Charlie Park

In an attempt to get back to Inbox Zero, I’m opening e-mails at random, then trying the “touch it once” approach.

Currently at 16. Hoping to be to 10 by dinner.

Update: Grumble grumble this is hard grumble grumble. Currently at 13.

Just want to say: Trader Joe’s Sprouted Flourless Whole Wheat Berry Bread is good like whoa.

It’s best with Skippy Natural peanut butter, strawberry jelly, and a glass of whole milk.

So good. That is all.

“Ultimately, this is not about humans versus computers. The computer I used to forecast the Oscars didn’t think for itself — it merely followed a set of instructions that I provided to it. Rather, it is a question of heuristics: when and whether subjective (but flexible) judgments, such as those a film critic might make, are better than objective (but inflexible) rulesets.”

That’s Nate Silver, talking about forecasting the Oscars and how his predictive model failed to pick the right winners. A good quote to remember as I work on braking heuristics in The Driving Game.

marco:

2arrs2ells:

Tumblr is much smarter about this, and “freezes” your dashboard as you read through it. When you navigate to the next page, you see the next group of posts without repeats. New posts don’t show up (and “push” everything down) until you refresh the dashboard home.

This is what the big numbers in Dashboard page URLs are for (/dashboard/2/80000000). I always love the (rare) times when people notice this because it was my baby. David hates ugly URLs, so this was one of those ideas I couldn’t just bring up while brainstorming — instead, I just implemented it one afternoon in development and said, “Hey, let me show you something cool.”

It’s one of the little things we’ve picked up over time, like aggressively giving every checkbox a clickable <label> or letting the registration form behave like a login form (go ahead, try it), that so many web apps should do if they can. It’s all about the little things.

We need a place to find and share these sorts of ideas.

Reiterating his last point: we need a place to find and share these sorts of ideas. Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes.

• increase exercise — 30 minutes walking per day, 60 minutes cardio per week
• increase fiber intake — ≥ 25 grams per day (100% whole wheat, cereals with ≥ grams of fiber per serving, oatmeal, beans, fruits, veggies)
• increase fish intake — ≥ 2 times per week (salmon, tuna, or fish oil capsules)
• increase antioxidant intake — berries, dark chocolate, tomato, green tea)
• increase good fat — olive oil, canola oil, avocado
  • decrease saturated fat
  • no trans fats
  • no partially-hydrogenated oils
• decrease white flour intake
• decrease sugar intake — read labels: no high-fructose corn syrup
• decrease red meat intake to ≤ 2 times per week
• Dairy: skim milk, nonfat yogurt, lowfat / nonfat cheese (limit)
• Keep a food journal
  • Men: 1500 – 2000 calories per day
  • women: 1200 – 1500 calories per day