Pro tip: stop worrying about the algorithm, and just make things that make you happy, feed your spirit, and that you think other people will like. In that order.
No joke, I really try not to look at any analytics, I care more about comments than page views, I haven’t looked at the stats from my blog or my YouTube. Looking at analytics only gives me stress, making stuff does not stress me out, so I try to optimize for *not stress.*
The world is littered with 9 episode podcasts that gave up after a few months. No one listened to my podcast for 100 episodes. But I wasn’t doing it for the audience, I was doing it *for the conversations.* (Not sure if folks listen now, no Apple iTunes lists, no awards)
Go make your thing.
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Is this #HBOMax#WW84 film grain a compression artifact or was this intentional? The film is glorious but the grain is overwhelmingly distracting.
I’ve been looking closely at this and here’s what I thing. #ww84 added a film grain to get that 80s look, but expected the film to be on a big screen at a FAR FAR higher bitate. Whatever codec that #HBOMax is using is emphasizing the grain to the point of distraction.
Moving off the Xbox #hbomax app to a chromecast ultra to see if 4k helps #ww84’s film grain
After a week of virtual high school here’s the virdict - online document management is a hot mess. It’s a mishmash and URLs, PDFs, google docs, links to docs, attachments, and proprietary comment systems. Underpowered Chromebooks struggling to zoom, PDFs with no way to markup.
Watching my kids get a crash course in online document management. We are stuck at 80% as an industry and we have no standards other than nasty looking URLs, OAuth, and the clipboard. The kids are the integration point and everyone is struggling.
The teachers are just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “email me a photo of your PDF.” This is an area that needs open standards, not better google docs or O365 systems. Document templates -> document instances -> links or copies.
First, welcome to your new life! Ask questions! Find a work buddy with whom you feel comfortable asking any tech question. Never let anyone make you feel bad asking a question - there are no dumb questions. Ask a lot. Draw diagrams. Read code. Reassert your assumptions. Breathe.
Build a network of positivity and mute or block negativity (online and off). Learn git and learn to type fast - it narrows the distance between your brain and getting the code out of your brain. Save EVERYTHING. Collect links, code, samples, beyond stackoveflow.
Take care of yourself. This job can destroy your hands, back, shoulders. Walk, talk, stand, squat, whatever. Your hands and back and brain are your money. Treat them right now and they’ll last you 30-50 years.