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<h1>Joe Teibel's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book">Commonplace book</a></h1>
<p>A wide ranging collection - it is the messy place because the world and the things, thoughts and ideas it generates are almost always messy to start. More refined things make it to <a href="http://www.semanticjudo.com/">my blog</a>.</p>
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Things that caught my interest for one reason or another
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<h2 class="section-header">Things that caught my interest for one reason or another</h2>
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<li><a href="https://gist.github.com/rondy/af1dee1d28c02e9a225ae55da2674a6f">Effective Engineer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gjopen.com/">Good judgement open</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thebulletin.org/2021/05/the-origin-of-covid-did-people-or-nature-open-pandoras-box-at-wuhan/">The origin of COVID: Did people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan? [5/5/2021]</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thegradient.pub/an-epidemic-of-ai-misinformation/">An Epidemic of AI Misinformation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.pbs.org/show/pbs-space-time/">PBS Space Time</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_Fever">Particle Fever</a></li>
<li><a href="https://27bslash6.com/missy.html">"Yeah that's not what I was looking for at all"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism_of_small_differences">Narcissism of small differences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21694348">We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring [12/3/2019]</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.urbanfonts.com/blog/2013/02/serif-vs-sans-the-final-battle/">Serif vs Sans: The Final Battle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21800335">The Cost of Avoiding Sensitive Questions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21822225">Ask HN: music theory</a></li>
<li><a href="https://medium.com/next-century-user-experience/designing-for-novices-experts-part-1-a46bdd5b09a">Expert vs non-expert UI design</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2393036/50-best-hikes-us">Best hikes in each state</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fronterablog.com/mental-model-examples-and-their-explanations/">Mental model examples and their explanations</a></li>
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One of my favorite quotes is from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Lamott">Anne Lamott</a>
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Reality is unforgivingly complex
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This is a blog post which talks about a related idea: <a href="https://www.raptitude.com/2023/10/the-truth-is-always-made-of-details/">The Truth is Alwasy Made of Details</a>
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Books
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<i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37424706-the-art-of-gathering?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=btRik70H5v&rank=1">The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, Priya Parker</a></i>
<p>I enjoyed this book and really like the <i>ideas</i> presented... but why is it so hard to follow through on <i>doing the ideas</i>?</p>
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When facing adversity
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<h2 class="section-header">When facing adversity</h2>
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This is from <a href="https://tim.blog/">Tim Ferris</a> (his book <i>Tools of Titans</i> I think)
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Feeling overwhelemed and unfocused? Try this:
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<li>Am I eating enough?</li>
<li>Am I consuming too much caffeine?</li>
<li>80/20 checklist
<ul>
<li>Write down: what are the 20% of activities or people that are achieving 80%+ of the positive results, emotional states, etc.</li>
<li>Write down: what are the 20% of activities or people that are achieving 80%+ of the negative results, emotional states, etc.</li>
<li>What would this look like if it were easy?</li>
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On encountering failure or setback. I don't remember where this came from... it wasn't mine :)
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<li>Does the failure or setback you have experienced apply to everything you have done, or just this one thing?</li>
<li>Is this failure or setback an enduring one that will affect you forever, or are its effects only temporary?</li>
<li>Is this failure or setback due solely to what you did or did not do, or were there additional factors involved?</li>
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From the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-Confrontations-Resolving-Promises-Expectations/dp/0071446524/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQjwr4eYBhDrARIsANPywCjmemWzBP2vxrVp2ybkjfAaI53FsnrIt0P4DdeVLGqr-mliUUPHqNIaArzLEALw_wcB&hvadid=241902496263&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9032871&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=11853493945009257122&hvtargid=kwd-6145130193&hydadcr=22567_10346631&keywords=crucial+confrontations+book&qid=1661105020&sr=8-1">
Crucial Confrontations
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In a Crucial Confrontation
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<li>Think of other people as rational, reasonable and decent</li>
<li>Safety at risk? Mutual respect, mutual purpose</li>
<li>If you feel the other person is going to be offended, go to lengths to explain what you do and don't mean</li>
<li>Establish mutual purpose</li>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419/ref=asc_df_1592408419/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312006100296&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11708957748581238875&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032871&hvtargid=pla-436571943101&psc=1">
Dare greatly
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who
is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error
and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms,
the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the
triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
<div class="author">Theodore Roosevelt</div>
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<h2 class="section-header">Sitting comfortably with yourself</h2>
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I don't remember where this came from... it wasn't mine :)
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Wish someone to be happy
Identify two human beings in the room and just think, “I wish for this person to be happy, and I wish for that person to be happy.”
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Practice going first (from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tools-Titans-Billionaires-World-Class-Performers/dp/1328683788/ref=asc_df_1328683788/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312425492373&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7970843441084567523&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9032871&hvtargid=pla-365326639379&psc=1">Tools of Titans</a>)
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I always say that I’ll go first. . . . That means if I’m checking out at the store, I’ll say hello
first. If I’m coming across somebody and make eye contact, I’ll smile first. [I wish] people would experiment
with that in their life a little bit: Be first, because—not all times, but most times—it comes in your favor.
The response is pretty amazing.
<div class="author">Gabby</div>
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Good partnerships share vision, values and have complimentary capabilities.
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My I be free from suffering
May I be as happy and healthy as possible to be
May I have peace of mind
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<div class="content-chunk">Script: Abundance mentality</div>
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Don’t let the force of an impression when it first hit you knock you off your feet;
just say to it: Hold on a moment; let me see who you are and what you represent.
Let me put you to the test.
<div class="author">Epictetus</div>
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There is no scarcity in creativity. The world always needs good offerings. We cannot have to much beauty
There is no such thing as to much wisdom and literature and story and craftsmanship. There is room for you.
<div class="author">Jen Hatmaker</div>
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Don’t Lie to Yourself
A powerful line from the “Elder” named Zosima in The Brothers Karamozov:
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Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love… “Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially to yourself.
<div class="author">Jen Hatmaker</div>
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About conversations
https://sambleckley.com/writing/church-of-interruption.html
https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/good-conversations-have-lots-of-doorknobs
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<h2 class="section-header">Liquid ideas</h2>
<div class="content-chunk">Sometimes I’m surprised by how orderly the Western world proceeds. The reality is that life is so fragile and there are so many dangers that just never seem to befall most of us.</div>
<div class="content-chunk">Software: Game idea: create suspense and suprise according to "rules" in a casual game (think Freakanomics episode on suprise and suspense)</div>
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https://memex.marginalia.nu/projects/edge/about.gmi#1.2
In recent years, something has been simmering: Some call it the "Small Internet". I hesitate to call it a movement, that would imply a level of organization and intent that it does not possess. It's a disjointed group of like-minded people that recognize that the Internet has lost a certain je ne sais quoi, it has turned from a wild and creative space, into more of shopping mall. Where ever you go, you're prodded to subscribe to newsletters, to like and comment, to buy stuff.
The formulation of the problem differs from purely aesthetic ones, to ones based on political doctrine. I prefer a humanist explanation. The measure of a website should be how well it enriches the life of – and empowers the visitor, rather how well it enriches the wallet of the website owner, especially not at the expense of the visitor's long-term interests.
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<h4>Kids book ideas</h4>
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<li>Balloon animal farm</li>
<li>The cat who lost her voice</li>
<li>Dog and cat loving each other</li>
<li>A girl and her birds</li>
<li>The bird that wakes up everybody</li>
<li>The boy who got a hippotimus for Christmas</li>
<li>The bird who couldn't fly</li>
<li>The boy who got his two front teeth for Christmas</li>
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<h2 class="section-header">On learning</h2>
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"An unknown but certainly significant proportion of the population has almost completely given up on learning. These people seldom, if ever engage in deliberate learning and see themselves as neither competent at it nor likely to enjoy it. The social and personal cost is enormous.
Although negative self-images can be overcome, in the life of an individual they are extremely robust and powerfully self-reinforcing. Deficiency becomes identity: "I can't learn French, I don't have an ear for languages;" "I could never be a businessman, I don't have a head for figures;"...
If people believe firmly enough that they cannot do math, they will usually succeed in preventing themselves from doing whatever they recognize as math. The consequences of such self-sabotage is personal failure, and each failure reinforces the original belief. And such beliefs may be most insidious when held not only by individuals, but by our entire culture."
<div class="author">Seymour Papert, Source: Mindstorms (lightly edited for clarity)</div>
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Sites I enjoy reading
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<h2 class="section-header">Sites I enjoy reading</h2>
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<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/">Hackernews</a></li>
<li><a href="http://paulgraham.com/index.html">Paul Graham</a></li>
<li><a href="http://lonniemandigo.com/">Lonnie Mandigo</a></li>
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