The greatest enemy of learning is what you think you know.

So, you want to become a PM. But, you haven’t coded, and you didn’t go to a brand-name school. You’re not sure you can do this. Are you curious and hardworking? Then you can.

One way to become luckier is to show up consistently. When people trust that you'll do what you say when you say it, not only will they want to work with you, but they'll want you to be successful. You can't build anything meaningful when you show up inconsistently. In the

1. Andrew Ng (of Stanford)'s AI for Everyone The godfather of AI & CS education, Andrew Ng, is doing a live course on Coursera. It's the ultimate introduction. And it starts TODAY 👇 coursera.org/learn/ai-for-e…

Alignment is not a check box. Alignment is a continuous process that requires constant communication, feedback, and iteration. Alignment is when everyone involved in the product development process has a clear understanding of: · The why: Why are we building this product? What

“The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.” — John C. Maxwell

On the 27th straight day of filming “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks was tired & worried. During a scene on the famous park bench, Hanks stopped & said to director Bob Zemeckis, “Hey, Bob…is anybody going to care about this movie? I don’t think anybody’s going to care.” Bob replied,

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Where you apply focus matters more than how much focus you have. In life, there is a hidden asymmetry. If you apply your focus like everyone else, you will get the same results as everyone else. Understanding where to apply your focus makes a massive difference in results.

Lots of good stuff here.

The best thing about the multi-modal models such as GPT4-V is that I can finally start having a conversation with the system, now that it can finally create and talk maps

Before you work harder on something, spend time identifying the point of leverage in the situation. Working harder on the wrong thing won't move you forward. This can be somewhat counterintuitive for those of us who have been taught to work harder when you're not getting the

Amateurs think in absolutes. Professionals think in probabilities.

The greatest trap is telling yourself that you’ll do something important tomorrow. Procrastination creates negative momentum. The longer you wait, the harder it becomes to start. Telling yourself you'll do it tomorrow is how dreams die.

Jon Tarrant Dude - you need to bring this current!

One of the best articles I’ve seen about proactively managing cloud operational costs. As the author point out, the approach to successfully managing cloud expenditures needs to start all the way back in the provisioning process and rethinking how we track and associate costs.

Lots of good stuff here. Save for future reference.

Good techniques to improve learning effectiveness

Observability 1.0 is about MTTR, MTTD, reliability, errors...how you operate your app and fix issues. Observability 2.0 is about how you ✨develop✨your app. Which means you need to understand things like how your code works and how people use it -- and not just when it breaks.

Attending the BWtech AI unconference. Great to be at an in-person event with my Baltimore IT community #bwtechaiunconf25