1 - He prepares us to teach us\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nrevelation\n\n\nprophets\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\n\nHe teaches us line upon line. He is the master teacher, and if we listen he will teach us.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nListening to ‘This is the Christ’ right now, grateful for good music\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nBy Calee Reed\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-14 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 7-14\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\n\nLesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for small things\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nretrospective\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nThe smaller the better. If you can appreciate a blade of grass, you can appreciate anything.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sandwich Shops\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI grew up near some of the best\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe six hour sandwich\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsales\n\n\nlife musings\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHow to sell a breakfast sandwich\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuide to Decision Making\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGuide to Decision Making by Helga Drummond. Published by Wiley, with ISBN 9781118240557.0. Read on 2024-01-10\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 10, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1 Nephi 1 - Praying for Other People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nHow to have an influence on others and allow them to influence you for good as well.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis drug is habit forming\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nAn argument against societal acceptance of things not good for us\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Matrix: Social Media’s Influence on Human Interaction\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\ndigital minimalism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nmodern living\n\n\n\nCan you enter it? Or can you leave it?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nhistory\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nby Colin Duriez\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s your decision framework?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninsights from books\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nFacts? Gut? Blend? Do you track your emotional decisioning performance?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganization and Minimalism\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nminimalism\n\n\norganization\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nWhen in doubt, “Afuera” it out!\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading Ethos\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nHow I approach reading.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudiobooks\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nreading\n\n\n\nListen here, there, anywhere.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 9, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScriptures within Scriptures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nscriptures\n\n\n\nHow Nephi feels about scriptures, and all the things one verse can yield.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDune: Messiah\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Frank Herbert. More political than the first. Focusing on the torment of a leader who has it all. What must it be like to have everything? The thought experiment is worth the read.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLegal AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nLegal AI companies and solutions\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Toothbrush\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nThe power to clean and the power to refresh\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\npersonal experiments\n\n\nA/B testing\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\nbig tech\n\n\nincentives\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nrelationships\n\n\nai\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\ndigital minimalism\n\n\n\nTim Ferris has a viewpoint that is 100% aligned with what I experienced working in tech.\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 8, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming an expert is kind of a fallacy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\ngrowth\n\n\ngrit\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nDoesn’t matter how many hours you work at something. What matters is if you figure out the lightbulb. Could have been the first by luck, no?\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy testimony: Moving across the Country\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nfast sunday\n\n\nmy testimony\n\n\nmemories\n\n\nlet god prevail\n\n\n\nAfter prayer, a door immediately opened. It doesn’t always work like this, but there’s no mistaking this was the Lord’s hand.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat does it mean to preside?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\ndoctrine and covenants\n\n\npriesthood\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nthe family a proclamation to the world\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nIt means to care for and love those you serve\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2024-01-07 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 1-7\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\ncome follow me lesson plan\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\n\nLesson plan\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCars\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jan 7, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Haircuts\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nIt’s not about the hair, but who cut it\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 6, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI won’t replace us. We’ll always create.\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Cuban Mogul Support\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nentrepreneurship\n\n\nYouTube clip\n\n\n\nAMA from Twitter\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for time, however temporary.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use the Book of Mormon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\ntestimony\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\n\nPray. Sincere. Have a question in mind.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 5, 2024\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHard Work and its Reward\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nperspective\n\n\neffort\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nGood work, consistently done, is meaningful and a reward itself\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat startups and musicians have in common\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nmusic\n\n\n\nA recently signed Artist is their own startup\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe future wave of AI hype\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nnews\n\n\nchart critique\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite a thousand songs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nTake the pressure off and write a little.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Leaders Lose their People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nHave I lost you too?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Multiverse of Careers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\ndeathbed meditation\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhich path you choose isn’t as important as the companions to journey with\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen a Person Changes their Perspective on Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nbook of mormon\n\n\nepistemology\n\n\ntheology\n\n\n\nWhat is a witness? What if someone flip flops? How do we know what is true?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n9 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 Seconds is All You Get\n\n\n\n\n\n\nmusic\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nincentives\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nApple set the limit to 30s. That impacted music forever.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jan 4, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZoom\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nA video is worth a thousand words\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Mood is Contagious\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nemotional resilience\n\n\ngrit\n\n\n\nIt may take twice the effort to overcome negative vibes.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Ethos\n\n\n\n\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nWhy and how I write\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Dream State of Software\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\ndesign\n\n\nai\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nGen AI will blur the lines between what’s dreamed and what’s real - hopefully in a near instant blend of ever evolving software adapting instantly to needs\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs (Biography)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Walter Isaacson\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare your testimony\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ntestimony\n\n\n\nStand before nations, even in your living room\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Tombstone\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmortality\n\n\nwork\n\n\nwork life balance\n\n\nperspective\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\npriorities\n\n\n\nWhat will your tombstone actually read? What do you want it to read.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLove Thy Neighbor, But Have Friends\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nlove\n\n\nfamily\n\n\nfriendship\n\n\n\nTo love someone doesn’t mean spend all your time with them. You can focus on relationships that bring you joy while loving all mankind.\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 3, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’m grateful for\n\n\n\n\n\nMaybe I’ll write these in a post, maybe not.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Psychology of New Software Releases and its Parallels with Fashion\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbusiness strategy\n\n\nsaas\n\n\nsales\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat the software industry and fashion have in common: a divinely discontent customer and excited competitors\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Miracles of Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nscripture of the day\n\n\nmiracles\n\n\nfaith\n\n\nsigns\n\n\n\nWhat is a miracle? How does He do His work?\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInnovator’s Dilemma\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nby Clayton Christiansen.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood Books\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nBooks always have been and always will be a captivating way to tell a thought provoking story.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Socrates A Life Worth Living” by Devra Lehman\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jan 2, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for rest\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nobservations\n\n\n\nRest is restorative\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 1, 2024\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReplacing human work with AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nai\n\n\nautomation\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nReactions to an MIT article ‘4 questions to ask before swapping out human labor for AI’\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEyes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI’m grateful I can see.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCome follow me, December 25-31, Revelations 15-21\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ncome follow me\n\n\nraw notes\n\n\n\nSea of glass. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 31, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater as a Currency?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nwater\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmotional Recovery\n\n\n\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nEveryone recovers differently.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeaches\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nwater\n\n\nbeach\n\n\nsunset\n\n\n\nThe rhythmic but unique crash of each wave is soothing\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 30, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\n\n\n\n\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\npkm\n\n\nbuild in public\n\n\ntool\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nWhy I use quarto to manage my knowledge database.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 29, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Obsidian and Quarto\n\n\n\n\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nMy framework and flow for blogging from my phone using Obsidian and Quarto.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 29, 2023\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeaving my Startup was the Right Decision\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nBut not because of the outcome.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlipping the coins of life\n\n\n\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nAre you right just because you got heads?\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDecisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n97 percent chance you’ll fail\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsuccess\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe odds of constant success are against you every 5 decisions. So there’s gotta be another way to define success.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 28, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPost Christmas blues? Remember the empty tombs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\n\nAn empty room and an empty tomb. There is meaningful symbolism in taking down the tree. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for artists\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThose who create, who learn, who think in new ways, who pioneer, who explore. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Unknown God\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\ntheology\n\n\nfaith\n\n\ndoubts\n\n\n\nGod is indeed unknown, but that doesn’t mean He doesn’t exist. And learning His ways requires seeing all sides, being intellectually and spiritually honest, and open. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 27, 2023\n\n\n10 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting is truly enlivening\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nWrite in public. Write daily. Write about nothing. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite despite AI\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\n\nI’m fully aware an AI is listening and all that I write just trains it. Perhaps this is a perversion of my work (if I made money off it). Why write if everything I write just trains an AI agent to do their job better? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’d like in a blog\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nquarto\n\n\n\nWhat quarto is great at and what I’d like out of it. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for blankets\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nMy grandma made blankets cool \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nWorking copy is $20, obsidian is free (and optional). I’ll show you how to set this up (iPhone only I think?) \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 26, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m grateful for doctors\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nDoctors of the body. Doctors of the mind. Doctors of the soul…Any engaged in the pursuit of healing. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 25, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nFrom walking to labyrinth, the future looks bright for these machines. The key is the objective functions, time, and training data. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 25, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwas the Night before Christmas\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\nask gpt\n\n\n\nThe origin of the story, and a link to the 1912 publication. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Christ Child\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nThe birth of Jesus Christ teach us what we can do to have greater peace in this life \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight\n\n\n\n\n\n\ngratitude\n\n\n\nI set up 72 lights today. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis is the light that we should share\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nWho is the source of light? \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 24, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDune\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\nsci-fi\n\n\n\nThe plans and risks of generations\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 23, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Best of Edgar Allen Poe\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nYou think me mad?\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 23, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKillers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nmurder mystery\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAn incredible story of how low, sick and twisted humanity can get, and how good people can truly be.\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 22, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Allegory of the Dodo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nkids books\n\n\n\nWhen in having solved a problem we inadvertently create problems for ourselves \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 21, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGitHub copilot levels up\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat will it do next? \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 21, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnbelievable\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nA man’s separation from Christianity\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 20, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Little Red Hen\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\nPeople love to enjoy the fruits, but who will bake the bread? \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 20, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest\n\n\n\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWe all started as strangers. It’s a choice who stays that way.\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 19, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to encourage your kids\n\n\n\n\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nUnexpected advice on how to be a great parent when fostering talent \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 19, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHow did it take me so long to finally read this?\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 18, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristmas celebrates a Living Christ\n\n\n\n\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nai\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\n\nChrist is the way, the light and life of the world. Always has been. Always will be. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 17, 2023\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is humanity\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nHumanity seeks to resolve problems. What happens when they’re too easily solved? \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 16, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompt techniques\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nOpen AI strategies \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 15, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs can find a needle in the haystack\n\n\n\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nGPT outperforms Claude. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 15, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool AI Tweets\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nRunning list of cool things I’ve seen. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 14, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThree Little Pigs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\n\nA story with a terrible but incredibly relatable morale \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 13, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn by doing\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nYou don’t need a PhD. Or a masters. You just need to hustle \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 13, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScientific Freedom\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nInnovation comes by varied incentives: intellectual curiosity and economic incentive\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 12, 2023\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFuture of Coding\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nAs our jobs are automatable, we need to discover what’s not \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 12, 2023\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFour Thousand Weeks\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman. Published by Macmillan Audio, with ISBN 9781250834386.0. Read on 2023-08-17\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Aug 17, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvery City Is Every Other City\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEvery City Is Every Other City by John McFetridge. Published by ECW Press, with ISBN 9781773057620.0. Read on 2023-07-22\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jul 22, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSapiens\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062796233.0. Read on 2023-06-15\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 15, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1984\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\n1984 by George Orwell. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483050935.0. Read on 2023-05-08\n\n\n\n\n\nMon May 8, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Breath Becomes Air\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWhen Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780399566172.0. Read on 2023-04-25\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 25, 2023\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do you want to be remembered?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nservice\n\n\n\nIt’s a question as old as time, but misses the mark and is distracting from the more important question. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 23, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nr\n\n\nshiny\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\n\nChatGPT can create amazing boilerplate code and can point you in the right direction, but it cannot debug data problems easily (yet). It can read in data from the internet, make time-series forecasts, and visualize the data (with a little assistance). \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Dec 15, 2022\n\n\n8 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModels as a Service and the Future of Data Science\n\n\n\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nData Scientists shouldn’t be scared their jobs will disappear. They should be excited that they’ll be joining companies that automate what they’re currently doing and offer it as a service. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 6, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting a Tech Resume\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nHow to write a resume to get into a FAANG company. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Nov 18, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResume Substance over Style\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nThe content of your resume is more important than the design. \n\n\n\n\n\nFri Nov 18, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a model?\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nPutting the mysterious in context. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Nov 12, 2022\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature by Richard Koch. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469093048.0. Read on 2022-09-11\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Sep 11, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThink Again\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThink Again by Adam Grant. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593394762.0. Read on 2022-09-07\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Sep 7, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHuman Compatible\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHuman Compatible by Stuart Russell. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593148631.0. Read on 2022-08-22\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAntifragile\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739370704.0. Read on 2022-08-17\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Aug 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNever Split the Difference\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nNever Split the Difference by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062471253.0. Read on 2022-08-15\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWillpower\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWillpower by Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101543771.0. Read on 2022-08-06\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Aug 6, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThinking, Fast and Slow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739357996.0. Read on 2022-08-04\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Aug 4, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Regret\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of Regret by Daniel H. Pink. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593555576.0. Read on 2022-08-01\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDigital Minimalism\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDigital Minimalism by Cal Newport. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780525643555.0. Read on 2022-08-01\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Aug 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDe-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nHow can data scientists bring their technical knowledge to a non-technical audience? Here are my lessons learned from seven years in the data trenches. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jul 20, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Willpower Instinct\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal Ph.D.. Published by Gildan Media Corp, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-07-15\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jul 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEffortless\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEffortless by Greg McKeown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593153925.0. Read on 2022-07-08\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jul 8, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy We Sleep\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWhy We Sleep by Matthew Walker. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508240013.0. Read on 2022-07-04\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jul 4, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen data collection goes too far\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsurveillance\n\n\n\nIt’s important for us to track certain things about ourselves. But this is clearly not exactly healthy IMO. \n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jul 3, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPomodoro Principles\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nThe art of focus through 25min work blocks. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 28, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncrease Focus through Writing Down Everything\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nmusings\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nTo be more present, get it all down and into a system. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 28, 2022\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use TickTick\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nAn overview of how I apply the principles of “Getting Things Done”, or GTD. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jun 25, 2022\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting Things Done\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nA system of thought and action\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Organized Mind\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Organized Mind by Daniel J. Levitin. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780698162235.0. Read on 2022-06-24\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGive and Take\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGive and Take by Adam Grant. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781101621479.0. Read on 2022-06-24\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 24, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the best todo list manager?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\napp review\n\n\n\nI’ve reviewed 20+ apps. I think I’m done reviewing them. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 23, 2022\n\n\n11 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew ideas are distractingly exciting\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npriorities\n\n\nideation\n\n\n\nBe careful of recency bias with your ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 23, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRadical Candor\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRadical Candor by Kim Scott. Published by Macmillan Audio, with ISBN 9781250245786.0. Read on 2022-06-22\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownstream Impact\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nexperimentation\n\n\n\nWhen you do an online experiment, you’re changing the future forever. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 22, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Party Pay by Visible\n\n\n\n\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nstrategy\n\n\n\nVisible wireless, owned by Verizon, offers users $25 off per month if they join a meaningless party. What’s the effect? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 21, 2022\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProducts for dads\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfatherhood\n\n\n\nWhat products am I still using 5 years later? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jun 21, 2022\n\n\n6 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nI’m trying out quarto and I like it. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jun 20, 2022\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Obstacle Is the Way\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101620595.0. Read on 2022-06-17\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCourage Is Calling\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nCourage Is Calling by Ryan Holiday. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593456262.0. Read on 2022-06-17\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 17, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZero to One\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nZero to One by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780804165266.0. Read on 2022-06-09\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 9, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRich Dad Poor Dad\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki. Published by Plata Publishing, LLC., with ISBN 9781612680163.0. Read on 2022-06-09\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Jun 9, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWorld Travel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nWorld Travel by Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780063055568.0. Read on 2022-06-08\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 8, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrinciples\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nPrinciples by Ray Dalio. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508243250.0. Read on 2022-06-05\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Jun 5, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGood to Great\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGood to Great by Jim Collins. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062045874.0. Read on 2022-06-04\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jun 4, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo Rules Rules\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nNo Rules Rules by Reed Hastings, Erin Meyer. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781984891174.0. Read on 2022-06-03\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jun 3, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLife of Pi\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLife of Pi by Yann Martel. Published by HighBridge Company, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-05-14\n\n\n\n\n\nSat May 14, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nSteve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. Published by Recorded Books, Inc., with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-04-12\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 12, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeep Work\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDeep Work by Cal Newport. Published by Hachette Audio, with ISBN 9781478930082.0. Read on 2022-03-31\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 31, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMidnight in Chernobyl\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nMidnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508278511.0. Read on 2022-03-30\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 30, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne Second After\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nOne Second After by William R. Forstchen. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483057736.0. Read on 2022-03-20\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 20, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting to Yes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGetting to Yes by Roger Fisher, William Ury. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781442339538.0. Read on 2022-03-16\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 16, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062347992.0. Read on 2022-03-15\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe First 90 Days\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469025476.0. Read on 2022-03-12\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 12, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuns, Germs, and Steel\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307932433.0. Read on 2022-03-10\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTribe of Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nTribe of Mentors by Timothy Ferriss. Published by HarperCollins, with ISBN 9781328994974.0. Read on 2022-03-06\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 6, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Storytelling Animal\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Storytelling Animal by Jonathan Gottschall. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, with ISBN 9780547644813.0. Read on 2022-03-01\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 1, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMindset\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nMindset by Carol Dweck. Published by Gildan Media Corp, with ISBN nan. Read on 2022-02-22\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 22, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAtomic Habits\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAtomic Habits by James Clear. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781524779269.0. Read on 2022-02-21\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 21, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEinstein\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nEinstein by Walter Isaacson. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9780743560979.0. Read on 2022-02-10\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781508241997.0. Read on 2022-01-21\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 21, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHidden Figures\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780062472076.0. Read on 2022-01-15\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jan 15, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Alchemist\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Published by HarperAudio, with ISBN 9780060879075.0. Read on 2022-01-10\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jan 10, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDare to Lead\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nDare to Lead by Brené Brown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781984844224.0. Read on 2022-01-05\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jan 5, 2022\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalking to Strangers\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nTalking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Published by Hachette Audio, with ISBN 9781549150340.0. Read on 2021-12-29\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 29, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGreenlights\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGreenlights by Matthew McConaughey. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780593294185.0. Read on 2021-12-28\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 28, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Body\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Body by Bill Bryson. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780147526922.0. Read on 2021-12-07\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 7, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGrit\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nGrit by Angela Duckworth. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio, with ISBN 9781442397149.0. Read on 2021-12-03\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Dec 3, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Author’s Angle Matters\n\n\n\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Jul 17, 2021\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habit\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307966650.0. Read on 2021-05-03\n\n\n\n\n\nMon May 3, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Richest Man in Babylon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Richest Man in Babylon by George Clason. Published by Ascent Audio, with ISBN 9781469055695.0. Read on 2021-03-20\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 20, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy Team Six Seal Operator Adam Brown\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFearless by Eric Blehm. Published by christianaudio.com, with ISBN 9781610454827.0. Read on 2021-03-12\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 12, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Smith\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nJoseph Smith by Richard Lyman Bushman. Published by Tantor Media, Inc., with ISBN 9781541488717.0. Read on 2021-02-17\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 17, 2021\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProductivity notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nRunning list of productivity ideas. \n\n\n\n\n\nSat Dec 19, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to mock the value of an ML solution\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ninnovation\n\n\n\nSell your solution before training your model. \n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 16, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet rid of the todo list. Calendar everything.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nIf you’re not willing to block time for it, does it event matter? \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 15, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nData Beats Opinions\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words. \n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 15, 2020\n\n\n2 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStart with Why\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nStart with Why by Simon Sinek. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101149034.0. Read on 2020-03-21\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 21, 2020\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Anatomy of Peace\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Anatomy of Peace by The Arbinger Institute. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781602834477.0. Read on 2019-12-31\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 31, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Positive No\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Power of a Positive No by William Ury. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739342152.0. Read on 2019-12-25\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Dec 25, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeadership and Self-Deception\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nLeadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN nan. Read on 2019-12-16\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Dec 16, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeeling Good Together\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nFeeling Good Together by David D. Burns, M.D.. Published by Tantor Media, Inc., with ISBN 9781400178209.0. Read on 2019-09-14\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Sep 14, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRising Strong\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nRising Strong by Brené Brown. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9781101913819.0. Read on 2019-09-10\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Sep 10, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Giver\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Giver by Lois Lowry. Published by HarperCollins, with ISBN 9780547345901.0. Read on 2019-08-25\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Aug 25, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Innovator’s Dilemma\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen. Published by HighBridge, with ISBN 9781598874365.0. Read on 2019-07-23\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Jul 23, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAstrophysics for People in a Hurry\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAstrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781538408063.0. Read on 2019-06-26\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 26, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexander Hamilton\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Published by Penguin Publishing Group, with ISBN 9781101200858.0. Read on 2019-01-04\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Jan 4, 2019\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBetween the World and Me\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Published by Random House Publishing Group, with ISBN 9780679645986.0. Read on 2018-12-30\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Dec 30, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSemantic Versioning for Data Science Models\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nMeaningful versioning for data science models and machine learning pipelines. \n\n\n\n\n\nMon Jul 2, 2018\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe War\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe War by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780739357293.0. Read on 2018-06-27\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Jun 27, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 4-Hour Workweek\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss. Published by Blackstone Publishing, with ISBN 9781483058757.0. Read on 2018-05-01\n\n\n\n\n\nTue May 1, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Lean Startup\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbook-review\n\n\n\nThe Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Published by Books on Tape, with ISBN 9780307939845.0. Read on 2018-03-16\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 16, 2018\n\n\n1 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\nr\n\n\nregression\n\n\nanalysis\n\n\npricing\n\n\nbuying things\n\n\n\nHow I analyze used car data to find under-valued cars, and why none of my analysis matters.\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Feb 19, 2017\n\n\n14 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\ncars\n\n\npricing\n\n\nr\n\n\n\nHow I scrape used car data.\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Feb 18, 2017\n\n\n4 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe DataViz battle: Plotly vs ggplot2\n\n\n\n\n\n\ndataviz\n\n\nr\n\n\nggplot\n\n\nplotly\n\n\n\nWhat can you do with plotly vs. ggplot2 and how do they compare on a simple chart?\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Feb 10, 2017\n\n\n7 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Jekyll\n\n\n\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nblogging\n\n\njekyll\n\n\n\nHello world.\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Nov 17, 2016\n\n\n5 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nReading List\n\n\n\n\n\nWish list of books\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Dec 1, 2015\n\n\n3 min\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Cuddles\n\n\n\nCuddled\nYou cuddle Cuddles,\nI cuddle you. \nAn inception of cuddles. \nLaps within laps. \nI squeeze cuddles\nand get you too.\nKid was sitting on my lap with a lovey in their lap.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "2-nephi-20-true-mercy.html", - "href": "2-nephi-20-true-mercy.html", - "title": "2 Nephi 20 - True Mercy", + "objectID": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html", + "href": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html", + "title": "Cabinet Handle", "section": "", - "text": "Scriptures\nIsaiah is describing how people can be so selfish that they “rob the fatherless” and make the “widows their prey”\n\nAnd what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 2 Nephi 20.3–4\n\n\n\nMeaning\nOne who is mercury is one who is willing to help those whom he has deemed lost.\nChrist is merciful. We are all lost in many ways, meaning we’re all works in progress. “His hands are outstretched still”.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Hey you, over there\nBlack and shiny, half a square\nMind if I sit and stare?\nAs I rock in my chair?\n\nDo you come here often?\nOr is it just me? I sit here rockin.\nEither way, my heart softens\nYou've got me smiling and I don't care\n\n\n\nClearly, there is value in staring at a cabinet handle. Why can’t adults see it?\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "creative.html", - "href": "creative.html", - "title": "Creative", + "objectID": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html#the-cabinet-handle", + "href": "creative/poem-cabinet-handle.html#the-cabinet-handle", + "title": "Cabinet Handle", "section": "", - "text": "Creative writing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n Title\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrayer of Perspective\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\nmindfulness\n\n\nchristianity\n\n\nperspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday March 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNuzzle\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\nprose\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nA bond\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreathe on (Breath of Life)\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\n\nEach breath brings life. To you. To me.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuitar: Clouds\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\nsong\n\n\nguitar\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nA tune\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMonday February 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCuddles\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nNever ending cuddles.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday January 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlow Blink\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\nbabies\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nMakes you think: what are they thinking?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday January 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStairwell scoop\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\n\nA descend of Everest.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturday January 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBound\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nfatherhood\n\n\n\nEternal bonds\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday January 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLint\n\n\n\nbabies\n\n\nparenting\n\n\npoem\n\n\ncreative\n\n\n\na poem on lint\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday January 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Thief of Time\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\ntime\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nperspective\n\n\ndeep thought\n\n\nprose\n\n\n\nTime is a gift and a curse.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday January 7, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRed eyed\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\ndeep thought\n\n\nfunny\n\n\nperspective\n\n\nhypothetical\n\n\nangle of vision\n\n\nprose\n\n\n\nHow can I convince you this is a good idea?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSunday January 7, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCabinet Handle\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\nbabies\n\n\n\nA baby can see what we cannot.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday January 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Dove (Forevermore)\n\n\n\ncreative\n\n\npoem\n\n\npoetry\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nfeatured\n\n\n\nThe phases of parenting, inspired by “The Raven”.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday January 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTimeless\n\n\n\npoem\n\n\npoetry\n\n\nparenting\n\n\ncreative\n\n\n\nA poem.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday December 29, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", - "crumbs": [ - "Writing", - "Creative" - ] + "text": "Hey you, over there\nBlack and shiny, half a square\nMind if I sit and stare?\nAs I rock in my chair?\n\nDo you come here often?\nOr is it just me? I sit here rockin.\nEither way, my heart softens\nYou've got me smiling and I don't care\n\n\n\nClearly, there is value in staring at a cabinet handle. Why can’t adults see it?" }, { - "objectID": "tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.html", - "href": "tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.html", - "title": "The Divinely Discontent Chatbot User", + "objectID": "creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.html", + "href": "creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.html", + "title": "The Dove (Forevermore)", "section": "", - "text": "There is Divine Discontent in the Consumer Appetite\nJeff Bezos alluded to the “divinely discontent” customer in a 2017 shareholder letter (Elements of Amazon’s Day 1 Culture | AWS Executive Insights).\n\nOne thing I love about customers is that they are divinely discontent. Their expectations are never static – they go up. It’s human nature. We didn’t ascend from our hunter-gatherer days by being satisfied. People have a voracious appetite for a better way, and yesterday’s ‘wow’ quickly becomes today’s ‘ordinary’. I see that cycle of improvement happening at a faster rate than ever before 2017 Amazon_Shareholder_Letter.pdf\n\n\n\n\nImage: Divine Discontent\n\n\nMore googling shows the phrase was also used by Neal A Maxwell in 1976 (Notwithstanding My Weakness):\n\nWhat can we do to manage these vexing feelings of inadequacy? Here are but a few suggestions: (1) We can distinguish more clearly between divine discontent and the devil’s dissonance, between dissatisfaction with self and disdain for self. We need the first and must shun the second, remembering that when conscience calls to us from the next ridge, it is not solely to scold but also to beckon.\n\n(Just dropping that in case Bezos gets all the credit for the term 😉.)\n\n\nLLM Discontent\nPeople grappling with building LLMs are facing this discontent at an alarming rate. The LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard is a testament to how quickly appetites will change. Many AI tool providers refrain from vendor lock in and try to build LLM agnostic tooling.\nHow do you compete? Well, most of us aren’t building these foundational models. How do they compete with each other? None of us care. We just want a good one.\nBut ask yourself, would you rather have Bard from today or nothing from 2022?\nThese leaderboards are fascinating because in 14 months since ChatGPT emerged we’ve become so reliant on these tools but yet they’re not even old enough to walk or talk by human standards. Yet we now have Bard, ChatGPT, LLaMA, Mistral, Claude, and whatever’s cooking at Amazon/Apple/Microsoft (behind the scenes as a contingency plan I’m sure) and the Chinese/Indian companies that don’t want to rely on the U.S.\nIt’s the early days of search: Yahoo, AOL, Ask Jeeves, etc. One will emerge as your favorite perhaps, like how we all use Google even though Bing probably isn’t that bad anymore (I wouldn’t know…).1\nPoint is: it’s a race to the bottom, the customer is fickle. They know this, which is why they keep releasing new stuff every 6 months.\nPoint is: as you build your LLM application, your customer will be divinely discontent with you. This is nothing knew, it’s just the age of software development.\nExpectations of what software can do are rising. Those expectations are becoming indiscernible from the magic that software is becoming.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdge is better than Chrome for now in LLM usage!↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "A twist on “The Raven”, from The Best of Edgar Allen Poe. Poe got it all wrong.\nIf you haven’t read “The Raven” recently, take a moment first to remember, remember that Raven of yore.\n\nThe Dove (Forevermore)\nA twist on “The Raven” by Bryan Whiting\nThree A.M., I hear you wrapping.\nDesitin, I keep slapping.\nDiapers fresh, for poop, post napping.\nDiapers fresh, for my Adore.\n\nIt was a cold and bleak December.\nDark and dreary, I remember.\nSleepless nights and occasional frights, \nI'd forgotten the parent's implore:\n please protect my Sweet Adore \n\nNothing strange, just parents living.\nBabies growing, always swimming\nthrough the tides of life they're dipping, \n dripping, \n tripping, slick socks \n slipping \n lovey, pants, they all keep ripping \n\"Will it stop?\", my mind is tipping\nI love them so, my Adore. \nBut I just ask rest, I implore. \nWill I get it? \n \"Nevermore.\" \n\nWhat's that I hear, is something slapping? \nNo! by Jove! A creature crapping! \nCrapping on my kitchen floor!! \nRight next to the. bathroom..door...\nI just cannot believe for sure.\nNot another chore.\nI just mopped there, I can assure.\nI feel denial swelling more.\n That creature must be \n her \n Adore. \n\nThen in Jan the rain starts stalling. \nOn my chest, her eyes are falling, \nNapping, cooing, smiling, fawning,\nMy bedroom window, in Jan is calling\nCalling in a creature, sure.\n\n\"What's this?\" I wonder, as I slumber.\nIs it just me, or am I dumber? \nIs that a bird?! What's that number? \n\"Animal control!\" I now thunder,\n\"For the dove! Not one mess more!!\"\n\"Begone, you bird!\" I implore!\nIt cocks its head, \n \"Nevermore.\"\n\nSomething changed, as I remember,\nafter that, cold, bleak December.\nThe sleep rolled in, and so I weather,\n weather just a little bit more.\n\nThe baby's coos I now see freshly.\nThe piqued smiles now enmesh me.\nThe drools of milk now refresh me.\n\"Refresh me, my Adore.\"\nHow could I ever\n have seen anything more?\n Please don't let it end, I implore.\nThe dove then whispers, \n \"Evermore.\"\n\nThe children calling, wailing, falling\nat my feet, screaming, brawling,\nincessant thumping, pounding, hounding,\n is pleasant to my ears once more.\nPleasant because they're my Adore.\n\nI see it now, that bright December.\nIt wasn't dark, I now remember.\nJust a dog, a fog, but nothing more. \nBut now it's gone, and nevermore.\nI took photos, Polaroids, sure.\nBut now it's gone. \n And I want more. \n\nRemembered now are the cuddles.\nLong forgotten: spilled milk puddles.\nSpilled milk puddles are \n nevermore. \n\nDays asleep and nights awake.\nDream eyes open, for goodness sake.\nWhat I wouldn't give to take\nanother look at my Make.\nAnother look at \n my \n Adore.\n\nWhen I could hold her, and nothing more. \nWhen in my hands, and on the floor\nwe cuddle, huddle, muddle more.\n\"Bring it back\", I implore\n\"Turn back time\", I plead pure.\n\nThen entered in that dove once more, \nthe welcomed bird, the dove of yore.\n\"The past is gone, time pressed its seal.\nBut yours to keep, for it is real\npast and present, space time is traveled\nIn eternity, your gift unravels\n Forevermore.\"\nThe tides of parenting are just phases. The good, the bad, the guilt, the love, the denial you even have kids to the overwhelming joy you could never express adequately in words…it all comes and goes - sometimes within the same hour.\nThen suddenly we realize it’s all gone before we can blink.\nThe newborn is now walking at my feet. The eighteeen-month-old-diaper-generator is now riding his bike. The four-year-old brother slapper is now six and creating “Daddy, I love you” cards. Thankfully families are forevermore.\n(Mostly) written 5:02am on Jan 5, 2024, after a sweet midnight feeding, where she cooed and smiled right before passing out peacefully on my chest.\n\n\n\nMessy rooms, a memory forevermore\n\n\nOther lines…\nPints of puke are never more\nOnce held lovey is now a bore\nonce scraped knees now never sore\ngoing to the park now a chore\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/gpt4all.html", - "href": "tech/gpt4all.html", - "title": "GPT4All", + "objectID": "creative/poem-breath-of-life.html", + "href": "creative/poem-breath-of-life.html", + "title": "Breathe on (Breath of Life)", "section": "", - "text": "description\nGPT4All train and deploy customized LLMs.\n\n\n\nGpt4all screenshot\n\n\n\n\nsimilar tools\nSeems like a different use case than LM Studio, but hard to say. LM Studio is likely focused on people wanting to download and use the open source models, where this is to help you train and fine tune locally.\nUse it to connect with your notes:\nHow to Use GPT4All with Langchain to Chat with Your Documents | by Vikas Tiwari | Medium\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Breath on\n2024-02-12 Bryan Whiting\nYou lay here on me\nAnd I wonder\nAre you breathing?\n\nYou are. \n\nHow?\n\nI wonder. How? You're only so little yet you know the key to life itself:\n\nBreath. \n\nBreathe on. \n\nYour little chest rises and falls. \n\nUp. \n\nDown. \n\nBreath. \n\nYou breathe on. \n\nMy hand from palm to tip touches across the entirety of your rib cage. You're tiny. \n\nYet you breathe. \n\nYou breathe on me. \n\n\n\nWhat I’m feeling right now\n\n\n\nBaby lays on me at near midnight. This is peace. This is life.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.html", - "href": "tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.html", - "title": "Embedding audio in Quarto", + "objectID": "creative/poem-timeless.html", + "href": "creative/poem-timeless.html", + "title": "Timeless", "section": "", - "text": "I want to embed just a plain audio file in my blog post.\nCheck out the post Guitar: Clouds, where I embed some audio using the quarto video short link: Quarto – Videos.\nMy process:\n\ntake a voice recording with my voice notes on iOS.\nSave to files, I did audio/ folder (How to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian)\nThen if I link using a standard markdown link it’ll create an audio recording in a new browser. If I use the video shortcode then quarto will embed it as a video right in the post (doesn’t open a new browser). You can adjust the height so it’s not a massive black screen.\n\n\nSong snippet today: [2024-02-05-guitar-clouds](../audio/2024-02-05-guitar-clouds.m4a) 3rd capo, G, Em, C, G with some pinky action. \n\n\n<-- This works on safari, not chrome desktop for some reason --> \n\n![2024-02-05-guitar-clouds](../audio/2024-02-05-guitar-clouds.m4a)\n\n\n\nHope this helps someone!\nNote, the second way (the ![]) approach didn’t work on Chrome Desktop, but works on Safari desktop, safari mobile, and chrome mobile:\n\n\n\nChrome doesn’t pick up the audio player\n\n\nIf I inspect the HTML I can see the audio tag is created in Chrome, it’s just not showing a player or anything.\nBut the mobile audio player is picked up:\n\n\n\nMobile safari\n\n\n\n\n\nMobile chrome\n\n\n\nObsidian\nI like using this markdown syntax in Obsidian because that’s where I write my notes.\n\n\n\nThe markdown syntax\n\n\nBecause it appears like an audio player in app. The syntax is a quarto thing and renders nicely. The <audio> tag is supposed to work but doesn’t in my vault. In my app it looks like this;\n\n\n\nRendered in quarto\n\n\nSo yes, the markdown link is the most usable, works on most browsers, and works in Obsidian. Just doesn’t work on Chrome Web…(at least not on my version).\nSeems also that using the <audio> tag breaks my quarto:\n\n\n\nBroken file\n\n\n\n\nIn Summary\nI’ve found two ways of showing audio in quarto. 1) using the image syntax in markdown and 2) using a video shortcode. The markdown syntax works great locally on my iPhone and on most browsers, but the video shortcode seems to work on all browsers.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The days pass by like weeks.\nThe weeks pass by like days.\nThe sun continues to set\nin it's old, familiar way\n\n\nTime is an illusion,\nrestful nights, a delusion, \nmy state of mind, a confusion,\nBut still my kids want to play\n\n\n\nTime slips away, under our watchful eye\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/private-gpt.html", - "href": "tech/private-gpt.html", - "title": "Private GPT", + "objectID": "creative/poem-timeless.html#timeless", + "href": "creative/poem-timeless.html#timeless", + "title": "Timeless", "section": "", - "text": "Private GPT\nPrivateGPT\n\n\n\nPrivate GPT\n\n\nChat with your notes.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The days pass by like weeks.\nThe weeks pass by like days.\nThe sun continues to set\nin it's old, familiar way\n\n\nTime is an illusion,\nrestful nights, a delusion, \nmy state of mind, a confusion,\nBut still my kids want to play\n\n\n\nTime slips away, under our watchful eye" }, { - "objectID": "tech/unreal-ai-sora.html", - "href": "tech/unreal-ai-sora.html", - "title": "Unreal AI: Meet Sora", + "objectID": "creative/poem-bound.html", + "href": "creative/poem-bound.html", + "title": "Bound", "section": "", - "text": "Years ago Deepmind proved they can solve StarCraft: YouTube\n\nNow OpenAI is probably using reinforcement learning using physics engines. Meet Sora: Sora.\n\n\nIf you think OpenAI Sora is a creative toy like DALLE, … think again. Sora is a data-driven physics engine. It is a simulation of many worlds, real or fantastical. The simulator learns intricate rendering, \"intuitive\" physics, long-horizon reasoning, and semantic grounding, all… pic.twitter.com/pRuiXhUqYR\n\n— Jim Fan (@DrJimFan) February 15, 2024\n\n\nThink that robots won’t be 100% smarter than us being able to do anything we can think of?\nThe video games, movies, simulators, etc of next year are gonna be lit.\n\n\n\nUnreal sora\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Bound\nMy finger\nYour hand\nOnce divided\nUnited we stand\n\nEver bound\nYour biology compels it\nCooing sound\nA union I won't quit\n\n\n\nUnion\n\n\nThe baby doesn’t let go. Their grip on anything (even Lint) is locked in. Only I can let go, which is a powerful idea. She’s bound to me, trustfully so.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.html", - "href": "tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.html", - "title": "Protobufs - Everything I don’t know", + "objectID": "creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.html", + "href": "creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.html", + "title": "The Thief of Time", "section": "", - "text": "If you want a guide on Protobufs this isn’t it. These are my notes. Just stumbled on this tonight after having seen these all over the place at Google and I wanted to learn something.\nSee Protocol Buffers Documentation and ChatGPT. Pkl for Configuration Management made me think of this. # The point of a Protobuf\n\nwrite one file\nThis file defines data structure, but not the data itself\nCompile it to different languages (like Python)\nA file in Python will be have a class defined with the properties in it\nWhen you serialize data (send via JSON or something over an API) the other service knows how to read that data file immediately (if you built it and gave it the proto)\n\nThis makes sense to me why Google used this everywhere. They have one service in Python and another in Java and another in Go. To get them talking to each other they need a common data structure to read from.\nThe setters and getters help with the parsing a JSON blob for example.\n\n\nLike first you define the protobuf\n\n\n\nRaw proto fike\n\n\nAnd then you compile it via a bash command and it turns to this:\n\n\n\nCompiled\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "There are only two robbers of childhood: death and time.\nTime is a death in a way. A cessation of your four year old self. Of your 10 year old self. Of your ignorant self. Of your yesterday self.\nTime is constant, pushing us closer to one inevitable.\nTime is a gift, the only gift we all share while here on earth.\nWhat is the time constant? There’s a gravitational constant. A Planck constant. What about a time constant - the rate at which time ticks? At which our molecules age. At which our beings move from one state to another?\nI don’t think I’ll get the time to answer that…\n\n\n\nTime robbing time\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/war-tech.html", - "href": "tech/war-tech.html", - "title": "War Tech", + "objectID": "creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.html", + "href": "creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.html", + "title": "Stairwell scoop", "section": "", - "text": "Tech Companies Turned Ukraine Into an AI War Lab | TIME details the fight in Ukraine and how Palantir specifically has used it as a testing ground for its digital surveillance and weaponry .\n\n\n\nTime vs tech\n\n\nObviously war profits defense contractors. This isn’t anything new.\nAnd putting aside beliefs about the war itself, I see the angle here as somewhat inauthentic. It assumes tech is somehow awful.\nArms dealers will always be in the race for selling more arms, whether in peace or in war. But providing services at a discounted rate to defend an invaded ally seems reasonable.\nMy point: I wish we had more positive tech news. Tech is how we won WWII and almost how we lost it. That same awful WWII tech is how we now power homes with cleaner energy across the world. Some argue it’s how we’ve avoided a WWIII so far because it’s a nuclear war is an unwinnable war.\nTech cannot control the hearts of the men and women who wield it. It can only enable them. May we all strive for wars of words and code not wars of people or weapons, and I actually think tech helps enable that. And hopefully, we can use tech to facilitate misunderstandings and bring people to better diplomacy, ending the need for war. But that’s up to the leaders. Desires for war rage within hearts long before those desires rage within bullets.\nAs for the main stream media, I’d hope for more nuanced discussions around the uses of tech. Perhaps that’s what it’s alluding to - that war mongers are being fueled by this war.\nBut then let’s get more diplomatic leaders into office that can manage peace talks. It’s a people problem. Our government shouldn’t be run by the war machine, but by the people. And tech will always enable the people to do what they do best: be human.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The Stairwell Scoop\nLeft hand: hotwheel\nRight hand: Thomas book\nIn front of me: Mt Everest. \nObjective: descend. \nDifficulty with hands occupied: impossible\nExpectation: ride on a Sherpa \nRequest: grunt. \"Ehhh!!\" Paired with helpless eyes and full hands. Eyes that sag with \"what am I supposed to do?\"\nObservation: dad approaches. Request accepted. \nEngagement: giant left arm behind my right hip. Diaper fully supported. Knees open, then latch like a Koala onto love handles. Maintain proper tension between knees and toes. \nPayment to Sherpa: a kind coo and pleasant, soft smile, like I own him. \nResponse: more cuddles. I do own him. Probability of next successful Sherpa request: 97%. Probability heightens if I scuttle away fast at the bottom of Everest, shaking my hips. \n\n\n\nThe plea\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.html", - "href": "tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.html", - "title": "Microsoft Copilot notes", + "objectID": "news/2024-01-23-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-01-23-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-01-23", "section": "", - "text": "Three copilots:\n\ncopilot.Microsoft.com\n\nYouTube MS ignite\n\n\nuses RAG on the Microsoft graph\nCopilot can make a PowerPoint from a Doc\nTeamsKit\nplugins and graph connectors. Maybe plugin is right? Maybe graph connector is right.\nNot very useful PowerPoints unless tied to data\nLLMs are only as accurate as the data.\n\nYouTube create awesome documents\n\nEdit and revise\n\nYouTube | Excel tutorial\n\n20-30 second\n\nYouTube | MS Cop featurs\n\n\n\nWrite speech\n\n\nYouTube | Microsoft Loop is cool\n\nloop is cool. Makes collaborating across applications on a single thing easy.\n\nYouTube | Global Enterprise\n\nyou can have it “sound like me” in outlook\n41:35 copilot studio\nCan use open AIs GPTs\n\n\nAzure open ai\nYouTube\n\n\nBRK206 Vector search and state of the art retrieval for generative ai apps\nBRK205 multimodal\n\nThings to explore:\n\nTeamsKit\nAzure OpenAI\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "AI\nTesla finally releases FSD v12, its last hope for self-driving | Electrek - 300k rules based system down to a model - you’ll need both: a model and overrides. - Or, you train the model by learning from the scenarios encoded in your 300k rules engine (like DeepMind’s AlphaGo)\nFast Tracking RAG Model Evaluation with Synthetic Data - synthetic data to evaluate RAG responses? - A response is non-deterministic, random - Perhaps do a Levenshtein distance of sorts to evaluate of response is as good as you want? - But isn’t this the same as question-answer pairs and instruction tuning?\nAuto Wiki by Mutable.ai - this proves how powerful AI is. Just add data and watch it churn. - An example of an AI product.\n\n\nCoding\nPython Does Not Fully Deliver OOP Encapsulation Functionalities - I learned how attributes are names in a Python class. As an R programmer, most of these things were never taught to me in school, and I’ve never really needed to know them (until working with software engineers)\n\n\nProduct\nHow Gong builds product - by Lenny Rachitsky - the planning!! > We do not plan monthly or biweekly. Both the engineering leader and I dislike the Scrum methodology. We feel it’s trying to drive urgency via artificial deadlines versus via value to the customer. And by forcing “commitment” to deliverables within a time window, it essentially inhibits on-the-fly trade-offs between content, quality, and timelines. Yet we have internal reviews with the different groups on a monthly basis.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/ibis-dataframes-for-python-vs-pandas.html", - "href": "tech/ibis-dataframes-for-python-vs-pandas.html", - "title": "Ibis DataFrames for Python, why I hate Pandas, and what I miss about dplyr", + "objectID": "news/2024-03-11-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-03-11-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-03-11", "section": "", - "text": "I haven’t used ibis as of writing this. Just reviewed the docs.\n\n\nData Manipulation in Python\nI’ve been a Python data scientist for 5-6 years. I’ve never liked pandas. Ever.\nIt’s because I started as a tidyverse data scientist in R. One of the things I’ve missed about using Python is dplyr, an R package for data manipulation. And when I started with Python it was in PySpark - it felt very similar to dplyr, except for the annoying JVM.\nIt’s amazing because everything is done by chaining, and it’s able to manipulate in memory or translate to a spark or SQL backend for execution. (It’s very easy to use base dplyr and then just run the same query in memory on a small dataframe or against BigQuery or something.)\nThis chaining also avoids the common readability problem with pandas wherein often you see df[x] = df[y] / df[b] on one line and that’s repeated for multiple lines if you want to create multiple new variables.\nWhile pandas has the .pipe and .assign operators for chaining, they still require lambda functions, which get annoying. This Reddit thread explores the opinion I share: the api is inconsistent. Reddit - Does anyone else hate pandas?.\nPolars makes this much cleaner with the with_columns operator, for example, which is also very similar to PySpark. But polars is Rust backend, not Java. Game, Set, Match polars.\nI’m not the only one who loves dplyr . There have been several Python attempts to build dplyr in the Python ecosystem. There were great packages like GitHub - coursera/pandas-ply: functional data manipulation for pandas (9 years since last commit), and GitHub - dodger487/dplython: dplyr for python, not updated in 7 years. Then there’s the dfply package that hasn’t been maintained in 5 years (see tutorial).\nThe siuba package is the latest Python dplyr incantation that is actively maintained: GitHub - machow/siuba: Python library for using dplyr like syntax with pandas and SQL and can also execute against a SQL backend, but it can’t execute a polars backend. # Ibis to solve my problems?\nI just came across ibis however, and it seems really promising. Turns out it was created in 2015 by Wes McKinney, who created the pandas pyarrow backend to solve the “10 Things I Hate About pandas”. More on the\n\nIbis\nIbis – getting_started\nIbis – Analysis of World of Warcraft data\n\n\nIt looks like dplyr (for example it even copies some syntax like mutate() for adding new columns and select for picking columns). But, the benefit is it has polars and pandas as backends, but also offers PySpark (should someon need to use databricks as a backend compute engine). And it can also translate into SQL. Sure, polars can do this too: Databases - Polars user guide. But ibis seems more extensive.\nThis means I could have one programming language to execute either polars, SQL, or PySpark, rather than have both polars and SQL or pandas in my pipeline in different places. (Side note: why would I use pandas as a backend though when polars is so fast?)\nI just discovered this over the weekend. Would love your thoughts! I’m sure there are limitations vs raw polars/pandas that are hidden from my quick overview.\n\n\nAppendix\nThe most annoying thing about pandas is the .transform() operator. I hate it. Just hate it. It never makes sense and I always have to look it up. This essentially just does a window operation.\nYou don’t need this until you need to do some type of aggregation within a group. Let’s assume you want to calculate the fraction of sales attributed to a city within a state. (What fraction of sales in California come from San Francisco, for example.)\nRead the following and consider for yourself what’s simplest:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Sample data\ndata = {\n 'State': ['CA', 'CA', 'CA', 'NY', 'NY', 'NY'],\n 'City': ['SF', 'LA', 'SF', 'NYC', 'Buffalo', 'NYC'],\n 'Sales': [100, 200, 150, 300, 100, 200]\n}\n\ndf = pd.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf['Fraction'] = df.groupby('State')['Sales'].apply(lambda x: x / x.sum())\n\nprint(df)\nPolars:\nimport polars as pl\n\ndf = pl.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf = df.with_column(\n pl.col('Sales') / df.groupby('State').agg(pl.sum('Sales'))['sum'])\n\nprint(df)\nDplyr:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\ndf <- data %>%\n group_by(State) %>%\n mutate(Fraction = Sales / sum(Sales))\nIbis:\nimport ibis\n\n# Calculate fraction of sales by city within state\nexpr = sales.mutate(Fraction=sales['Sales'] / sales.groupby('State').Sales.sum())\n\nresult = expr.execute()\nprint(result)\nIt may not look all that different, but pandas has this weird syntax where you group by (something) but then select a column with brackets. But sometimes you can use periods to select the column.\nThe polars and ibis implementations seem simple, but overly verbose.\nThen there’s the dplyr. So elegant and simple. The sum() operator is summing within the group, and the sales/sum(sales) is very easy to read.\nIn pandas I’m left wondering what is x/x.sum() and why this lambda thing?\nThis is a very simple example, but the more you get into the weeds the more my point becomes obvious.\nThe benefits of dplyr come from when you want to do 10 mutates in one go. It’s so simple. In pandas that’s 10 lambda functions with a .assign operator.\nLike, look at pandas trying to do this:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Sample data\ndata = {\n 'A': list(range(1, 11)),\n 'B': list(range(11, 21)),\n 'C': list(range(21, 31))\n}\n\ndf = pd.DataFrame(data)\n\n# Using assign to create 10 new columns\ndf = df.assign(\n # New columns with various transformations\n A_Squared=lambda x: x['A']**2,\n B_Squared=lambda x: x['B']**2,\n C_Squared=lambda x: x['C']**2,\n A_Cubed=lambda x: x['A']**3,\n B_Cubed=lambda x: x['B']**3,\n C_Cubed=lambda x: x['C']**3,\n A_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['A']),\n B_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['B']),\n C_Log=lambda x: np.log(x['C']),\n A_B=lambda x: x['A'] * x['B']\n)\n\nprint(df)\nNow look at dplyr:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Sample data\ndata <- data.frame(\n A = 1:10,\n B = 11:20,\n C = 21:30\n)\n\n# Using mutate to create 10 new columns\ndf <- data %>%\n mutate(\n # New columns with various transformations\n A_Squared = A^2,\n B_Squared = B^2,\n C_Squared = C^2,\n A_Cubed = A^3,\n B_Cubed = B^3,\n C_Cubed = C^3,\n A_Log = log(A),\n B_Log = log(B),\n C_Log = log(C),\n A_B = A * B\n )\n\nprint(df)\nNow let’s complicate it, where each manipulation takes in a previous column:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Create a DataFrame\ndf = pd.DataFrame({'A': [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]})\n\n# Mutate operations\ndf['B'] = df['A'] ** 2\ndf['C'] = df['A'] + df['B'] * 2\ndf['D'] = df['B'] / 2\ndf['E'] = df['C'] - df['A']\ndf['F'] = df['A'] * 5\ndf['G'] = df['D'] - df['E']\ndf['H'] = df['F'] + df['G']\ndf['I'] = df['D'] ** 2\ndf['J'] = df['H'] / df['I']\ndf['K'] = df['I'] - df['J']\n\nprint(df)\nThis is how most people write pandas. They write df 26 times.\nLet’s look at pandas using the assign operator:\nimport pandas as pd\n\n# Create a DataFrame\ndf = pd.DataFrame({'A': [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]})\n\n# Mutate operations with assign and lambda functions\ndf = df.assign(\n B=lambda x: x['A'] ** 2,\n C=lambda x: x['A'] + x['B'] * 2,\n D=lambda x: x['B'] / 2,\n E=lambda x: x['C'] - x['A'],\n F=lambda x: x['A'] * 5,\n G=lambda x: x['D'] - x['E'],\n H=lambda x: x['F'] + x['G'],\n I=lambda x: x['D'] ** 2,\n J=lambda x: x['H'] / x['I'],\n K=lambda x: x['I'] - x['J']\n)\n\nprint(df)\nSlightly better but still an eyesore. 10 lambda statements and still 26 x calls.\nAnd in R:\nlibrary(dplyr)\n\n# Create a tibble\ndf <- tibble(A = c(10, 20, 30, 40, 50))\n\n# Mutate operations\ndf <- df %>%\n mutate(B = A ^ 2,\n C = A + B * 2,\n D = B / 2,\n E = C - A,\n F = A * 5,\n G = D - E,\n H = F + G,\n I = D ^ 2,\n J = H / I,\n K = I - J)\n\nprint(df)\nIt’s just so simple. So elegant. So beautiful. No wasted text. Very easy to read.\nIbis seems similar to dplyr but requires the D = _.[\"B\"]/2 operation. Ibis – basics - mutating columns\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The GPT-4 barrier has finally been broken\n\nthis doesn’t even mention Llama or apple’s Ferret ferret\nHushed Arrival of Apple’s Open Source Multimodal LLM called Ferret: A Commitment to Open and Responsible AI or Strategic Power Play? | by Miz Causevic | Generative AI\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.html", - "href": "tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.html", - "title": "AI won’t replace us. We’ll always create.", + "objectID": "news/2024-02-02-news-notes.html", + "href": "news/2024-02-02-news-notes.html", + "title": "News Notes for 2024-02-02", "section": "", - "text": "I recently got back into writing some poems. The Dove (Forevermore) was fun to write. After the fact, I tried getting ChatGPT to create something similar. I only tried once before declaring victory.\nWhy is this poem meaningful to me? Because it has my soul in it. It’s the summation of my experience as a parent. Should you find it interesting, perhaps that’s why.\nReading The Best of Edgar Allen Poe recently I’m amazed (besides how depressing he is) at how excellent a writer he is. He peers into the mind and soul and extricates anything interesting. It’s interesting because a human wrote it.\nDo we still paint, even if a camera can take a picture? Do we still ride bikes and horses even with cars and things? Do we still read even though we have TV and movies?\nWords. Creative expression. They will always be interesting to us. Humans are interesting to us. Stories. Social acceptance is a fundamental human need. We desire connection. We’ll like reading something because a human wrote it.\nBut what about that guy I heard about who makes a ton of money using ChatGPT to create fake digital books on Amazon. People don’t know it’s AI-written. Digital GenAI images now are insanely accurate - it’s only 2024. It’s very possible great AI art will inspire us more than non-AI art (whatever that means because everyone uses photoshop anyway).\nI’m not saying we won’t find value in AI art (creative writing, digital, video, etc.). We will. It’s clear we’ll have a really hard time knowing what’s human vs not.\nBut I am saying that creativity will never disappear. We’re always going to be interested in creating - even if machines can do it better. Machines can beat us at Go and StarCraft (AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans), but we’ll still play. Because what else will there be to do?\n\n\n\nI guess I’ll pick up painting now…\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Elon Musk pay package from Tesla denied by Delaware judge | AP News\n\n\n\nWages\n\n\nKind of an interesting idea - what if you took the hours he worked to figure out what his hourly rate was. It’s been 7521 days since July 1, 2003, the day Tesla incorporated. That means his work has been worth 7.312M dollars per day. A quick search shows Tesla’s revenue was 81Bn in 2022, about 221M per day. So his comp is just 3% of current daily revenue.\nI’m sure I’m missing something, like how much he’s been comped in the past. But 3% for making a company what it is doesn’t seem unreasonable. Of course, that’s not 3% on last year. That’s like 67% of 2022 revenue. Indeed that’s a lot.\nMan, getting paid $7m per day is a lot of money. With $55M (assuming post tax) money he could buy literally every house in my town, at a premium of 50%. Imagine: a town called Elon. Or he could finally afford Twitter 🧐.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/this-drug-is-habit-forming.html", - "href": "tech/this-drug-is-habit-forming.html", - "title": "This drug is habit forming", + "objectID": "news/llms-need-to-call-functions.html", + "href": "news/llms-need-to-call-functions.html", + "title": "LLMs need to call Functions", "section": "", - "text": "Sometimes they tell you that at the pharmacy: “this drug is habit forming”. Or, the saline nasal spray bottle thing I tried once, “this spray is refreshing, but not habit forming.” Oh, how nice.\nWhy doesn’t everything have this distinction? Driving in the car: non habit forming. Eating a bag of goldfish when I’m noodling on a work problem: def habit forming.\nOne time, someone put a candy jar with skittles right beside my desk. It was for the whole floor, but my consumption was certainly not a pro-rata share. Buggy code? Gimme some skittles. Habit formed.\nSocial media? Someone likes your post? Habit formed.\n\n\n\nIronically Dalle put “habit farming”, which is kinda what social media is\n\n\nWhy don’t they warn that social media is one of the most addictive digital things we do? That we’ve just accepted as a society?\nIt took until 1964 before the surgeon general announced smoking caused cancer. The first cigarette machine was invented in 1881 by Albert Bonsack. That’s +80 years, not to mention it was popular for much longer before that.\nSo yes, society can get it wrong for many years before they change course and do the more healthful thing.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Andrew Ng on LinkedIn: Microsoft Absorbs Inflection, Nvidia’s New GPUs, Managing AI Bio Risk, and… | 38 comments\n\nLLms guess what functions to call, such as running a calculation in Python or a function to do a web search.\nEfficient Tool Use with Chain-of-Abstraction Reasoning, Gao et al. (2024)\n\nMicrosoft Absorbs Inflection, Nvidia’s New GPUs, Managing AI Bio Risk, and more\nFour AI Agent Strategies That Improve GPT-4 and GPT-3.5 Performance\n\nAI agenic workflows can help AI achieve 95% code quality vs zero shot.\n\nAgentic Design Patterns Part 2: Reflection\n\nHere’s code intended for task X: [previously generated code] Check the code carefully for correctness, style, and efficiency, and give constructive criticism for how to improve it.\nNext, we can prompt the LLM with context including (i) the previously generated code and the constructive feedback and (ii) ask it to use the feedback to rewrite the code\n\nAgentic Design Patterns Part 3: Tool Use\nFirstMark | 2024 MAD (ML/AI/Data) Landscape - there are too many tools for any one person or organization to know what to do with. It’s a full time job just to understand what’s out there.\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/luke-b_data-nerds-what-technology-should-you-learn-activity-7181698703722729472-N03S?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios\n\n\n\nData landscape\n\n\nGecko: Versatile Text Embeddings Distilled from Large Language Models - Google DeepMind\n\ngecko is a text embedding model that can do more with 256 tokens than most can with 700+\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.html", - "href": "tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.html", - "title": "Configurations for ML Pipelines", + "objectID": "news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.html", + "href": "news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.html", + "title": "AI and the Future of SaaS", "section": "", - "text": "Configuring an ML pipeline means you have 15 different things that could change at any time and you create a way to easily change those 15 things. Those 15 things could be file paths, data filtering steps, models you want to use, etc.\nAny researcher constantly asks themselves: but what if I switch X?\nAnd so the researcher starts to configure a pipeline.\n\nConfig Methods I’ve Used\nFirst time I built a config it was in VBA. I had a text file I loaded in that could be overwritten based on setting someone chose.\nSecond time I config’d something was in Python. I used ConfigParser per my Manager David Mantilla’s suggestion. It was pretty good for 2017. But unwieldy. Don’t use this. It had cool string substitutions but there are better tools now.\nThird thing I saw was using a Python constants.py file. Just import Python variables from another module. This is nice because you can import model objects or such. Dicts. Whatever. Seems great. But it’s Python code. Config files shouldn’t be code. They should be configs. Every great software follows this, like k8s helm charts or whatever. Google loves using Protobufs. Configs shouldn’t be code, because if they’re code they’re dangerous. You start doing crazy things with them.\nFourth thing I did was to use YAML which is very clean. Lots of people like YAML. This gets unwieldy if you need 100 configs for different customers, for example. Can you imagine managing 100 yaml files? What if you need to update one param? Then you need to update 100 files. Rough. So then you start setting “default” blocks and settings.\nI also used Pydantic to read in the YAML file and validate types. Gotta validate types. What’s an int vs a string? Well, this mean that we needed to design the pipeline to rely on some config class. We had to pass this config object around everywhere. Not super idea but gets the job done.\nFifth thing was to use one default YAML. This solved the issue of redundancy across all the 100 YAML files. (If you only have one model, you probably need only 1 YAML file so this may not be your problem.) But this still kinda stinks. It’s in a file.\nSixth thing was some eng’s on my team saw a better way and build a CRUD database. This made it so we didn’t have to do a code change to update a config. That means that people outside the team could edit a config. Awesome. But we still have 100 web pages that could change. Kinda sux. And we still had a default setting - essential. Benefits of a crud are migrations. You can get rid of one option across 100 configs more easily.\nProblem with 100 YAML or 100 web pages is that if you want to change things or run experiments, you need to literally clone the config file. Now you have 15 versions of the same config file with slight modifications and you can’t remember what’s going on. So you delete them all eventually and just pick one.\nSeventh thing: shove everything into environment variables. Create a .env file and load with dotenv() but that gets messy because env files don’t support data type validation. Validation is essential, lest you try to encode a Boolean in your env file only to realize environment variables only support strings and then you have a “False” rendering as true in your “if os.get(MY_BOOL)” call just because it exists as a valid string. Blech… 🤮\n\n\nHydra?\nI’m writing this because I just learned about hydra . Remember: I use this site for note taking. Here’s what I just learned.\n\n\n\nHydra!\n\n\nHydra | Hydra\n\nHydra is Python open source maintained by Facebook\nIf built to configure pipelines, in particular ML pipelines but could be used for anything.\nIt uses dataclasses and yaml files, so I’m thinking I was smart for what I did with my fourth option.\nBut it quickly allows you to override config files from the command line or from editing the yaml file directly.\n\nThis demo is slick:\n\n\n\nWhy I like Hydra’s design\n\nThis seems really nice because it avoids the headache of changing code.\nAlso, you can create a simple bash loop to execute 5 different experiments - while retaining only one config file\nAlso, I used to think that having a system of record is pretty important: I need to save the configs that were used for this run. That tells me how the pipeline or experiment was configured. I still think that’s true: but I believe that should be done via logging instead of managing 15 config files.\nMy new belief is that experiments should be ephemeral to keep the code clean. Have one prod yaml file and then everything else is ephemeral. Log everything: log the created yaml file with all defaults filled inso you can recreate it if necessary.\n\n\n\nMy Ideal World\nHydra doesn’t solve the “you shouldn’t have to do a git push to update prod”. If everything is a yaml file then to update prod you need to do a code change.\nGoogle doesn’t seem to mind using code changes because everything is a protobuff. Code changes are nice because they’re reviewed.\nBut code changes are slow. And non-coders can do them.\nSo I believe one prod config should live in a UI with a database backend. But then that should be serialized to yaml and loaded via something like hydra.\nI also believe experiments should be launched programmatically. Meaning I should be able to kick off 10 experiments training 10 models using a bash script. I can then log this experiment using Why you should log with Aimstack and I can log the full config there.\nAlso, I’d throw hydra in with metaflow .\nHow do you configure? # Appendix\n\nEasy Hyperparameter Management with Hydra, MLflow, and Optuna | by NT | Optuna | Medium\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Reading this:\n\nAnd that’s what AI should always be. A feature of your product, not your product itself. AI can be an interface to your users’ data or a means of transforming that data into shapes that are more useful to your users.\n\nChatGPT will likely never build a todo list app that manages sending you notifications, etc. (Not until they have their own OS at least).\nFocus on building AI-augmented experiences.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Don’t tell me the disease ridden McPlay place with its sad meals isn’t to blame too.\nAfter reading The Quest for Cosmic Justice I’ve considered how negative regulation can be. Let’s thought experiment: stop advertising to kids. Well then why not stop advertising to people of any other demographic? Old people are vulnerable too right? Okay so then let’s have free market. Advertise to anyone - okay let’s enable smoking ads again for kids. No that’s not good.\n\n\nYouTube derived the greatest ad revenue from users 12 and under ($959.1 million), followed by Instagram ($801.1 million) and Facebook ($137.2 million). Instagram derived the greatest ad revenue from users ages 13-17 ($4 billion), followed by TikTok ($2 billion) and YouTube ($1.2 billion). The researchers also calculated that Snapchat derived the greatest share of its overall 2022 ad revenue from users under 18 (41 percent), followed by TikTok (35 percent), YouTube (27 percent), and Instagram (16 percent).\n\nOpenAI announces first partnership with a university - education is going to be greatly commoditized. - Academic researchers can enjoy researching again instead of teaching (what some of them are horrid at) - I took an accounting class where half was online, half in person. This will be the future for all classes, but probably 10% in person. - The value of the professor will be in office hours.\nMeta’s new goal is to build artificial general intelligence - The Verge\n\nWe’re used to there being pretty intense talent wars,” he says. “But there are different dynamics here with multiple companies going for the same profile, [and] a lot of VCs and folks throwing money at different projects, making it easy for people to start different things externally.\n\n\nBig tech has the compute resources to develop AGi\nMultiple AGI competition will increase security, lower cost.\nWe’ll all have access eventually to open source AGI. And the same bad guys that have access will be countered by the good guys who have access. Just like today.\n\nGitHub - FlagOpen/TACO - It’s good to have benchmarks everyone can rely on. Hopefully they don’t leak into the training data.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.html", - "href": "tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.html", - "title": "Why you should log with Aimstack", + "objectID": "index.html", + "href": "index.html", + "title": "Blog", "section": "", - "text": "I’ve long idolized Home | AimStack. It’s a tool that allows you to track metrics and hyperparameters and a whole bunch of stuff. It lets you compare across experiments.\n\n\n\nAim landing lage\n\n\nI first built my own version of this in RShiny back in 2017 so I could compare AUC across experiments.\nI was using h2o.ai at the time which had this great flow for monitoring an individual experiment but made it impossible to compare across experiments.\nThen my company Capital One built rubicon: GitHub - capitalone/rubicon-ml: Capture all information throughout your model’s development in a reproducible way and tie results directly to the model code!. This was cool and they open sourced it. It tracks parameters.\nBut it pales in comparison to aim.\nAim can do all these things:\n\nTrack hyperparameters\nTrack learning curves (like a metric over time such as when building DL models and you’re watching how the error decreases with each epoch)\nTrack any plotly plot, which means you can put any EDA charts nicely organized in one place\nit captures all your logging.info calls so you don’t need to use a remote logging thing like cloud watch to monitor long runs\nIt has its own loggers if you want to differentiate\nIt lets you take notes on an experiment\nIf lets you compare across experiments\nIt lets you use locally or remotely as a remote API\nIt tracks images, etc.\nit connects with ML packages like xgbost to auto log.\nIt can even convert MLFlow data.\n\nIt’s incredible. Use it. It’s free.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "“All blogs are wrong, but some are useful.”\nMusings on tech, faith, gratitude, books I’m reading and anything else.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", + "crumbs": [ + "Blog" + ] }, { - "objectID": "tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.html", - "href": "tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.html", - "title": "LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard", - "section": "", - "text": "I just came across the Chatbot Arena, a place where you can put up a prompt and vote on which LLM has the best output. The leaderboard is here: LMSys Chatbot Arena Leaderboard - a Hugging Face Space by lmsys\n\nChatbot Arena\n\n\n\nPrompt\n\n\nAnd after you enter a prompt you can choose, but they don’t tell you the name until you vote.\n\n\n\nChoose\n\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\nAnd the output looks like this:\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\n\n\nFull page:\n\n\n\nLeaderboard\n\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "objectID": "index.html#recent-thoughts", + "href": "index.html#recent-thoughts", + "title": "Blog", + "section": "Recent Thoughts", + "text": "Recent Thoughts\nPosts on tech and spurious thoughts.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Advice for New Career People\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMicrosoft Copilot notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs need to call Functions\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhy you should log with Aimstack\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConfigurations for ML Pipelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Apr 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIbis DataFrames for Python, why I hate Pandas, and what I miss about dplyr\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn file formats: parquet vs csv\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Mar 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-03-18\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevin the AI coder\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-03-11\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\nSat Mar 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSetting up a New Mac\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify\n\n\nSpotify has an internal machine learning platform\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterviewing as an ML engineer\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Baby\n\n\n“…the kid is not my son”\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\nFri Mar 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nTue Feb 20, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Notes for 2024-02-18\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAir Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI\n\n\nBe careful what your AI bot says. We can’t yet contain today’s AI - how do we expect to contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\n\nSun Feb 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nReading\nSee more books and my reading list.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Coming Wave\n\n\n\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Apr 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Gentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmor Towles\n\n\nFri Apr 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrave New World\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAldous Huxley\n\n\nMon Apr 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdult Children of Emotional Immature Parents\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLindsay C. Gibson\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeal Your Nervous System\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinnea Passaler\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElon Musk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalter Isaacson\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Count of Monte Cristo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexandre Dumas\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOf Mice and Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Steinbeck\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Worry Cure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Leahy\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKahlil Gibran\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nEddie Jaku\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\nRob Hyndman\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\nChristianity\n\n\n\nC.S. Lewis\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBand of Brothers\n\n\nWWII\n\n\n\nStephen E. Ambrose\n\n\nSat Mar 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby\n\n\nThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published by Blackstone Audio, Inc., with ISBN 9781433241451.0. Read on 2024-01-08\n\n\n\nF. Scott Fitzgerald\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sun Also Rises\n\n\nMeanderings across France and Spain.\n\n\n\nErnest Hemingway\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nMajor Dick Winters\n\n\nThu Feb 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaring Greatly\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nBrené Brown\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team\n\n\nMotivates the reader to want to have an excellent, high performing team by addressing concerns\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Feb 19, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a Story Brand\n\n\nEye opening, simple, to the point on marketing.\n\n\n\nDonald Miller\n\n\nSat Feb 17, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Wager\n\n\nCrazy story in so many dimensions. Very well written.\n\n\n\nDavid Grann\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nGratitude\nSee more gratitude.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Apr 6, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Mentors\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Apr 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Wet Suits\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Apr 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Easter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 31, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Green Oasis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Bodyfulness\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Fairy Houses\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Better Health\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for CS Lewis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding\n\n\nIt’s the energizing feeling that keeps me going.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me\n\n\n_\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Mar 13, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for A sleeping baby\n\n\nThat I can\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for I’m grateful for logicians\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Sun on turf\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFri Mar 8, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for New Job\n\n\nIt’s a new way to see things\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Mar 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Long Naps\n\n\nThe best part is the part you never remember.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSun Mar 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Dune\n\n\nGreat writing deserves attention\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThu Feb 29, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for the Barber\n\n\nHis kindness was simple, but powerful\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWed Feb 28, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for my Laundry Machine\n\n\nx\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTue Feb 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Grateful for Choice\n\n\nIt’s a gift from God. It’s what enables happiness.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMon Feb 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nChristianity\nA Life worth following. 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Gibson\n\n\nSat Mar 30, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeal Your Nervous System\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinnea Passaler\n\n\nWed Mar 27, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElon Musk\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalter Isaacson\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Count of Monte Cristo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexandre Dumas\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOf Mice and Men\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Steinbeck\n\n\nFri Mar 22, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Worry Cure\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobert Leahy\n\n\nMon Mar 18, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Prophet\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKahlil Gibran\n\n\nSat Mar 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Happiest Man on Earth\n\n\n_\n\n\n\nEddie Jaku\n\n\nThu Mar 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nPatrick Lencioni\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLight GBM Documentation\n\n\nx\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting: Principles and Practice\n\n\nA book on time series modeling\n\n\n\nRob Hyndman\n\n\nMon Mar 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMere Christianity\n\n\nChristianity\n\n\n\nC.S. 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Very well written.\n\n\n\nDavid Grann\n\n\nWed Feb 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShift\n\n\nSilo series book 2\n\n\n\nx\n\n\nFri Feb 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items", + "crumbs": [ + "Blog" + ] }, { - "objectID": "tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.html", - "href": "tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.html", - "title": "Air Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI", - "section": "", - "text": "In recent news, Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot | Ars Technica.\n\n\n\nWe can’t even contain today’s AI. How will we contain tomorrow’s?\n\n\nPreviously, trollers were able to convince the chatbot to agree to selling them a car for $1. People buy brand-new Chevrolets for $1 from a ChatGPT chatbot. It’s possible some of these things may have actually been legally binding if someone wanted to sue for it.\nAnd don’t forget the lawywrs being sanctioned for not reviewing their AI: New York lawyers sanctioned for using fake ChatGPT cases in legal brief | Reuters.\nBe careful - AI is incredibly hard to control. Open tools exist to attempt impose guardrails, but they’re not perfect: Building Guardrails for Large Language Models.\nIf we can’t contain today’s AI, can we contain tomorrow’s? This isn’t to be an alarmist, but a pragmatist. Machine learning was used in a lot of wrong ways before it was able to be harnessed for good. The same will likely be true for AI.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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The other thought is: better learn now what these tools are and how to use them because you never know where you’re going to be able to take them. They’re like learning how to drive a car: if you can drive, you can go places.\nSo how does ImageFX compare?\n\nBattle Prompt\n\na battle of chatgpt vs Google Gemini photo generators. Psychedelic. Parasitic. Enlightened. Groovy. Ethereal. Down to earth.\n\nGoogle:\n\nAnd ChatGPT:\n\n\n\nChatGPt wins\n\n\nThis is but one test, and clearly chatGPT wins.\n\n\nFast Car Prompt\n\nImage: sports car driving along the highway. Scenic. Photographic. Realistic. Focused camera, low aperture. Beach off in the distance. Windy roads.\n\nGoogle:\n\n\n\nGemini\n\n\nChatGPT:\n\n\n\nSports Car\n\n\nInterestingly, ChatGPT added a camera and had the identical photo inside the camera’s viewport. I’m really not sure how LLMs are that capable, that’s some diffusion inside diffusion.\nBut winner goes to Gemini here! That nails the image best.\nAlso, Gemini has an editor that pops up that lets you swap out backgrounds or objects. Pretty neat!\n\n\n\nPhoto editor\n\n\n\n\nHuman\nLet’s see how they do on people.\n\nImage: a seven year old brother and nine year old sister. The boy has brown hair, spiked. The girl has long curly blond hair. They’re on a swing-set together. The boy is jumping off the swing while the girl is on the swing but getting ready to. A creek and a grassy hill in the background.\n\nGoogle:\n\n\n\nAgainst Google policies\n\n\nChatGPT:\n\n\n\nTwo kids Swinging\n\n\nChatGPT wins by TKO on this one. Gemini perhaps can’t generate images of kids? Not sure.\n\n\nFinal Battle: Picturesque Landscape\nNothing better than a sunset, right?\n\nSunset over the San Francisco Bay. Taken from the East, the Golden Gate Bridge is in visible. 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I looked at code I had written, it had my imports correctly and all - why wasn’t it running?\nThe file it was importing didn’t exist.\nI thought I created that. I swear I made it. My coworker remarked, “oh so you set up all the scafffolding but didn’t write the actual code?” I was in disbelief. maybe it was deleted by accident or stashed on another branch. But the git log shows all: the imported file never existed.\nIn Dune, Paul Atriedes has many visions and the author uses this feature to skip the book ahead three years. Paul wakes up one morning and doesn’t know what’s past or future. It’s all one in his mind.\nSo it is with software. It gets created in the mind near instantly. Coding is a burden, the journey of many failures and design choices to enable the simple vision of the mind.\nPerhaps Gen AI can help us dream software faster. I look forward to when my dreams are realities, and not the rude awakening I still have coding to do.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Scriptures\nPeople want to look at all sorts for guidance in their life:\n\nAnd when they shall say unto you: Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter—should not a people seek unto their God for the living to hear from the dead? 2 Nephi 18.19\n\nPeople want to know their future. They want a reading of the tea leaves. The want to know the stories of the ancients, and want to seek out the peeping wizards or whatever to find it. # Meaning\nAs a human, I’m capable of being sucked into the ways of distraction. But it’s God that would have us look to Him.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/pkl-for-configuration-management.html", - "href": "tech/pkl-for-configuration-management.html", - "title": "Pkl for Configuration Management", + "objectID": "tech/ab-testing-resources.html", + "href": "tech/ab-testing-resources.html", + "title": "A/B Testing Resources", "section": "", - "text": "Pkl is the new kid on the block.\nHave you ever built a config for a modeling pipeline? 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Introducing the Hendrix ML Platform: an Evolution of Spotify’s ML Infrastructure - InfoQ\n\nthe video in the link above starts at 20m to talk about Hendrix\nthey use Ray clusters and PyTorch to scale the backend, with Flyte to schedule their jobs\nthey build to enable notebook iteration and development\nThey have feature store, standardized model registry\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "tech/why-we-want-new-software.html", - "href": "tech/why-we-want-new-software.html", - "title": "The Psychology of New Software Releases and its Parallels with Fashion", + "objectID": "tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.html", + "href": "tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.html", + "title": "Replacing human work with AI", "section": "", - "text": "What is it about a new release that gets people excited? Would you buy software that never changes? How about a hammer?\nWhy are we okay with buying a hammer, but not stagnant software? Our culture is addicted to new widgets. A/B testing.\n\n\n\nShipping software like fashion, every season\n\n\nSoftware releases are free, but development is not. Therefore, research and development is constant, whereas the Hammer company hasn’t needed to update its product in a couple…millennia. That’s why they call it software. It’s not hard to make.\nIs there a way to sell software like you sell a hammer?\nNo. Because per Innovator’s Dilemma, those who can out-do you will. And software is easy to alter and improve. I’m not convinced all “updates” done in the software industry are actually improvements, but people like change. Ever see a fashion line repeat itself?\nSoftware is like fashion.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "In a recent MIT article, the author discusses how to know if you’re ready for AI adoption. It boils things down to a rather obvious four-step questioning process:\n\nHow much time would I save if I used AI?\nHow expensive is the task? (How expensive is the salary of the person doing the task.)\nHow capable is the AI of completing the task successfully?\nHow easy is it to determine if the output is good/correct?\n\nI say obvious because these are actually just questions you’d ask of any task worth doing by any person at your company. In every decision in running a business, there is an ROI question at play - what does this person cost me, what’s the return?\n\n\n\nIt’s not: “should I use AI?” It’s “how?”\n\n\n\nKnowing what you don’t know, and how to know you know it\nThe author lays out the hypothetical “I asked this ChatGPT to write something in Perl and it did it well on the second try!”\nConsider that. Do you know what Perl is? Would you know how to evaluate if the code is complete? How would you execute such code - do you know the programs to run?\nAI cannot solve these environmental, contextual problems yet. It can’t think through all the nuance. And, if you have an expensive salary, there’s a reason: you have a lot of experience. Experience to know what Perl is. Experience to recognize the code’s flaws and poor design patterns. This makes you all the more valuable with AI.\nOn the other hand, a highly creative, curious person could just ask AI “what programming languages are good for this task?” Like Neo in The Matrix when he “downloads kung-foo” into his brain, we all can get up to speed a lot faster.1\n\n\nHow do I adopt AI? (Not “should”)\nTo me, the question isn’t “do these four questions check the box”? Instead, I see AI as an always-on strategy with various ranges of usefulness:\n\nDo you care what the final product looks like?\n\nAre you okay with an 80% solution?\nIs this throwaway work?\nDo you plan to maintain this code as part of a 10,000 line code base?\nDo you just need ideas to get started?\n\nWhat are the risks in firing my experts?\n\nWho will catch the mistakes of the AI? What if it’s wrong?\nIn many aspects of your business the risk of being wrong might be a lot lower than you think.\n\nWhat can’t it do well?\n\nAssume AI is doing everything at your company - what would that look like?\nGive AI the benefit of the doubt first, then work backward from what it can’t do.\n\n\nI think that AI holds great power to aid our jobs in a lot of ways. It will replace a lot of jobs, just as there are far fewer farmers today than a hundred years ago. Those farmers are far more effective than ever before - we get more yield for less. It will replace part of your job - the stuff you know how to do but would rather have someone else do it.\nCoders will be highly automatable, especially those who think otherwise. Lawyers. Graphic designers. Marketers. This is a cycle as old as time: people and businesses who think they have a strong hold on the market (think: BlackBerry, Innovators Dilemma) are the ones who always get eclipsed. # Learn the new skillset\nHave everyone at your company use it today. It’s the new programming language. It’s the new way of authoring. And yes, prompt engineering (how you ask it questions) widely impacts its usefulness. Therefore, we all need to learn how to prompt engineer.\nThat is the new skillset: knowing what question to ask and how to pressure test its validity. In essence, the learning acceleration curve has skyrocketed, and one person can now actually be good at many things a lot faster. It’s the curious person who will win. It’s the visionary. The evaluator. The one who knows where they want to go, can discern if the steps they’re taking are taking them to their destination, and who have the ability to adapt and course correct when necessary.\nFor now, AI can hardly do things outside data it was trained on. In the future 10 years that may change. If so, we’ll all be on the edge of scientific discovery, pushing the bounds of creative work, and focusing on the nuance that will win/lose that legal case. AI will have a seat at the table. But so will we.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI’ve read stories of people without technical backgrounds building websites with GPT. On the surface this is cool. Now do they care to keep doing that? Is that their personality? Are they going to get bored? This is the differentiator. And the people who stick with GPT to build a website and remain curious are the ones who will get ahead. Those who give up won’t.↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts.html", - "href": "posts.html", - "title": "Posts", + "objectID": "tech/how-i-learn.html", + "href": "tech/how-i-learn.html", + "title": "How I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game", "section": "", - "text": "“I write what I learn. I learn by what I write”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n Order By\n Default\n \n Date - Oldest\n \n \n Date - Newest\n \n \n Title\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\ntips and tricks\n\n\nto my future self\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday April 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBook Summaries\n\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\nlists\n\n\n\nThings I want to remember and review\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday March 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Costly Mistake\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nA kind word goes a long way\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday March 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImplementing Culture\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninterviewing\n\n\nculture\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\n\nA small boat with a large rudder will get there faster than a large boat with a small rudder.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday March 2, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNothing to Lose\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmemories\n\n\n\nPerspective is everything.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday March 1, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrajectory and Mindset\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ncareer advice\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhy do people say “don’t be complacent” in your career?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday February 14, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeam Misfits\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\n“Everybody is a genius. 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Focus on breadth at first and creating content for your resume (tips included on that too!)\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 26, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmy principles\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nSeek not to be right. Seek to understand.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 25, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting Only Makes Sense to the Author\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\nart\n\n\n\nThe rest of us are left guessing. But the more the author puts themself in the shoes of the audience, the less guesswork needs to happen.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 23, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Problem with Public Opinions\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\nsocial media\n\n\n\nEveryone has one, and they all stink…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 16, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou can plan your life in 5 minutes\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npurpose of life\n\n\n\nYou know what’s good for you.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJunk attracts Junk\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nlaws of human nature\n\n\nobservations\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe law of junk\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 12, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiden’s debt relief won’t relieve what he thinks it will\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npolitics\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\nAsking a tradesperson to pay for someone else’s education isn’t right\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 11, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCool Quarto Site\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntech\n\n\ncoding\n\n\n\nDifferent things you can do pretty easily with quarto.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe six hour sandwich\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nsales\n\n\nlife musings\n\n\npeople I meet\n\n\n\nHow to sell a breakfast sandwich\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 10, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s your decision framework?\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ninsights from books\n\n\ninvesting\n\n\nmemories\n\n\npersonal stories\n\n\nemotional intelligence\n\n\n\nFacts? Gut? Blend? Do you track your emotional decisioning performance?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganization and Minimalism\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nminimalism\n\n\norganization\n\n\nsoftware\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nWhen in doubt, “Afuera” it out!\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday January 9, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming an expert is kind of a fallacy\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\npersonal development\n\n\ngrowth\n\n\ngrit\n\n\nlife lessons\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nDoesn’t matter how many hours you work at something. What matters is if you figure out the lightbulb. Could have been the first by luck, no?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday January 7, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark Cuban Mogul Support\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nentrepreneurship\n\n\nYouTube clip\n\n\n\nAMA from Twitter\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday January 5, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite a thousand songs\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\ncreativity\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nTake the pressure off and write a little.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen Leaders Lose their People\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\n\nHave I lost you too?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Multiverse of Careers\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\ndeathbed meditation\n\n\ncareer\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nWhich path you choose isn’t as important as the companions to journey with\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n30 Seconds is All You Get\n\n\n\nmusic\n\n\neconomics\n\n\nincentives\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nApple set the limit to 30s. That impacted music forever.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday January 4, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy Tombstone\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nmortality\n\n\nwork\n\n\nwork life balance\n\n\nperspective\n\n\nmeditation\n\n\npriorities\n\n\n\nWhat will your tombstone actually read? What do you want it to read.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYour Mood is Contagious\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nparenting\n\n\nemotional resilience\n\n\ngrit\n\n\n\nIt may take twice the effort to overcome negative vibes.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday January 3, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmotional Recovery\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\n\nEveryone recovers differently.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 30, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWater as a Currency?\n\n\n\nposts\n\n\nwater\n\n\neconomics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 30, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Obsidian and Quarto\n\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\nquarto\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nMy framework and flow for blogging from my phone using Obsidian and Quarto.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 29, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nQuarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\n\n\n\nquarto\n\n\nobsidian\n\n\npkm\n\n\nbuild in public\n\n\ntool\n\n\ntool comparison\n\n\n\nWhy I use quarto to manage my knowledge database.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 29, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n97 percent chance you’ll fail\n\n\n\nsuccess\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\n\nThe odds of constant success are against you every 5 decisions. So there’s gotta be another way to define success.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDecisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nChoose wisely, and enjoy the ride.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlipping the coins of life\n\n\n\nphilosophy\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nAre you right just because you got heads?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeaving my Startup was the Right Decision\n\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\nstorytelling\n\n\nhindsight\n\n\n\nBut not because of the outcome.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 28, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\ntutorial\n\n\n\nWorking copy is $20, obsidian is free (and optional). I’ll show you how to set this up (iPhone only I think?)\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThings I’d like in a blog\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nquarto\n\n\n\nWhat quarto is great at and what I’d like out of it.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWrite despite AI\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nhumanity\n\n\n\nI’m fully aware an AI is listening and all that I write just trains it. Perhaps this is a perversion of my work (if I made money off it). Why write if everything I write…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting is truly enlivening\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\nWrite in public. Write daily. Write about nothing.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 26, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans\n\n\n\nai\n\n\ntech\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\n\nFrom walking to labyrinth, the future looks bright for these machines. The key is the objective functions, time, and training data.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday December 25, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwas the Night before Christmas\n\n\n\nchristmas\n\n\nask gpt\n\n\n\nThe origin of the story, and a link to the 1912 publication.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday December 24, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGitHub copilot levels up\n\n\n\nai\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nWhat will it do next?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 21, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Allegory of the Dodo\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\nkids books\n\n\n\nWhen in having solved a problem we inadvertently create problems for ourselves\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 21, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Little Red Hen\n\n\n\nbook review\n\n\nstartups\n\n\n\nPeople love to enjoy the fruits, but who will bake the bread?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 20, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to encourage your kids\n\n\n\nparenting\n\n\n\nUnexpected advice on how to be a great parent when fostering talent\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 19, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is humanity\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nHumanity seeks to resolve problems. What happens when they’re too easily solved?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 16, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLLMs can find a needle in the haystack\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nGPT outperforms Claude.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 15, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrompt techniques\n\n\n\nai\n\n\n\nOpen AI strategies\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 15, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn by doing\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ntech\n\n\n\nYou don’t need a PhD. Or a masters. You just need to hustle\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 13, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFuture of Coding\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nAs our jobs are automatable, we need to discover what’s not\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 12, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow do you want to be remembered?\n\n\n\nleadership\n\n\nservice\n\n\n\nIt’s a question as old as time, but misses the mark and is distracting from the more important question.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday December 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuilding a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nr\n\n\nshiny\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\nchatgpt\n\n\n\nChatGPT can create amazing boilerplate code and can point you in the right direction, but it cannot debug data problems easily (yet). It can read in data from the internet…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday December 15, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModels as a Service and the Future of Data Science\n\n\n\ntech\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nbusiness\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nData Scientists shouldn’t be scared their jobs will disappear. They should be excited that they’ll be joining companies that automate what they’re currently doing and offer…\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 6, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nResume Substance over Style\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nThe content of your resume is more important than the design.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday November 18, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWriting a Tech Resume\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\n\nHow to write a resume to get into a FAANG company.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday November 18, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is a model?\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nPutting the mysterious in context.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday November 12, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDe-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nprinciples\n\n\n\nHow can data scientists bring their technical knowledge to a non-technical audience? Here are my lessons learned from seven years in the data trenches.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday July 20, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen data collection goes too far\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfuturism\n\n\ntech\n\n\nsurveillance\n\n\n\nIt’s important for us to track certain things about ourselves. But this is clearly not exactly healthy IMO.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday July 3, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIncrease Focus through Writing Down Everything\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nmusings\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nTo be more present, get it all down and into a system.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 28, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPomodoro Principles\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nticktick\n\n\n\nThe art of focus through 25min work blocks.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 28, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow I use TickTick\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nAn overview of how I apply the principles of “Getting Things Done”, or GTD.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday June 25, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew ideas are distractingly exciting\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\npriorities\n\n\nideation\n\n\n\nBe careful of recency bias with your ideas.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday June 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat is the best todo list manager?\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\napp review\n\n\n\nI’ve reviewed 20+ apps. I think I’m done reviewing them.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday June 23, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownstream Impact\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nexperimentation\n\n\n\nWhen you do an online experiment, you’re changing the future forever.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday June 22, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProducts for dads\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nfatherhood\n\n\n\nWhat products am I still using 5 years later?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 21, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Power of Party Pay by Visible\n\n\n\nstartups\n\n\nstrategy\n\n\n\nVisible wireless, owned by Verizon, offers users $25 off per month if they join a meaningless party. What’s the effect?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday June 21, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\n\nI’m trying out quarto and I like it.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday June 20, 2022\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Author’s Angle Matters\n\n\n\ncommunication\n\n\nwriting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday July 17, 2021\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProductivity notes\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nRunning list of productivity ideas.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday December 19, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to mock the value of an ML solution\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ninnovation\n\n\n\nSell your solution before training your model.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nWednesday December 16, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nData Beats Opinions\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\ndecisions\n\n\n\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 15, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGet rid of the todo list. Calendar everything.\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\n\nIf you’re not willing to block time for it, does it event matter?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nTuesday December 15, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSemantic Versioning for Data Science Models\n\n\n\ndata science\n\n\nmachine learning\n\n\n\nMeaningful versioning for data science models and machine learning pipelines.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nMonday July 2, 2018\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 2\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\nr\n\n\nregression\n\n\nanalysis\n\n\npricing\n\n\nbuying things\n\n\n\nHow I analyze used car data to find under-valued cars, and why none of my analysis matters.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSunday February 19, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBuying a used car the data science way: Part 1\n\n\n\nwebscraping\n\n\ncars\n\n\npricing\n\n\nr\n\n\n\nHow I scrape used car data.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nSaturday February 18, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe DataViz battle: Plotly vs ggplot2\n\n\n\ndataviz\n\n\nr\n\n\nggplot\n\n\nplotly\n\n\n\nWhat can you do with plotly vs. ggplot2 and how do they compare on a simple chart?\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting, Bryan Whiting\n\n\nFriday February 10, 2017\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting with Jekyll\n\n\n\nproductivity\n\n\nblogging\n\n\njekyll\n\n\n\nHello world.\n\n\n\nBryan Whiting\n\n\nThursday November 17, 2016\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo matching items\n\n\n \n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:", - "crumbs": [ - "Writing", - "Posts" - ] + "text": "I’ve been overdosing slightly on learning lately.\nEver since I got off social media, I got into writing (A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media), and listening to audio books.\nPodcasts are fine, but they’re about as quality as top-of-mind thinking. Books are usually far more instructive because each sentence is reviewed at least a few times if not a hundred times during the editing process.\nI noticed that once I started binging books instead of posts, my happiness and satisfaction increased.\nHere’s a strategy I’m using for learning.\n\nGet Audible and Spotify subscriptions. It has books that aren’t available on Libby (which I also use).\nStock up on free books using Libby. Hold times vary, but can be a few weeks or months for popular titles. Note: you can supply multiple library accounts.\nFor short books not on Libby, check Audible free catalog. If it’s not in the Audible free catalog, check Spotify Premium listening, which is 15 hours per month. If you listen to short books on Spotify, you can get 2-3 books in 15 hours. (It’s 15 book hours, not listening hours.) Also, if your phone is locked, you can go beyond the 15 hours (don’t report this…). But once you re open the app the 15 hour limit will halt you. 2-3 books would otherwise be $20-45 dollars depending on the cost of the audio book. $12 for Spotify premium is a deal.\nUse Audible credits for books you can’t find on Libby or Spotify. Remember, Audible is $15 per month. So don’t waste it on a $4 book. Buy the expensive books or >15 hour books with the credits.\nWith all the cash savings, and if you still have time, now you can buy the remaining books you want on either Audible and Spotify.\n\nMost books are on Libby. Domain specific books and cutting edge releases books are on Audible. Lots of great in between books on Spotify Premium.\nI don’t know why but after 50 books you get a sense for what books are going to be available where.\nLastly, on Chrome I use the SwiftRead extension for speed reading and on iOS the Outread app.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "uv: Python packaging in Rust\n\nreplaces pip\nDoes what poetry does\n\nSad that Python developers think Python can’t even maintain itself…it has to be written in Rust.\n\n\nAnnouncing uv: an extremely fast Python package installer and resolver, written in Rust.uv is designed as a drop-in alternative to pip, pip-tools, and virtualenv.With a warm cache, uv installs are near-instant. Here, it's > 75x faster than pip and pip-tools. pic.twitter.com/wrvaudUn6i\n\n— Charlie Marsh (@charliermarsh) February 15, 2024\n\n\n\n\n\nUV\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "goals/2024-03-16.html", - "href": "goals/2024-03-16.html", - "title": "2024-03-16", + "objectID": "tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.html", + "href": "tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.html", + "title": "A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I’m off Social Media", "section": "", - "text": "Saturday, March 16th, 2024 ⏪ Fr 3/15 | Let God Prevail | Su 3/17 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Tim Ferris describes why he doesn’t have social media on his phone:\n\nI recently deleted social media from my phone 14 days ago. I had been using Instagram until April when I quit and migrated to Twitter the rest of the year. I recently realized within days how much better I felt without social media. Happier. Legitimately happier.\nAnd why? What did I get out of it? I wasn’t growing closer to friends. That’s what texting and calling and spending time in person does. But I’d argue even texting doesn’t really strengthen a relationship because it’s so hard to properly interpret emotions and cues via text: you interpret them how you read those texts. You interpret it according to your emotional state, not the sender’s.\nPhone provides vocal emotional cues. Body language another set of emotional cues. I can get probably 70% of this out from FaceTime or Zoom. But being in person is what we’re meant for.\nThis is why we strengthen relationships locally, and fail to continue ones from high school or our previous job.\nSo what was I doing on social media? Watching clips of either strangers I don’t care about or college associates I friended (once lived locally with) that I no longer talk to.\nSo what’s the knife you’re bringing to the gun fight? When at YouTube I heard the CEO praise a team for increasing “seconds watched” by 15% by reducing the lag of the swipes between YouTube shorts (TikTok clone). The lag reduction was in the milliseconds. Meaning: they made the slot machine more addictive.\nYour attention is being bought and manipulated by the shareholders of these companies.\n\n\n\nYes, they’re targeting specifically you. You don’t stand a chance. And you have a pocket knife, and you’re 50 feet away. Who’s gonna win?\n\n\nThey A/B test everything. This isn’t morally wrong. It’s actually quite human: we all A/B test everything every day. A joke here. A smile there. We put out feelers and see if we get a reaction. Don’t believe me? Ask my kid why he keeps throwing things in the toilet!\nBillions of dollars and the brightest minds on earth are working at FAANG. Why? They need to provide for their families and academics doesn’t pay. Non-profits don’t pay. This isn’t immoral, it just is. There are very good people working there: honest, moral people. Some of the best I’ve seen in the industry. But when you get paid to maximize swipes, you maximize swipes. It’s just human nature. And some of them buy into the odd notions of “snackable content”, as if swiping for 30 minutes while on the toilet is what anyone wakes up excited to do. Keep on snacking…\nSocial media and Netflix provide a ton of value to the world in my opinion. I can use them to call anyone I want, raise money for a cause, or get likes on a cute pic of my cat (I don’t have a cat). I do see the value.\nBut the costs for me have outweighed the value.\nI do miss laughing about some random Reel. There’s nothing that can get you laughing faster than a 10 second clip paired with the right cuts and music and everything. The right meme just nails it in a way nothing else can. I miss seeing memes from my friends. 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We believe this marks a new chapter in the time series field, and we are extremely happy to see entities like Google (TimesFM), ServiceNow (LagLlama), Amazon (Chronos), Salesforce (Moirai), and CMU (Moment) following in our footsteps and contributing to this idea of pre-trained models for time series.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Came across this article today: Robin’s blog – Friends don’t let friends export to CSV\nThis has largely been my experience too: go with the file format that’s fast reading in and out.\nIt’s rare a data scientist with open a file on their computer rather than just pd.read_*() it in.\nIn my last job, we were using jsonl files for no other reason than it how one person liked to use command line tools to analyze it.\nBut if you’re using command line tools to inspect a data file, and not just a Python repl, you’ve already gone down the wrong direction IMO. But what if you’re on a remote server and don’t have pandas installed? Yea, that’s not something you should plan for. 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It only takes this happening once for you to really second guess purchasing a startup tool that is mission critical, deeply integrated, or would take a long time to replace.\n\nAlso:\n\n\n\nCarta showing shutdowns\n\n\nThis chart is misleading for a few reasons:\n\nWhat’s the denominator?\nWhat’s the denominator…\nDenomi…\n\nAs Carta grows, their user base grows, their churn rate grows.\nI’m also concerned for Carta’s investors. If they’ve got this many churning users, I’d really like to know the denominator.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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As it results, chatbots offering used cars for $1, refund policies you don’t want to stand behind and having the system generate fake legal briefs (Air Canada’s failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI).\nI see this with experienced executives saying “I want to just infuse my product with AI.” For example, “I’ve got 100 PDFs and a wealth of knowledge that I want to integrate into my app”.\nImagine you’re an unknown artist. What’s more likely for success: pain something you want, or paint something by commission?\n\n\n\nHow much time will it take to build an AI apple picker vs just hiring someone?\n\n\nSoftware fails when software developers build something because it sounds like a good idea. Essentially, they build a solution looking for a problem. Or they believe “if I build this my customers will love it.”\nThe same goes for AI. We’re at a new wave where anything is possible. Perhaps you’re so entrenched in a problem you intuitively know the solution, build something, and your customers (or coworkers) love what you’ve made.\nFar more likely is you end up believing AI isn’t working.\nHere are the five questions you should ask before adopting AI:\n\nWhats the job my customer will hire my AI to do? (Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”)\nWhy will they hire my AI?\nHow much is not having my AI costing them?\nIf my AI didn’t exists, whats the stupidest way my customers could get an 80% solution?\nIf my AI does exist in all its glory, why will it fail miserably to do the job its hired to do?\n\nToo many dive straight to a solution.\nYes, AI is and will revolutionize jobs. The first ones it’ll revolutionize are the obvious ones: the boring or time intensive tasks that you’re already doing. For Hollywood, AI will replace the laborious task of generating storyboards and such (Unreal AI: Meet Sora). They’re not trying to solve world hunger (first) at open AI. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/the-prophet.html", - "href": "book-review/the-prophet.html", - "title": "The Prophet", + "objectID": "goals/2024-01-16.html", + "href": "goals/2024-01-16.html", + "title": "2024-01-16", "section": "", - "text": "2024-03-22\n\nthe city who studies and lives the scriptures. Only has one hand and one eye.\n\nInteresting Why I Wrote ‘Jesus the Son of Man’: A Little-Known Interview with Gibran - Kahlil Gibran Collective Inc.\n2024-03-16\n\nthe weathervane: told the wind to stop bothering it. You’re messing me up.\n\nThe whole point of the weathervane is to give direction to the wind.\nDo I question the thing that gives me employment? Gives me work?\n\nThe four poets: sometimes we all love to talk about something but don’t actually enjoy it\nThe four frogs: one of us wants to be right. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 ⏪ Tu 2/27 | Let God Prevail | Th 2/29 ⏩\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "book-review/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.html", - "href": "book-review/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.html", - "title": "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy", + "objectID": "goals/2024-02-12.html", + "href": "goals/2024-02-12.html", + "title": "2024-02-12", "section": "", - "text": "The book of infinite possibilities\n\n\nThis is a classic. First time reading it and I love it.\nWhat I love about the storytelling:\n\nDeclare something as unavoidably true, even if ridiculous, and build all content off of it.\n\n\nNobody cares that the infinity probability drive is absurdly improbable. But once the reader just accepts this as fact the rest of the story make sense.\n\n\nget into the mind of the reader\n\n\nsperm whale? I love when he’s detailing the whales first and last thoughts. Just so random, but hilarious.\n\n\nbe spontaneous, but connected.\n\n\nI recently watched the second season of Loki and couldn’t stand it. It was all over the place. Random here, random there. But this is great because the spontaneity flows within the confines of the story.\n\n\nlogic, with social proof, can invert the mind\n\n\nArthur dent is flabbergasted by mice being the most intelligent species. Well the logic is sound: they were just fooling us and running experiments on us the whole time so we wouldn’t think anything of it. 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Adrift.\nSociety gawking at the savage like we gawk at social media.\nThe whole thing just captures human behavior so brilliantly.\n\n2024-04-01\n\nstarted it\n\n\n\n\nBrave new world\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Vibe:\n\ncoool ending. The blind guy sees out of his kids eyes.\nRefuses Chaney reincarnation.\nDuncan Idaho returns.\nTwins: Star Wars copies. And padme. And all that.\nMore political than the first. Focusing on the torment of a leader who has it all. What must it be like to have everything? The thought experiment is worth the read.\nPeople try to kill him. Want his blood. His children. But he can’t have his wife, and sacrifices her and himself for the Dunes. 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So he felt he had to do that.\nLennie in his happy place.\n\n2024-03-22\nLenny Small → - kicked in the head by a horse? Lie. - Cousin? Lie. George Milton\nCurly. Old man’s the boss. Glove on the left hand.\nCurley’s wife.\nSwamper. Gossiper.\n\n\n\nOf mice and men\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Great read.\n\n\nMovie reactions to a friend:\n\nthe ending of the bad guys is anti-climactic, but I read the books and it’s pretty similar. Rabban doesn’t really even die. Feyd Rautha dies how he does in the book. The death of the Baron is far more interesting in the book, which I won’t spoil but it’s a whole subplot they couldn’t fit in\n\n\nThe symbolism is more that they all scoffed and scorned a 15 year old boy as not being worth anything. The theme of the baron being over confident that there aren’t fremen, that by leaving Paul in the desert he’d die with his mom, etc. they all felt untouchable. Then they all die unceremoniously and their power is just stripped away in a moment. Symbolic of Paul’s rise as a messiah and how these big leaders have very little keeping them from being humanized and debased.\n\n\nFrank Herbert’s theme when he speaks about the book is that “beware of leaders. Don’t trust any of them. Don’t worship them - they’re just humans”. And I think the unceremonious death kind of enshrines that. The baron who was rising over the Duke, dies face down in the dirt. Feyd Rautha who killed an Atreides in the coliseum dies in front of none of his people, etc.\n\n\nIt’s anti climactic but I think it speaks a lot to the theme of how majesty is kind of a thin veil.\n\n\n\n\nDune\n\n\n\nshield your son too much and he’ll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny\ndeprogram after the machines. Let the machines do too much thinking.\nhumans must never submit to animals\n“how did the woman seal my tongue?” Paul can’t tell his father he’s going to die. Why? Sometimes our tongues are bound to speak that which can’t be changed\n“the mind commands the body and it obeys. It commands itself and it rebels”\n\nConnections: - Alan Pinkerton killers “secrets break the character of the criminal till they give it out”. Dr Yueh cries when his scripture is given out.\nNotes: - if I made him do it it wouldn’t be his doing. - storytelling: why tell us 100% of everything up front? The movie hides the secrets about Yueh. - storytelling: the hindsight narrator\nWhen God has appointed a man to die, he guides his wants to desire that place\n\nyou’re remembered for what you fear\nFocusing too much on sight dulls the other senses\nWe became weak on caladan\nWhy beat yourself up after an emotional experience? What does it take to relevel yiur head.\n“Their minds rejected what they could not comprehend or encompass”\nTaking and giving force. a man loves the taking force, but he can’t get into the giving force without being changed.\nPower changed Muaddib to not care about lost people. Why is that?\n\nStorytelling - How he explains their thoughts after subtle observations. He explains things through humanity, not through narration alone. This makes those points more salient. 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The whole nervous aystem responds to issues.\nThe Worry Cure: anxious mind causes anxious feelings and vice versa. Same with nervous system. Chicken and egg.\nResiliency of a fern.\nNature is healing. Connect with it. Connect with self.\nMusic and creative expression for 45 min a week. Healing.\nphysiologic sigh. Two in, one long out mouth. Practice.\nHealing takes practice. It’s not fast. The quick fix mindset is the problem. Need to approach it as a whole body solution that takes time.\nRewire the embedded alarms via cognitive processing therapy. One at a time. Practice small. Get into a good state first, then practice. Over time the stimulation will reduce and you’ll have new pathways.\nImagine the perfect childhood. Perfect boss. Perfect situation. How would someone treat you in that situation? Connect with this. Become it. Self compassion.\n\n2024-03-29\nBoundaries - Don’t explain or defend them. Don’t share them. - Set boundaries. If you’re going to talk for 5 min then only talk for 5 min. - Parenting techniques - Placating parent. - Conflict avoiding parent.\nThree streps for challenges\n\nanalyze current circumstances. 95% focus on problem. Perceptions vs interpretations of perceptions. Accuracy of interpretation\nexpand list of coping strategies. Brainstorm a list of coping strategies.\n\nTypes of coping strategies\n\nSeeking social support\nProblem solving\nAvoidanve\npositive thinking\n\nNo bad coping strategies. Just less helpful\n\n\nBook: attachment disturbances in adults.\nFive core needs of attachment(like a house) 1. foundation. Safety and protection. 2. Walls. Attunement. Attune to the feelings. Identify the feelings, provide safety for them. Create a supporting environment, attune to their needs. 3. Roof: sooltjing and comfort. Shelter and security. Reassurance and support. Touch. 4. Windows: expressed delight. Regularly express it. 5. Garden: support self development. Aim for good enough. Support them in new ways.\nSecure attachment Dismissive attachment - Solves problems by avoidance or workaholic Preoccupied attachment - abandonemwnt, extra reassurance - Expressed delight was missing - Seek approval or reassurance. - Highly sensitive to rejection - Overshare personal details - Anxiety Disorganized or fearful attachment.\nImagine having your attachment needs met. IPF therapy. IPF protocol. Don’t just think about. Imagine. Feel everything of having met. - Deep breaths - Identify what you need: feeling supported. - Reflect - Imagine ideal parenting. - Create image of what ideal parent figures would look like. - Imagine those ideal parents interacting with your. Imagine them interacting with you in a nice scene. - Visualize and journal about ideal parent figures.\nTrack or be aware of your heart rate. 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But the man grows increasingly mad.\nguilt follows the commission, before then the guilt is only in the hesrt. After it consumes.\n\nThe Cask of Amontillado:\n\nwatch your pride. Don’t let it trick you into walking into catacombs\n\nThe Masque of the Red Death:\n\nfruitless to avoid it\nallegory of phases of life\nPrince Prospero tries to fight death, but dies in the process\n\nThe Raven\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "2024-03-09\nInteresting stories:\n\nnoticing the new tree\nWebster’s commentaries\nThe personalities\nThe mental fortitude and collapse\nHow 101 went to the fight while other people retreated.\n\n2024-03-06\n\nthe book is a review of battles in incredible detail. Lots of details on maneuvers. But also shows the desperation. 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Desire for purpose can only be satisfied by Him.\nWe become like him as a line becomes a shape and a shape becomes a polyhedron.\nThe instrument needs to be clean. A man who keeps himself clean and bright will be able to receive God. Same frequency.\nChristianity provides the true purpose for life.\nThree dimensions: Godnspeaks to me, god is within me, and Christ is of God praying for me, giving me the words to pray for\n\nThe Prophet → you can only pray the words given to you (god only listens to the words he gives to you )\n\n\n2024-03-10\n\nGood people know about good and evil, the way a sober person clearly understands a drunk.\nGiving charitably. Give more than you can, sacrificing some things for it.\nI love the theology he thinks through, such as repentance and such. But he also delves specifically into doctrines like saying whether sexual perversion is worse or better than being a nice person to someone else. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "sitemap.html", - "href": "sitemap.html", - "title": "Sitemap (All Posts)", + "objectID": "book-review/steve-jobs-biography.html", + "href": "book-review/steve-jobs-biography.html", + "title": "Steve Jobs (Biography)", "section": "", - "text": "<li>2024-04-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-peak-of-a-hike.md\">I'm Grateful for The Peak of a Hike</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-04-10.md\">2024-04-10</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-09 <a href=\"/quotes/body-language-in-public-speaking.md\">Body Language in Public Speaking</a> [quotes,communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-04-09.md\">2024-04-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-08 <a href=\"/book-review/the-coming-wave.md\">The Coming Wave</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/warm-naps-on-the-couch.md\">I'm Grateful for Warm naps on the couch</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/customer-service-agents.md\">I'm Grateful for Customer Service Agents</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/tech/microsoft-copilot-notes.md\">Microsoft Copilot notes</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/book-review/a-gentleman-in-moscow.md\">A Gentleman in Moscow</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/christianity/jacob-1-viewing-christ.md\">Jacob 1 - Viewing Christ</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-1.8.md\">Jacob 1.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/mentors.md\">I'm Grateful for Mentors</a> [gratitude,relationships]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/quotes/how-ebay-empowers-their-developers-with-ai.md\">How eBay empowers their developers with AI</a> [quotes,news,reactions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-04 <a href=\"/news/llms-need-to-call-functions.md\">LLMs need to call Functions</a> [news,ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/wet-suit.md\">I'm Grateful for Wet Suits</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/christianity/Jacob-2-give-freely.md\">Jacob 2 - Give Freely</a> [christianity,charity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/posts/how-to-sign-in-with-icloud-calendar-on-outlook-for-ios.md\">How to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS</a> [posts,tutorial,tips and tricks,to my future self]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/quotes/discounting-positives.md\">Discounting positives</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/acts-20.35.md\">Acts 20.35</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-2.17.md\">Jacob 2.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/tech/why-you-should-log-with-aimstack.md\">Why you should log with Aimstack</a> [tech,logging,machine learning,data pipeline,ml pipeline,data science,monitoring,ml-tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/quotes/how-to-argue.md\">How to argue</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-02 <a href=\"/tech/configurations-for-ml-pipelines.md\">Configurations for ML Pipelines</a> [tech,configuration,software engineering,ml pipeline,ml-tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-04-01 <a href=\"/book-review/brave-new-world.md\">Brave New World</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/easter.md\">I'm Grateful for Easter</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/quotes/i-wont-get-it-right-but-i-will-get-right-getting-it-right.md\">I won't get it right. But I will get right getting it right.</a> [quotes,affirmations,my principles,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/tech/ibis-dataframes-for-python-vs-pandas.md\">Ibis DataFrames for Python, why I hate Pandas, and what I miss about dplyr</a> [tech,python,data science,data manipulation,pandas,ibis,data engineering,analytics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/wearing-a-tie-reminds-me-of-the-noose-around-his-neck.md\">Wearing a Tie Reminds me of the Noose Around His Neck</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/christianity/easter-the-most-important-holiday.md\">Easter, the most important holiday</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/the-purifying-power-of-gethsemane.md\">The Purifying Power of Gethsemane</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-30 <a href=\"/gratitude/green-oasis.md\">I'm Grateful for Green Oasis</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-30 <a href=\"/quotes/so-what-happens-after-you-finally-become-a-millionaire.md\">So what happens after you finally become a millionaire?</a> [quotes,how will I measure my life]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-30 <a href=\"/book-review/adult-children-of-emotional-immature-parents.md\">Adult Children of Emotional Immature Parents</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-30 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-30.md\">2024-03-30</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-29 <a href=\"/quotes/i-walked-into-my-fathers-office-for-the-first-time.md\">I walked into my father's office for the first time</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-28 <a href=\"/gratitude/bodyfulness.md\">I'm Grateful for Bodyfulness</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-28 <a href=\"/quotes/i-wasnt-much-of-a-founder-until-i-found-her.md\">I wasn't much of a founder until I found her.</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-27 <a href=\"/christianity/easter-seek-miracles.md\">Easter Study: Seek Miracles</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/fairy-houses.md\">I'm Grateful for Fairy Houses</a> [gratitude,parenting,family bonding]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-27 <a href=\"/book-review/heal-your-nervous-system.md\">Heal Your Nervous System</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-27 <a href=\"/quotes/two-types-of-smart-people.md\">Two types of smart people</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-the-power-of-spiritual-momentum.md\">\"The Power of Spiritual Momentum\", Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-26 <a href=\"/tech/on-file-formats-parquet-vs-csv.md\">On file formats: parquet vs csv</a> [tech,reactions,news,data science,data engineering]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-26 <a href=\"/tech/chronos-time-series-foundation-model-by-amazon.md\">Chronos: Time Series Foundation Model by Amazon</a> [tech,foundation models,time series,ml-tools,data science,machine learning]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/ever-shifting-tides.md\">I'm Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides</a> [gratitude,tech,big tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-31-.md\">2 Nephi 31 -</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/quotes/relationships-are-about-knowing-when-to-make-the-big-things-little-and-the-little-things-big.md\">Relationships are about knowing when to make the big things little, and the little things big.</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/better-health.md\">I'm Grateful for Better Health</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-31.20.md\">2 Nephi 31.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/elon-musk.md\">Elon Musk</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/the-count-of-monte-cristo.md\">The Count of Monte Cristo</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-22 <a href=\"/book-review/of-mice-and-men.md\">Of Mice and Men</a> [book-review,fiction,classics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-21 <a href=\"/quotes/bad-teams-bad-leaders.md\">Bad teams bad leaders</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/cs-lewis.md\">I'm Grateful for CS Lewis</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/book-review/the-worry-cure.md\">The Worry Cure</a> [book-review,therapy,psychology,mindfulness,self-help]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/news/2024-03-18-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-03-18</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-18 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-31-plain.md\">2 Nephi 31.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-17 <a href=\"/creative/prayer-of-perspective.md\">Prayer of Perspective</a> [creative,mindfulness,christianity,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-17 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/infinite-suffering-of-everyone.md\">Infinite Suffering of Everyone</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-feeling-of-skimboarding.md\">I'm Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/quotes/jim-fan-on-apples-mm1-multimodal-llm-paper.md\">Jim Fan on Apples MM1 Multimodal LLM paper</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26-30-apostasy.md\">2024-03-17 Come Follow Me CTR 7 - 2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/book-review/the-prophet.md\">The Prophet</a> [book-review,poetry,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-16.md\">2024-03-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.23.md\">2 Nephi 27.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-15.md\">2024-03-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-27-the-purpose-of-the-book-of-mormon.md\">2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/freedom-of-religion.md\">I'm Grateful for Freedom of Religion</a> [gratitude,family history,pioneers]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/tech/how-i-learn.md\">How I Learn and How to Hack the Audio Book and Speed Reading Game</a> [tech,life hacks]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/book-review/the-happiest-man-on-earth.md\">The Happiest Man on Earth</a> [book-review,ww2,philosophy,biography]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/quotes/why-data-science-takes-so-long.md\">Why data science takes so long</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.11.md\">2 Nephi 27.11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.20.md\">2 Nephi 27.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.26.md\">2 Nephi 27.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.3.md\">2 Nephi 27.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-27.7.md\">2 Nephi 27.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/kids-jumping-on-me.md\">I'm Grateful for Kids jumping on me</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26-pride.md\">2 Nephi 26 - pride</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/quotes/theres-something-really-boring-about-data-science.md\">There's something really boring about data science</a> [quotes,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/tech/devin-the-ai-coder.md\">Devin the AI coder</a> [tech,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-13 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-26.20.md\">2 Nephi 26.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-26.md\">2 Nephi 26</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/a-sleeping-baby.md\">I'm Grateful for A sleeping baby</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/the-6-types-of-working-genius.md\">The 6 Types of Working Genius</a> [book-review,productivity,personality,culture,team building,teamwork]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/news/2024-03-11-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-03-11</a> [news,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/light-gbm-documentation.md\">Light GBM Documentation</a> [book-review,upskilling,tech,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/book-review/forecasting-principles-and-practice.md\">Forecasting: Principles and Practice</a> [book-review,data science,tech,upskilling,time series,A/B testing,machine learning]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-26.9.md\">2 Nephi 26.9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/im-grateful-for-logicians.md\">I'm Grateful for I'm grateful for logicians</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/walking-into-the-church-reminds-me-of-disciples-running-to-the-tomb.md\">Walking into the church Reminds me of Disciples Running to the Tomb</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-21-the-wolf-and-the-lamb.md\">2 Nephi 21.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.24-27.md\">2 Nephi 25.24–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-62.41.md\">Alma 62.41</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-20-25-lesson-plan.md\">2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/posts/book-summaries.md\">Book Summaries</a> [personal development,lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/the-ten-thousand-hour-rule-doesnt-make-any-sense.md\">The ten thousand hour rule doesn't make any sense</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/a-good-decision-is-associated-with-but-not-causal-of-a-good-outcome.md\">A good decision is associated with, but not causal of a good outcome</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/i-wrote-this-on-march-9th-to-hold-myself-accountable.md\">I wrote this on March 9th to hold myself accountable</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/it-all-depends-on-me.md\">It all depends on me</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/im-going-to-let-you-down.md\">I'm going to let you down</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/please-unfollow-me.md\">Please unfollow me</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/quotes/look-at-the-plot.md\">Look at the Plot</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-09.md\">2024-03-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-25-talk-of-christ.md\">2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,commandments]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/sun-on-turf.md\">I'm Grateful for Sun on turf</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/setting-up-a-new-mac.md\">Setting up a New Mac</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/hendrix-a-machine-learning-platform-by-spotify.md\">Hendrix, a Machine Learning Platform by Spotify</a> [tech,ml-tools,machine learning platforms]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/tech/interviewing-as-an-ml-engineer.md\">Interviewing as an ML engineer</a> [tech,reactions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.24.md\">2 Nephi 25.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.25-26.md\">2 Nephi 25.25–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-07 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-22.md\">2 Nephi 22.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/artillery-takes-the-joy-out-of-life.md\">Artillery takes the joy out of life</a> [quotes,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/a-leader.md\">A leader</a> [quotes,people I admire,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/create-positivity.md\">Create positivity</a> [quotes,relationships,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/time-value-of-memories.md\">Time value of memories</a> [quotes,how will I measure my life,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-06 <a href=\"/quotes/if-your-kids-wont-remember-this-time-who-will.md\">If your kids won't remember this time, who will?</a> [quotes,how will I measure my life,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-job.md\">I'm Grateful for New Job</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/i-cant-afford-not-to-read.md\">I can't afford not to read</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-five-dysfunctions.md\">the five dysfunctions</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/posts/a-costly-mistake.md\">A Costly Mistake</a> [posts,life lessons,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-problem-with-all-the-advice-in-all-those-books-is-that-none-of-it-was-written-for-you.md\">The problem with all the advice in all those books is that none of it was written for you</a> [quotes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-more-you-give-the-happier-youll-live.md\">The more you give, the happier you'll live</a> [quotes,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/quotes/the-iceberg-thwory.md\">The Iceberg Theory</a> [quotes,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-04 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-20-true-mercy.md\">2 Nephi 20.3–4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/long-naps.md\">I'm Grateful for Long Naps</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/book-review/mere-christianity.md\">Mere Christianity</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/tech/the-baby.md\">The Baby</a> [tech,startups]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/concepts/confirmation-bias.md\">confirmation bias</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/christianity/2024-03-03-my-testimony.md\">My Testimony 2023-03-03</a> [christianity,my testimony,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/chewing-the-bread-reminds-me-that-he-gave-everything.md\">Chewing the Bread Reminds me that He Gave Everything</a> [sacrament-symbols,atonement,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-03 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-18.md\">2 Nephi 18.19</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/posts/implementing-culture.md\">Implementing Culture</a> [posts,interviewing,culture,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/book-review/band-of-brothers.md\">Band of Brothers</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-02.md\">2024-03-02</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-14.5.md\">2 Nephi 14.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/posts/nothing-to-lose.md\">Nothing to Lose</a> [posts,memories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-14-personalized-guidance.md\">2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/goals/2024-03-01.md\">2024-03-01</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-13.18-25.md\">2 Nephi 13.18–25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-03-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-15.15-18.md\">Mosiah 15.15–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-13-enduring-beauty.md\">2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/gratitude/dune.md\">I'm Grateful for Dune</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-29 <a href=\"/book-review/the-great-gatsby.md\">The Great Gatsby</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-28 <a href=\"/gratitude/charlie-the-barber.md\">I'm Grateful for the Barber</a> [gratitude,people I meet]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-28 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-28.md\">2024-02-28</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-11-seeing-my-redeemer.md\">2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer</a> [christianity,come follow me,revelation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/laundry-machine.md\">I'm Grateful for my Laundry Machine</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-27.md\">2024-02-27</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-11.2-3.md\">2 Nephi 11.2–3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-19.13.md\">Alma 19.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/mormon-1.15.md\">Mormon 1.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/choice.md\">I'm Grateful for Choice</a> [gratitude,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/book-review/the-sun-also-rises.md\">The Sun Also Rises</a> [book-review,fiction]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-26 <a href=\"/creative/prose-nuzzle.md\">Nuzzle</a> [creative,prose,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-9-familial-covenants.md\">2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants</a> [christianity,come follow me,covenant]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/waterfalls.md\">I'm Grateful for Waterfalls</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-25.md\">2024-02-25</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-10.23.md\">2 Nephi 10.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.53.md\">2 Nephi 9.53</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/basketball-games.md\">I'm Grateful for Basketball Games</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-10.md\">2 Nephi 10</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-24 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-24.md\">2024-02-24</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-9-infinite-atonement.md\">2 Nephi 9 - Infinite Atonement</a> [christianity,come follow me,atonement]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/guitars.md\">I'm Grateful for Guitars</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-23.md\">2024-02-23</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.7.md\">2 Nephi 9.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/gratitude/fog.md\">I'm Grateful for Fog</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-8-perspective.md\">2 Nephi 8 - Perspective</a> [christianity,come follow me,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/book-review/beyond-band-of-brothers.md\">Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters</a> [book-review,historical,biography,world war 2]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-22.md\">2024-02-22</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-8.12.md\">2 Nephi 8.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/gratitude/copilot-money.md\">I'm Grateful for Copilot Money</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-7-jesus-is-with-us.md\">2 Nephi 7 - He is Near</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-21.md\">2024-02-21</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-7.1.md\">2 Nephi 7.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/gratitude/marriage.md\">I'm Grateful for Marriage</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/tech/5-questions-you-should-ask-before-adopting-ai.md\">5 Questions You Should Ask Before Adopting AI</a> [tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-20 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-20.md\">2024-02-20</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-6-wait-on-the-lord.md\">2 Nephi 6 - Waiting on the Lord</a> [christianity,faith,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/gratitude/green-hills.md\">I'm Grateful for Green Hills</a> [gratitude,nature,sports,hiking]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/book-review/daring-greatly.md\">Daring Greatly</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/book-review/overcoming-the-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team.md\">Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team</a> [book-review,business,leadership,team building,emotional intelligence]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-19.md\">2024-02-19</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-6.17.md\">2 Nephi 6.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-6.7.md\">2 Nephi 6.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-5-sometimes-theres-war.md\">2 Nephi 5 - Sometimes there's war</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/the-coach.md\">I'm Grateful for The Coach</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-18-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-18</a> [news,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/lists/good-ai-news-aggregators.md\">Good AI News Aggregators</a> [lists,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/ye-are-my-hands.md\">Deacons passing out the sacrament reminds me: \"Ye are my Hands\"</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/pour-you-out-a-blessing.md\">Pouring water into my mouth reminds me of \"Pour you out a blessing\"</a> [sacrament-symbols]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/tech/three-ai-failures-needing-guardrails.md\">Air Canada's failed AI-generated Refund Policy and other AI mishaps: When you need guardrails on your AI</a> [tech,ai mishaps,ai,ai guardrails]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-18.md\">2024-02-18</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-5.34.md\">2 Nephi 5.34</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-110.9-10.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 110.9–10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/isaiah-44.3.md\">Isaiah 44.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-15.10-11.md\">John 15.10–11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-15.5-7.md\">Luke 15.5–7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/malachi-3.10-11.md\">Malachi 3.10–11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.10.md\">Mosiah 18.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.12.md\">Mosiah 18.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.13.md\">Mosiah 18.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/gratitude/brownies.md\">I'm Grateful for brownies</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/book-review/building-a-story-brand.md\">Building a Story Brand</a> [book-review,business,marketing,sales,storytelling]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-17-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-17</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-5-emergency-preparedness.md\">2 Nephi 5.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-17.md\">2024-02-17</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.26-27.md\">2 Nephi 4.26–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-heaven-and-hell.md\">2 Nephi 4 - Heaven and Hell in One</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/board-games.md\">I'm Grateful for Board Games</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/tech/unreal-ai-sora.md\">Unreal AI: Meet Sora</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/tech/spellbook-ai-reviews-redlining.md\">Spellbook AI Reviews</a> [tech,legal-ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-16.md\">2024-02-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-love-and-despair.md\">2 Nephi 4 - Love and Despair</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/gratitude/book-club.md\">I'm Grateful for Book Club</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/tech/observable-framework-vs-quarto.md\">Observable Framework 1.0 vs Quarto</a> [tech,observable,quarto,tool comparison]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/tech/package-installer-uv-vs-poetry.md\">Package Installer: \"uv\"</a> [tech,python,software engineering,dev ops,dev tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-15.md\">2024-02-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/concepts/truths-lost-in-the-bible.md\">truths lost in the Bible</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-prophecy-of-another-branch.md\">2 Nephi 4 - A Prophecy of Another Branch</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/explorers.md\">I'm Grateful for Explorers</a> [gratitude,gratitude-ThingsIHaveAtAnothersSacrifice]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/book-review/the-wager.md\">The Wager</a> [book-review,historical,non-fiction,survival]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/posts/trajectory-and-mindset.md\">Trajectory and Mindset</a> [posts,career,career advice,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-14-news-notes.md\">Gemini in the iOS Google app, TikTok advancements, and ChatGPT memory</a> [news,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-14.md\">2024-02-14</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.2.md\">2 Nephi 4.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/jst,-genesis-50.24.md\">JST, Genesis 50.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-3-two-scriptures.md\">2 Nephi 3 - Two Scriptures</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/foam-mattresses.md\">I'm Grateful for Foam Mattresses</a> [gratitude,home]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/tech/ab-testing-resources.md\">A/B Testing Resources</a> [tech,A/B testing,statistics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/tech/timegpt-and-lag-llama-two-foundation-models-for-time-series-forecasting.md\">TimeGPT and Lag-Llama: Two foundation models for time series forecasting</a> [tech,machine learning,ml-tools,time series,foundation models]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/posts/team-misfits.md\">Team Misfits</a> [posts,life lessons,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/christianity/coalesce-revelation-first-then-agency.md\">Coalesce - Revelation first, then Agency</a> [christianity,decisions,revelation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-13.md\">2024-02-13</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-13 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-3.12.md\">2 Nephi 3.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/creative/poem-breath-of-life.md\">Breathe on (Breath of Life)</a> [creative,poem]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-4-ask.md\">2 Nephi 4 Ask</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/gratitude/chicken-sliders.md\">I'm Grateful for Chicken Sliders</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/tech/war-tech.md\">War Tech</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-12.md\">2024-02-12</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-corinthians-10.13.md\">1 Corinthians 10.13</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-4.35.md\">2 Nephi 4.35</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.23.md\">Ether 2.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/malachi-3.10.md\">Malachi 3.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-enticing-decisions.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Enticement is Agency</a> [christianity,decisions,mental health,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/gatherings-for-the-super-bowl.md\">I'm Grateful for Gatherings for the Super Bowl</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/gathered-as-one.md\">Gathered as One</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-together]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.16.md\">2 Nephi 2.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-4.1-7.md\">Ephesians 4.1–7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-26.26-27.md\">Matthew 26.26–27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-26.27.md\">Matthew 26.27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-he-carries-our-burdens.md\">2 Nephi 2 - His Capacity to Carry Our Burdens</a> [come follow me,adversity,atonement,christianity,prayer]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-10-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-10</a> [news,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/old-movies.md\">I'm Grateful for Old Movies</a> [gratitude,movies]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/tech/create-ai-images-with-googles-gemini-model.md\">Create AI images with Google's Gemini model</a> [tech,ai tools,Gemini,chatgpt,llm wars,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/christianity/isaiah-53.4.md\">Isaiah 53.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-10.md\">2024-02-10</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-11.29.md\">Matthew 11.29</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-redemption.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Redemption</a> [christianity,redemption,atonement,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/gratitude/skimboarding.md\">I'm Grateful for Skimboarding</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-09.md\">2024-02-09</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-09 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.6.md\">2 Nephi 2.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-2-consecration.md\">2 Nephi 2 - Consecration</a> [christianity,come follow me,consecration,adversity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/long-runs.md\">I'm Grateful for Long Runs</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/tech/protobufs-everything-i-dont-know.md\">Protobufs - Everything I don't know</a> [tech,raw notes,data engineering]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/tech/pkl-for-configuration-management.md\">Pkl for Configuration Management</a> [tech,coding,data engineering,data science,data pipeline,configuration]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-08.md\">2024-02-08</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.2.md\">2 Nephi 2.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-shake-off-the-chains.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Shake off the Chains</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-york.md\">I'm Grateful for New York</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-07.md\">2024-02-07</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.20.md\">2 Nephi 1.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.23.md\">2 Nephi 1.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/tech/galileo-ai-ui-generator.md\">Galileo AI</a> [tech,ai tools,ui generators,design]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-land-of-promise.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Obtaining a Promised Land</a> [christianity,individual covenant,covenant,land of promise,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/kindness.md\">I'm Grateful for Kindness</a> [gratitude,parenting,charity,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/tech/how-to-share-an-html-file-like-a-quarto-output-in-github.md\">How to share an HTML file (like a quarto output in GitHub)</a> [tech,quarto,github,data science,html]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-06.md\">2024-02-06</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-06 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.5.md\">2 Nephi 1.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/christianity/2-nephi-1-alternative-endings.md\">2 Nephi 1 - Alternative Endings</a> [christianity,decisions,come follow me,hindsight]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/posts/worlds-longest-drive.md\">World's Longest Drive</a> [posts,sports,golf]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/concepts/Honduras.md\">Honduras</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/gratitude/avocados.md\">I'm Grateful for Avocados</a> [gratitude,food]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/tech/embedding-audio-in-quarto.md\">Embedding audio in Quarto</a> [tech,quarto,blogging,tutorial,obsidian]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/creative/guitar-clouds.md\">Guitar: Clouds</a> [creative,song,guitar,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-05.md\">2024-02-05</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-1.4.md\">2 Nephi 1.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-22-gathered-by-his-covenants.md\">1 Nephi 22 - His Covenants will be the key of the Gathering of Israel</a> [christianity,come follow me,gathering of israel,Abrahamic Covenant]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/tech/the-divinely-discontent-chatbot-user.md\">The Divinely Discontent Chatbot User</a> [tech,software,saas,llm,ai,ai strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/tech/llm-chatbot-arena-leaderboard.md\">LLM Chatbot Arena Leaderboard</a> [tech,llm benchmarks,ai,ai tools,ai benchmarks]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/bowling.md\">I'm Grateful for bowling</a> [gratitude,sports]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-04.md\">2024-02-04</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-21.14-16.md\">1 Nephi 21.14–16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-22.9-12.md\">1 Nephi 22.9–12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/11-ye-shall-receive-my-law.md\">11 Ye Shall Receive My Law</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/home-depot-saturday-morning-crafts.md\">I'm Grateful for Home Depot Saturday Morning Crafts</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/concepts/frank-herbert.md\">Frank Herbert</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/posts/the-iceberg-theory-theory-of-omission.md\">The Iceberg Theory - Theory of Omission</a> [posts,storytelling,writing,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-21-he-has-not-forgotten-you.md\">1 Nephi 21 - I Have Graven Thee</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-03.md\">2024-02-03</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-kings-7.md\">1 Kings 7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-13.26.md\">1 Nephi 13.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-20.1.md\">1 Nephi 20.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/galatians-3.27-29.md\">Galatians 3.27–29</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/isaiah-48.1.md\">Isaiah 48.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-6.64-68.md\">Moses 6.64–68</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-20-baptism-in-the-old-testament.md\">1 Nephi 20 - Baptism in the Old Testament</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,old testament,Abrahamic Covenant,baptism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/gratitude/peloton.md\">I'm Grateful for Peloton</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/book-review/shift.md\">Shift</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/holiday-demand-forecasting-using-xgboost.md\">Holiday Demand Forecasting using XGBoost</a> [tech,data science,machine learning,time series,forecasting,internet article bookmark]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/news/2024-02-02-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-02-02</a> [news]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/posts/the-compounding-interest-of-reading.md\">The Compounding Interest of Reading</a> [posts,reading,investing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/posts/the-power-of-a-good-book.md\">The Power of a Good Book</a> [posts,ai,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/private-gpt.md\">Private GPT</a> [tech,ai tools,privacy,open source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/lm-studio.md\">LM Studio</a> [tech,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/gpt4all.md\">GPT4All</a> [tech,ai tools,edge device,privacy,open source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/tech/beam-ai.md\">Beam AI</a> [tech,ai tools,ai,local ai,privacy,edge device,closed source]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-02 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-02.md\">2024-02-02</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/gratitude/compliments.md\">I'm Grateful for Compliments</a> [gratitude,leadership,charity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-19-yieldeth-himself.md\">1 Nephi 19 - Yieldeth Himself</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-old-man-and-the-sea.md\">The Old Man and the Sea</a> [book-review,fiction,classics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.md\">Export your Libby Timeline to Obsidian</a> [posts,tutorial,python,libby,quarto,blogging]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/goals/2024-02-01.md\">2024-02-01</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-02-01 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-19.10.md\">1 Nephi 19.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/basketball.md\">I'm Grateful for Basketball</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-18-prayer.md\">1 Nephi 18 - The Power of Prayer</a> [christianity,come follow me,prayer,adversity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/book-review/the-loop.md\">The Loop</a> [book-review,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/book-review/influence-the-psychology-of-persuasion.md\">Influence The Psychology of Persuasion</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-31.md\">2024-01-31</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-17.2-3.md\">1 Nephi 17.2–3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-18.21.md\">1 Nephi 18.21</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-31 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-18.3.md\">1 Nephi 18.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-17-strength.md\">1 Nephi 17 - He will strengthen us</a> [christianity,come follow me,strength,trust in the Lord]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/gratitude/youtube.md\">I'm Grateful for YouTube</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-30 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-30.md\">2024-01-30</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-16-christ-guides-us.md\">1 Nephi 16 - Christ Guides us in Unique Ways</a> [christianity,prayer,revelation,hand of the Lord,come follow me,gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/gratitude/rescue-workers.md\">I'm Grateful for Rescue Workers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/book-review/the-tyranny-of-experts.md\">The Tyranny of Experts</a> [book-review,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/bread-in-the-oven.md\">Bread in the Oven</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-29.md\">2024-01-29</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-16.25.md\">1 Nephi 16.25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-16.26.md\">1 Nephi 16.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-2.7.md\">2 Nephi 2.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-82.10.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 82.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.14.md\">Ether 2.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.16.md\">Ether 2.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.5.md\">Ether 2.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-2.6.md\">Ether 2.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-7.36-38.md\">Luke 7.36–38</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/luke-7.39.md\">Luke 7.39</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/mark-15.46.md\">Mark 15.46</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-12.40.md\">Matthew 12.40</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-6.8.md\">Matthew 6.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-29 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-3.7.md\">Mosiah 3.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-28-jan-28-1-nephi-11-15.md\">2024-01-28 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 22-28 1 Nephi 11-15</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/bread-given-freely-like-his-life.md\">Bread given freely, like His life</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/gratitude/imagination.md\">I'm Grateful for Imagination</a> [gratitude,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/sunday-dress.md\">Sunday Dress Reminds me of Bringing Sacrifices to Him</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-dress]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/broken-bread-but-no-broken-bones.md\">Broken Bread, but No Broken Bones</a> [sacrament-symbols,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/porous-bread.md\">Porous Bread</a> [sacrament-symbols,prayer,symbol-bread]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-28.md\">2024-01-28</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-14.14.md\">1 Nephi 14.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-15.23-25.md\">1 Nephi 15.23–25</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/3-nephi-18.22.md\">3 Nephi 18.22</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/Jesus-the-Christ-chapter-35.-death-and-burial.md\">Jesus the Christ. Chapter 35. Death and Burial</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/chapter-25.-jesus-again-in-jerusalem.md\">Chapter 25. Jesus Again in Jerusalem</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/deuteronomy-21.22-23.md\">Deuteronomy 21.22–23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-6.10-18.md\">Ephesians 6.10–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/exodus-12.46.md\">Exodus 12.46</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-10.17-18.md\">John 10.17–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-19.31-33.md\">John 19.31–33</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-19.36.md\">John 19.36</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/numbers-9.12.md\">Numbers 9.12</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-28 <a href=\"/scriptures/psalm-34.19-20.md\">Psalm 34.19–20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/chirping-birds.md\">I'm Grateful for Chirping Birds</a> [gratitude,nature]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-27.md\">2024-01-27</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-27 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-15.24.md\">1 Nephi 15.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-15-hearken-and-hold-fast.md\">1 Nephi 15 - Hearken and Hold Fast</a> [christianity,come follow me,obedience]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/posts/a-10-week-self-guided-data-science-intro-course.md\">Become a Data Scientist in 10 Weeks</a> [posts,data science,featured,career,recommendation systems,A/B testing,analytics,beginners]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/rock-climbing.md\">I'm Grateful for Rock Climbing</a> [gratitude,adventure,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-26.md\">2024-01-26</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-26 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-14.7.md\">1 Nephi 14.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-14-convincing-unto-peace.md\">1 Nephi 14 - Convincing unto Peace</a> [christianity,peace,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.md\">The Only Mind that's Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative</a> [posts,my principles,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/new-perspectives.md\">I'm Grateful for New Perspectives</a> [gratitude,perspective,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-25.md\">2024-01-25</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-25 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-13.37.md\">1 Nephi 13.37</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-13-publish-peace.md\">1 Nephi 13 - Publish Peace</a> [christianity,peace,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/challenges.md\">I'm Grateful for Challenges</a> [gratitude,challenges]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/book-review/wool.md\">Wool</a> [book-review,apocalyptic,fiction,dystopian,sci-fi]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-24 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-24.md\">2024-01-24</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-12-broad-roads.md\">1 Nephi 12 - Broad Roads</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/book-review/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind.md\">The Coddling of the American Mind</a> [book-review,psychology,politics,education]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/gratitude/navajo-code-talkers.md\">I'm Grateful for Navajo Code Talkers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/news/2024-01-23-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-01-23</a> [news,ai,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/posts/writing-only-makes-sense-to-the-author.md\">Writing Only Makes Sense to the Author</a> [posts,communication,writing,art]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-23.md\">2024-01-23</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-23 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-12.17.md\">1 Nephi 12.17</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/christianity/turn-to-god-not-your-idols.md\">Turn to God in All Things, and Not Your Idols</a> [christianity,scripture of the day,prayer,faith,consecration]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-11-seeing-signs-of-christ.md\">1 Nephi 11 - Angel shows signs to Nephi</a> [christianity,come follow me,faith]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/gratitude/early-morning-workouts.md\">I'm Grateful for Early Morning Workouts</a> [gratitude,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-22.md\">2024-01-22</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-11.7.md\">1 Nephi 11.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-32.8.md\">2 Nephi 32.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-58.27.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 58.27</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-58.28.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 58.28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-6.36.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 6.36</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-11.28-30.md\">Matthew 11.28–30</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.1-4.md\">Matthew 16.1–4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-22 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-think-celestial.md\">\"Think Celestial!\", Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-21-jan-21.md\">2024-01-21 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 15-21 1 Nephi 6-10</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/gratitude/similarities.md\">I'm Grateful for Similarities</a> [gratitude,memories,personal stories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/book-review/saints-book-1-the-standard-of-truth-1815-1846.md\">Saints Book 1 The Standard of Truth 1815-1846</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/concepts/sacrament-covenant.md\">Sacramental Covenant</a> [concepts,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/receive-the-holy-ghost.md\">Receive the Holy Ghost</a> [sacrament-symbols,christianity,symbol-receive]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-21.md\">2024-01-21</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/18.-performing-priesthood-ordinances-and-blessings.md\">18. Performing Priesthood Ordinances and Blessings</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/acts-10.45.md\">Acts 10.45</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/articles-of-faith-1.4.md\">Articles of Faith 1.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-33.15.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 33.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-35.6.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 35.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-39.23.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 39.23</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-49.14.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 49.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/gift-of-the-holy-ghost.md\">Gift of the Holy Ghost</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/jacob-6.8.md\">Jacob 6.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-14.16-18.md\">John 14.16–18</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-14.25-26.md\">John 14.25–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-15.26.md\">John 15.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-16.7.md\">John 16.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-20.22.md\">John 20.22</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-4.3.md\">Moroni 4.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-5.2.md\">Moroni 5.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-21 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-5.58.md\">Moses 5.58</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-8-choosing-to-press-forward.md\">1 Nephi 8 - Press Forward Continually</a> [christianity,come follow me,love,love of God,agency]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/gratitude/social-gatherings.md\">I'm Grateful for Social Gatherings</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/book-review/how-to-win-friends-and-influence-people.md\">How to Win Friends and Influence People</a> [book-review,influence,leadership,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-20.md\">2024-01-20</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-10.6.md\">1 Nephi 10.6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.24.md\">1 Nephi 8.24</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-20 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.24-26.md\">Matthew 16.24–26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/gratitude/baby-formula.md\">I'm Grateful for Baby Formula</a> [gratitude,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/book-review/the-wealth-of-nations.md\">The Wealth of Nations</a> [book-review,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/book-review/the-inklings.md\">The Inklings</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/news/2024-01-19-news-notes.md\">News Notes for 2024-01-19</a> [news,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-10-rely-on-the-redeemer.md\">1 Nephi 10 - Rely on the Redeemer</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-19.md\">2024-01-19</a> [goals,tabata]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-19 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-9.4.md\">1 Nephi 9.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-9-write-with-a-purpose.md\">1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/gratitude/things-i-dont-understand.md\">I'm Grateful for Things I Don't Understand</a> [gratitude,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-18.md\">2024-01-18</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.27-28.md\">1 Nephi 8.27–28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-18 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-93.md\">1 Nephi 9 - Write with a Purpose</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/news/ai-news-01.md\">AI News Recap</a> [news,ai,ai tools]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/gratitude/music.md\">I'm Grateful for Music</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/christianity/the-power-of-habitual-prayer.md\">The Power of Habitual Prayer</a> [christianity,my testimony,personal stories,prayer,scripture of the day,book of mormon,featured]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-8-what-others-think.md\">1 Nephi 8 - Think for yourself</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-17.md\">2024-01-17</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.31.md\">1 Nephi 3.31</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-34.26.md\">Alma 34.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-7.3.md\">Matthew 7.3</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-21.15.md\">Mosiah 21.15</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-23.28.md\">Mosiah 23.28</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-27.14.md\">Mosiah 27.14</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-17 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-27.16.md\">Mosiah 27.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-7-commitment.md\">1 Nephi 7 - Make a Choice, Don't go Halvsies</a> [christianity,commitment,learning,epistemology,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/posts/the-problem-with-public-opinions.md\">The Problem with Public Opinions</a> [posts,philosophy,social media]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/book-review/paradise-lost-and-paradise-regained.md\">Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/gratitude/open-source.md\">I'm Grateful for Open Source</a> [gratitude,tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-16.md\">2024-01-16</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-11.1.md\">1 Nephi 11.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-6.4.md\">1 Nephi 6.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-6.5.md\">1 Nephi 6.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-7.15-16.md\">1 Nephi 7.15–16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-16 <a href=\"/scriptures/revelation-3.16.md\">Revelation 3.16</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-6-god-of-the-covenant.md\">1 Nephi 6 - God of the Covenant</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,scripture of the day]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/gratitude/ice-skating.md\">I'm Grateful for Ice Skating</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-15 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-15.md\">2024-01-15</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-5-trusting-a-promise.md\">1 Nephi 5 - Will a promise be delivered?</a> [christianity,faith,covenant,individual covenant,promised blessings,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/gratitude/heaven.md\">I'm Grateful for Heaven</a> [gratitude,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/concepts/president-russel-m-nelson.md\">President Russel M. Nelson</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/christianity/sacrament-talk-on-missionary-work.md\">A Church Culture of Missionary work</a> [christianity,opinion,lds culture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/support-beams-represent-the-cross.md\">Architecture Reminds Me of His Cross</a> [sacrament symbol,christianity,scripture of the day,symbol-cross]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/creative/poem-cuddles.md\">Cuddles</a> [creative,poem,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-14.md\">2024-01-14</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-4.1.md\">1 Nephi 4.1</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.8.md\">1 Nephi 5.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-40.6-9.md\">Alma 40.6–9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.4.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.5-6.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.5–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-7.8.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 7.8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/ether-1.38.md\">Ether 1.38</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/hope-of-israel.md\">Hope of Israel</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/moses-6.31-32.md\">Moses 6.31–32</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-14 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-4.9.md\">Mosiah 4.9</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/gratitude/healing.md\">I'm Grateful for Healing</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-4-why-not.md\">1 Nephi 4 - Why not?</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/creative/poem-slow-blink.md\">Slow Blink</a> [creative,poem,babies,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/creative/poem-stairwell-scoop.md\">Stairwell scoop</a> [creative,poem]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-13 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-13.md\">2024-01-13</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-3-dreamed-a-dream.md\">1 Nephi 3 - Dreamed a Dream</a> [christianity,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/posts/you-can-plan-your-life-in-5-minutes.md\">You can plan your life in 5 minutes</a> [posts,purpose of life]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/gratitude/my-childhood.md\">I'm Grateful for My Childhood</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/creative/poem-bound.md\">Bound</a> [creative,poem,parenting,fatherhood]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/posts/junk-attracts-junk.md\">Junk attracts Junk</a> [posts,laws of human nature,observations,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-12.md\">2024-01-12</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.11.md\">1 Nephi 2.11</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.2.md\">1 Nephi 3.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.2.md\">1 Nephi 5.2</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-12 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.4-5.md\">1 Nephi 5.4–5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/creative/poem-lint.md\">Lint</a> [babies,parenting,poem,creative]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/posts/bidens-debt-relief-wont-relieve-what-he-thinks-it-will.md\">Biden's debt relief won't relieve what he thinks it will</a> [posts,politics,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-11.md\">goals</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/gratitude/strollers.md\">I'm Grateful for Strollers</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-2-receiving-a-promised-land.md\">1 Nephi 2 - Receiving a promised land</a> [christianity,covenant,individual covenant,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/lists/scripture-study-list.md\">List of Study Topics</a> [lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/concepts/christian.md\">Christian</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/christianity/find-the-fun.md\">Find the Fun</a> [christianity,parenting,mental health,mindfulness,philosophy,tech,A/B testing,mindset]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/news/ai-and-the-future-of-saas.md\">AI and the Future of SaaS</a> [news,ai,ai strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.20.md\">1 Nephi 2.20</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-11 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-2.4.md\">1 Nephi 2.4</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/book-review/the-quest-for-cosmic-justice.md\">The Quest for Cosmic Justice</a> [book-review,economics,social justice,politics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/posts/cool-quarto-site.md\">Cool Quarto Site</a> [posts,quarto,tech,coding]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/lists/newsletters.md\">Newsletters I follow</a> [lists,ai,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/stop-trying-to-change-people.md\">Stop trying to change people. Stop it.</a> [christianity,prayer,agency,mindfulness,perspective]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-10.md\">Goals</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/1-Nephi-1-he-prepares-us-to-teach-us.md\">1 Nephi 1 - He prepares us to teach us</a> [christianity,come follow me,scripture of the day,book of mormon,revelation,prophets,epistemology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/listening-to-this-is-the-christ-right-now-grateful-for-good-music.md\">Listening to 'This is the Christ' right now, grateful for good music</a> [gratitude,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-14-jan-14.md\">2024-01-14 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 7-14</a> [christianity,come follow me lesson plan]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/gratus-sum-ergo-habeo.md\">Gratus sum, ergo habeo</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/the-book-of-mormon-another-testament-of-jesus-christ.md\">The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.md\">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> [concepts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/concepts/my-mission.md\">my mission</a> [posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/small-things.md\">I'm grateful for small things</a> [gratitude,christianity,book of mormon,scripture of the day,retrospective,philosophy,principles]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/gratitude/sandwich-shops.md\">I'm Grateful for Sandwich Shops</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/posts/the-six-hour-sandwich.md\">The six hour sandwich</a> [posts,sales,life musings,people I meet]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/book-review/guide-to-decision-making.md\">Guide to Decision Making</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.5-6.md\">1 Nephi 1.5–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.5.md\">1 Nephi 1.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-1.7-8.md\">1 Nephi 1.7–8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-28.30.md\">2 Nephi 28.30</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-37.7.md\">Alma 37.7</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-10 <a href=\"/scriptures/mark-4.31-32.md\">Mark 4.31–32</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/christianity/1-nephi-1-praying-for-other-people.md\">1 Nephi 1 - Praying for Other People</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/tech/this-drug-is-habit-forming.md\">This drug is habit forming</a> [tech,social media]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/tech/the-matrix.md\">The Matrix: Social Media's Influence on Human Interaction</a> [social media,digital minimalism,tech,modern living]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/book-review/the-oxford-inklings-lewis-tolkien-and-their-circle.md\">The Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle</a> [book-review,history,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/posts/whats-your-decision-framework.md\">What's your decision framework?</a> [posts,insights from books,investing,memories,personal stories,emotional intelligence]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/posts/organization-and-minimalism.md\">Organization and Minimalism</a> [posts,minimalism,organization,software,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-09.md\">Workout</a> [goals]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/lists/reading-ethos.md\">Reading Ethos</a> [posts,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-09 <a href=\"/gratitude/audiobooks.md\">Audiobooks</a> [gratitude,reading]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/christianity/scriptures-within-scriptures.md\">Scriptures within Scriptures</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,scripture of the day,scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/book-review/dune-messiah.md\">Dune: Messiah</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/lists/legal-ai.md\">Legal AI</a> [tech,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/gratitude/toothbrush.md\">I'm Grateful for the Toothbrush</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/tech/a-knife-to-a-gun-fight.md\">A Knife to a Gun Fight: Why I'm off Social Media</a> [tech,personal experiments,A/B testing,social media,big tech,incentives,decisions,relationships,ai,emotional intelligence,purpose of life,digital minimalism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/goals/2024-01-08.md\">Body: Sit-up, pushup, squat tabata</a> [workout]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-3.7.md\">1 Nephi 3.7</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.21.md\">1 Nephi 5.21</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-8.10.md\">1 Nephi 8.10</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-25.26.md\">2 Nephi 25.26</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-08 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-9.51.md\">2 Nephi 9.51</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/creative/prose-the-thief-of-time.md\">The Thief of Time</a> [creative,time,parenting,perspective,deep thought,prose]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/posts/becoming-an-expert.md\">Becoming an expert is kind of a fallacy</a> [posts,personal development,growth,grit,life lessons,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/concepts/hand-of-god.md\">Hand of God</a> [christianity,concept]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/my-testimony-2024-01-07.md\">My testimony: Moving across the Country</a> [christianity,fast sunday,my testimony,memories,let god prevail]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/what-does-it-mean-to-preside.md\">What does it mean to preside?</a> [christianity,book of mormon,doctrine and covenants,priesthood,leadership,the family a proclamation to the world,parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/sacrament-symbols/vaulted-ceiling.md\">Vaulted Ceilings</a> [christianity,sacrament symbol,symbol-architecture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/christianity/come-follow-me-2024-01-07-jan-7.md\">2024-01-07 Come Follow Me CTR 7 Jan 1-7</a> [christianity,come follow me,come follow me lesson plan,book of mormon]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/gratitude/cars.md\">Cars</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/creative/prose-red-eyed.md\">Red eyed</a> [creative,deep thought,funny,perspective,hypothetical,angle of vision,prose]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-nephi-5.5.md\">1 Nephi 5.5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/3-nephi-10.4-5.md\">3 Nephi 10.4–5</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/dale-g-renlund-the-priesthood-and-the-saviors-atoning-power.md\">\"The Priesthood and the Savior’s Atoning Power\", Dale G. Renlund</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/doctrine-and-covenants-107.60-62.md\">Doctrine and Covenants 107.60–62</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/ephesians-4.4-6.md\">Ephesians 4.4–6</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/introduction.md\">Introduction</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/john-3.16.md\">John 3.16</a> [favorite scriptures,sacrament]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-5.7-8.md\">Mosiah 5.7–8</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-make-time-for-the-lord.md\">'Make Time for the Lord', Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-the-book-of-mormon-what-would-your-life-be-like-without-it.md\">\"The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like without It?\", Russell M. Nelson</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-07 <a href=\"/scriptures/the-family-proclamation.md\">The Family Proclamation</a> [favorite scriptures]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-06 <a href=\"/gratitude/haircuts.md\">I'm Grateful for Haircuts</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/tech/ai-will-not-replace-human-creativity.md\">AI won't replace us. We'll always create.</a> [tech,ai,futurism,humanity,creativity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.md\">Mark Cuban Mogul Support</a> [posts,entrepreneurship,YouTube clip]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/creative/poem-cabinet-handle.md\">Cabinet Handle</a> [creative,poem,babies]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/gratitude/time.md\">Time</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.28.md\">alma-32.28</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/moroni-10.4.md\">moroni-10.4</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/christianity/how-to-use-the-book-of-mormon.md\">How I use the Book of Mormon</a> [christianity,book of mormon,testimony,come follow me]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/scriptures/2-nephi-32.9.md\">2 Nephi 32.9</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-05 <a href=\"/creative/poem-the-dove-forevermore.md\">The Dove (Forevermore)</a> [creative,poem,poetry,parenting,featured]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/gratitude/hard-work.md\">Hard Work and its Reward</a> [gratitude,perspective,effort,life lessons,memories]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/tech/what-startups-and-musicians-have-in-common.md\">What startups and musicians have in common</a> [tech,startups,music]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/tech/the-future-wave-of-ai-hype.md\">The future wave of AI hype</a> [tech,news,chart critique]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/write-a-thousand-songs.md\">Write a thousand songs</a> [posts,creativity,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/losing-to-yesmen.md\">When Leaders Lose their People</a> [posts,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/the-multiverse-of-careers.md\">The Multiverse of Careers</a> [posts,meditation,deathbed meditation,career,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/russell-m-nelson-revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives.md\">russell-m-nelson-revelation-for-the-church-revelation-for-our-lives</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.34-36.md\">alma-32.34-36</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-16.15-17.md\">Matthew 16.15-17</a> [favorite scripture,holy ghost]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-18.26-28.md\">alma-18.26-28</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/christianity/a-change-in-witness.md\">When a Person Changes their Perspective on Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,book of mormon,epistemology,theology]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-04 <a href=\"/posts/30-seconds-for-payment.md\">30 Seconds is All You Get</a> [music,economics,incentives,posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-18.9.md\">Mosiah 18.9</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/testimony-of-eight-witnesses.md\">testimony-of-eight-witnesses</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/scriptures/leviticus-19.18.md\">leviticus-19.18</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/book-review/steve-jobs-biography.md\">Steve Jobs (Biography)</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/christianity/love-thy-neighbor-but-have-friends.md\">Love Thy Neighbor, But Have Friends</a> [christianity,love,family,friendship]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/christianity/share-your-testimony.md\">Share your testimony</a> [christianity,testimony]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/gratitude/zoom.md\">Zoom</a> [gratitude,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/lists/writing-ethos.md\">Writing Ethos</a> [lists]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/posts/my-tombstone.md\">My Tombstone</a> [posts,mortality,work,work life balance,perspective,meditation,priorities]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/posts/your-mood-is-contagious.md\">Your Mood is Contagious</a> [posts,leadership,parenting,emotional resilience,grit]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-03 <a href=\"/tech/dreaming-software.md\">The Dream State of Software</a> [tech,design,ai,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/alma-32.16-18.md\">alma-32.16-18</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/matthew-5.45.md\">matthew-5.45</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/1-kings-19.11-12.md\">1-kings-19.11-12</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/scriptures/mosiah-3.5.md\">mosiah-3.5</a> [favorite scripture]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/lists/gratitude-backlog.md\">Things I'm grateful for</a> []</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/book-review/innovators-dilemma.md\">Innovator's Dilemma</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/book-review/socrates-a-life-worth-living.md\">\"Socrates A Life Worth Living\" by Devra Lehman</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/christianity/the-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.md\">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/christianity/the-miracles-of-christ.md\">The Miracles of Christ</a> [christianity,come follow me,scripture of the day,miracles,faith,signs]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/gratitude/good-books.md\">Good Books</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-02 <a href=\"/tech/why-we-want-new-software.md\">The Psychology of New Software Releases and its Parallels with Fashion</a> [business strategy,saas,sales,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2024-01-01 <a href=\"/gratitude/rest.md\">I'm grateful for rest</a> [gratitude,observations]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/christianity/cfm-2023-12-31-rev-15-21.md\">Come follow me, December 25-31, Revelations 15-21</a> [christianity,come follow me,raw notes]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/gratitude/eyes.md\">Eyes</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-31 <a href=\"/tech/swapping-out-human-labor-for-ai.md\">Replacing human work with AI</a> [tech,ai,automation,decisions,leadership]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/gratitude/beaches.md\">Beaches</a> [gratitude,water,beach,sunset]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/posts/emotional-recovery.md\">Emotional Recovery</a> [posts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-30 <a href=\"/posts/water-as-a-currency.md\">Water as a Currency?</a> [posts,water,economics]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/creative/poem-timeless.md\">Timeless</a> [poem,poetry,parenting,creative]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/posts/how-to-blog-with-obsidian-and-quarto.md\">Blogging with Obsidian and Quarto</a> [obsidian,quarto,tutorial]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-29 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-vs-quartz-for-obsidian.md\">Quarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog</a> [quarto,obsidian,pkm,build in public,tool,tool comparison]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/book-review/how-to-decide-simple-tools-for-making-better-choices.md\">How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices</a> [decisions,philosophy,book-review,business]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/decisions-are-rivers.md\">Decisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft</a> [decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/flip-a-coin-and-not-fail.md\">97 percent chance you'll fail</a> [success,decisions,philosophy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/flip-a-coin.md\">Flipping the coins of life</a> [philosophy,decisions]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-28 <a href=\"/posts/leaving-my-startup-was-the-right-decision.md\">Leaving my Startup was the Right Decision</a> [decisions,storytelling,hindsight]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/christianity/christmas-empty-tomb.md\">Post Christmas blues? Remember the empty tombs</a> [christianity,christmas]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/christianity/unknown-god.md\">An Unknown God</a> [christianity,theology,faith,doubts]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-27 <a href=\"/gratitude/grateful-for-artists.md\">I'm grateful for artists</a> [gratitude,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-26-i'm-grateful-for-blankets/index.md\">I'm grateful for blankets</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-feature-requests/index.md\">Things I'd like in a blog</a> [productivity,quarto]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/quarto-from-phone/index.md\">How to blog from your phone using quarto (or hugo/jekyll/etc) using Working Copy and Obsidian</a> [productivity,tech,tutorial]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/write-despite-ai/index.md\">Write despite AI</a> [ai,humanity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-26 <a href=\"/posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.md\">Writing is truly enlivening</a> [communication,writing]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-25 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-25-grateful-for-doctors/index.md\">I'm grateful for doctors</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-25 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.md\">AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans</a> [ai,tech,futurism]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/christianity/let-your-light-so-shine.md\">His is the light that we should share</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/christianity/the-christ-child.md\">The Christ Child</a> [christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/gratitude/2023-12-24-light/index.md\">Light</a> [gratitude]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-24 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-24-twas-the-night-before-christmas/index.md\">Twas the Night before Christmas</a> [christmas,ask gpt]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-23 <a href=\"/book-review/dune.md\">Dune</a> [book-review,sci-fi]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-23 <a href=\"/book-review/the-best-of-edgar-allen-poe.md\">The Best of Edgar Allen Poe</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-22 <a href=\"/book-review/killers-of-the-flower-moon.md\">Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI</a> [storytelling,murder mystery,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-21 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-21-github-copilot-levels-up/index.md\">GitHub copilot levels up</a> [ai,productivity,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-21 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.md\">The Allegory of the Dodo</a> [productivity,business,kids books]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-20 <a href=\"/book-review/unbelievable.md\">Unbelievable</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-20 <a href=\"/posts/the-little-red-hen.md\">The Little Red Hen</a> [book review,startups]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-19 <a href=\"/book-review/101-essays-to-make-you-think.md\">101 Essays that will Change the Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest</a> [philosophy,mindfulness,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-19 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-19-how-to-encourage-your-kids-/index.md\">How to encourage your kids</a> [parenting]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-18 <a href=\"/book-review/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.md\">Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a> [storytelling,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-17 <a href=\"/christianity/christmas-celebrates-a-living-christ.md\">Christmas celebrates a Living Christ</a> [christianity,ai,christmas]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-16 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-16-humanity-and-ai/index.md\">What is humanity</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-15-llms-can-find-a-needle-in-the-haystack/index.md\">LLMs can find a needle in the haystack</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-15-prompt-techniques/index.md\">Prompt techniques</a> [ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-14 <a href=\"/lists/ai.md\">Cool AI Tweets</a> [tech,futurism,ai]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-13 <a href=\"/christianity/three-little-pigs-christ.md\">Three Little Pigs</a> [book review,christianity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-13 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-13-learn-by-doing/index.md\">Learn by doing</a> [data science,tech]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-12 <a href=\"/book-review/scientific-freedom.md\">Scientific Freedom</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-12-12 <a href=\"/posts/2023-12-12-future-of-coding/index.md\">Future of Coding</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-08-17 <a href=\"/book-review/four-thousand-weeks.md\">Four Thousand Weeks</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-07-22 <a href=\"/book-review/every-city-is-every-other-city.md\">Every City Is Every Other City</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-06-15 <a href=\"/book-review/sapiens.md\">Sapiens</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-05-08 <a href=\"/book-review/1984.md\">1984</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2023-04-25 <a href=\"/book-review/when-breath-becomes-air.md\">When Breath Becomes Air</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-23-who-do-you-want-to-be-known-for/index.md\">How do you want to be remembered?</a> [leadership,service]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-15 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-15-chatgpt-rshiny/index.md\">Building a complex R Shiny Dashboard Using ChatGPT</a> [data science,r,shiny,futurism,chatgpt]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-12-06 <a href=\"/posts/2022-12-06-more-new-businesses-than-ever/index.md\">Models as a Service and the Future of Data Science</a> [tech,startups,business,data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-18 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-18-substance-over-style/index.md\">Resume Substance over Style</a> [communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-18 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-18-writing-a-tech-resume/index.md\">Writing a Tech Resume</a> [communication]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-11-12 <a href=\"/posts/2022-11-12-what-is-a-model/index.md\">What is a model?</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-09-11 <a href=\"/book-review/the-80-20-principle-and-92-other-powerful-laws-nature.md\">The 80/20 Principle and 92 Other Powerful Laws Nature</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-09-07 <a href=\"/book-review/think-again.md\">Think Again</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-22 <a href=\"/book-review/human-compatible.md\">Human Compatible</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-17 <a href=\"/book-review/antifragile.md\">Antifragile</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-15 <a href=\"/book-review/never-split-the-difference.md\">Never Split the Difference</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-06 <a href=\"/book-review/willpower.md\">Willpower</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-04 <a href=\"/book-review/thinking-fast-and-slow.md\">Thinking, Fast and Slow</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-01 <a href=\"/book-review/digital-minimalism.md\">Digital Minimalism</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-08-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-power-of-regret.md\">The Power of Regret</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-20 <a href=\"/posts/2022-07-20-de-sciencing-data-science-and-talking-like-a-normal-person/index.md\">De-sciencing Data Science and Talking Like a Normal Person</a> [data science,communication,principles]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-15 <a href=\"/book-review/the-willpower-instinct.md\">The Willpower Instinct</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-08 <a href=\"/book-review/effortless.md\">Effortless</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-04 <a href=\"/book-review/why-we-sleep.md\">Why We Sleep</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-07-03 <a href=\"/posts/2022-07-03-when-data-collection-goes-too-far/index.md\">When data collection goes too far</a> [productivity,futurism,tech,surveillance]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-28 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-28-increase-focus-through-writing-down-everything/index.md\">Increase Focus through Writing Down Everything</a> [productivity,musings,ticktick]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-28 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-28-pomodoro-principles/index.md\">Pomodoro Principles</a> [productivity,ticktick]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-25 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-25-how-i-use-ticktick/index.md\">How I use TickTick</a> [productivity]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/getting-things-done.md\">Getting Things Done</a> [productivity,book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/give-and-take.md\">Give and Take</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-24 <a href=\"/book-review/the-organized-mind.md\">The Organized Mind</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-23-new-ideas-are-distractingly-exciting/index.md\">New ideas are distractingly exciting</a> [productivity,priorities,ideation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-23 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-23-the-best-todolist-manager/index.md\">What is the best todo list manager?</a> [productivity,app review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-22 <a href=\"/book-review/radical-candor.md\">Radical Candor</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-22 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.md\">Downstream Impact</a> [data science,experimentation]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-21 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-21-products-for-dads/index.md\">Products for dads</a> [productivity,fatherhood]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-21 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-21-the-power-of-party-pay-by-visible/index.md\">The Power of Party Pay by Visible</a> [startups,strategy]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-20 <a href=\"/posts/2022-06-20-blogging-with-quarto/index.md\">Blogging with Quarto, and why I don’t use Medium anymore</a> [data science]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-17 <a href=\"/book-review/courage-is-calling.md\">Courage Is Calling</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-17 <a href=\"/book-review/the-obstacle-is-the-way.md\">The Obstacle Is the Way</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-09 <a href=\"/book-review/rich-dad-poor-dad.md\">Rich Dad Poor Dad</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-09 <a href=\"/book-review/zero-to-one.md\">Zero to One</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-08 <a href=\"/book-review/world-travel.md\">World Travel</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-05 <a href=\"/book-review/principles.md\">Principles</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-04 <a href=\"/book-review/good-to-great.md\">Good to Great</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-06-03 <a href=\"/book-review/no-rules-rules.md\">No Rules Rules</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-05-14 <a href=\"/book-review/life-of-pi.md\">Life of Pi</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-04-12 <a href=\"/book-review/steve-jobs.md\">Steve Jobs</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-31 <a href=\"/book-review/deep-work.md\">Deep Work</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-30 <a href=\"/book-review/midnight-in-chernobyl.md\">Midnight in Chernobyl</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-20 <a href=\"/book-review/one-second-after.md\">One Second After</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-16 <a href=\"/book-review/getting-to-yes.md\">Getting to Yes</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-15 <a href=\"/book-review/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things.md\">The Hard Thing About Hard Things</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-12 <a href=\"/book-review/the-first-90-days.md\">The First 90 Days</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-10 <a href=\"/book-review/guns-germs-and-steel.md\">Guns, Germs, and Steel</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-06 <a href=\"/book-review/tribe-of-mentors.md\">Tribe of Mentors</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-03-01 <a href=\"/book-review/the-storytelling-animal.md\">The Storytelling Animal</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-02-22 <a href=\"/book-review/mindset.md\">Mindset</a> [book-review]</li>\n \n\n \n <li>2022-02-21 <a 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His life is filled with a richness worth studying.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The story is one of Brett and her influence on a group of men. Jake, whom she doesn’t want to be with because of an injury, Robert Cohn, who wanted to treat her well, then Mike who is a count, bankrupt, and a Lord with access to money, and Bill, who doesn’t interact with Brett much.\nThen Brett runs away with Pedro.\nShe can’t help herself. She ends up back in Jake’s arms, asking him for help when she could have asked Mike. She settles on Mike.\nShe lives without morals - floating with the sea. Jake is an observer.\nPersonal impact:\n\nthe dialogue is captivating. Calming in a sense. Meditative. 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More stories in the other book.\nwhile other people\n\n2024-03-09\nWhen I meet people i size them up.\nAmbrose: I would follow Winters because he was honest and knew how to lay down a cover of fire.\nThree stages\n\nThis can’t happen to me\nThis could happen to me\nThis is going to happen to me. → combat fatigue. Take off helmet and just put hand through hair.\n\nSome people snapped.\nReflections\n\nwhile others were partying, I was studying.\nDon’t define leadership. It’s “follow me”. You can’t make sound decisions unless you’re affected by the decision.\nGreat physical fitness means you can make sound decisions. → physical fitness to push yourself.\nNourish teamwork.\nIf you don’t worry about the credit, you get a lot more done. Blame yourself with a failure. Credit the team with a victory.\nReflect.\nHang tough. True satisfaction comes from getting the job done.\nNo man hangs his wings on his chest. He wears them within his heart.\nWar brings out the worst and the best in men. 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Instead I can reflect on what’s currently exciting and important to me and categorize those things into high levels values/missions. This will help me when I need to prioritize so not every whim of an idea gets my attention.\nGTD book just lays out what a todo is. It breaks down the problem of doing things (big and small) into what they are (time sensitive, someday, etc). Whether I’ll follow the system is up for debate, but I love the ideas so far. It very much fits my naturally organized mind, but may not work for more spontaneous folks that don’t like as much structure and list keeping.\nMost of my “todos” have been “intended outcomes”, but not “next actions”. For example, I see I have “change car battery” on my list right now and “plan yosemite trip”. But these aren’t todos. I can’t organize and prioritize outcomes. I can only organize and prioritize actions, he says. Changing these to “call mechanic to book oil and battery change and identify an hour in your calendar”. And “open recreation.gov when walking around the house and find a campsite.”\nOrganize tasks around where you’ll do them. This is in line with Atomic habits which states to be hyper specific about where and when you’ll do something. “Call grandma when I get into my car tomorrow morning to go to work.” Or “take a moment at my desk during lunchtime to find a mechanic by opening Google Maps and plan an oil change. Find 1 open hour on the calendar.”\n\n\n\nPutting it into practice\nI’ve been using TickTick for my task manager, which has Lists (folders) where I can put my tasks and tags so I can label and categorize each task. Here’s my organization strategy:\n\nWhen jotting ideas write intended outcome and next action as my todo.\nTag with where I’ll do it and provide day or time it’s due (if applicable)\n\nMove each item to a respective list:\n\nASAP - there’s a useful urgency to this task (begin memo)\nEventually - there’s no urgency but I know I’ll want to do this\nSomeday maybe - no urgency and no commitment, but it’s an idea of something I want to do.\n\nTagging system: tag each item with either Work or Personal. Then within that, some meaningful themes:\n\nProjectName (work deliverable or personal project like “ImproveMyHealth”, “BuildApp”)1\nLocation (where I’ll do it). Around the house. At desk. In car. While cleaning the house, etc. this is habit stacking. Most work stuff is done at my desk.\nwhen I’ll do it. Stack with other activities. Examples: Before lunch.\nDuration (how long it takes: 1, 2, 4 hours, 5, 30min). This might be useful for planning.\n\nList system. Move from inbox to list when properly categorized. I like “Work” and “Personal” lists. I think since you can use unlimited tags, and tags can be nested in TickTick, there’s no substantive differ ne between list and tag. Not sure yet how to use the TickTick lists when tags are so useful. Lists of work and personal.\n\nIn summary:\n\nIdea/task comes.\nDocument in inbox.\nClarify the intended outcome and the next action.\nOrganize: tag. Set up reminder. Move out of inbox to list.\nReview and Prioritize: understand where these ideas will take you and choose your adventure.\nDo!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeciding Vision: As I write this, choosing a project might be a good place to insert a goal (intended outcome) as a project name. Instead of Exercise, the intended outcome is improving health. The goal is being able to run a 5k. So perhaps goal/objective is “ImproveHealth” and KR is “run 5k”. These goals can be identified by asking the 5 whys. If I have an idea if “go running” as my task, a good grounds-up vision exercise would be to ask “why do I want to run a mile tomorrow? Is it to accomplish something or to relax my mind? Why is relaxing my mind important to me? Why is my mental health important? Etc. I think subconsciously ideas come of what to do next all the time “I should work out” but rarely do I take the time to ask “why do I see the need to work out? What’s the greater vision here for this task?” Understanding that vision can help prioritize and build a desire to accomplish the task. If the idea “learn a new language” comes up, asking why can help me realize “oh, this is just for fun and won’t be for anything meatier than having fun! No pressure on this task and maybe I’ll never do it.” The nag to run a mile might help me realize “I need to take care of my health, and this can’t wait.”↩︎\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "2024-04-06\n\ncool setup. Guy stuck in\nGentlemen use a desk\nWe put attachment into things. But at the end they’re just things.\n\n\n\n\nGentleman in Moscow\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/body-language-in-public-speaking.html", - "href": "quotes/body-language-in-public-speaking.html", - "title": "Body Language in Public Speaking", + "objectID": "book-review/life-of-pi.html", + "href": "book-review/life-of-pi.html", + "title": "Life of Pi", "section": "", - "text": "What does your body language communicate?\nWhen you speak, the content as well as the inflection of your tone matter a lot. This is evident in good audio books.\nBut comedians understand the impact that timing and body language have on the delivery a joke. A joke is either funny or not based on what’s been said. And good jokes build throughout the set.\nWhen doing public speaking, most sit awkwardly with their hands. What are they communicating by this? They’re communicating as if their audience is blind - audio only.\nHumans are social creatures by nature. Dont mis an opportunity to communicate with good body language. Your movements on stage should say something. Your arm movements should say something. There should be a theme.\nLike a thesis statement, all words in a paragraph should support the thesis. All body movements should support the thesis of your content.\nGet moving.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/i-wont-get-it-right-but-i-will-get-right-getting-it-right.html", - "href": "quotes/i-wont-get-it-right-but-i-will-get-right-getting-it-right.html", - "title": "I won’t get it right. But I will get right getting it right.", + "objectID": "book-review/the-war.html", + "href": "book-review/the-war.html", + "title": "The War", "section": "", - "text": "I won’t get it right. But I can get right getting it right.\nFocus on process. Not on outcomes. Outcomes are uncertain. Outcomes are lucky - either good or bad. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/the-iceberg-thwory.html", - "href": "quotes/the-iceberg-thwory.html", - "title": "The Iceberg Theory", + "objectID": "book-review/the-old-man-and-the-sea.html", + "href": "book-review/the-old-man-and-the-sea.html", + "title": "The Old Man and the Sea", "section": "", - "text": "There’s too much on LinkedIn that leaves nothing to the imagination.\nIceberg theory - Wikipedia\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "2024-02-02\n\nthank goodness they’re not as intelligent as those who kill them, though they’re more noble and able\nLet him believe I am more man than I AM and I will be so\n“The thousand times he had proved it didn’t matter now. He needs to prove it again anew that he’s a man”\nBoy: “I have so much to learn from you” - after the boy has just gotten “lucky”.\n\nStorytelling\n\nI love how he speaks a thought, then follows up with reality. Like “come on, catch the hook” “but the hook did not catch”\nRepetitive words used in new ways evoke new meaning\nKeep it simple. Mark Cuban Mogul Support - don’t use a big word when a simpler one will do. He evokes strong emotion without much fanciful language.\nYour mind fills in the blanks. He encodes the intuition of 50 years of fishing in plain words. “I’ve got enough line…” is not a calculation. Wool and Dune are much more\n\n2024-02-01 - first you borrow. 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What explains the difference?\nThere are two types of smart people. Those who make you feel smarter and those who remind you how smart they are.\nTruly brilliant people are focused on learning, and sharing, and helping those who were once like them: eager to learn.\nLess brilliant are those who are focused on themselves. Living in an insecure sand castle, they’re helplessly trying to reinforce as the waves of life crash on their egos.\nI’m not sure what makes one person the one or the other. It has nothing to do with their background, the titles they hold, the accomplishments they’ve achieved.\nPerhaps Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters explains it (paraphrasing): “war either makes you or breaks you. Either it makes you better or ruins your perception of life”.\nA favorite scripture of mind echos the sentiment:\n\nBut behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God, even in the depth of humility. Alma 62.41\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Socrates, a Life Worth Living\n\n\nNotes: - socrates had a voice he felt was from Gods. Daimonion - Memorization. Lots of it. - Humanism - treated sacrifices to the gods as transactional. This meant they relied on themselves rather than gods to teach them. - Odd relationships (pedophelia) - function: intended purpose. Virtue: quality of function.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Really boring numbers.\nUntil I discover their story.\n#datascience #storytelling\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/time-value-of-memories.html", - "href": "quotes/time-value-of-memories.html", - "title": "Time value of memories", + "objectID": "concepts/confirmation-bias.html", + "href": "concepts/confirmation-bias.html", + "title": "confirmation bias", "section": "", - "text": "Time value of memories\nI wish I would care more about the time value of memories more than the time value of money.\nWhat’s the discounted cash flow for a monthly trip to the beach?\nThe net present value of 40 years of spending time with loved ones?\n#HowWillYouMeasureYourLife #perspective\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "When you see what you want to see.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "quotes/look-at-the-plot.html", - "href": "quotes/look-at-the-plot.html", - "title": "Look at the Plot", + "objectID": "concepts/the-book-of-mormon-another-testament-of-jesus-christ.html", + "href": "concepts/the-book-of-mormon-another-testament-of-jesus-christ.html", + "title": "The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ", "section": "", - "text": "“Look at the plot”\n“No, look at the plot”\n“No, seriously, look at the plot”\nChris Peterson’s three rules for data science never left me.\nI can’t help but look at the plot every time I look at a plot.\n#datascience #PeopleIAdmire\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "A powerful book. Read it online, download the app, or ask for a free copy!\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "“Gratus sum, ergo habeo.” (I’m thankful, therefore I have.)\nNot sure if that’s proper Latin or not.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Though no union was formed, that person and ten others were let go six weeks later.\nOn a third team, I was told “But that’s what we hired PhD’s to do, and you don’t have a PhD”.\n\nOn another team I joined after 3 members had just quit. My leader sat down and asked us all what could be done better. Changes were made. I knew I joined the right team.\nOn another team I was told in my first interview with my manager, “I’m so excited you’re here, I can tell you have a ton of experience, you have a lot of insights already and I can’t wait to see what you can do”. Morale, unshockingly, seems very high on the team.\nWhich team is worth fighting for? I’ve found my team.\n\nIt’s not the situation. It’s how the leader reacts to the situation.\nA #reflection : I don’t regret how I chose my role. I did all that I could. I chose well. There were unknown unknowns.\n#leadership\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The church I’ve been a part of since the early nineties.\nIt’s a Christian church (notice Christ in the name), sometimes referred to as “the Mormon church”, because we have a powerful book called The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ, which is compiled by an ancient prophet named Mormon. (Like the book of Matthew, or John, it’s named after the author.)\nI’m baptized, I’m an ordained deacon, priest, and elder, I’ve graduated from a four year seminary, and spent two years as a missionary (my mission).\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2022-07-03-when-data-collection-goes-too-far/index.html", - "href": "posts/2022-07-03-when-data-collection-goes-too-far/index.html", - "title": "When data collection goes too far", + "objectID": "concepts/president-russel-m-nelson.html", + "href": "concepts/president-russel-m-nelson.html", + "title": "President Russel M. Nelson", "section": "", - "text": "Self Surveillance\nI came across this article in Flowing Data and thought it was fascinating.\nI’ve been on a productivity kick lately and notice these apps have habit trackers. I’ve tried using them in the past and have realized it gets too much too quickly. But that doesn’t mean as a data guy that I don’t think it’s a cool idea. It just overwhelms me.\nWe’ll I discovered that me tracking a few habits a day is junior varsity level. Felix’s blog is how it’s done to the extreme. Clearly this guy isn’t worried about Big Tech or Big Government harvesting his personal data. I love the boldness!\nThis is just 1/20th of the full page screen shot:\n\nThe number of slices and views he has is endless. It’s crazy to see everything he’s tracking, partly I’m sure because he has fun with it and the other part because he deep down hopes there’s something there.\nHis quote on Flowing Data has stuck with me:\n\nOverall, having spent a significant amount of time building this project, scaling it up to the size it’s at now, as well as analysing the data, the main conclusion is that it is not worth building your own solution, and investing this much time. When I first started building this project 3 years ago, I expected to learn way more surprising and interesting facts. There were some, and it’s super interesting to look through those graphs, however retrospectively, it did not justify the hundreds of hours I invested in this project.\n\nThis guy probably knows himself in a way that none of us ever will. He can’t ever lie to himself and say “yea, I’m good at exercising every day” because he’s got the data to back it up. But is this the life we want?\n\n\nSelf Surveillance as a Service\nSSaaS? Apparently. Exist.io tries to find patterns in your personal data and tell you when your most happy.\n\n\n\nExist.io\n\n\nWhen I researched the Apple Watch team a few years back I came to appreciate what they were/are trying to do: correlate heart monitoring with insurance claims data to proactively identify preemptive signs of cardiac arrest and other health issues.\nThat seems meaningful in theory because information about other people can be correlated with information about me.\nBut does info about myself correlate with info about myself? Probably. I have cycles. I have common traps and pitfalls like any human walking this earth. Some pitfalls are daily, some are quarterly or seasonal.\nBut I can also take 5 minutes to ponder reflectively or talk to a close friend and identify those patterns. What’s more human?\nAnd what’s more: if you end up changing your behavior then your past can’t really predict your future. So all of the data becomes moot once it achieves its purpose: true lasting change. Because if you truly change your behavior based on the insights you glean about yourself, those past triggers and anomalies no longer affect you in the way they did. So when you experience a personal step change in life, you’re a new you. Maybe not. But maybe.\nAlso, the new generations growing up on smartphones have a unique challenge: their online identities are given to them before they’re really conscious enough to determine if that’s what they want to show the world. Parents posting YouTube or TikToks of their kids are cementing for these kids an identity they themselves didn’t choose. We’ve all gone through phases of deleting Facebook photos from 15 years ago because it doesn’t reflect our current self image. What’s to be said of giving people an opportunity to change if everything they’ve ever said or done is recorded somewhere? Twitter. Instagram. TikTok. Facebook. Every post is cementing us in a way.\nI think it’s better to forget yesterday. Because it doesn’t have to have any bearing on where you’re going tomorrow. It can if you let it. But your past doesn’t have to define you.\n\n\nTakeaways\nWould you rather spend hours setting up digital automatic and manual tracking systems just to learn what you could by opening a gratitude journal every day? Sometimes less is more. I don’t think digital self surveillance is a direction we should go. (Not to mention the moment you do get hacked you’ll deeply regret it.)\nEven blogging can be dangerous for your career. Never know what’s gonna come back to haunt you years later.\nSo I should be careful what I say here, that is if I ever care to work for a self surveillance company in the future.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Prophet.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.html", - "href": "posts/the-only-mind-thats-clear-is-the-one-that-sees-no-alternative.html", - "title": "The Only Mind that’s Clear Is the One That Sees No Alternative", + "objectID": "quotes/discounting-positives.html", + "href": "quotes/discounting-positives.html", + "title": "Discounting positives", "section": "", - "text": "The easiest thing one can do is see the world through their own viewpoints. It takes no effort. Takes no work. It’s already done: your viewpoints are there. Either you care about climate change today or you don’t. Either you care about opossums or you don’t. You are who you are, right now.\nThe only gap between who you are today and who you are tomorrow is what you learn and experience and how you see the world because of what you learn and experience.\nYou learn from others. You learn from your experiences. 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Didn’t try." + "objectID": "quotes/so-what-happens-after-you-finally-become-a-millionaire.html", + "href": "quotes/so-what-happens-after-you-finally-become-a-millionaire.html", + "title": "So what happens after you finally become a millionaire?", + "section": "", + "text": "So what happens after you finally become a millionaire?\nHopefully not, but there’s probably a chance you’re waiting on that day. Waiting to have enough money. To vest. To cross that threshold. It’s quite natural to want money. Nobody can truly say they don’t.\nBut imagine the day you hit 1,000,000 in your accounts. What’s next?\nYou’re probably going to be focused on the next dollar. Maybe the next million. Because the person you were before the millionth dollar will be the same person after the millionth dollar.\nAre you enjoying life today? 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My post Decisions are Like Hopping on a River Raft - decisions take you down to known endpoints.\nBring those two concepts together and on one hand there’s a trajectory - where you’re capable of going given your decisions (and mindset) and your mindset - how you perceive your circumstances.\nSomeone recently told me, “It’s not what you go through but how you perceive what you’re going through that matters.”\nI believe perception is powerful. Any negative situation can be reframed for a positive. This is mindset.\nBut the other component is also important: where your circumstances will take you if pursued every day for the next 30 years.\n\n\n\nAre you aimed toward the valley or the mountain? 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The rest is up to luck.\n\n\n\nWe’re all just Huck and Tom to some degree\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2023-12-19-how-to-encourage-your-kids-/index.html", - "href": "posts/2023-12-19-how-to-encourage-your-kids-/index.html", - "title": "How to encourage your kids", + "objectID": "posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.html", + "href": "posts/2023-12-21-the-dodo/index.html", + "title": "The Allegory of the Dodo", "section": "", - "text": "Foster talent by:\n\ncreating stress free environment\nfinish before they’re tired\ndon’t pamper them at the country club\ntreat them for 10 minutes after\nno need to teach. Kids will figure it out\npeople who are great don’t necessarily love what they do, but those who love what they do will be great\n\n\n\nThis from Padraig Harrington should be required viewing for parents. Some really great advice.pic.twitter.com/ExE5rZpg7a\n\n— Kendall Baker (@kendallbaker) December 18, 2023\n\n\nI love it.\nThis is probably good management advice in any capacity.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "The scoop\nThere’s a great kids book, called “There’s a dodo on the wedding cake”.\nSo there’s this dodo, right, who walks in and hops on a cake. The attending violinist then scares it away and is praised for protecting the cake.\nTo the reader’s delight, more animals start appearing and the violinist excitedly protects the cake through hilarious misadventure. (My favorite is when he says, “begone beavers!”)\nTwo funny things happen though:\n\nThe guy soon realizes that all these creatures are wedding guests.\nThe guy has such a big nose and he’s allergic to marshmallows, that when he’s offered some cake he sneezes and the cake goes flying.\n\n\n\n\ndodo on a cake\n\n\n\n\nMorale?\n\nWhen you praise someone for doing something good, they do it again and again. → There’s a natural hero inside all of us.\nBut only the first animal was a problem. The beavers were the chefs. So he ends up creating all these problems thinking they’re problems. → In tech, when you fix a bug you then think other things are bugs and go off fixing those too. No, just do the first. Then check in.\nThe irony is that, despite saving the cake, he sneezes and ruins the cake. → Despite all the effort, the greatest protection to the cake was him staying away from it. Sometimes by trying to solve a problem we can make things way worse and create all these problems. (Politics? Create problems by creating solutions to problems that need solutions.)\n\nDon’t mistake a beaver for a dodo. But don’t mistake a dodo for a wedding guest.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "First half is my philosophy on the relationship between learning, notetaking, and blogging.\n\nI love to learn\nWriting helps me learn\nPublicly writing increases my focus\n\nSecond half is how I use Obsidian and Quarto, alternatives I’ve tried, and my actually flow. I detail what tools I use, how I use them.\n\nset up relative links\nHave one img folder\nUse templater to manage new post templates and relative links\nUse linter\nUse commander for toolbar palette\ndataview to find drafts\nTags to flag ideas\n\n\n\n\nI’ve had a blog since 2016. Started with Jekyll. Then blogdown. Tried medium in 2020 because it had a good mobile app and I was able to publish every day. Then I didn’t know how to get my posts out of there so I lost interest. Then I found quarto, which I was excited about because I have always loved Rmarkdown (things like tabs, executable code, etc.). Then I tried Substack, which I did for a few weeks but eventually gave up because 1) no mobile app to write and 2) how do I get my stuff off of there?\nSeth Godin writes every day, and I love his blog and take it as an inspiration. In one post he mentions how “some say do a podcast, others say write on platform x or platform Y”. (Medium, Substack, etc.) He recommends: those tools always serve the 1%. If you’re the 1%, you make money. Otherwise you don’t. So you might as well own your own content.\nI know two Instagram and TikTok influencers with 100k and 300k followers respectively. The 100k made $5k in 2022. The 300k TikToker still makes maybe $100/mo. They each put in 20 hours+ a week.\nSo I’m giving up the illusion I’ll ever make money off a blog or my content. I write because I always have. I write publicly now because I found a way to do so online, from my phone.\nThis is how I blog daily using quarto (for the website) and Obsidian (for the editor).\n\nOwn your platform\nAfter all the years blogging, giving up, coming back, etc, there are many things that are my personal needs.\n\nMobile first. I can’t write at my computer. This isn’t my job.\nFootnotes: many blogging platforms don’t allow for them or handle them well. Footnotes are essential in long content.\nCustomizable: I need to be able to add styling how I like it. This is part of the creative process.\nTags: having and filtering by tags is nice\nPortable: if I stop blogging for 9 months I need to be able to move it to the next shiny object platform. I need to own my content. I also don’t like posting on LinkedIn or Facebook directly because I see my writing as my creative work. Those platforms don’t let you save or share those links later on.\n\nRelative links: I need to be able to link to other posts. This is part of the mental note taking journey.\nSubscribe button. (Substack and Medium are built for this!)\nComments: 99% of people don’t comment, but when people reach out it feels like I did something for the world. It also makes the blog more approachable, even if nobody every posts.\nHackable/automatable: I need templates. I need code. I need to be able to automate things. (At one point I figured out how to set up automations to post straight to Instagram from GitHub actions. I’m going to bring that back!)\n\nSubstack does footnotes well, linking to notes poorly, doesn’t have a mobile editor for posts, and isn’t portable. It handles tags, subscribers, and distribution extremely well, and makes it easy to have multiple publications. But it’s got the vendor lock in.\nMedium had an excellent mobile editing experience, but again - vendor lock in. And you’ve gotta kinda buy into the Medium-way-of-doing-posts.\nAll platforms have their vibe. If you want to be popular on TikTok, you gotta dance. Although I personally love to dance, I want my site to be creative and my own.\n\n\nWhy blog with obsidian/quarto?\nEnter Obsidian and Quarto. Obsidian makes managing and editing content a breeze (things like draft management, sorting files, organizing images, etc is all super easy):\nWhy obsidian as my editor?\n\nIt makes writing markdown a breeze\nIt has tons of extensions, such as managing footnotes, linting files, spell checking, etc.\nIt makes it really easy to link to other files (relative links)\nIt makes it easy to refactor (move stuff around)\nIt works with markdown. The files are just plain text files in my Files app on my iPhone.\n\n\n\nWriting flow\nEvery writer has their flow. The tools they use should reflect their mental process of writing, and not the other way around. If you’re trying to get your brain to work like the tool does, rather than using tools that working like your brain, you’re ngmi. If you’re like me, you’ll try it for a while and then give up. (I may give up after this post, but at least this post isn’t saved on Blogger.com!)\nHere’s mine:\n\nGet an idea\nCategorize it (religious, tech, life, etc)\nCreate a file\nMark as draft\nWrite some ideas\nEdit it (if long), reread a few times\nUnmark as draft\nPost to the internet, read a few more times in live version and make edits\nTag it\nFind old drafts, finish them\nAdd an image, either from my phone camera or chatgpt. Save image in the right folder.\nWrite alt text to the images.\nCreate links to other entries.\nMake some footnotes for content that doesn’t flow\nCry and debate if I’m a good writer or if anyone is even listening anymore\nAdd a subscribe button\nshare a good one to social media\nCheck my Google analytics to see if I’m popular. Check subscribers to see if I got any. Wonder why I care anyway because I know I won’t make money off this.\nGet an idea for a new post while reading a book and start again\n\nThe process of getting ideas from a source, and writing from those ideas, makes me want to be able to connect the entry to the source (book or podcast). Sure, I don’t have to write. And sometimes writing is wasted time (writing for writing’s sake), but I enjoy it.\n\n\nMy writing flow with Obsidian and Quarto\nAt the risk of nobody ever reading this far, I’ll keep this high level, and if someone cares about something ask me in the comments.\nFirst, see Quarto from Phone to see how I set up Working Copy to sync my Obsidian repo with GitHub.\nHere’s my flow with obsidian:\n\nRead a book. Create new book note using new-post via the Templater obsidian plugin. This lets me create a new note in a folder of my choice, give a title, make a filename with a good url slug. Adds some categories automatically.\nWhen idea comes up, take note in book note. When substantial idea comes up, create a quick draft of a new post using Templater. Enable draft: true if i don’t finish.\nUse Obsidian Dataview to create a list of all outstanding drafts. I can come back and finish.\nUse Obsidian Custom Sort to sort the files in my repo how I want. This package helped me to stop time-stamping my URLs (which I thought was good for sorting). Instead, I can sort by modified time (note custom sort isn’t necessary for modified time sorting), but custom sort allows for sorting by yaml front matter.\nWhen I’m ready to post, create an image using ChatGPT app. Click on the image in the app, share, save to files. It will save to the img/ folder in my root. Next image? Saves here (iPhone remembers).\n\nAt some point I was creating folders for every blog post so I could reference images there. I’m giving this up for two reasons: 1) every file would then need to be named “index.md” and 2) more folders is more noise. So instead, I have one place for all images, which makes it easier to save and I don’t have to click a bunch of subfolders every time I add an image.\nAlso, screenshot any photos you may want to add so as to remove the location metadata.\n\nUse Footnote Shortcut plugin to more efficiently write footnotes. Add a hotkey to the mobile obsidian editor toolbar to quickly add footnotes. 1\nSet up an iOS shortcut to do a “git pull”, “git commit”, “git push” on the repo. Put this shortcut on my home page. Since I have a synced folder, this happens very efficiently!2\nSet up a github actions to build the blog using quarto render. See Quarto vs. quartz for Obsidian blog\nPublish to GitHub pages with the docs/ folder.\n\nAnd that’s it. That’s my flow. If you like this, ask me a question.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis footnote is added with the tap of a button. 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You know the difference between make and model, but you soon learn what a trim is. Some versions come with leather. Some have a sun roof. Some have all wheel drive. Some have 20k in miles, and a similarly priced car in a higher trim is at 40k miles. How do you know what you’re really paying for, and what these features are worth? And how do you know what it’ll be worth when it’s four years older and has an additional 40k miles?\nPretty advanced questions for someone who just learned what a powertrain is.\nIn this analysis, I’ll dive into how you can use data to learn a lot about an industry in a short amount of time. I’ll first dive into knowing what you’re buying (now and later). 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And actually, it’s not so much about if you made the right choice as if you just make the choice right in some way.\nChoose your love, and then love your choice, as they say.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#what-am-i-paying-for", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#what-am-i-paying-for", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "What am I paying for?", - "text": "What am I paying for?\nTo do any analysis, you need data. Please see my most recent post if you’re interested in learning how I got the data for this analysis. Suffice it to say, I webscraped it. The data is not my own, but belongs to Truecar.\nI love using linear regression to understand my data on a granular level. In my data set, I was able to extract the make, model, year, mileage, trim, and a flag for whether the car was all wheel drive (awd == 1) or not. Putting this data into a linear regression, we can see some interesting results. First let’s look at the data we have:\n\nlibrary(dplyr)\nload('../../data/used-car/tc-ford-edge.Rda')\n# Get the prices into the appropriate scale and remove some extraneous\ndf$price = df$price*1000\ndf %>% select(-stats, -url, -int, -vin, -v6, -trueprice, -resid) %>% head()\n\n## price year mileage trim awd location ext deal\n## 1 16000 2014 28.477 SE 1 Sterling, VA <NA> 6514\n## 2 13300 2013 64.315 SE 0 Chantilly, VA <NA> 1784\n## 3 13800 2013 72.111 SEL 0 Fairfax, VA Mineral Gray Metallic 3331\n## 4 16000 2014 27.490 SE 0 Manassas, VA Oxford White 5448\n## 5 12000 2013 66.825 SE 0 Clarksville, MD Mineral Gray Metallic NA\n## 6 14900 2014 65.157 SE 0 Manassas, VA Tuxedo Black Metallic 4436\n## mpyr\n## 1 7.12\n## 2 12.86\n## 3 14.42\n## 4 6.87\n## 5 13.37\n## 6 16.29\nNow let’s see the regression results.\n\nmod <- lm(price ~ as.factor(year) + mileage + trim + awd, data = df)\nsummary(mod)\n\n## \n## Call:\n## lm(formula = price ~ as.factor(year) + mileage + trim + awd, \n## data = df)\n## \n## Residuals:\n## Min 1Q Median 3Q Max \n## -4755.7 -854.6 -2.7 877.5 5024.2 \n## \n## Coefficients:\n## Estimate Std. Error t value Pr(>|t|) \n## (Intercept) 22216.400 788.885 28.162 < 2e-16 ***\n## as.factor(year)2013 1267.037 625.804 2.025 0.0442 * \n## as.factor(year)2014 3160.017 645.152 4.898 1.92e-06 ***\n## as.factor(year)2015 5664.470 710.322 7.975 9.56e-14 ***\n## as.factor(year)2016 6166.658 821.469 7.507 1.68e-12 ***\n## as.factor(year)2017 9082.971 878.956 10.334 < 2e-16 ***\n## mileage -91.951 5.625 -16.347 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimSE -4983.725 409.765 -12.162 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimSEL -1822.889 291.400 -6.256 2.17e-09 ***\n## trimSport 3419.270 374.977 9.119 < 2e-16 ***\n## trimTitanium 99.242 568.428 0.175 0.8616 \n## awd 1277.734 222.680 5.738 3.30e-08 ***\n## ---\n## Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1\n## \n## Residual standard error: 1450 on 211 degrees of freedom\n## Multiple R-squared: 0.9231, Adjusted R-squared: 0.9191 \n## F-statistic: 230.2 on 11 and 211 DF, p-value: < 2.2e-16" + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html", + "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", + "section": "", + "text": "[Update 2021-11-16] This analysis was originally written on my old blog here. You can find the source code for it here. This code no longer works as TrueCar changed their CSS to make it more difficult to scrape. It’s still possible, but you’d need to build a custom scraper from scratch.\nThis is part 1 out of a two-part series on scraping used car data. Check out part 2 to learn how to analyze the data.\nIn another post, I describe how I use this data that I’ve scraped, but I wanted to provide a more in-depth tutorial for those interested in how I got the data. Note, this data belongs to Truecar, so all uses herein are for personal and academic reasons only.\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#interpretation-matters", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#interpretation-matters", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "Interpretation matters", - "text": "Interpretation matters\nFirst, we see the (Intercept). This is the average value of a car for every level of every feature not show. So it represents the average price of a year 2000 with 0 miles, Limited trim, without all wheel drive. This allows us to now see what the average effect of, say, year is, holding all else constant. Every unit is in terms of dollars, so we can see that for as.factor(year)2013 that 2013 cars are worth $1,267 more than 2012 cars. This makes sense.\nI scaled mileage to be in the thousands so that it’s a little easier to interpret. So we see that for every 1,000 miles you drive a Ford Edge, it decreases the value of the car by $91 dollars. This tells you a few things. One, if I’m being offered two cars that are 10K miles different, there should be about a ~$900 difference in the car.\nSecond, if I’m planning on driving my car 30k miles over the next two years, how much should I expect the price to drop just due to mileage? Well, about -$91 * 30 = -$2,730. And maybe if you bought a 2014 model, two years later it could perhaps be like owning a 2012 model today. What’s the two-year difference between a 2014 and a 2012 model? About $3,160 dollars." + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#get-the-data", + "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#get-the-data", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", + "section": "Get the data", + "text": "Get the data\nIn order to do any good analaysis, you first need data. I prefer to have more data than less, where possible. In this case, I don’t have any data, so I use webscraping to get the data. There are much better tutorials on how to scrape data, so I’ll be light. I use R’s rvest package here, which does a decent job.1 Let’s look at Truecar’s Used Car postings2. First I use google to find the search query on Truecar that I like." }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#inference", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#inference", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "Inference", - "text": "Inference\nNow it’s getting interesting! You’re now starting to remember how your mom told you to never buy a car new, because once you drive it off the lot, it’s worth significantly less. Well, we can see that if you own a brand-new 2017 model and a 2016 model, they’re about $9082 - $6166 = $2916 different. So yea, just by getting the 2017 model you’ll lose $3,000 in the first year. See how 2016 is only $502 dollars more than the 2015? Having the 2015 model is practically the same price as a 2016. So you might as well buy the 2016 model and save a year of wear.\nWell, my theory kind of starts breaking down because 2015 cars and 2014 cars are similarly spaced as 2014 and 2013 ones. So maybe I shouldn’t read too much into this. But the ability to see these trends shouldn’t stop you from asking important questions, like, why is there a difference between years?\nWhen investigating the Nissan Murano, I observed a $5430 difference between 2015 and 2014. That’s non-trivial considering the other years were equally spaced. Doing a little research I saw that Nissan changed the 2015 Murano style, and the new style was apparently worth a lot more. Turns out the same thing happened here for the Ford Edge - the 2015 model is slightly longer with redesigned interior.\nYou can also use this framework to get a decent sense for what features are important to you. Like, is having all wheel drive really worth $1,277? If you live in an area where it snows, it probably is. But if you live in Florida, you may not need it.\nNot only is this framework helpful for comparing within-make-model differences, it helps you get a sense of between-make-model differences. Say, comparing the Ford Edge with the Nissan Murano and the Toyota RAV4. The coefficient for milage on the Edge is -$91. On the Murano it’s -$83, and on the RAV4 -$61. Remember this is the cost per 1,000 miles. That tells me that if I ‘spend’ 30k miles on a car over two years, I’ll lose -$2,730 on the Edge, but only -$1,830 on the RAV4, saving me $900. This also validates that Toyotas hold their value more." + "objectID": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#load-packages", + "href": "posts/2017-10-18-used-cars-scrape/used-cars-scrape.html#load-packages", + "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 1", + "section": "Load packages", + "text": "Load packages\n\nlibrary(rvest)\nlibrary(dplyr)\nlibrary(magrittr)\n# Find the URL of the data you want to scrape\nurl <- 'https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/ford/edge/'\nread_html(url)\n\n## {xml_document}\n## <html lang=\"en-US\">\n## [1] <head>\\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset= ...\n## [2] <body>\\n <!-- Element target for any partner code meant to execut ...\nYou’ll see there’s a head and a body. Our data’s in the body, so let’s use html_nodes() and html_text() to parse out the data we want. I used Selectorgadget to know what HTML classes to search for.\n\nread_html(url) %>% html_nodes('.col-xs-6.col-sm-8.no-left-padding') %>% html_text()\n\n## character(0)\nSo that’s how you get the data on a single page. If you look closer at the URL, you see a lot of helpful things. First, there’s the make, then the model, then the location-zip, then the year-range, and ultimately the trim. This is a very pretty and clean URL. If you click on a few additional pages, you’ll see the URL opens up with ?page=2.\nhttps://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/ford/edge/location-90210/?page=2\nThis is our ‘in’ to scraping multiple pages. I won’t bore you with the details of how to get that data into a neat matrix for us to analyze, but suffice it to say that I’m able to do it. Just build a function to construct a URL, and build a loop to go through the different pages, then use lots of str_extract() from the stringr package and gsub to clean up the data.\n\nlibrary(stringr)\n\nmake = 'ford'\nmodel = 'edge'\nzip = '90210'\nyear = 2012\nnpages = 5\n\nurl <- paste('https://www.truecar.com/used-cars-for-sale/listings/', \n make, '/', \n model ,\n '/location-', zip,\n '/year-',year,'-max/?page=', sep = \"\")\n\nurls <- paste(url, 1:npages, sep = \"\")\n\nscrape <- function(pageno){\n try(\n read_html(urls[pageno]) %>% html_nodes('.col-xs-6.col-sm-8.no-left-padding') %>% html_text()\n )\n}\n\nlong_list = scrape(1)\nfor(i in 2:npages){\n print(i)\n new_list = try(scrape(i))\n \n error = (\"try-error\" %in% class(new_list))\n \n if( error == FALSE ){\n long_list = c(long_list, new_list) \n } else {\n break\n }\n}\n## [1] 2\nstats <- long_list\ndf <- as.data.frame(stats)\ndf$stats %<>% as.character()\ndf$price <- str_extract(df$stats, '\\\\$[0-9]*,[0-9]*') %>% \n gsub('Price: |\\\\$|,', '', .) %>%\n as.numeric()\ndf$year <- str_extract(df$stats, '^[0-9]* ') %>% \n as.numeric()\ndf$mileage <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Mileage: [0-9]*,[0-9]*') %>% \n gsub('Mileage: |,', '', .) %>%\n as.numeric()\n\n# a = df$stats[1]\ndf$trim <- str_extract(df$stats, '.*Mileage:') %>% \n gsub('FWD|AWD|4x[24]|[24]WD|V6|4-cyl|^[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]|4dr|Automatic|Manual|Mileage:', '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n gsub(make, '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n gsub(model, '', ., ignore.case = T) %>% \n trimws() \n\n\ndf$awd <- grepl('AWD|4WD|4x4', df$stats, ignore.case = T) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$manual <- grepl('manual', df$stats) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$v6 <- grepl('V6', df$stats) %>% as.numeric()\ndf$location <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Location: .*Exterior:') %>% \n gsub('Location: |Exterior:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$ext <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Exterior: .*Interior:') %>% \n gsub('Interior:|Exterior:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$int <- str_extract(df$stats, 'Interior: .*VIN:') %>% \n gsub('Interior: |VIN:', '', .) %>% \n trimws() \ndf$vin <- str_extract(df$stats, 'VIN: .*\\\\$') %>% \n gsub('VIN: |\\\\$', '', .) %>% \n substr(., 1, 17)\ndf$deal <- str_extract(df$stats, '\\\\$[0-9]*,[0-9]* below') %>% \n gsub('below|\\\\$|,', '', .) %>% trimws() %>%\n as.numeric()\n\nAnd here’s what the results look like. You’ve got the original scraped data in the stats column and then everything else that you can parse out.\n\n# df was the dataframe object we needed\ndf %>% select(-stats) %>% head(10) %>% formattable::formattable()" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#identify-a-good-market-deal-and-how-truecar-might-do-it", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#identify-a-good-market-deal-and-how-truecar-might-do-it", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "Identify a good market deal (and how TrueCar might do it)", - "text": "Identify a good market deal (and how TrueCar might do it)\nBeyond the research above, you can use such a model to identify deals in the market and guide your buying decision. Here’s how:\n\nMake a PriceFinder: Get the residuals (actual minus predicted value) for each car. The more negative the residual, the more this car is a good price! This may be how TrueCar and CarGurus get their ‘deals’. They fit a model (probably one better than what I’ve created here) and use its residuals to value each car.\nIdentify ‘overpriced’ cars and try to possibly haggle those dealers down. Again, use the residuals here.\nUse this model to predict ‘out-of-sample’ cars. You can use this model built on TrueCar data and find a car on the classifieds or another site and evaluate whether it’s a good deal or not.\n\nHere’s an example of how we do that. First, let’s predict a hypothetical 2015 SEL Ford Edge FWD with 27.6k miles:\n\nthat_car <- as.data.frame(list(\n year = 2015,\n mileage = 27.6,\n trim = 'SEL',\n awd = 0\n))\n\npredict(mod, newdata = that_car)\n\n## 1 \n## 23520.13\nWe’d expect, on average, such a car to cost $23,520.13. Is what the dealer’s offering you above or below that? If they’re offering $25,000 then you know the car is $1,479.87 higher than what you might expect." + "objectID": "posts/2020-12-15-calendaring-todos/index.html", + "href": "posts/2020-12-15-calendaring-todos/index.html", + "title": "Get rid of the todo list. Calendar everything.", + "section": "", + "text": "I’ve had less meetings and more unstructured time during WFH. It can be isolating, which can slow down productivity.\nHere’s a tip I read today on how to be productive with unstructured time: put your to-do list directly into a calendar.\nThat way, you’ll always have time for the important things. Remove the things that take up your time and aren’t as important. I like it.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#how-to-improve-our-model", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#how-to-improve-our-model", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "How to improve our model", - "text": "How to improve our model\nNow, this is a pretty naive model, but it’s a model. As George Box said, “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” But here are some quick ways to improve this model:\n\nCheck for interactions. An interaction between miles and year would tell you whether the effect of miles would change across different years. For example, I think adding 10k miles to a 2017 would devalue the car more steeply than adding 10k miles to a 2012 model. During my quick research I checked for interactions, but I didn’t find many to be significant and I chose to ignore them for simplicity.\nUse a linear trend for year rather than a ‘factor’ trend. I’ve chosen here to treat year as a factor, which implies that I think that each year is completely different. Had I used year as a numeric feature, I could have possibly interpreted year as, “Each additional year increases/decreases the price by X on average, holding all else constant.” I liked the simplicity of thinking that each year was different, and since cars usually update models every four years, I wanted to be able to see where this happened. You couldn’t easily see this if year were a linear trend. Objectively, what would be a good way to choose? Fit both models and see which had better R-squared or AIC.\nDo model diagnostics. Check the residual plot to make sure the errors are normally distributed. Check for outliers. Each of these affects the accuracy of your residuals. I did some brief checks and was genearlly satisfied." + "objectID": "posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.html", + "href": "posts/export-your-libby-timeline-to-obsidian.html", + "title": "Export your Libby Timeline to Obsidian", + "section": "", + "text": "I love reading and I love writing. Both are integral parts of learning. The reading to receive new ideas, the writing to cement those ideas to something.\nAs I stood up my blog I wondered how to get past books on here. There’s a way!\nI now use Audible and Spotify audiobooks, but most of my past reads come from Libby.\n\n\n\nLibby\n\n\nHere’s how you do it using Python:\n\nOpen Libby app and figure out how to export your timeline. Somewhere in settings. It’ll produce a CSV.\nGo through that CSV and creat a column “read” that identified the ones you actually began (sigh…so many books I placed holds on but never read….)\nRun this python script and it’ll create an obsidian markdown file for each. Tweak it to match your preferences. I personally use quarto to blog so I have a naming convention for the files and metadata.\nOr! Just ask ChatGPT to do this for you lol.\n\nfrom datetime import datetime, timedelta\nimport pandas as pd\nimport os\nimport zipfile\nimport re\n\n# Load the provided spreadsheet using pandas\nfile_path = \"~/Downloads/libbytimeline-activities.csv\"\ndf = pd.read_csv(file_path)\n\n# Parse the timestamp into the format yyyy-mm-dd and rename the column to 'date'\ndf[\"timestamp_raw\"] = df[\"timestamp\"]\ndf[\"timestamp\"] = pd.to_datetime(df[\"timestamp\"], format=\"%m/%d/%y %H:%M\")\n# create a stringed date\ndf[\"date\"] = df[\"timestamp\"].dt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\n\ndf[[\"date\", \"timestamp_raw\"]]\n\n# Custom column: Filter rows where read == 1 (went through spreadsheet to filter out those I had borrowed but never read).\ndf = df[df[\"read\"] == 1]\n\n# De-duplicate by title, keeping the most recent record (sorted by date)\ndf = df.sort_values(\"timestamp\", ascending=False).drop_duplicates(\"title\")\n\n# Create a new column 'created' with today's date in yyyy-mm-dd format\ntoday = datetime.now().strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\ndf[\"created\"] = today\n\n# Create a new column 'date-finished' that's the timestamp's date + 21 days\ndf[\"date-finished\"] = (df[\"timestamp\"] + timedelta(days=21)).dt.strftime(\"%Y-%m-%d\")\n\n# Prepare for markdown file creation\noutput_directory = os.path.expanduser(\"~/Desktop/markdown_files\")\nos.makedirs(output_directory, exist_ok=True)\n\n# Loop through each item in the dataframe and create a markdown file\nfor index, row in df.iterrows():\n markdown_content = f\"\"\"\n---\ntitle: {row['title']}\ndescription: _{row['title']}_ by {row['author']}. Published by {row['publisher']}, with ISBN {row['isbn']}. Read on {row['date']}\ndate: {row['date']}\ncategories: book-review\ncreated: {row['created']}\ndraft: false\nauthor: {row['author']}\nbook-year: 1000\nbook-time: 0\ndate-start: {row['date']}\ndate-finished: {row['date-finished']}\npct-complete: 0\n---\n\n![]({row['cover']}){{.preview-image}}\n\"\"\"\n filename = re.sub(r\"[^\\w]\", \"-\", row[\"title\"]).lower()\n filename = re.sub(r\"-+\", \"-\", filename)\n file_path = os.path.join(output_directory, f\"{filename}.md\")\n with open(file_path, \"w\") as file:\n file.write(markdown_content.strip())\n print(f\"Created {file_path}\")\n\n# Zip the markdown files\nzip_file_path = os.path.expanduser(\"~/Desktop/markdown_files.zip\")\nwith zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_path, \"w\") as zipf:\n for root, dirs, files in os.walk(output_directory):\n for file in files:\n zipf.write(os.path.join(root, file), file)\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#takeaways", - "href": "posts/2017-10-19-used-cars-analysis/used-cars.html#takeaways", - "title": "Buying a used car the data science way: Part 2", - "section": "Takeaways", - "text": "Takeaways\nSo, a data scientist walks into a dealership with a computer with a registry of thousands of used cars on it. He negotiates with the front-office salesman. And the salesman says…\n\nNon-statistical considerations\nWhen you’re buying a car from a dealership, remember that it’s their job to sell you that car. Here are other random things I learned to think about during the car-buying process.\n\nHow many miles has it been driven, and how old is it? (We found a car with 45,000 miles in one year. That’s almost two trips around the entire world in a year! This is also 3750 miles per month (a cross-country US trip), or about 125 miles per day. What kind of driving do you have to do in a year to get that?\nHow many prior owners were there?\nWas the car previously a rental? A lease? A fleet?\nRental: Abused by X number of people? But also perhaps better maintained by rental companies?\nLease: What kind of person would lease?\nFleet: Probably a corporate car. Like a rental, but different kind of drivers.\nWhere did the car come from?\nIs there snow where they live? And do they use salt on the roads there? (Salt = rust underneath)\nWhat else does the geography tell you about the possible wear on the car (causing long-term problems)\nWhat does the CarFax or Autocheck say?\nWas the car sold at auction? When? What could the time between sales tell you about the car?\nIf someone gets into an accident and doesn’t report it, the CarFax won’t tell you. I drove 45 minutes to look at a ‘great’ deal only to learn the door was nearly falling off.\nGood luck haggling the dealer down. Car dealerships don’t usually make that much on the car, but make their money on warranties and fees. Your best chance is to haggle on the deals being offered (terms and agreements).\nDon’t get the powertrain warranty. This is like the “french fries” of the auto industry. Pure profit.\nEvery dealership has quota. Going in at the end of the month might help you, but the dealership will be packed.\nUsed cars are bought at auction. Carmax buys all their cars at auction and only keeps 1/3 of them. Local dealers also get their cars this way, and they don’t always know what the car looks like till it gets to their lot. Check the Carfax to see if any prior dealers ‘flipped’ the car quickly.\n\nUsed cars have a shelf life. If a car isn’t sold in 45-60 days, some dealerships might have to auction off the car. That means you’ll see a tiering in the price. Less-favorable cars will see the price drop several times in its life cycle. Check CarGurus to see how many times the price has dropped, and try to guess for yourself if it might drop again (or just get sold). They know their prices. They’ve got their back-office guys looking at every price of every same car within 100 mile radius. While I’m also able to get as many of those cars as available on TrueCar, I’m not able to segment by all the various features. It’s easy to webscrape for Make, Model, Year, AWD/FWD, and maybe V6 engine, but it’s very hard to get the details like leather, sunroof, twin-turbo, etc. That’s where the pricing gets really interesting.\n\n\nFinal thoughts\nUltimately, a car is bought by irrational humans, and sold by more experienced ones too. So all of this data will probably go out the door when you try to make a deal.\nSo a data scientist walked into several dealerships, and left frustrated because nobody budged on their prices. Doesn’t matter how much data I have, or what I think I know, everyone’s got their price." + "objectID": "posts/book-summaries.html", + "href": "posts/book-summaries.html", + "title": "Book Summaries", + "section": "", + "text": "Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters\nLeadership from the bayonette. 10 points of leadership by dick winters.\n\nStrive to be a leader of character, competence, and courage.\nLead from the front. Say, “Follow me!” and then lead the way.\nStay in top physical shape—physical stamina is the root of mental toughness.\nDevelop your team. If you know your people, are fair in setting realistic goals and expectations, and lead by example, you will develop teamwork.\nDelegate responsibility to your subordinates and let them do their jobs. You can’t do a good job if you don’t have a chance to use your imagination or your creativity.\nAnticipate problems and prepare to overcome obstacles. Don’t wait until you get to the top of the ridge and then make up your mind.\nRemain humble. Don’t worry about who receives the credit. Never let power or authority go to your head.\nTake a moment of self-reflection. Look at yourself in the mirror every night and ask yourself if you did your best.\nTrue satisfaction comes from getting the job done. The key to a successful leader is to earn respect—not because of rank or position, but because you are a leader of character.\nHang tough!—Never, ever give up.\n\nHow to Win Friends and Influence People\n\n\n\nHow to win friends\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2020-12-15-data-beats-opinions/index.html", - "href": "posts/2020-12-15-data-beats-opinions/index.html", - "title": "Data Beats Opinions", + "objectID": "posts/30-seconds-for-payment.html", + "href": "posts/30-seconds-for-payment.html", + "title": "30 Seconds is All You Get", "section": "", - "text": "When I co-started a company several years ago, my founders and I would canvass neighborhoods knocking doors. We’d discuss our ideas for a new product one door at a time. After each conversation, the product took a new form. Eventually, the product took shape and we had a successful kickstarter launch.\nSince that time, I’ve thought about how valuable it was to get information straight from the source.\nAlberto Savoia’s new book, “The Right It”, is re-teaching me this principle. Data beats opinions, he says. In another book I’m reading, “Trustworthy Online Controlled Experiments”, the former CEO of Netscape is quoted saying,\n\nIf we have data, let’s go with data. If all we have are opinions, let’s go with mine. - Jim Barksdale\n\nData sourced from your manager, your stakeholder, or your customer are invaluable to help you know if you’re solving their problem. Too often it’s easy to get stuck in the original solution that comes to our mind.\nData from customers directly shape the product. Data sourced at scale from online experiments refine it.\nOpinions from the customer shape the product. Their behavior (captured as data) speaks louder than their words. Frequently, it’s challenging to correlate the two. We’re left to guess why someone actually clicked, bought, churned. It’s a beautiful cycle.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Apple iTunes changed the music industry forever with one simple decision: the preview of a song should be 30 seconds long.\nThis little change dramatically altered how music sounds today. I’ve recently listened to some bangers that were only 90 seconds long. They left me hanging.\n\n\n\nEnjoy the music while it lasts\n\n\nWhy was my song so short? Because nobody gets paid after 30 seconds.\n\nApple’s decision made artists want to have more interesting 30 seconds in the iTunes Store\nThat evolved into: an artist doesn’t get paid if you don’t listen at least 30 seconds. And they don’t get paid any more if you listen 31 or 900 seconds. In fact, they get paid more if you listen to two songs, 30s a piece.\n\nSpotify, Amazon, YouTube, Apple, etc all pay based on views. They each define views their own way, but they need to negotiate with the labels who already decided to agree to Apple’s 30s schemes in the early 2000’s. They may have different payment schemes, but some have a scheme of “take all revenue, distribute it according to the artist’s share of views.” So if I pay $10/mo for Spotify and don’t use it, my money goes to someone I didn’t listen to.\nSo how do small artists compete? They’ve got to build their following. Proportionally, the major artists (rather, their labels) soak up all the streaming royalties.\nWhat would be more fair is if my $10 went to the artists I actually listened to, as if I bought their music.\nWhy does any of this matter? Algorithms. Optimization. Monetization.\nIncentives drive outcomes. How we designed our music payment incentives altered music forever (try to be super catchy for 30s). Now, with AI, music can be created much faster which will dilute the pool.\nIn the end, one simple decision changed billions of lives. 30s? That’s all you need to get paid.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.html", - "href": "posts/writing-is-enlivening/index.html", - "title": "Writing is truly enlivening", + "objectID": "posts/flip-a-coin.html", + "href": "posts/flip-a-coin.html", + "title": "Flipping the coins of life", "section": "", - "text": "Hamilton is running out of time\n\n\nI’ve been writing for my whole life. I have at least 15-20 journals. I have 3000 notes in one app, 2200 notes in another, at least 1800 digital journal entries over 10 years, I’ve built and replaced probably 5 blogs. This blog has 57 entries so far. What have I learned?\n\nMake writing daily as easy as possible. I set up some automation so I can write from my phone for daily blogging.\nWriting makes things feel real for me. It helps connect the dots. It’s a far more productive way to read the news. Less stuff, more thinking. Because if I can’t write at least one useful note about something I read, I realize it wasn’t worth reading.\nPerhaps reading is the more important daily duty. Well, to write I need something to inspire me. Usually that comes from the news. Sometimes inspiration comes from yesterday’s post. This inspiration came from editing my prior post.\n\nI’m not gonna worry about who reads this. But instead focus on writing every day because…\n\nI think it helps me practice storytelling\nhelps me practice communication\n\nHamilton wrote like he was “running out of time”. I’m writing because I want to use my time how I enjoy it.\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "Assume you flip a coin 5 times and get heads 5 times. You’re going pretty well!\nBut are you?\nA normal coin has 50% chance of heads. Chances of 5 heads in a row is ~3/100. It’s not nothing. But over time this will average to 50%, if you flip 10000 times.\nDecisions are rarely black and whites despite how we choice to say “that was a bad decision”. The outcome doesn’t determine the quality of the decision.\nYou chose to flip a coin, and not roll a dice. You didn’t roll a 32 sided die either.\nFocus on choice that maximize probability. 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If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I’m on my way to get 52 books read this year. I think I can do it.\nBut it’s not to finish 52 books. It’s to read two hours of fifty two books. Why?\nBecause of compounding interest. One book doesn’t level you up. But multiple books over time will affect you for a long while to come.\nIf you improve just 1% each day for 365 days, and that improvement compounds, then you’ll have improved 37x over a year. (invest $100 and gain 1% each day and reinvest that money is $137 by the end of the year).\nSo don’t worry what any one book gives you. Just keep investing. A few will pay off big, and the many “wasted” will have little downside.\n\n\n\nImage: compound interest and reading a book\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.html", - "href": "posts/mark-cuban-mogul-support.html", - "title": "Mark Cuban Mogul Support", + "objectID": "posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.html", + "href": "posts/2023-12-25-ai-robots-are-mastering-tasks-faster-than-humans-/index.html", + "title": "AI Robots are mastering tasks faster than humans", "section": "", - "text": "Great video, I’ve always loved mark cuban:\n\n\nread, be curious, adapt, sell.\nGet a sales job. → if money is coming in, you can do anything. There is no company without sales\nUse the simpler word. No cohort. Just “group”.\n\n\n\n\nMark!\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "With a proper objective function, machines can do really hard, isolated tasks\n\n\n\n\nthey can walk\nthey can solve complex physical challenges\nthey can play the toughest strategic games on earth and win (AlphaGo 2017, AlphaStar 2019)\nbut can they determine the objective function by themselves?\n\n\n\n\nReinforcement Learning\nGreat article written at Techradar going over the advances in reinforcement learning that allow a robot to finish labyrinth faster than humans. The video does the feat even more justice:\n\nThis stands out to me in a few ways, principally that they crippled the machine to not take shortcuts. It still won.\nReminds me first of AlphaGo:\n\nWhich reminds me of AlphaStar. Here’s a video with commentary on AlphaStar’s performance:\n\nThe thing I connect this video (or some other I watched) with labyrinth is that AlphaStar devised brand new strategies. Players against AlphaStar remarked how they felt like it was indeed being creative. Likewise, Cyberrunner (labyrinth) found shortcuts.\nAll of this points to reinforcement learning as a viable solution to getting stuff done both in the digital and physical worlds. Take, for example, how RL is used to teach a robot how to walk.\n\n\n\nAn AI robot learning to play StarCraft for the first time…\n\n\n\n\nWhat’s the objective?\nThe goal for Super AI will be to figure out what the objective is. If we can marry digital and physical worlds, teaching the systems how to solve objective functions, the possibilities become…super/human.\nThe unique thing about a human, it seems, is that we have our objective function hardwired into us: survive. First this is “food/shelter”. Next it’s social survival.\nHow do humans figure out objective functions so fast? A human looking at labyrinth will know what to do within a second. Does it have interest/patience to sit there and learn it? Does GPT 4Vision have the ability to figure out these objective functions?\nWe learn by objective functions. Minimize wrong answers on a test. Minimize missed baskets on the basketball court. Minimize rejections in a sales funnel. Maximize great conversation and connection at a dinner party.\nHumans learn very quickly. For now, robots are being isolated to specific tasks and their results are impressive. But perhaps to become our overlords all they need is the one objective function to rule them all. Er, uhm, and by “them” I of course don’t mean “us”…\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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Throughout the story, she asks other farm animals for help with various tasks—planting the wheat, harvesting it, milling the flour, and baking the bread. Each time, the animals refuse to help. However, once the bread is baked and the hen asks who will help her eat it, all the animals eagerly volunteer. She declines their offers, choosing to eat the bread with her chicks, who assisted her in the work.\nSo, too, do startups everywhere struggle to get funding. 100 rejections, etc.\nAnd great products don’t get attention until there’s social proof. Many e-commerce companies understand this - sales take off as more people buy, which gets more reviews, which gets more trust - even if the product didn’t change much between first sale to the last.\nThe only difference between startups and the red hen is she perhaps had a recipe. She didn’t have to wonder, “is baking bread possible? Will the recipe be delicious?”\nIt takes a founder’s belief to see what isn’t yet so and build it anyway. 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If you’re interested in software, or understanding how all modern websites and software are improved, you need to understand A/B testing.\n\nIf You’ve taken stat 101, this is where the “t.test” gets used to literally make Big Tech billions of dollars. I’m not kidding. It’s simple, but it’s powerful.\n\nIt’s All A/Bout Testing: The Netflix Experimentation Platform | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog\nA seven part series by Netflix: Netflix: A Culture of Learning. Martin Tingley with Wenjing Zheng… | by Netflix Technology Blog | Netflix TechBlog I put here the seventh post because it likes to parts 1-6 in the intro. This part 7 is probably the best to start with because it explains the context behind A/B testing.\nExperiment Guide – Accelerate innovation using trustworthy online controlled experiments This book tells you how Microsoft, Amazon, and Google use online experimentation to make billions of dollars. It’s written by the people who invented online experimentation and who are top data scientists at those companies.\nSequential A/B Testing Keeps the World Streaming NetflixPart 1: Continuous Data | by Netflix Technology Blog | Feb, 2024 | Netflix TechBlog" + "objectID": "posts/whats-your-decision-framework.html", + "href": "posts/whats-your-decision-framework.html", + "title": "What’s your decision framework?", + "section": "", + "text": "Annie Duke asks the question “how do you make decisions? What’s your framework?” (How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices)\nShe remarks that many people don’t have one. Many CEO’s just go off their gut.\nI encountered this in my investing days (ahem, internship). I lead a discussion on a paper I had read about how emotions affect our judgment and investment decisions.\nI proposed an idea: that the investors should make a spreadsheet with labels on their feelings for that decision. They can use this as further information later on when evaluating their buy/sell/holding decisions.\nI was laughed out of the room.\n“Hey! Why don’t we all get some mood rings?!” Well, that guy (the boss) was later fired, but that’s not the point.\n\n\n\nDon’t let your emotions cloud your judgment.\n\n\nPoint is: if you think you’re making decisions independent of your emotions, you’re incredibly mistaken. Judgment is based off reason and gut. Decisions usually rely on gut though. You have to “feel good”.\nI had seen this boss make many decisions without explaining his thinking. “Hold.” Why? The company is tanking per reports. “Sell”, but this one’s looking good!\nThe point is nobody could replicate his decision making. Half the time it felt arbitrary.\nOnly later did I learn that one of the most famous investment company, Bridgewater Capital, does this very thing. It’s not for everybody, nor do I do it, but I think it’s a good idea 😄. # proposal\nMake a spreadsheet for your decisions.\n\nWhat to decide\nDescription\nDecision: what you chose\nRationale: why you chose it\nFacts: supporting facts\nEmotional Reasoning: how you “felt” about it.\n\nDo this for all decisions: even the “hold” decisions (maintain status quo). Because decision to not change course is a decision in and of itself.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.html", - "href": "posts/2022-06-22-downstream-impact/index.html", - "title": "Downstream Impact", + "objectID": "posts/my-tombstone.html", + "href": "posts/my-tombstone.html", + "title": "My Tombstone", "section": "", - "text": "Every pea is unique. But it’s still a pea.\n\n\nOnline experiments are powerful tools to see the causal impact of a business strategy. Tweak something, see what users do.\nThe limitations of online experiments is that once you manipulate your user experience there’s no going back. Users are forever impacted by your choice.\nIf you give out a credit card with $100, $300, and $500 lines, people are going to spend more on the $500 line. They might also default more because they’re less able to pay back $500 than they are $100. As a result, you may lose these $500 users forever and might impact other aspects of their life, not to mention impact the marketing department’s strategy.\nA group of users is like a single living organism, if you treat it like that. If you only measure one metric (conversion rate) on the entire massive audience, then you’ll optimize for the “average” user.\nBut nobody is average. We are all distinct. We fall into categories, sure. But to really optimize the whole business we need to optimize for pockets of users. Or, we just need to set up a system that’s personalized.\nTakeaway? Personalize your experiments where possible. Consider the ethical and downstream impacts of the experiment.\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "They call it a death meditation, to look back from the end of your life and reflect as if you had just died (out of body style). Here’s my tombstone:\n\nHere lies Bryan, son of Aragon, data scientist extraordinaire who knew how to use regular expressions and properly test linear regression assumptions\n\nSeem like a good tombstone?\nWhy do we measure our lives by something nobody cares about? Consider Steve Jobs, Isaac Newton, or whomever you idolize. What are they known for? Only a few things.\nI read Steve Jobs (Biography) a while back. And I also read Leonardo da Vinci. First was 25 hours, second was 17 hours. And guess what - that’s less than two days combined. Two “impressive” lives summed up in a few days.\nMy grandma’s obituary was brief. Yet her life was filled with millions of unwritten sentences - many written on my life. The in between moments. The laying around moments. The relationship moments. (Maybe it’s called a relation-“ship” because it sails the waters of life continuously, despite the infrequent dock postings.)\nNobody’s going to remember me, except those who call me dad, husband, brother, son, and friend. And I’m okay with that. I was never that good at data science anyway 😉.\n\n\n\nIf I’m going out as a data scientist, at least my resting spot will be cool\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" }, { - "objectID": "posts/write-a-thousand-songs.html", - "href": "posts/write-a-thousand-songs.html", - "title": "Write a thousand songs", + "objectID": "posts/my-advice-for-new-career-people.html", + "href": "posts/my-advice-for-new-career-people.html", + "title": "My Advice for New Career People", "section": "", - "text": "I listened to an interview with Imagine Dragons. The lead singer talked about how he writes several songs per day.\nNo wonder he’s so successful. Repetitions breeds opportunity.\nThis has two affects on the brain. 1) lowers the pressure of individual songs. Don’t need to knock it of the park. 2) you get better at writing that much faster.\nI heard once about a photography that let one half of the students only take 5 photos in a semester. The other half had to take 100. Which group had the better photos?\n\nYou miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. Wayne Gretzky Michael Scott\n\n\n\n\nMore shots is more opportunities for a goal. Worry about good shots later.\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. If you liked reading, perhaps you’ll also like subscribing:" + "text": "I’ve worked for five companies in 9 years. The keys for me for job and life satisfaction are now pretty basic:\n\nIs my manager supportive and someone I like spending time with?\nIs the work continuously interesting? Will I develop skills that are likely to bring interesting opportunities in the future?\nIs there incentive alignment between what I offer and what the company needs?\n\nThis blog post will attempt to describe my thoughts on what makes for a fulfilling career. It’s a hard question. Maybe something in here is valuable as you search for your “ideal” career. # Likely useless career advice\n\n….I’ve been writing this for two hours and I’m not sure any of it makes sense. Skip to the “books to read” section if you get lost. At this point I’m too lazy to edit any of the below but don’t want to delete it. Sunk costs baby…\n\nSome say a job should help you 1) earn or 2) learn and if neither then leave. But that framework doesn’t work because you can learn anything anywhere. If you’re not learning things you enjoy learning about, that’s moot.\nAlso, knowledge is accretive. As I look back on jobs I didn’t love, I still learned things. I wasn’t a fan of the type of consulting I was doing 10 years ago, but I’ve now started a consulting firm and having had that experience is helpful. So it’s all kind of gray. I didn’t like pulling weeds as a kid but I’m now pulling weeds as a homeowner so yea, I’m glad I know how to do that.\n\nwhat is life anyway?\nPer Guide to Decision Making, “resulting” may apply if you say you made a good decision because you enjoyed a job. By the same token you made a bad decision because you didn’t enjoy the job.\nThe reality is that “all or nothing thinking” is more of a cognitive bias, per The Coddling of the American Mind and The Worry Cure. And so, you’re going to learn things as long as you’re remotely interested in learning things. Whether they satisfy your Working Genius is another matter.\nCan you land your dream job? Or is it a myth? 30-40% of first time marriages end in divorce. And not all of the remaining 70-60% are blissfully happy either. But many of those 70% ARE blissfully happy. Or they will be. Or they were and they will be again maybe or something…\nMarriage and work are similar: they’re a type of relationship. # Professional and Life happiness\nHappiness to me comes in two forms: doing the best I can with the circumstances I have (the cards I’ve been dealt) and choosing environments that are healthy (the game that gives me the cards).\nThis is life. Some games are fun to me. Others less fun by definition. But any game may be better than no game. Unless the game involves a high risk of me breaking my spine. Nuance.\nPoint is: it takes a long while to find what environments you thrive in. Any company can offer just one or potentially many environments depending on their size or the role.\nSo if you don’t know what you’re interested in, you must explore. You try.\n\n\nExperiment Your Way to a Happy Career\nYou can “try” by doing it yourself. Do you want to be a teacher? Go try to volunteer teaching. Do you want to be a coder? Spend 20 hours trying to build an app. Do you want to be a doctor? Volunteer with doctors.\n\nReading about an industry or job is kind of helpful.\nTalking to people in the field is more helpful.\nEngaging with people is the better form.\nBut actually doing the work is the only way to know.\n\nSo you can lower the risk of not liking a job by trying to do it without actually having to get the job.\nYou can get a pretty good sense by doing little projects similar to what the real work is going to be. Don’t be dictated because you don’t yet have the role.\n\n\nDon’t Not Try Something Because of a Dumb Reason\nAnd that’s kind of the great myth: the myth of titles and credentials. That you need to be experienced at something to be able to do that thing.\nI once spent a single week shadowing dentists in an open room in Honduras. I was a Spanish translator for these American dentists that came through. I felt pretty confident by the end that I could probably do one of the fillings just because it really wasn’t that complicated. And the dentists told me so. Once you look at 100 cavities in a mouth it’s not hard to spot them. This was the easiest way to de-myth this job: watching and observing.\n\nIt was actually really boring. Once you’ve seen 100 cavities you’ve seen them all I think. Glad I figured that out quickly! But I know there’s someone out there that disagrees with me and I’m glad they’ll be drilling my teeth and not me.\n\n90% of most people jobs could be taught via apprenticeship, like the good old days. Today’s world of credentials makes people think they’re incapable of doing a pretty simple task: putting a drill into someone’s tooth. But before you invest 8 years of your life in dental school, why not go be a dental hygienist for 1 year? Instead of doing a coding bootcamp, why not just code in your basement for a month after hours? This is the way to find what you like.\nWhether you enjoy doing that thing that created value for people can only be discovered by doing it. # People Hire you Because you offer a service or value. Period.\nYour real job is to create value for people. It’s not a title. It’s not a credential. It’s not mandated or necessary in society. And if you were born 100 years before today or 100 years after the job may not exist. So think about opportunities in this way.\nA healthier way to thinking about corporate life is: what creates value? Is there a reasonable exchange of goods for my offering?\nI’m capable of many offerings. But they’re hiring for one offering. That’s life.\nIf I were selling apricots, and someone was offering me peanuts, would I exchange my apricots for their peanuts? Well, if we were the only two people sure.\nBut maybe I feel like I can get some avocados for my apricots. So can I find an avocado dealer? Do they even like apricots? Do they already have enough apricots? And if yes to all the above, are they even in the mood to exchange for apricots today? Lastly, do they like me?\n\n\n\nWork is just an exchange of goods\n\n\nGetting a job is more of a negotiation than anything. And everything in work is a negotiation. Read Never Split the Difference and that becomes quite apparent. It’s nothing fancy. It’s not a title. It’s not a degree. It’s just doing little activities.\nAnd after you’ve 1000 similar activities you’re soon labeled a data scientist or a farmer. And if you circled the right boxes on an exam and got a piece of paper you’re now a doctor/dentist. But the paper or the title don’t make you good at that thing. My point: create value, not titles.\n\n\nIn Sum\nSo yes. I’ve gone on a rant here. But hey this is my blog. I’m trying to talk about the deeper issues at how to choose a profession or a company within that profession. I’m trying to break away from the titles and credentials that blind our thinking away from the more important questions of “what activities bring me joy” and “how will I know if?” And “will someone pay me for doing this activity?” And “how do I find an environment of people that will enable me to do valuable activities and make it a pleasant place to work?” (PS, don’t work for Elon Musk…unless you enjoy is working style.)\nLong story short: make sure the company hiring you actually needs your skills to run their business. Strive to find better opportunities by putting yourself out there and trying new things. And find people you like working with. All the rest is just a bonus.\nThe most dangerous thing is to get all those good things on your first job because then you try to self actualize per Maslov’s hierarchy of needs. “Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone?” (Lyrics) So if you get a “bad” job just know it’s part of the process and one day 10 years from now you’ll probably be grateful you had that job anyway.\nIf I didn’t actually answer your questions that’s because some questions are a perennial debate. Some popular people hate the idea of work-life balance, some embrace it. Go figure. And keep searching to find someone who sees work and career the same way you do, because there are millions of jobs in the work. Hundreds of millions. # Books to read\nIt helps to get perspective when choosing where you want to work.\n\nHow to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices - have a decision framework\nThe 6 Types of Working Genius - understand who you are.\nOvercoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team - it helps to recognize a good company by first understanding a bad company.\nThe Old Man and the Sea - a job is a job at the end of the day. It’s just fishing.\n\n\n\nPractical Questions\nThings I’d think about in your shoes:\n\nwhat loosely sounds interesting? Who perhaps knows someone with that type of role? How do I get 15 min with that person, or a quick email? (Use 6 degrees of separation to your advantage)\ndo I have an ideal salary? What’s realistic? (Levels.fyi, don’t over or undersell yourself. Figure out market rates and if your job will support your desired lifestyle in a location)\nwhat’s the entry level job that gets me some experience 50% in the right direction that I’m interested in?\nwhere will I learn?\nDoes this company offer flexibility to try new things?\n\nSometimes job searching is helped by thinking by contrast:\n\nwhat can someone not pay me $500k per year to do? $300k? $100k? (Nobody could pay me $500k to be an investment banker and work 100 hour weeks. Maybe they could pay me $2M and I’d do it for 2 years ya know? But $500 isn’t enough.)\n\nAs you’re interviewing:\n\nwhat incentivizes people on a daily basis?\nwill this job be around in 2 years? Why? Why not? Why might they fire me in 6 months for things 100% outside of my control? (Recessions, business strategy shifts, etc)\nhow essential is my skillset to what they do?\nwhat relationship do people have with my would-be manager?\n\nQuestions to potentially ask your hiring manager:\n\nHow do you see me fitting into this role?\nWhy might this role not be a good fit for me?\nWho’s the highest ranking person who’s quit or been fired recently and why?\nHow do you define success for this role?\n\nQuestions to ask your peers you’re interviewing with:\n\ndescribe your relationship with your manager?\ndescribe the communication patterns of the team?\ndescribe how decisions are made? What’s a recent decision that was made? describe your role in how the team made that decision?\n\nOther thoughts:\n\nWriting a Tech Resume\n\n\n\n\n\n_________________________ Bryan lives somewhere at the intersection of faith, fatherhood, and futurism and writes about tech, books, Christianity, gratitude, and whatever’s on his mind. 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