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Joshua Wold

Breaking down the big thing

That big todo on your list has been staring at you for weeks. Each day you dutifully move it forward. It’s never forgotten, always pushed down the road. I’ve been meaning to renew my passport for months. Somehow it always gets shifted to another day or week. if

Hide Your Apps (I Won't Judge)

On the iPhone you can now hide apps. At first glance this feels silly. Why would you want to hide something? I know what you’re thinking, I don’t want anyone seeing my hemorrhoid tracking app. But no, I’ve found a real use for this. My default view

Laundry, Silverware, and Fighting Entropy

As a teen I spent a lot of time at a friend’s house and noted they’d lost the battle with laundry. Full white flag surrender. Clothes got cleaned, that was never a problem. But the next step was skipped, and unfolded items found their resting places in strategically

On Learning the Wrong Lesson From Elon Musk’s Success

Adam Grant kicked off a storm with his latest piece in The New York Times. His thoughts are timely right now, tackling the topic of leadership styles—and whether Musk’s berating and yelling as a matter of course is effective. Short answer, it’s not. The evidence is clear:

What if your [true fans] are on TikTok?

Your primary business goal on TikTok, and all discovery platforms (YouTube, Instagram, etc, etc), is to move your best customers from this discovery platform to a place you can communicate with them directly (e.g. email, SMS). If you’re not yet convince, I think of it this way: If

The growing problem of satellite pollution

In January 2021, Joshua Rozells ventured out into the Pinnacles Desert in Western Australia, intending to photograph a star trail. But after shooting for more than three hours and reviewing his images, he realized that the light patterns he captured weren’t what he had hoped for. 10,000 satellites

Steps vs concept

If you memorize the steps, you have a direct, simple and fast path to obtain the result. Until the world changes. Even the tiniest shift in the system will render your memorization useless. On the other hand, if you understand the concept, you’ll be able to produce the steps

True fans and engagement

According to Patreon’s research, 74% of creators want more fan interaction, and 87% of them value the importance of having a fan community around their work. Of course, Patreon has a vested interest in promoting the idea of true fans and their value to creators, since it makes its

Checklist for team productivity

* Don’t invite someone to a meeting if an email or 1:1 conversation will do the job just as well. * Don’t fly if you can show up virtually and get the job done. * Instead of asking a group of people when a good time to meet might be,

Design and dev collide

Framer, Webflow, Figma pages (coming soon?), ChatGPT, all of these things are merging together to allow the unicorn of an idea—design and dev happening together. We’re not there yet. Right now you mostly need a person who understands both disciplines to be able to design and engineer apps.