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Day 33: Our ability to learn is mind-blowing
health

Day 33: Our ability to learn is mind-blowing

Learning something new is the best drug. Give it a try!

2023-09-12 •1 min read
Day 32: Good skippers ask what's next
sailing

Day 32: Good skippers ask what's next

The GTD behavior of defining a next action is the hallmark of a good skipper.

2023-09-11 •2 min read
Day 31: To command effectively, always say the name
sailing

Day 31: To command effectively, always say the name

One of the easiest leadership skills to learn is to always say the other person's name.

2023-09-10 •2 min read
Day 30: URLs and composability
internet

Day 30: URLs and composability

Musings on URL composability in web apps.

2023-09-09 •1 min read
Day 29: The great Hong Kong floods of 2023
hong kong

Day 29: The great Hong Kong floods of 2023

The great Hong Kong floods of 2023 were not entirely unexpected. What went wrong...

2023-09-08 •3 min read
Day 28: The best seat selection UI ever
ux

Day 28: The best seat selection UI ever

Airline website developers could learn a lot from the Eurostar seat selection interface.

2023-09-07 •1 min read
Day 27: Are airlines buses or experiences?
travel

Day 27: Are airlines buses or experiences?

Airlines are unable to decide if they are in the transportation or the experience business.

2023-09-06 •3 min read
Day 26: Four questions I ask before starting new projects
projects

Day 26: Four questions I ask before starting new projects

When considering a new project, I first ask myself these four questions.

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Day 25: Crypto is the coordination business
crypto

Day 25: Crypto is the coordination business

Crypto is about tackling problems too big for one company to solve.

2023-09-04 •1 min read
Day 24: Laser-eyed HODLing alone is not enough
bitcoin

Day 24: Laser-eyed HODLing alone is not enough

We need more than just HODLing to get to us to hyperbitcoinization.

2023-09-03 •1 min read
Day 23: Predictable natural disasters are not natural at all
disasters

Day 23: Predictable natural disasters are not natural at all

Predictable natural disasters, are not natural at all, but the result of human choice.

2023-09-02 •2 min read
Day 22: A snow day in Hong Kong
hong kong

Day 22: A snow day in Hong Kong

A category 4-equivalent typhoon is pounding Hong Kong...but the city is calm and everything will be fine. How is that?

2023-09-01 •2 min read
Day 21: Americans have no idea how much better China’s infrastructure is
china

Day 21: Americans have no idea how much better China’s infrastructure is

Frequent power outages were the norm growing up in the USA but almost never happened while living in China.

2023-08-31 •3 min read
Day 20: Opting out of US healthcare and social security
freedom

Day 20: Opting out of US healthcare and social security

I opted out of the US social ponzi scheme, but with that freedom comes responsibility.

2023-08-30 •2 min read
Day 19: Why am I paying for you to read this?
internet

Day 19: Why am I paying for you to read this?

Musings on the perverse incentive structure of the internet.

2023-08-29 •2 min read
Day 18: Stacks will be the Paypal mafia of Bitcoin
stacks

Day 18: Stacks will be the Paypal mafia of Bitcoin

It's incredibly motivational to see what Stacks OGs and the community are building!

2023-08-28 •1 min read
Day 17: Writing about hard things is hard!
writing

Day 17: Writing about hard things is hard!

Writing about topics in which I'm invested is hard.

2023-08-27 •1 min read
Day: 16 Diaspora have a bone to pick
immigrants

Day: 16 Diaspora have a bone to pick

Diaspora often have a bone to pick with their former homes...that's often why they left...take their views with a grain of salt!

2023-08-26 •2 min read
Day 15: Employer tax withholding is a scam
hong kong

Day 15: Employer tax withholding is a scam

Employer tax withholding is a scam used to get people to pay heavy taxes without feeling the pain.

2023-08-25 •4 min read
Day 14: Behave like the society you want to live in
hong kong

Day 14: Behave like the society you want to live in

Hong Kongers' kindness makes this a great place to live.

2023-08-24 •1 min read
Day 13: Rent seeking medical tests
freedom

Day 13: Rent seeking medical tests

I'm dreaming of a world where medical tests are cheap and automated.

2023-08-23 •1 min read
Day 12: Hot and not bitcoin technologies
bitcoin

Day 12: Hot and not bitcoin technologies

An informal poll of a Hong Kong ordinals meetup about which bitcoin tech is interesting and which is not.

2023-08-22 •1 min read
Day 11: Online vs offline in person payments
payments

Day 11: Online vs offline in person payments

In person payment systems that require users to be online fall apart when the network stops working. A hotpot experience.

2023-08-21 •3 min read
Day 10: 1 year of Duolingo Italian
language

Day 10: 1 year of Duolingo Italian

Looking back on a year of Duolingo Italian. Have I learned anything?

2023-08-20 •4 min read
Day 9: Stop trying to make Bitcoin in brick & mortar happen
lightning

Day 9: Stop trying to make Bitcoin in brick & mortar happen

Bitcoin in brick & mortar has failed. The Lightning community should stop wasting time chasing in person payments.

2023-08-19 •1 min read
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