On Art And Bananas
Banana taped to wall sold for $120k. Art world absurdity or commentary on value? The question misses the point—attention is the art
Building addTaskManager, the best iOS productivity app for ADHD minds
Banana taped to wall sold for $120k. Art world absurdity or commentary on value? The question misses the point—attention is the art
New Year resolutions fail because timing is arbitrary. Motivation from calendar date doesn't sustain. Real change needs systems, not dates
Burnout signs—exhaustion, cynicism, inefficacy, detachment, physical symptoms. Common cause—sustained mismatch between effort and meaning
CashFlow board game teaches income versus expenses, passive income building, good versus bad debt, opportunity recognition, calculated risk. Games teach money better than books
Proximity bias—nearby seems more valuable than distant. Time, space, relationships all affected. Remote creates different value calculations
Development update—staying steady to original vision despite feature creep temptations. Simplicity is harder than complexity
Meditation debugs consciousness like programmers debug spaghetti code. Find bugs, trace origins, refactor thinking. Mind is legacy system needing maintenance
Self-deception runs automatically. The art—catching lies before believing them. Most damaging beliefs are self-authored
First ultra-marathon complete. Body broken, mind expanded. The aftermath teaches more than race—recovery reveals what pushing limits costs
Ultra-running teaches pain management, mental endurance, discomfort tolerance, delayed gratification. Ridiculous distances develop ridiculous resilience
Follow your passion advice incomplete without reality checks. Do's—test market demand. Don'ts—quit income prematurely. Detours—often become destinations
Sapiens reframes human history through stories. We conquered through shared myths. Harari reveals how fiction built civilization
addTaskManager pivot from complex to simple. Original vision missed market. The turn—radical simplification toward core GTD principles
Pujas are Hindu rituals. Software patching fixes bugs. Both work through systematic attention to small problems before they cascade
Buddhism for programmers series launch. Translating ancient wisdom into developer language. Version control for consciousness
Decade of blogging lessons—consistency beats quality, audience builds slowly, authenticity attracts, monetization is hard, writing clarifies thinking
Spain remote work realities—visa requirements, tax implications, cost of living, connectivity quality. Paradise with paperwork
AI disrupts recommendations, hiring, surveillance, content creation, transportation, medicine, finance, relationships, warfare, employment. Every domain affected
Modern knights fight supermarket queues instead of dragons. Heroism adapts to context. Same courage, different battles
One year in Spain—language struggles, cultural adaptation, bureaucracy nightmares, community building. Immigration reality versus expectation