https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/public/ recent bookmarks from jasdev 2023-01-02T01:52:28+00:00 https://about.blank jasdev https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:90813ea97921/ 2022-09-17T02:32:30+00:00 https://catapult.co/stories/mistranslate-setsunai-on-feeling-both-sorrow-and-joy jasdevnina-coomes via-sean-luo multiple-truths https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:061bd76396e3/ 2022-08-28T15:33:31+00:00 https://buttondown.email/yetanothermemory/archive/postcard-020-proof-of-life/ jasdevbehzod-sirjani furniture https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:52aeae5893fc/ 2022-08-01T19:16:15+00:00 https://buttondown.email/yetanothermemory/archive/postcard-001-walking/ jasdevbehzod-sirjani walking seattle https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:0629f038b7da/ 2022-06-23T16:18:41+00:00 https://behzod.com/blog/appreciation-maximization jasdev I am firmly in the camp of giving people their flowers while they can still smell them.]]> behzod-sirjani https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e018b2c63c25/ 2022-06-23T16:05:21+00:00 https://github.com/CSCIX65G/FreeCombine jasdevcombine van-simmons swift-concurrency https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:181438847c53/ 2022-06-11T16:30:22+00:00 https://www.pamelajhobart.com/facing-cringey-reasons/ jasdev Sometimes just knowing your cringey reasons is half the battle, other times it’s the whole battle, or only one tenth. But the humility in facing them is worth the pain. Coming up from the depths to cringe, then troubleshoot, isn’t avoidant — it’s responsible.]]> pamela-j-hobart via-shiva-kilaru https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e3f6affdff74/ 2022-06-11T15:47:47+00:00 https://ava.substack.com/p/safety?s=r jasdev The best thing you can do for the people you care about is to try to help them meet their needs.]]> needs relationships https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:96bc59875f6e/ 2022-06-11T15:37:49+00:00 https://www.inputmag.com/design/the-browser-company-arc-design-interview jasdevhttps://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:5cc7d3430cb5/ 2022-06-11T15:30:10+00:00 https://browsercompany.substack.com/p/optimizing-for-feelings?s=w jasdevhttps://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:66f12f588380/ 2022-05-27T01:43:59+00:00 https://mindmud.substack.com/p/certainty?s=r jasdev a brain dressed as a heart will never beat the same way, no matter how hard it thinks about it. ​> Your brain might be able to whip up a five-page single-spaced essay outlining exactly what you want and need in extensive detail, but your heart will always have the last word (and trust me, they will fit on a post-it). ​> Certainty means you’re moving at the speed of trust — a personal pace that ultimately has no record to beat or even road to follow.]]> molly-mielke goals intuition https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:ea74923765de/ 2022-05-10T01:58:35+00:00 https://second-degree-dinner.com/ jasdevvia-casey-rosengren friendship hosting https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:120cac1209c1/ 2022-04-15T01:03:14+00:00 https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=d3fa317b2165c35df5d5be6ca&id=a854b99f03 jasdevnikhil-sethi https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:972ccd616de4/ 2022-04-15T00:57:27+00:00 https://ava.substack.com/p/communication-on-all-levels?s=r jasdevcommunication relationships grief https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:960b19a23315/ 2022-04-15T00:52:36+00:00 https://holapapi.substack.com/p/how-do-i-be-more-online?s=r jasdev …the best way to protect yourself is to maintain a robust distinction between your inner self and your presence online. Remember that at its best, social media is a tool. You ought not let it define you or let it creep into your self-concept. It is inherently dehumanizing, and if you let it in too deep, you will end up dehumanizing yourself.]]> john-paul-brammer social identity https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:0d1b15bb8a2e/ 2022-04-15T00:45:36+00:00 https://holapapi.substack.com/p/i-stepped-too-far-back?s=r jasdev But social media should be a tool, not your boss and not where you derive your sense of self.]]> john-paul-brammer social https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:32a992770b6e/ 2022-04-14T18:54:50+00:00 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ihyvs541rpzjw02/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-14%20at%202.53.52%20PM.png?dl=0 jasdev But also there's > an intimacy and acceptance there: we take > it all as it comes. ]]> william-bronk poetry dreams https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:8649ae32302b/ 2022-04-14T18:52:37+00:00 https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/ego-and-design/ jasdev But design work is so much healthier/better when you stop telling yourself that you’re changing lives. Websites can just be…websites! And your front end framework or side project doesn’t need to reshape human civilization for it to be worth while. > > Once you relieve yourself of that pressure it’s so much easier to be happy and to do good, useful work. > > (I am still struggling with this, leave me alone.)]]> robin-rendle ego design https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:a64e10565ae4/ 2022-04-14T18:51:17+00:00 https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/everything-i-know-about-life-i-learned-from-powerpoint/ jasdev But one of my favorite bits of advice, which I feel like it applies to every writer and not just folks writing slide decks, is the bit where Russell talks about removing titles from your slide decks. Just don’t do it, he says. A title is a distraction, a preamble to your idea. Just have a single sentence on your slide without the waffling.]]> robin-rendle russell-davies https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e902098b25a9/ 2022-04-14T18:48:17+00:00 https://baileye.tumblr.com/post/681523093862236160/we-dont-need-the-critic-to-tell-us-what-is-good jasdev “We don’t need the critic to tell us what is good or bad, to tell us what to like and dislike. We need the critic, instead, to help us experience. We need the critic in the way that we need a friend or a lover. We need the critic as a companion on a journey that is a love affair with the things of the world.” — art critic Morgan Meis on Romantic Criticism]]> via-bailey-richardson criticism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:96e9ddc3a506/ 2022-04-14T18:45:09+00:00 https://lucybellwood.com/poetry-for-everyone/ jasdev “The purpose of poetry is not to learn more about poetry, but more about life,” Robert Bly said, and I believe him. I tell my poetry kids that poetry is life, how they live their lives, how they share their lives. The study of it is the study of what it means to be alive. What ends up on the page is the least important part of the process.]]> lucy-bellwood poetry https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:6d827d23b698/ 2022-04-12T00:11:59+00:00 https://xkcd.com/2605/ jasdevxkcd https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e8b8b73f6b87/ 2022-03-27T17:42:24+00:00 https://lettersfromhomeandaway.substack.com/p/-letter-47-till-death-do-us-part?s=r jasdev But it’s a beautiful thing to choose and to be chosen. It’s something our culture feels so disconnected from—the deep joy of making permanent decisions. ​> The reason we talk so much is that we have so much to talk about. We are very different people. ​> Within a lifelong commitment, I can free him from the burden of being perfect. Without the expectation of being the “perfect man,” he can be exactly what he is: A great man. (Crumbs and all.) That’s freeing. ​> But for me, I’m choosing to believe the commitment is the beginning. It’s where the story starts.]]> ali-montag marriage relationships https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:bff620dee648/ 2022-03-26T22:40:47+00:00 https://fivetwelvethirteen.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/roster-audit/ jasdev It’s practice expanding my definition of what it means to be a successful student.]]> teaching dylan-kane https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:03e9272e5262/ 2022-03-26T22:38:33+00:00 https://lizclimo.tumblr.com/post/677096659381092352 jasdevlove relationships liz-climo https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:a29520445d5c/ 2022-03-26T22:07:44+00:00 https://ava.substack.com/p/deep-work?s=r jasdev It’s deep work trying to undo the knots — the deepest work. But it’s also pretty much the only work that matters.]]> self-worth relationships https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:3e07e7956e46/ 2022-03-26T21:10:32+00:00 https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/thanks-doc/ jasdev When I’m feeling low (often) or whenever the world feels unstable (extremely often) it’s so very nice to return to a few kind words about my work.]]> robin-rendle gratitude compliment https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e2399d351475/ 2022-03-26T15:46:41+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM7L27N8-rE jasdevanjunadeep set mixes https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:33d460c8e749/ 2022-03-25T15:19:17+00:00 https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/being-too-old-is-a-beautiful-state?s=r jasdev Essentially, deciding that you’re Too Old is deciding that this the right moment for you to choose depth over breadth. ​> Choosing to be Too Old is the selective closing of your heart in certain domains so you can keep it open in others. ​> Not everything that’s amazing is meant for you, and, whether you like it or not, you will miss out on nearly everything. ​> …it’s all about deeply understanding who you are, specifically, and not apologizing for it.]]> sasha-chapin boundaries finiteness https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:3d75e4cf8512/ 2022-03-24T20:08:24+00:00 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qytg0Ibet2E jasdevmartin-kleppmann sync crdt https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:a36378e42190/ 2022-03-24T19:25:40+00:00 https://linear.app/readme jasdev We need to bring back the magic of software because it is the only way to push the boundaries of our dreams. Because it is the only way to give our dream machines back their real meaning.]]> linear software stories https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:6498140bd58b/ 2022-02-19T22:11:13+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJ3NKC5WBs jasdevset vonda7 anjunadeep https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:7a7914290e20/ 2022-02-13T19:16:16+00:00 https://nicoles.substack.com/p/gut-feelings jasdev I think one of the best (and rarest) feelings in the world is knowing you’re doing something that feels right. > I really really respect people who are good at listening to their gut instincts, who are in tune with what feels right and chart their actions accordingly. ​> True resonance between the right people has its own language. It’s incredibly effortless, a warm glow of energy they give you. Some people you can’t help but love. You can’t resist being a moth drawn to a flame. Something in you just knows: these are my people, this is my person. ​> “If you get close to what you love, who you are is revealed to you, and it expands” – Ethan Hawke ​> A lot of my friends are ‘free’ in ways that I am not and therefore they inspire me to grow and change.]]> instinct decisions friendship relationships https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:5a578db8e585/ 2022-02-13T19:11:16+00:00 https://whoo.ps/2022/02/04/walking-through-doors jasdev Forgetting is part of how we cope with the monotony of everyday life and how we look at problems in new ways. ​> …my feeling is that the hardware you physically interact with, the things you touch every day, are worth the extra cost. ​> We think it’s our job to align everyone’s flow state with their personal mission at the company.]]> jonathan-libov boundaries quality home memory via-ryan-dawidjan https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:78a1b4c96ff5/ 2022-02-12T13:49:04+00:00 https://nicoles.substack.com/p/why-you-should-create-in-public jasdev How anything worth doing from here on out is necessarily going to be beyond my realm of safety. > Discomfort is proof that you care, proof you can love something so much you want it to be better than it is. ​> The most successful people I know are the ones who don’t take discomfort as a deterrent. Instead, they approach it with a childlike curiosity, take it as a signal of interest. ​> I see it this way: hiding your creative work has infinite opportunity cost – it prevents you from getting any feedback (good or bad) that helps you improve; it silences the variety of luminous, expansive, electrified ideas that seek articulation. ​> The interim between feeling ready and doing it despite the discomfort is where the entire world begins.]]> via-michael-dempsey nicole https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:aca30e5abe70/ 2022-02-12T13:32:35+00:00 https://milky.substack.com/p/momentary jasdev The little things you do for others that remind you both of who you are, matter. They’re what define the thread count of the human experience. It’s micro gestures like small smiles, arm squeezes, and “hey you”s that root us in our sense of self]]> molly-mielke presence https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:908a22404f56/ 2022-02-12T13:23:29+00:00 https://mobile.twitter.com/mhdempsey/status/1490679289943105537 jasdevmichael-dempsey finiteness https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:776eada825cc/ 2022-01-17T21:36:43+00:00 http://blog.aweissman.com/2022/01/what-time-does-bus-come.html?m=1 jasdev “You’ve written the story in a logical forward timeline“ agent said. “You instead need to write it about the feelings you were having. Organize it that way. Each chapter does not have to follow the previous one in time.]]> andy-weissman writing narrative https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:756d70348992/ 2022-01-17T03:44:56+00:00 https://sashachapin.substack.com/p/thank-your-socks-idiot-kondo-pilled jasdev …which is to say, she actually asks you to forget about authority and think about how the fuck you feel about the physical world in front of you. ​> She asks you to ask yourself what’s right, which is a skill that requires training.]]> sasha-chapin via-ryan-fitton grounding https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:7b6a225aae7f/ 2021-12-26T19:47:23+00:00 https://byrnehobart.medium.com/writing-is-networking-for-introverts-5cac14ad4c77 jasdev writing about your other interests gets other people interested.]]> bryne-hobart via-joe-fabisevich writing interests https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:39524dc958a2/ 2021-11-07T19:14:19+00:00 https://youtube.com/watch?v=HucIJAPscTY&feature=share jasdevdrum-and-bass hybrid-minds set https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:bdeb5735ad96/ 2021-11-07T17:09:08+00:00 https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-cycling-track-cycling-great-britain-olympic-team-ce8415ce91fad9f89d8d41e25acbe939 jasdevcycling olympics https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:39a47015375c/ 2021-09-03T22:51:36+00:00 https://youtube.com/watch?v=cZxl7OWWXMc&feature=share jasdevsleep visakan-veerasamy honesty https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:378fb9dc4233/ 2021-09-03T19:17:55+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/lainey-kate-bennett/2021-09-01-14h42m03 jasdevkvte set https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:ae050f8714bd/ 2021-09-03T02:48:22+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK2uoq_ukMQ jasdevsinca set https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:268110c652a8/ 2021-08-27T13:54:46+00:00 https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2021-07-23-16:26.html jasdev One of my common pieces of advice is that when doing something or making something, you should separate your planning into two distinct goals: > > - How good do you need the thing to be? > - How good would you like the thing to be?]]> planning david-maciver https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:7ae134ac6ca7/ 2021-08-27T13:47:26+00:00 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/monday jasdevpoetry via-bailey-richardson alex-dimitrov https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:18164cda68bd/ 2021-08-24T18:58:34+00:00 https://kneelingbus.substack.com/p/fake-plastic-trees jasdev …but like so much else, the disappearance of the real thing ensured that massive demand for idealized simulations of it would follow. > If pure wilderness represents a baseline authenticity, everything humans have done since, from agriculture onward, has added layer upon layer of artifice to our environment.]]> drew-austin wilderness urban https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:dfe312084c6f/ 2021-08-24T16:39:19+00:00 https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2021-07-28-04:40.html jasdev You write about what happened, but you can never capture the actual event.​ > The role of the word may be to commoditise knowledge, but everything feeds into everything else, and by writing things down, no matter how disconnected they are from their source, we can provide the seeds of new things that would not otherwise have existed.]]> david-maciver writing experiences https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:03e62ba6c949/ 2021-08-23T19:09:15+00:00 https://notebook.drmaciver.com/posts/2021-07-30-09:52.html jasdevdavid-maciver conjecture research https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:05d1a337af97/ 2021-08-22T15:57:58+00:00 https://twitter.com/jeremyjkun/status/1428942664443994116 jasdevjeremy-kun math youtube https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:52f116b4d38f/ 2021-08-22T15:56:18+00:00 https://reallifemag.com/worn-out/ jasdev Fashion is a mode of display that enriches public space and a culture’s shared meanings, but as it enters the culture, it ceases to strictly belong to anyone. It can be observed and often copied without having to pay anyone for the privilege. That is, it creates positive externalities… Great counter in this back and forth, https://twitter.com/poliwop/status/1417503523705606146 > Hmm, I guess it depends on whether you see fashion as an industry of people using their skills to make stuff look/feel nice (a public good!), or an industry of people facilitating yet another channel for the wealthy/connected to play status games.]]> drew-austin fashion https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:93b07c4d2d9f/ 2021-08-20T18:08:34+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/anjunadeep/the-anjunadeep-edition-363-with-sinca jasdevsinca set anjunadeep https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:c1c6fc883020/ 2021-08-15T22:47:26+00:00 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIAon-48z7M jasdevvisakan-veerasamy exercise endurance https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:1785102a05d9/ 2021-08-08T16:18:33+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RyiS5i4neY jasdevvonda7 set https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:e16e8c67f831/ 2021-08-07T13:40:07+00:00 https://octo-repo-visualization.vercel.app/ jasdevvisualization github https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:d1afb671cf9a/ 2021-08-06T22:18:41+00:00 https://museapp.com/podcast/30-computers-and-creativity/ jasdevmolly-mielke creatvity tools composition https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:0c3cda8abc9b/ 2021-08-05T17:47:25+00:00 https://library.clay.earth/docs/the-clay-method jasdevfriendship relationships https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:5108762ade36/ 2021-08-04T19:19:14+00:00 https://www.exocomics.com/671 jasdevtag comic li-chen https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:a79b0379fc84/ 2021-08-03T15:24:40+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/1001tracklists/gvn-spotlight-mix jasdevset gvn https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:af4605db48a9/ 2021-07-21T18:48:16+00:00 https://behzod.com/blog/intellectual-honesty-in-fashion jasdevbehzod-sirjani fashion recommendations https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:82dce5954a19/ 2021-07-10T22:02:35+00:00 https://youtube.com/watch?v=TzRqluRqRIs&feature=share jasdevanjunadeep vonda7 set https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:5d7f5849b775/ 2021-07-10T02:27:20+00:00 https://colorfulgradients.tumblr.com/ jasdevgradients via-dustin-senos https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:99ccd6c22827/ 2021-07-07T20:50:50+00:00 https://markbao.com/journal/perception-shifting-consolidating-learned-experience-into-action jasdev Experience becomes real when consolidated. > I think this mainly stems from knowing how to ask the right questions that are expressly intended to cause a perception shift and require the consolidation of experience. Things such as: “What’s the most frequent anti-pattern that you see in our team’s work?” or “What types of work do we do that have the highest outcome leverage, and why, and how can we do it better?”]]> mark-bao process management reflection https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:cd0f220c2fd8/ 2021-07-04T20:51:18+00:00 https://kevinyien.com/blog/daisy-chain.html jasdev …ask every person, “Who else do you think I should I talk to?”. It is unfortunate when people discount the value of this question.]]> kevin-yien https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:12dd2e7ac149/ 2021-07-04T04:49:49+00:00 https://kneelingbus.substack.com/p/163-frontier-psychiatrist jasdevdrew-austin speedrunning https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:19ac1b945609/ 2021-07-02T02:12:27+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DH0DXqv5WQ jasdevyotto set https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:76f81f0aa414/ 2021-06-20T16:27:07+00:00 https://katesloan.substack.com/p/there-are-many-ways-to-be-smart jasdev Once you understand that there are infinite ways to be clever, you start noticing all those various manifestations in everyone you meet.]]> kate-sloan dating https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:695ce9937c9a/ 2021-06-15T00:41:18+00:00 https://soundcloud.com/anjunabeats/anjunabeats-worldwide-730-with jasdevle-youth set anjunabeats https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:33716668ac83/ 2021-06-13T00:42:47+00:00 https://www.fastcompany.com/90644409/inside-photo-sharing-app-dispo-second-shot-instagram-killer jasdevdispo leadership https://pinboard.in/u:jasdev/b:8200f2bfe8ea/