A friend, musing on my bits and bobs process: "You eat all of the parts of the intellectual animal!"
A friend, musing on my bits and bobs process: "You eat all of the parts of the intellectual animal!"
Topic: bits
138 mentions · 26 chunks · 23 episodes
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- bits appears in 26 chunks across 23 episodes, from 2023-11-13 to 2026-04-13.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 12/11/23 (2023-12-11), with 2 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with bobs, Claude, and background context, while by chunk count it sits between bobs and huge amount; its yearly rank moved from #18 in 2023 to #107 in 2026.
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Someone asked me about my process of making Bits and Bobs.
Someone asked me about my process of making Bits and Bobs. I take live notes during conversations, of little snippets of assertions, observations, principles. (If you've ever been in a small group m...
I'll be OOO next week, so will skip Bits and Bobs for the week
I'll be OOO next week, so will skip Bits and Bobs for the week
What even are Bits and Bobs?
What even are Bits and Bobs? Think of the Bits and Bobs as my own weekly personal ritual of reflection and synthesis of my notes from the week before. I do this primari...
It's hard for software to be timeless.
It's hard for software to be timeless. Software is at the level of bits; a high pace layer. If a given piece of software doesn't move quickly, it will be outmaneuvered by competitors. Software also tends to be used in coo...
This weekend I was in Santa Fe for an SFI conference.
This weekend I was in Santa Fe for an SFI conference. As a result, this week's Bits and Bobs are a bit more... out there. If you like the more grounded bobs (or bits), you might want to sit this week out. If you're still here, strap ...