One of the most powerful models for explaining behavior of complex systems is
@stewartbrand
's pace layering
It gives us an image of how systems function: in layers of activity moving at different rates – the fast generates activity & ideas, the slow keeps the system stable
i give Civilization 2 substantial credit for my interest in reading history
the different playable cultures, the city names, and especially the tech tree sent me down many rabbit holes
@SidMeiersMemoir
@CivGame
A short essay on
@DavidDeutschOxf
's two forms of the Enlightenment: the British vs. Continental model
Continental: We can perfect society
British: We can never perfect, only indefinitely improve
Apple Maps came out and got tons of flak for its quality
But it's quietly become a great product, has wildly improved its data, and is lapping everyone else in cartography/design
I've been living in
@roamresearch
for the last month. Here are my thoughts on how it's working for me so far.
Destroy hierarchy in organizing notes and replace it with something far more powerful. Great product
@conaw
+ thanks for the tips
#roamcult
!
I don't talk a lot about this on here, but I recently past 3 years since stage IV cancer diagnosis. A couple weeks ago I hit a full 2.5 years of being disease-free, and graduated to a 6-month cycle of follow-ups.
I love this series from
@underdarkGIS
on working with movement data in
@qgis
. Spatio-temporal data, flow maps, animation,
@postgis
functions, and more.
It pushes on the idea that software can have low floors (easy to start), wide walls (solve thousands of unpredicted use cases), and high ceilings (solve those problems deeply)
[see
@gordonbrander
's notes]
i love this from
@stewartbrand
's "how buildings learn"
churchill said "we shape our buildings, our buildings shape us" but he missed what comes next:
then we reshape them, and they reshape us
a repetitive cycle of mutual "co-evolution"
This button posts to the
@spatialnetworks
Slack whenever new coffee is brewed.
@awscloud
is revolutionizing enterprise business workflows, the cost savings here is immeasurable ☕️⚡️☁️
"The purpose of Apple as a firm is to create and preserve customers and to create and preserve products. This is fundamental and not fully recognized."
Interesting bull case for Apple from
@asymco
after the latest announcements.
I finished running all of the streets in Shore Acres. Some stats on the challenge 🏃🏻♂️🌴
• 125 miles total (to cover ~39 miles of street)
• 36 runs
• Average: 3.5 miles
• Longest: 5.2 miles
• 90 days start to finish
"Google didn’t want to just help people promote their businesses. Google wanted to be the platform from which people ran their businesses from start to finish."
The history of
@gsuite
from
@hnshah
:
Visa has one of the most unique moats in business.
Its history is unlike any large company, which is part of why it is so hard to disrupt.
You’ll need to strap in for this one, as
@arampell
takes us on a deep and wild tour.
Enjoy!
Hard edges, soft middle
When building features, set hard outer boundaries on *what* you're trying to accomplish (and what you're *not*), and leave flexibility on *how* to get there (h/t
@rjs
on this idea)
I'm currently reading "The Breakthrough" from
@charlesgraeber
, a story on the background of immunotherapy treatment for cancer. A few thoughts on this from a patient, survivor, and receiver of one of these treatments. (1/x)
@jkcraw
@julesterpak
It's the presumptive absolutism for me - assuming any parent with a kid with an ipad in a restaurant literally goes out to eat constantly and puts the iPad in their hand 100% of the time
Some exciting news we've had in the works for the past few months — investment from
@KennetPartners
+ Kayne Anderson to fuel
@fulcrumapp
/
@spatialnetworks
growth! Looking forward to a new stage here in 2020+🔺🚀
Introducing the Julius iOS App📱🤖
AI that:
- Solves Math
- Analyzes Data
- Creates Visualizations
- Writes & Executes Code
is now in your pocket 🚀. Download here:
Android next!
Check out the new
@fulcrumapp
Learning Portal, where we've brought together all of our help content under one site — guides, user how-tos, FAQs, videos, and API docs, with more to come (powered by the excellent
@docusaurus
project!)