07 Mar 2021

Closing tabs

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browser tabs

  • Want to read but
    • Too long -> Transfer to pocket
  • Want to watch but
    • Too long -> Add to a youtube watchlist (which I'll never watch)
  • I need them open to quickly enter data
  • I want to watch them again and again
    • Download with youtube-dl and watch using VLC
  • Would maybe read one day, but definitely not now (very low priority)
    • Transfer to pocket

  • If a tab is scanned more than 5/10 times, it goes into the backlog bin
  • It's important to know what your goals are.
  • It's important to understand why they are your goals.
  • It's important to determine which goals are more important than others (goals priority).
  • It's important to know which goals are dependent on other goals (goals decomposition and dependency).
  • To reach a goal, you must first acquire the tools (knowledge, resources) to get to your objective.
  • It's important to know when to drop/abandon goals.

  • Sources of inefficiency

    • Repeating the same task without sufficient experience.
  • Always try to figure out the most optimal path toward a goal

    • Observe others successful at achieving the goal you want to achieve.
    • Determine the differences between your state and theirs (what they know, what resources are available to them, etc.).
  • How to determine when it is not possible to reach a goal at a given moment in time?
    • Not enough time available
    • Too costly
    • Dependencies not resolved/ready
07 Mar 2021

Advertising yourself

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self-promotion
  • Produce content worth sharing
  • Get feedback from peers
  • Be vocal about your opinion
  • Have expertise on what you share your opinion about
  • Make yourself seen
    • Reddit
    • Twitter
07 Mar 2021

Generic landing page

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landing-page
  • Company name
  • Product name
  • What problem we are trying to solve
  • How we are solving it
  • Why should you trust if vs our competitors
  • List what it can already do
  • List what we expect to be able to do
  • Link to our bug tracker
  • Subscribe to our mailing list
    • Become an alpha tester
    • Early access program
  • Email to contact for any question

  • A/B testing of the price

  • Testimonials

  • Full website

    • Packages/Pricing/Plans
    • Feature list
  • On signing

    • Send an email to a small survey
      • Establish the price range people would be willing to pay
      • Establish the type of model they'd be willing to accept
      • Check what feature they're the most interested in
      • Check which feature they'd like to see in the future
  • Events tracking
    • Seen sections of the landing page/
    • Mouse movement/heatmap/session recording (viewport + mouse position)

  • Define the information you want to collect/know more about

  • Unique Selling Proposition
  • Hero shot
  • Benefits of your offering
  • Social proof
  • Call-To-Action (single conversion goal)

  • The headline should inform the user what the product or service is all about

07 Mar 2021

Improve part-time productivity

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productivity
  • It's difficult to remember/know the current state of a project
    • Keep notes of the work that has been done, what is left to do
      • Create a to do list first, then proceed from that to do list
      • Update the to do list as you notice things that should be/not be done

  • Determine what was worked on last time
  • Determine what needs to be worked on now (priorities)
  • Establish the current state of the project
    • Look at the state of tasks in the issues tracker
    • Ask others about the status of the project