Good read – ageism is a thing in tech so good to see folks writing about the other side of it.
I Joined Airbnb at 52, and Here’s What I Learned About Age, Wisdom, and the Tech Industry
Category: People
(LINK) Q&A: Travelfish’s Stuart McDonald on the OYO and Instagram problems plaguing Southeast Asia | PhocusWire
Missed this one – thank to Jon for pointing it out:
Good Phil Libin Talk
(LINK) How Naveen Keeps Track
Lots to glean from this. I used to run a private blog and may go back to it. For some reason I stopped saving URL’s but Apple notes works well for me now. Also love the new reminders.
Still don’t have a great personal CRM but giving HiHello a try.
Welcome to another issue of superorganizers! We explore how the smartest people in the world organize what they know to do their best work. If you’re not a subscriber, you can get more interviews like this in your inbox by clicking here. Naveen keeps track.
— Read on superorganizers.substack.com/p/how-naveen-keeps-track
(LINK) Montage Sequence #3 – Your first 30 days as an exec
Interesting advice. Gonna take some notes.
The book he mentions is 90 Days.
(LINK) Long read about Amazon and Jeff
(LINK) What Really Happens When You Become an Overnight Millionaire?
Fascinating read. One frame of mind I have is why do rich people have nothing to do? I have never, ever had nothing to do in my whole life. I am not sure I even know how to do nothing but maybe Peter doesn’t either.
Strange he struggles so much to just – struggle.
Baffling.
The other frame of mind is wow – is that what happens when you suddenly get rich? Doubt I will ever know but one would think that you could use that kind of money in so many ways.
What Really Happens When You Become an Overnight Millionaire?:
It also means that in order to trigger that sense of adversity that’s gotten him this far, he has to rough up his life, so he doesn’t get too comfortable. He tries to do this daily, even with small things like carrying his groceries from the store rather than taking a cab. He fasts for 18 hours at a time. He regularly alternates first-class flights with middle-seat coach ones. He forces himself to read, which, with dyslexia, he says, is painful.
(LINK) Daring Fireball: Richard Stallman’s Disgrace
Love Gruber for helping to put some more nails in the coffin for this horrible era and the folks at places like MIT that supported creeps like Stallman.
Daring Fireball: Richard Stallman’s Disgrace
— Read on daringfireball.net/2019/09/richard_stallmans_disgrace
(LINK) Thinking about Cycles & Open Web – Bernard Leong
I am not sure The Open Web is just around the corner.
But one hopes!
(LINK) How to move a megacity
I enjoy the newsletter from James so thought I would share it.
Will be interesting to watch the Jakarta capital move and see if any other Asian countries try anything similar.
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