A matrix or table is the simplest and most powerful tool that is rarely being used by people. There are some famous one as Eisenhower Matrix for planning and decision-making. You can also use it as a simple to-do list… Read More »The Power of a Matrix
I log my time spent on tasks at work, and over time I have noticed, there are two types of workdays. One consists of dozens of 5-15 minute tasks, updates, small checks, comments, reviews, short meetings and other smaller tasks.… Read More »Two types of workdays
During the COVID pandemic, my son had his critical years of development as a child. At the same time, at my job, we were trying to make our facial recognition algorithm work with people wearing masks (and we succeeded). Which… Read More »Recognizing people in masks
People often ask me, how am I able to read and share so many articles and videos. I use RSS for more than 16 years since the days of Google Reader and until now I have not found a better… Read More »RSS is the king – How to read “that much”
“Managing a team of any size — from a handful of people to a whole company — is a continual balance between trying to empower people to achieve what they want (interesting projects, plentiful opportunities, a plethora of pay increases… Read More »Recommended Read: The Disappointment Frontier
When I was younger, more naïve, and less experienced, I thought that we could solve a lot of problems in politics by letting countries have different, even drastic, political systems, such as fascism and communism, and just allowing people to… Read More »Freedom to move
“When a company starts playing weird games with how it reports user activity, something is going very, very wrong. In general, when a company starts trying to obfuscate the true numbers about its revenue, growth, or profit, it’s a bad… Read More »Recommended Read: We’re Watching Facebook Die
We have a regular beer with a friend and what usually happens is, that we talk past each other. Each of us is describing their own situations, thoughts and problems, without the other reflecting much on what was said by… Read More »Talking past each other
I like new things. The excitement from a new phone, tablet, or laptop is always there. What can it do? What is new? This feeling usually leaves after a few days, and I am a couple of hundred Euros poorer.… Read More »Novelty gratification