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Some Advice Gathered From People Smarter Than Me
Sasha Chapin shares gems of advice that he’s gathered over the years. Some of them really resonated, so I wanted to share & add my thoughts!

• Remember What Used to Work, Then Do It Again: Document your learnings and apply them to similar problems

• If You Put Behavior Into the World, You Get Behavior Out: Want an exciting life? Work on exciting things instead of sitting around waiting for something to happen to you.

How Different Languages Laugh Online
Laughter is universal, but the ways to express it in text differ widely between cultures and languages. This visual experience takes you on a fun adventure of exploring laughs around the world. Gain brownie points if you can match these laughs to their languages: jaja, kkk, khit khit.

The Hidden Cost Of Free Returns
Ever wondered what happens to all the things you return?

Learning

How To Build Fix & Finish Into Your Life
Ignorance is bliss until it comes back to bite you. In this handy article, Deb Liu shares how we can work on fixing problems instead of shoving them under the rug, then suffering from deferred maintenance. Her top tips:

• Address issues as you notice them. An easy way to avoid things piling up is to tackle problems as soon as you notice them whenever possible.

• Think ahead. Sometimes it can help to think past the short-term reward of ignoring something to prioritize the long-term reward of dealing with it

• Don’t give yourself an out. Making excuses for yourself just prolongs problems.

7 Questions To Help You Be A Better Writer
Irina Stanescu (whose newsletter I really like!) shares some questions that can help you become a better writer. Here are some of my picks:

• What am I trying to achieve?

  • Figure out if you’re trying to inform, persuade, entertain, or educate.

• Who am I talking to?

  • Knowing your target audience helps you set the tone of your writing.

• How do I want the reader to feel?

  • Understand what emotion you intend to evoke in your reader, and use your writing to prime them for engagement

• Is my writing clear, concise, and organized?

  • Brevity & clarity is always appreciated.

Resources & Tools

ChatGPT Store - Paid ChatGPT users are now able to access an app store full of useful Custom GPTs. Explore useful GPTs that help you extract text from documents, write code, regex and make you more productive.

Sofa - Save book/movie/media recommendations that your friends share with you to enjoy later in your downtime, so you don’t forget!

Merry Sky - Free web app that provides weather information (when it’ll rain, temperature, wind) without ads.

MaxAI.me - Use ChatGPT on any website (via a Chrome extension) to write, rephrase, summarize, without having to copy & paste.

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History Of Viral Content - Embark on a captivating exploration of viral content's journey before and after the era of social media. Remember “Charlie bit me?”

Data Clocks - Clocks that connect data to time, like a clock where the time is in the name of a song title.

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