Hello friend, I’m reporting back 7 weeks into this mini retirement and I just want to say that I finally begun to feel more rested. I resigned mid May, interestingly one year since I published the “I can retire but I don’t” post. I survived the excruciating 2.5 months of extended notice period till the…
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Let’s dive into the first common challenge in data acquisition projects: Setup. You can find the previous post in this series here. How do you get value from web data? What does the end to end process look like? What questions should you be asking? To reiterate the context, the use case that I’m covering…
Let’s talk about the six common challenges I see people face in data acquisition projects. Setup Banning Scaling Maintaining Cost Quality (of service and/or of data) Before diving in, the definition and scope of “data acquisition project” here is when the data you need exists on a website / other HTTP-accessible resources. This type of…
my social media usage is not a function of how much social interaction I need but simply whether or not i have the apps installed on my phone not having the apps makes it less convenient to spend hours on it. the web versions are just clunky, not as snappy, and doesn’t support posting stories,…
I use social media to 1) people watch, 2) maintain some relevance, and 3) share things that made my day better and things I find interesting. I am fascinated by your lives and how the world runs. I either watch (& interrogate you :p), or to know that you appreciate the stuff i share here,…
yay it works, all set up. am editing this with Obsidian on Boox, the md file was generated via markpress, all version-controlled. OK I can either edit this in Markor or switch to Obsidian, select the newly created file from the vault and edit. there’s no way to immediately open an arbitrary md file. Obsidian…
Making money is easy. The world is large, many people, many problems, many possible solutions. What’s difficult is making money in a way you think is acceptable, involving skill and level of effort you’re happy to give, with all other strange biases and the way you are wired for. We overcomplicate things. Jobs are just…
https://www.fastcompany.com/40572973/email-yes-email-is-the-next-great-media-platform of course email will never die. it’s still the main way for people to register for an account. it’s THE identity. everyone connected to the internet has an email sure there are problems with spam, cluttered and unorganised inboxes, but it is the direct channel to people’s attention. untampered by algorithms. one-on-one relationship. I…
the shifts and cycle have been fascinating in the past 20 years…. search x curation public web x private web search engines x aggregators independent island x content platforms paywalls, free content hobby niche sites x hustle branding presence for viewership x self expression x autotelic (all valid and understandable. different games) wordpress is still…
https://youtu.be/mwnHk6xThGo The most important relationship that I have in my life is a dialog that I launched 20 years ago between me and Love, capital L, Love. That I have continued nearly everyday of my life, over the last 20 years. And it came in the deepest depression where, I was in that deep, God-sized…