Good links should not go to waste. So here is the first handpicked linkfest bonus for supporters. Thirty-three issues mean 33 handpicked links in 2022. I directly copy-pasted and slightly edited some of the entries.
🙏 Thank you for being a supporter! More is coming. Here we go:
In chronological order (number = issue):
What are your tips for a Product Leader resume? from “Ask Gib” by Gibson Biddle, ex-Netflix.
Take Asymmetric Bets by Erik Torenberg (on the job and career risks and how we often think about them wrongly).
Check your Burnout Risk for free; ten questions in 2 minutes.
Have you ever wondered what sort of music you actually like and how it relates to other styles? Everynoise, an impressive tool.
Great eight and no BS secrets to life from Oliver Burkeman.
Five dos and don’ts for job searching while employed.
Things you are allowed to do by Milan Cvitkovic. Also great: things that are overrated.
Jerry Neumann created a 2-page summary of the most important books to improve your Writing for Business.
This guy, Youtuber Ali Abdaal, claims he read 2.216 resumes! I do not believe him, but the video is still good.
This time I am shamelessly adding my own essay about investing in stocks from a perspective of a small-time fish.
Airports are full, and many flights are getting cancelled, but these life hacks will still be useful. For example, always queue left or board last with a poker face for a free upgrade? Brave.
To never be bored again, bookmark this treasure of mostly free learning resources. Is free internet stuff the best thing that happened to humanity besides antibiotics?
Maybe you should bookmark this page for the next time when you need to edit a PDF or copy-paste the text out of it.
Thanks to the internet you can significantly improve your paper aeroplane game (via by ).
If you are buying stuff and want a high-quality, independent opinion, I recommend Wirecutter. American focus, but still useful!
Another of those XX of rules in life. Sure, there are no recipes, but I like browsing them to get inspired or reminded. This one (100) is from Dru Riley.
This time we go to Carl Sagan and his Pale Blue Dot, a short 3 min clip; save it for later if you don’t feel like it now. Please be kind to someone today. Full text is available here.
If you ever need free illustrations, check unDraw (you see these everywhere), for icons flaticon and noun project. pixabay is great for photos.
Watch this video on “How to speak” by Patrick Winston. I enjoy presenting and felt I am good at it, but I still found many takeaways. For example, finishing a presentation with “questions?” or thanking the audience is a weak move. Yea! Finish with a joke.
In German, but extremely cool Reddit content: Gehemtippfaden. My favorite: water spray to defend yourself against wasps at a barbecue. Apparently, they think it’s raining and go home.
It often makes more sense to Google something with “site:reddit.com” added because you avoid all the SEO-optimised crap on the way to your search results. For products, check out Looria. Inevitable US focus, but still a good concept.
Reddit, what a place. (Sometimes dirty) trade secrets from the industry revealed by the insiders.
Maybe you want to check out Nonsense laboratory from Google if you ever need a company name. I found Mixer useful; for example, combining “handpicked” + “for” +" “berlin” returned heardicke, harlichen, heardicher and hearliched. Ok, maybe not.
The mother of all myth-busting pages, a list of common misconceptions on Wikipedia, for example: The Pyramids of Egypt were not constructed with slave labor.
If you ever wondered “is this really Comic Sans" or “which font is this”, well, there is a tool for that: What the font? Then they try to sell you the font as a bonus, so you can also try Google Fonts.
From my Obsidian archive: If you ever look for cool board games as a gift, here are some suggestions from my former colleague: Exploding Kittens, Seven Wonders, Splendor, Istanbul, Pandemic legacy, Camel Up, Food chain.
If you are a CEO or ever need inspiration on any of your business processes, have a look at Mochary Method Curriculum. Also, a proof you can build a website with google docs only.
If you are buying stuff in Germany, you probably already know idealo. It also makes sense to check geizhals. A Hungarian tiger also told me about dealdoktor and mydealz.
I really liked the article and discussion around documentation vs meetings. So many different opinions mean ten of us will have at least three ways to think about it. I wonder how many organisations put amazing documentation or efficient meetings on their values page?I am a big fan of writing things down and will test Diátaxis framework, a “systematic framework for technical documentation authoring,” which was mentioned and praised in the comments.
If you ever look for an AI tool you can try Futurepedia.Ah, AI… brings back memories. I have heard important managers say: “Let’s put some AI on it!” Hue hue hue. 🤦🏻♂️
It is gift season. So, how to buy great presents? Collecting a running list during the year sounds like a great tip. Also, “Can I introduce someone to something they might not otherwise know about? Can I get them a nicer version of something than they would buy for themselves? Or can I make them feel seen?”
A great list of the greatest movies of all time which is not IMDB. It reminds me of a guy who once told me, “but it is black and white!?” Jesus.
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And as a final bonus, here is the job description of the year. I wonder how this worked out:
