the-dial-tone

#71

Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.

Cal Newport, Deep Work

The Speed Dial

You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus [www.theatlantic.com]
Why Do Corporations Speak the Way They Do? [www.vulture.com]
If Russ Ackoff had given a TED Talk… [www.youtube.com]

Management/Culture

Why Everyone Should See Themselves as a Leader [hbr.org]
Leading Up: The Neglected Competency [www8.gsb.columbia.edu]

Development/Releases

Reflections on software performance [blog.nelhage.com]
Production Oriented Development [medium.com]
You don’t need to work on hard problems [www.benkuhn.net]

Technical

Systems that defy detailed understanding [blog.nelhage.com]
When Bloom filters don’t bloom [blog.cloudflare.com]

News/Other

China pollution clears amid coronavirus slowdown [www.bbc.com]
The Oldest Company in Almost Every Country (That is Still in Business) [businessfinancing.co.uk]
How to Write Usefully [www.paulgraham.com]
For Seoul’s Poor, Class Strife in ‘Parasite’ Is Daily Reality [www.nytimes.com]

Books/Podcasts/Videos

The Indicator from Planet Money [www.npr.org]
Digital Minimalism [www.goodreads.com]
Origins of the Taliban [www.youtube.com]