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Articles How an emerging African megacity cut commutes by two hours a day [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jan/08/how-an-emerging-african-megacity-cut-commutes-by-two-hours-a-day-dar-es-salaam] I've been obsessed with transportation and urban infrastructure and this was an interesting look at how Dar es Salaam is using the old bus to solve
Life
The word 'work' comes with a lot of baggage. It instantly conjures the image of someone physically or mentally toiling at some task until it's thankfully over. This association comes from the most common form of work, a job that provides money for yourself and your
Culture
One of the keys to mastery laid out in Robert Green's book is widening your environment. This can be accomplished by reading books and being exposed to new ideas and viewpoints. > "With your mind expanding, you will redefine the limits of your apparent world." This
The Internet
There's a forum that I've been a member of for several years and recently there's been a big discussion of the tendency to toxic arguments and discussions on the site. Debates can get heated but it's pretty common for it to devolve
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Articles Your Startup’s Competitive Advantage Can’t Just Be “We’re French!” [https://salon.thefamily.co/your-startups-competitive-advantage-can-t-just-be-we-re-french-3357d333ceed] Completely agreed with this article's view that being local is just not enough for startups. I've been wanting to write something similar for ages. California Moves, Haltingly, Toward
Projects
When designing a logo I try to think of a few ideas and then quickly test them out and see how they feel when translated to a digital image. I'm not a designer so I don't go for any designs that are too extravagant. I try
Life
In Robert Greene's Mastery, he talks about strategies to finding your Life's Task. One of the strategies focuses on finding a unique niche to occupy. There are two paths to finding your niche, the second path he calls the connecting-widening path caught my attention. To follow
Projects
This one of my favourite parts of any project. After picking a name, which took me way too long this time around, I start designing a style for the entire project. Elements of this style usually come up in the development process so I use pieces of the design I
Life
I've always struggled with my ambition. For as long as I can remember I've wanted a lot. A lot more than others seem to. Their contentedness made me a bit jealous. It's peaceful to know just how much you want and fewer existential crises
Side Projects
For most of my life, I've been making things and putting them out into the world. It started with simple websites for myself, ambitious attempts at games, random blogs, videos, and now software products. The vast majority of those aren't worth sharing now but I thought
Streaming
With the announcement that Disney will be pulling all their content from Netflix [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/8/16115254/disney-launching-streaming-service-ending-netflix-deal] and building their own streaming service, it seems like the dream of one streaming service to rule them all is dead. The future of streaming looks a lot
Projects
Unsplash [http://unsplash.com], if you don’t know is an awesome free stock photos site. Find a photo you like and use it for anything you’d like. It’s a great resource for designers, developers, startups, and anyone that needs a nice photo. They launched their official API