May 21, 2021

Letting Ideas Simmer [61/365]

Any complex enough problem will take time to solve. You’ll probably focus on it for a long time, and maybe even get so lost in it that you don’t even make progress anymore. You just go in circles. In that case, take a step back. When you do, your mind will have to stop focusing, and you’ll be able to take a look around. Notice what is there. It may hold the key for you to solve your problem. Read more

May 20, 2021

About Your Second Brain [60/365]

I’ve been interested in the topic of the second brain as it seems a much more reliable way to store information. More than that, it would be the most efficient way to retrieve them instead of having just a big blob of everything which do not make sense to you. From a first impression, I think that this second brain can only be personal. A global one is called the internet, and it is so massive that we cannot wrap our heads around it. Read more

May 19, 2021

Reflecting on Myself [59/365]

At times, one has to stop and reflect on their actions. Is that really who I want to be ? Is this action really what will make me happy, today and for the coming years ? Am I doing something useful ? I forced myself today to stop and think about those questions. I don’t like the answers I got. Because of that, I am doing some writing for myself, to make things clearer, to define strategies to counter my shortcomings and start becoming someone I can actually be proud of. Read more

May 18, 2021

Missed a Day [58/365]

Yesterday, I did not see the time fly by and missed a day of writing. And that’s ok. I’m now getting back up from it, and will keep going with the challenge. There are multiple reasons that I missed this day. First, I was focusing on my day job, and just did not see the time go by. I also took some time to relax which had the same effect. On top of this, I am not seeing any progress from this challenge in terms of traffic, and it really feels like a waste. Read more

May 16, 2021

A New Approach [57/365]

Well, I don’t think anymore that this 365 days of side project challenge is of any interest to people out there. Maybe I’m wrong, it is not really well validated. But I have not done it, so I don’t think I have any place to be doing that. So I’ll focus instead on learning and teaching at the same time, and I’ll start with a problem that I actually have. Read more

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