• [[work]]
  • Back to work after three days off.
  • Relatively meetings-light day, which is nice for a change. I need to prepare a presentation for tomorrow though.
  • [[slides]]
• #push [[fellowship of the link]]
  • [[shared notes across six tools]]
  • [[chris aldrich]]
    • on notifications back from the Agora: watching nodes in the Agora
• [[flancia]]
  • [[gone gone gone]]

2023-03-08

• Weirdly, my router all of a sudden seemed to stop accepting connections on 2.4Ghz band. But 5Ghz is OK.
• I want a small portable screen to take to the repair cafe to test laptops with. What better way to do this than [[converting an old laptop screen into a portable monitor]]?

• More [[questions]] for a [[business]] to ask prospective [[customers]]. collapsed:: true
  • What do they do now that they might keep on doing? collapsed:: true
    • How much [[money]] would they [[pay]] to get what they [[want]]?
  • What do they have to do to [[buy]] something? Is there anyone they have to check with before they can buy something?
  • Who else do they think we should talk to?
  • What is the question I should be asking?
  • People need [[permission]] to help you. Give them a reason.
  • They have the [[problem]], you have the [[solution]].
  • Look for statements about what happened and [[intent]] to [[pay]], not compliments.
  • How much [[money]] or [[time]] would the idea make them? collapsed:: true
    • Where in their [[life]] would the [[idea]] [[fit]] in?
    • Have they tried to solve the [[problem]]?
  • When someone says something about what they wish was around, [[ask]] about what that might allow them to do.
  • When people ask for something, wonder about what they want it for. What are they doing without what they're asking for?
  • How would the thing [[fit]] into their day?
  • Ask [[questions]] that are likely to have answers that may destroy your [[business]].
  • [[Ask]] about what [[goals]] they're working toward- it will give you a better idea of what their actual problems are.
  • When someone describes an implication 'X' to a [[problem]], ask about how they're doing 'X'.
  • Ask about how much [[time]] or [[money]] is spent on something, as well as if they intend to get money out of kt.
• When [[teaching]], your [[students]] need to [[learn]]. To learn, they need [[energy]]. With high energy, they can pay [[attention]]. Figure out how to steadily [[feed]] them energy over the [[course]].
  • [[Boredom]] sucks energy. Things that don't fit with what people think they need to get what they want also suck energy.
  • If an [[activity]] does not have a [[clear]] [[purpose]], it takes more [[energy]].
  • People get [[energy]] when they get something they feel they can [[use]] to get what they [[want]].
  • When [[people]] are given something to do, does the [[activity]] move them toward what they [[want]]?
  • Who is this [[course]] for? When do they shift away from the course? What will they get from the course? collapsed:: true
    • How much [[time]] have they spent with the [[skill]]?
    • What do they [[want]] from the course?
    • What [[blocks]] them from getting [[energy]] out of the course?
    • Do they share a [[problem]] or view?
  • How many things that people [[want]] to [[learn]] can you [[fit]] into a stretch of [[time]]?

• Wednesday, 03/08/2023 ** 18:25 Reading Prince of Persia dev notes again.

Wondering how these will read when I'm out, or old, or gone.

I better get faster at working and software development. Dreaming of a future tiny apartment that I own, that I can decorate with 70s plastic furniture to feel part Mondrian, part Lego, all plastic toy. I want space where Legos spilled out on the floor look like an art installation, not a mess; where my children have space to run around and play; where people can feel comfortable and cozy but not without fun. My house should feel like a modernist childhood. All of the furniture looks comfortable pretty much anywhere in the house and can be rearranged on the fly. Music is always playing and there are always decks to scrub music around or a piano to let go with. Art is never permanent; it's manifested in furniture or projected on walls or visible on computer screens throughout the house.

How can I make my wardrobe feel more playful? I've been into beautiful things, things that last forever, pop things lately - but above all it's important that my clothes are simple, comfortable, and I can do anything in them. Love the bright blues and baggy playful texture. Hate looking cool or unapproachable. Silver goes a long way towards feeling cool and fun, but cool is a trap. Cool is Supreme, cool is trend, cool is uniqueness for the sake of it, not for any real interest in the subject. Cool is eschewing REI clothing for name brands, getting complex instead of simple, looking old instead of new, having more and doing more instead of owning less and knowing less, where knowing less is a beautiful luxury in the age of the information diet. Know less, do more, and have fun.

Still posting a photo every day. Eventually I'll learn to tell stories. The best strategy for me now is to keep posting, posting, posting, putting my work out there to get noticed. The best thing I can do for myself is probably to start shooting TikToks - but I can do that later.