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New posts #

I've made some changes to my homepage at kula.blog. Check it out and let me know what you think. It's inspired by one of the articles below.

I'm contributing to a new book about Functional Programming in JS. It's taking way more time than I thought it would, but it's getting really good.

Books I've read #

• Wy Wszyscy moi Ja. It's in Polish, but it's a pretty good collection of productivity and motivation myth-busting. E.g.

  • Diets don't work. It's a scam. Think only about moving more to be healthy. Don't think about the gym; just move more.
  • Blue and Green colors help with creativity. Red with criticism.
  • After 6 PM, most of us don't do any meaningful work. Just relax.
  • Our gut has as many neurons as a cat's brain. Think about it.
  • Why is the placebo so effective? Author mentions The Signaling Theory of Symptoms. It's part of Sickness behavior. My first time seeing it.
  • Boredom and frustration are a necessary steps to get creative ideas. Expect them.
  • Most of Brainstorming doesn't work. If you want to get, more ideas go with individual brainstorming.
  • Take naps. Sleep is a super drug. It helps with almost anything. Way better than meditation.
  • If you can't nap, then take a walk in the middle of the day.
  • Or do both if you can.

• The Mindful Geek by Michael W. Taft. You can get it if you subscribe ho his newsletter.

  • If you're not sleeping well (e.g., you have a small child) ** it's better to take a nap than meditate**.
  • Sit straight. Meditation is an exercise. Sitting straight will help with your focus.
  • I liked the chapters about emotions and how you can observer your body to understand your emotions better. That was something new to me.

• Opowieści z meekhańskiego pogranicza. Północ - Południe by Robert M. Wegner. Good epic fantasy series by a Polish author. I feel some similarity to Malazan Book of the Fallen Series.

Elsewhere on the Web #

• Rethinking the reptilian brain..

  Have you noticed the lizard brain lurking in the pages of self-help books, leadership pep-talks, sales and marketing presentations, life-coach Instagram posts, and even psychology textbooks?
  Two places you'll rarely find a lizard brain is lurking within the pages of contemporary neuroscience or evolutionary biology textbooks.

  Why?

  Because the concept is widely discredited by neuroscientists and evolutionary biologists: the model is out-of-date and not based on contemporary science.

Emotions are way more complicated than the reptilian brain concept would make you believe.

• GTD in 15 minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done. I read the original books a long time ago. But only thanks to this article, some ideas finally started to make sense for me (e.g., Project list).

• The Ultimate Guide to Writing Online by David Perell. It's a great post with David's experience as a blog writer. What I took from it:

  • A Start Here page (see my new homepage at kula.blog)
  • A curated list of your favorite articles (at the homepage)
    But, it also left me with some questions. If my name is common (and it is) how to think about picking a pen name. I understand the SEO and discoverability part of it, but I'm still confused about the specifics.

• I recommend reading this letter from Richard Feynman: Do not remain nameless to yourself.

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