i’m a huge fan of routines and i write and think about them often, especially with people i coach. one of the biggest benefits they provide is (ironically) freedom. having a routine defined for a particular area of your life allows you to move through somethign without having to think about what you’re doing; you can just do it.
Read more...this is part 2. see part 1 for framing.
Read more...at the media lab, there’s a group called the open agriculture group (mit openag). as far as i know, it was established and is still run by caleb harper (his ted talk is a good summary of the vision of his lab’s work).
Read more...a few weeks ago, i had a great conversation with my friend, ambroise. here’s a rough roadmap of the points we discussed as they landed with me:
Read more...last year, i read bell hooks’ all about love. i’m still reeling from the number of ways that it changed my life, but one of them is that it totally changed my “highlight” game (and by highlight i really mean just markup)! i’ve never read a book that i wanted to highlight so much. some times i would mark entire pages.
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