My $0.02: "You are complicating this" is an accusation of the recipient. In my opinion, offering the alternative you see as simpler can make the dialogue more productive, e.g., have you considered y? It's simpler…
Unfortunately, I found that Hide My Email complicates unsubscribing. I tried unsubscribing from Jumba Juice many times unsuccessfully, only to realize that the email that I entered was my actual email, and I should…
The conversation starter needs to be chosen carefully though. If it's a question about a project, it may be easily construed as dissatisfaction on the progress of the project, when the manager is neutrally curious.
Sorry I just noticed your question when I'm browsing through my comments. I haven't used note-taking apps extensively, I use Google Docs to write things done (not exactly 'note-taking') most of the time. What I've…
Introduction to Calculus and Analysis, by Richard Courant and Fritz John. This book clearly explained many of the motivating examples of the concepts in Calculus, which was important to me as a beginning student. Too…
This book broke down a hard and mysterious topic (operating systems) for a new CS student like me into everyday analogies, which almost eradicated my fear of the subject matter. It had the appropriate amount of…
Nice! Some observations: * Good job integrating with WeChat, which significantly lowers the inertia of note-taking for many Chinese users. * Google Keep is similar but it doesn't have digest/reminder and…
I remember I read in HN somewhere that, people _want_ to feel useful in code reviews and one way is to leave comments. So one strategy is to send stuff out early with some small imperfections so that people who want to…
I'm of the opinion that happiness shouldn't be a goal of my life, for different reasons. Perhaps I don't fully understand the word "happiness", but I've always considered it to be a rather transient state of mind: it's…
My experience with the book and its patterns has been that there's an issue and some developers recognize that it could be best resolved with x, y, or z pattern. Then the developers go to extreme length to make sure the…
Seriously, I feel you should write a blog post about this types of reporting strategies that describe the work that are both accurate and palatable to management (and perhaps most importantly avoid despise from other…
I think I'm in a similar situation and try to find out how to cope with it. The strategy I'm thinking about is - realizing what's happening (as you have articulated wonderfully), anchoring my self-worth else where…
> with no motivation to do anything Do you have some sort of goal in mind? I guess if you're asking this question, probably not? Then set some, just for the heck of it. Last year, I was in a similar situation, and…
Thanks for this sharing this article! Much of it is really about alternative framing to take away the moral connotation of particular actions, which is I believe is helpful for self-conscious individuals, including men.
I've had very similar thoughts and feelings - before wfh started, some people in my cube would always say good morning etc when they arrive, and I started panicking that I didn't say hi to others, or in a group meeting…
My $0.02: "You are complicating this" is an accusation of the recipient. In my opinion, offering the alternative you see as simpler can make the dialogue more productive, e.g., have you considered y? It's simpler…
Unfortunately, I found that Hide My Email complicates unsubscribing. I tried unsubscribing from Jumba Juice many times unsuccessfully, only to realize that the email that I entered was my actual email, and I should…
The conversation starter needs to be chosen carefully though. If it's a question about a project, it may be easily construed as dissatisfaction on the progress of the project, when the manager is neutrally curious.
Sorry I just noticed your question when I'm browsing through my comments. I haven't used note-taking apps extensively, I use Google Docs to write things done (not exactly 'note-taking') most of the time. What I've…
Introduction to Calculus and Analysis, by Richard Courant and Fritz John. This book clearly explained many of the motivating examples of the concepts in Calculus, which was important to me as a beginning student. Too…
This book broke down a hard and mysterious topic (operating systems) for a new CS student like me into everyday analogies, which almost eradicated my fear of the subject matter. It had the appropriate amount of…
Nice! Some observations: * Good job integrating with WeChat, which significantly lowers the inertia of note-taking for many Chinese users. * Google Keep is similar but it doesn't have digest/reminder and…
I remember I read in HN somewhere that, people _want_ to feel useful in code reviews and one way is to leave comments. So one strategy is to send stuff out early with some small imperfections so that people who want to…
I'm of the opinion that happiness shouldn't be a goal of my life, for different reasons. Perhaps I don't fully understand the word "happiness", but I've always considered it to be a rather transient state of mind: it's…
My experience with the book and its patterns has been that there's an issue and some developers recognize that it could be best resolved with x, y, or z pattern. Then the developers go to extreme length to make sure the…
Seriously, I feel you should write a blog post about this types of reporting strategies that describe the work that are both accurate and palatable to management (and perhaps most importantly avoid despise from other…
I think I'm in a similar situation and try to find out how to cope with it. The strategy I'm thinking about is - realizing what's happening (as you have articulated wonderfully), anchoring my self-worth else where…
> with no motivation to do anything Do you have some sort of goal in mind? I guess if you're asking this question, probably not? Then set some, just for the heck of it. Last year, I was in a similar situation, and…
Thanks for this sharing this article! Much of it is really about alternative framing to take away the moral connotation of particular actions, which is I believe is helpful for self-conscious individuals, including men.
I've had very similar thoughts and feelings - before wfh started, some people in my cube would always say good morning etc when they arrive, and I started panicking that I didn't say hi to others, or in a group meeting…