We went for lunch in Crown Heights on Saturday. We were unaware of the annual Panamanian Parade happening on Franklin Avenue, but it was a nice surprise. The sometimes drenching rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the marchers or the spectators. By the way, lunch was delicious, as was the Guinness.
There’s a write-up about my Personal Newsletter in the Projects section. It’s a short one—an appropriately short post for a short project.
Links
- London’s 700-year-old tower on stilts via A London Inheritance
This is quite a feat. In New York, I fear they would have just built around it, or worse, knocked it down. - Do not punish the behaviour you want to see via Denis Defreyne’s weeknotes
Good point, I’ve been guilty of not doing this, for sure. - The Great Alienation
- Passed peak social media, maybe
- SORA: the all Ai TikTok Clone. will slop end creativity? (video) via Flowingdata
I agree, we are completely fucked. - Questions to ask when I don’t want to work
- New York City Sues Social Media Companies Over ‘Youth Mental Health Crisis’
- How We’re Redesigning Audacity For The Future (video) via Denis Defreyne’s weeknotes
This video is like a master class in product leadership. Many, many lessons for leads facing a mountain of tech debt and the need to balance the needs of new and existing users of a mature product.