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by simonhfrost 3y ago
Deep Work - Cal Newport
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by simonhfrost 3y ago
IMO because at its core, it's more about the absence of feeling and emotion rather than the excess of something. It's hard to identify and quantify
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by simonhfrost 3y ago
Highly recommend this book. I read this book skeptically years ago when I noticed it mentioned a lot on hacker news. It fixed a lot of my issues, and started my journey of appreciating how little we know about the mind/body connection.
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Love the concept, just signed up to the mailing list. I'm a Berlin based producer and DJ, and would love to be interviewed. Even if the $ of my gear is a few 0's less than all of the existing artists haha. Soundcloud is https:&#x
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Yes. I even use the chrome extension 'unhook' which allows you to hide the home tab altogether
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Are you asking permission to start your own business or start freelancing? Because that's the clearest way of not having a boss (by being your own one). If you're scared, don't let it stop you. Everybody who has, was. Good lu
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Same here, but with it counting up. Feels good when I reach certain milestones like an hour, but I don't put any pressure on myself.
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
They announced pricing changes over the last few years which I'm apparently not the only person confused about. That combined with practically all meetups being reset due to covid, I'm not surprised it's having a slow time ge
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Yes, read Factifulness if you're not. Media has been increasingly tuned towards negative reactions since we're genetically wired to pay attention to them more for survival... which they've been doing an increasingly good job
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Goodreads.com
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Ask HN: What Is a COO?
114 points by simonhfrost 4y ago|64 comments
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Chores - cleaning the dishes, vacuuming the house, washing clothes. It's one of the things I love about being able to work remotely, chores get done during work hours instead of recreational time.
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
Yes, for me it's all about the morning routine. If you can start your day off early and accomplish a bunch of tasks it boosts your mood and also makes it easier to keep the train going for the rest of the day. Routine is all about form
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by simonhfrost 4y ago
I've started minimising the time allocated for tasks I don't want to do. I fill up my schedule with other activities, then I have no choice but to complete it the time slot I gave it. Otherwise, using a deep focus ritual (see the
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by simonhfrost 5y ago
Deep work is one of my favorite books of all time. Also highly recommend 'Getting Things Done' by David Allen
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by simonhfrost 5y ago
I like to think that when I advocate for privacy I'm not only doing it for myself, but also for others that are less privileged or tech savy. You or me might know to not easily give up personal information, and how it can specifically
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by simonhfrost 5y ago
I'm a NZ citizen living overseas and it's currently impossible to fly home over the new year because of limited mandatory quarantine locations. The booking system is flawed in a way that scalpers have already dominated supply and
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by simonhfrost 5y ago
I think you typo'd with 'Netflix'
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by simonhfrost 5y ago
Happy international workers day the other day (May 1st), I hope you celebrated it.
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by simonhfrost 6y ago
Frontend Software Engineer, trying to get more into UX
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by simonhfrost 6y ago
> Any suggestions For things that have helped you perform at your best when you’re exhausted? Don't get exhausted in the first place by sleeping more? If you're still seeing sleep as an inconvenient necessity, I'd recommen
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by simonhfrost 6y ago
I was looking for a basic intro to design from a dev perspective (sounds similar to your use case) and found this: https://refactoringui.com/book/
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by simonhfrost 6y ago
In my opinion it was more from the perspective that minorities may have a more empathetic view on problems, after likely experiencing dealing with problems other more privileged people don't have to. In this case: one of the biggest be
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by simonhfrost 6y ago
> It’s that Amazon treats the humans in the warehouses as fungible units of pick-and-pack potential. Only that’s not just Amazon, it’s how 21st-century capitalism is done. Stung me the most. Capitalism seems to have such an increasingly
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by simonhfrost 7y ago
Sounds a lot like Pomodoro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
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by simonhfrost 7y ago
Coffee is also an option (often free in some offices)
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by simonhfrost 7y ago
I tentatively added the slack bot 'Donut' mentioned in my company because I was starting to see a divide between the two colocated offices. I was pleasantly surprised to see over 60% participation, and people personally thanked me
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by simonhfrost 7y ago
It also feels like a mild form of doxing. Not sure I'm ok with this.
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by simonhfrost 7y ago
Similar process for me. I worked in a few startups in Berlin and didn't enjoy it so switched to freelancing out of frustration. There's a lot of react contracts on LinkedIn which you usually find through recruiters that take aroun
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by simonhfrost 8y ago
If I understand your first paragraphs correctly, you're stating that finding a manager that has the correct balance of business and technical skills is rare to find (I have also had a PM with great technical skills but lacked business

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