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Before you build it, use something else

Do you have ideas for a new app or product? I currently have an idea for a combined note-taking and newsletter app. Instead of talking to a developer and attempting to build it, I try to create it with existing apps first. This approach has many advantages: * You can build

A Comfortable Way to Cold Showers

Cold showers can offer numerous health benefits including increased blood flow, a boosted immune system, reduced inflammation, and mood enhancement. Cold water exposure, recently popularized by figures like Wim Hof, has deep roots. Recently Thorsten reminded me of Sebastian Kneipp's cold water treatments. I’ve noticed that a regimen I

Van Neistat’s YouTube Channel

What would an analog YouTube channel look like? Probably like the channel of Van Neistat, the brother of Casey Neistat, one of the early major YouTube stars. Van - that’s his first name - is a character. A spirited man. That name fits him and his YouTube channel like

What is work?

While doing The Workview exercise in the Designing Your Life book I made a profound personal realization. It was triggered by the question: What is work? I answered: “Through work we participate in the human enterprise to run societies. Humans have demand for security, food, shelter, information, medical treatments, leisure,

Simple, lovable, complete - SLC instead of MVP

After reading this article I replaced the term Minimal Viable Product (MVP) with Simple Lovable Complete (SLC) in my vocabulary. Your customers hate MVPs. Make a SLC instead. “MVP” is a selfish process, abusing customers so you can “learn.” SLC is an alternate philosophy that results in fast, validated learning,

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