When You Have Nothing More to Say
Patrick Rhone appeared on Anthony Ongaro’s podcast [https://www.breakthetwitch.com/podcast003/] and right away the conversation focused on why Patrick Rhone ended his blog, Minimal Mac, when he did after 5 years and about 3000 posts: > Anthony: “And then you stopped.” Patrick: “I stopped at almost the
Does It Get Any Better than This?
I’m usually overwhelmed, but this time it was in a good way. I took a nature break last week to remind myself I’m human. I highly recommend it and so do scientists [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/06/23/1510459112].
New newsletter: How to be the dumbest person in the room
The news and social media is killing you, solitude can save you, so you probably need an untouchable day. It's all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/how-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room]. Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe].
How to Be the Dumbest Person in the Room
James Altucher recently posted about the smartest piece of financial advice he'd ever received [https://jamesaltucher.com/2018/06/smartest-financial-advice/]: > "Everyone has to be smarter than me for me to get involved." The whole post is a great story of ups and downs that'
New Newsletter: Find a Better Problem to Solve
The creativity bubble, Seth and Hugh love blogging, and my home screen madness. It’s all in the latest issue of the newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/find-a-better-problem-to-solve].
The Creativity Bubble
It’s never been easier to find better system for solving our problems. What we should be doing is finding better problems to solve. Anything requiring intense thought and risk is naturally avoided for easy answers, safe bets, and “clever” strategies. “Clever” doesn’t change things. It’s a pat
Seth Godin to the World: You’re Still Not Blogging Daily?!
Seth Godin has moved to Wordpress, which has prompted him once again to tell us about the importance of blogging daily on his podcast [https://art19.com/shows/akimbo/episodes/3313d002-186c-46f9-9afa-646889bd57ef]. > “I’m encouraging each one of you to have (a blog). Not to have a blog to make
My Home Screen
Last week I was on vacation when the chance to write something for Club MacStories [https://club.macstories.net/] popped up. Needless to say, I left my wife and son at the beach and found a suitable office to write 1400 words about the most hallowed ground for any geek,
New newsletter: Make useless things
You’re probably not a visual learner, artists being entrepreneurs, and photo book designers on creating stories from images. It’s all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/make-useless-things].