Dec 06
#031: Winning Teams —
Scotch & Bean: Code Name | The Complexity Science of Winning Teams | Hard Work vs Luck
Dec 05
Two Feelings You Need Before Starting a Startup —
First published in 2013, republished in 2020 with minor tweaks
I was talking to some folks about applying to Y Combinator and preparing
themselves to found a startup more generally. One point that I found myself
talking about, especially in terms of timing, was the two distinct emotions that
I
Nov 28
#030: Planning (Theory vs Practice) —
How Planning Works | Michael J Fox on Resilience | A Chinese Card Game
Nov 21
#029: Personal Best —
Email over the break | From Receptionist to UFC Champion | Slow Podcast Workouts
Nov 14
MC#028: Escaping Short Term Thinking —
Plus: Career Outcomes + Pistol Whip (VR)
Nov 07
MC#027: Counting —
HODLING | The Next Trump | A Better Way to Read
Oct 31
MC#026: It's a Fine Line —
The subtle difference between totally brilliant and totally f*cked
Oct 24
MC#025: Reorgs —
Why reorg's aren't all bad, launching a multi-year charitable effort
Oct 17
MC#024: A Taxonomy of Visual Diagrams —
Venn's Method of Diagrams, Lessons from Fresh Prince, Uncanny Valley Presenters
Oct 10
What I Learned from My First (Blunder-Filled) Marathon —
This piece was originally published in 2014 on the health and wellness site
Greatist but has been lost after the site was acquired in 2019. Republishing it
here because it’s a great lesson in humility and resilience.
Entrepreneur and former collegiate gymnastics champion Jason Shen had a
less-than-awesome experience
Oct 10
MC#023: Effort Vs Impact —
TIRED: Deep dives, WIRED: Quick hits
Oct 03
MC#022: The Docs Edition —
5 Takes on Notion, Roam, and document/knowledge
Sep 26
MC#21: The Three Skills of Resilience —
Why we should stop thinking of resilience as an innate quality
Sep 19
MC#020: The Sweat Edition —
6 takes on Peloton, Mirror, Aaptiv, and the fitness tech space
Sep 12
MC#019: The Mindfulness Edition —
5 takes on Calm app, Headspace, neurofeedback and meditation
Sep 05
MC#018: ...and this is my MasterClass —
6 takes on the celebrity feel-good learning but fun subscription you think costs too much
Aug 29
MC#017: Tradeoffs —
1. 🎲 Meditation and Uncertainty + 2. 🐇 When to be Fast and Good +3. 🕺🏻 How the Founder of TikTok Is Handling Himself
Aug 24
The Difference Between a Prototype and a Demo —
A lot has been made about Apple’s hardware product prowess – the click wheel of
the iPod, the slimness of the Macbook Air, but just as notable are Apple’s
standout software like Safari, Keynote, iOS and many more. In Creative Selection
[https://amzn.to/3hxpth3], long-time Apple software engineer
Aug 22
MC#016: Fidelity vs. Functionality —
💼 Midgame → Facebook + 👨🏻💻 What Makes for a Great Demo + ✍️ A Venn Diagram of Writing Success Factors
Aug 18
Midgame’s Next Chapter —
We’re headed to Facebook!
As builders and entrepreneurs, we’ve always been interested in using data and
technology to fulfill human needs: in commerce, recruiting, and gaming.
Before we founded Midgame, Wayne and Jason first started working together at
Etsy, where we built systems and tools that powered millions