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Yesterday I tried to see if I could “hack” problem solving skills (and optimism) – somewhat in the spirit of Challenging the Difficult. It didn’t work. In short, extremely unscientific approach involved I would think about a real goal of mine, think about an “impossible” arbitrary task in detail, then...
Notetaking isn’t just for recalling things you read in a book. I’m principally interested in recording good ideas, tactics, or facts that help me do and finish tasks well. Although, if you’re in the habit of reading great authors, that’s a pretty good reason to take notes. Why reinvent the...
> “All this time I thought I needed to learn how to prompt the LLM, but it turns out I really just needed to learn how to prompt… myself” Don't worry, I trust you won't need a barf bag for the rest of this post, just for the above. I’ve...
It goes without saying this is a repost from my personal blog The Inkhaven Residency is a program that where residents write one blog post a day, for thirty days and are provided mentorship from established bloggers. That would be extremely beneficial to me, but impractical. 30 blog posts in...
Inspired by the Inkhaven Residency but unable to attend it I still intend to write 30 blog posts in 30 days. The other 29 will be on a personal blog. I’m surprised that Harpo Marx – someone who built his career on non-verbal comedy – was bilingual. I wish I...
I was taught two different ways to parallel park. I am sure there are more than just two methods. This strikes me as odd since it's a very common part of driving. Nevertheless, I hate parallel parking and it was a constant source of anxiety when learning to drive. Apparently...
While you can strawman a position you don’t understand, I’m not sure you can steelman it. Steelmanning is a good habit to get into. Rather than dismissing something that you disagree with, you can try come up with the most cogent argument you can why it might be true. However,...