Some of the biggest criticism of the remote work movement is that people aren’t actually doing work.

There has always been strong demand for remote work and it wasn’t until the global COVID-19 pandemic that the supply side (employers) briefly caught up.

Like the Mitch Hedburg joke, “when escalators break they become stairs—sorry for the convenience” reminds us about the importance of designing systems that fail gracefully.

The realest thing to anyone is themselves. The further from the self the less real things feel.

A Household Pulse Survey (HPS) found that more than 14% of US adults have or had Long COVID.

When we talk about perception we should be careful not to confuse it with reception and awareness (or souledness).

Having to think about everything all the time would be impractical so people rely on other people to think certain thoughts for them.

Writing is the much-discussed secret to building great remote teams. How do you write for a remote team?

One of the observations that supports the Big Bang theory is the redshift of galaxies.

When we see an object that has a feedback loop we ascribe it a more human goal-oriented desire.

A working paper from Stanford Digital Economy Lab studying the differences between attempts at measuring the number of US workers that work remotely found that half of US workers work remotely at least some days per week.

The rules for when a company must provide federally mandated medical leave to employees may change due to remote work.

It’s an easy excuse to tell yourself you can’t do something because you’re tired.

How do you know if your price is too high? A few things could be happening: the product isn’t actually as valuable as you think, you’re talking to the wrong customers, you’re not conveying the value properly, or some combination of the three.

The paradox of alcohol consumption is that it’s bad for our health and costly to society yet continues to thrive.

Having a meaningful mission that draw people in and compels them to do their best work together is more powerful than good culture alone.

A news diet is intentionally limiting yourself to certain quantities and outlets for news and media.

The idea that everyone has their own learning style and learning is most effective when teachers use your style is not based on any scientific evidence.

Tailwind has a plugin for line clamping @tailwindcss/line-clamp that uses pure CSS to truncate text to the specified number of lines.

I use org-mode for taking notes and keeping track of tasks.

Opportunity comes in many shapes and sizes but a consistent limiting factor compliance—the set of rules (written or unwritten) that one must follow to participate in a prosperous endeavor.

Startups don’t have information about them needed for techniques you would typically use to value an investment.

Being successful is mostly luck but working smartly (skill plus hard work) increases your luck.

Remote work can save employers and estimated $200B per year and help reduce inflation.