Posts tagged with Learning
Losing Thinking by Losing Writing
This tweet from Paul Graham a while back gave me the perfect excuse to write about one of my favorite topics, the idea of thinking by writing: Observation suggests that people are switching to using ChatGPT to write things for…
Engaging Ex Nihilo
I'm booooored! We typically hear this from one of our kids within an hour of one of our road trips. Also when they're stuck inside the house because it's raining outside[1]. And once…
Review: How to Take Smart Notes
I've been trying out a new app lately: Obsidian. In my unending quest to organize my notes and recategorize them over time, I've grown more appreciative of some level of independence from proprietary services or platforms,…
Educational Equity vs. Exceptionalism
First, some personal news: I've recently started a new job as the VP of Engineering at Kiddom! Upon leaving my previous role at Mystery, I found myself still intrigued by the educational space and how it intersects—or…
Naïvely Confident
All code is tech debt. So goes the saying goes. I mean, sure, it's a glib way of making a point to avoid not-invented-here and adding code for its own sake, but upon close inspection makes…
Funny Chart Investing
Ever since the Square IPO, I’ve been keeping a closer eye on, while trying to learn more about, the US stock market. Even though my first job out of school involved supporting systems that aggregated financial data across stock…
