Learning to code is 21st century super-power. I work as a Software Engineer and teacher around the world. My purpose is to empower others by showing them what we can do with our brain, a computer and wifi.
Hi nerds -
I salute you from Panama City, already settled back into my yoga routine and healthy habits.
When we’re in the same place for too long, we tend to become blinded by the bad aspects of where we live. Traveling is important to get some breadth of gratefulness and inspiration.
⭐️ Superstar Meetings: As meetings pile up in my calendar, I’ve been pondering about how to have the most effective + efficient meetings. Some patterns have become clear:
👷🏻♀️ Consumption-Production Ratio: The Age of Information Abundance has become a booster for our procrastilearning habits.
Procrastilearning means that rather than producing, we hide in the consumption safety net until we “feel” ready.
Finding the balance means having self-enforced deadlines and understanding that done is better than perfect. It’s having a consumption strategy based around the projects you want to produce and knowing when to stop digging rabbit holes.
🤝 DAO: The internet has become the breeding ground for idea-based communities, but it’s been almost impossible to organize those conversations into world-changing action. Until the DAO.
A DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization; a way for people to organize collaboratively based on smart contracts.
Here are some potential use-cases and examples:
"You have to be willing to look like an idiot in the short term to look like a genius in the long term."
“Everyone is winging it. Yes, experts too. What we call expertise is nothing but a mix of self-deception, ruthless focus, pattern matching ability, and just enough training data.”
~ Avy Faingezicht, "Here’s to the crazy ones: lessons learned at Apple"
In a true Panamanian fashion, this playlist is a Spanglish collection of retro, tropical beats from emergent artists in the scene.
Great to listen to while swimming at the pool or tanning under the sun. ☀️
Thanks for reading.
As always, feel free to connect by hitting reply and sharing a juicy thought 💡.
We all help the curious community grow 🧠.
Best,
Jules 🤸🏻♂️
Learning to code is 21st century super-power. I work as a Software Engineer and teacher around the world. My purpose is to empower others by showing them what we can do with our brain, a computer and wifi.
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