Envisioning the future . . . the year 2100
Working on your long-term plan? Read this . . . https://curiousmatrix.com/what-will-the-world-look-like-in-2100/
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The "Google Maps effect"
Are you experiencing the "Google Maps effect?” That's the reality whereby we all drive places listening to our phones spoken directions but have no idea where we are because we never looked at the map.
Tip - Scan to PDF using your phone
Its easy to send an easy-to-read PDF of pages from printed documents, books, or a handwritten document or form using your phone to scan one or many pages to a single PDF file. How to scan on iPhone https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210336 How to scan on Android https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835 #techtips
Andy Weir's Lost Sols
If you liked The Martian, check out Andy Weir's Lost Sols here: galactanet.com/lostsols.pdf from Andy Weir’s post
Orbiting Solar Sunshade Makes the New York Times!
NYTimes: Could a Giant Parasol in Outer Space Help Solve the Climate Crisis? A team that's pursuing a proof of concept orbiting solar sunshade makes the New York Times! https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/climate/sun-shade-climate-geoengineering.html
Willam W. Gaver The SonicFinder March 1989
Who thinks of the SonicFinder for Macintosh OS 7 every time their phone or computer chimes? William Gaver was prescient and showed us the future! What's he showing us now? https://researchgate.net/profile/William-Gaver/publication/213799409_The_SonicFinder_An_Interface_that_Uses_Auditory_Icons/links/00b4951837b639e443000000/The-SonicFinder-An-Interface-that-Uses-Auditory-Icons.pdf?origin=publication_detail #futurist
Read FastCompany - Why every founder's first hire should be a product marketer
Read FastCompany - Why every founder's first hire should be a product marketer The first sentence is the key point: "As an early stage tech founder, you have one goal: Show product-market fit (PMF) as fast as possible. That’s it." Exactly right! Without PMF, every dollar you spend on development, marketing, and sales is wasted. And everyone's time is wasted. Why? Because until you can prove PMF, you don't know what sells . . .you are trusting your gut . . .and the odds are that you are wrong. Which is why you need to hire and listen to a Product Marketer: "As a seed-stage founder, you need to surround yourself with leaders unafraid to question everything. PMMs are no exception. They’re highly critical people by nature; they see the bigger picture and question assumptions. Because product marketers can readily distinguish a viable reality from a lofty aspiration, they’re not “yes people.” And your startup is better for it." Read the full article here: ht...