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A.J. Kessler
Personal blog · ajkesslerblog.com · on HN as ajkesslerwritingproductivityculture
A.J. Kessler's personal blog at ajkesslerblog.com covers writing, productivity and culture. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 36 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
Linked in one HN thread as the source of a productivity trick, 'Hemingway's Hack', for returning to work quickly. The comment only points to the post and does not judge its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Strategies For Making Art & Getting More Out Of Life
What Hacker News says?
I don't think a finer thing could be said about a man. http://www.ajkesslerblog.com/a-hell-of-a-eulogy/
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on “In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011”Submitted Being Frugal Makes You A Loser as a story · 269 points
HN discussionThe trick is called Hemingway’s Hack: http://www.ajkesslerblog.com/hemingways-productivity-hack/
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on “How to return to the flow faster”Submitted Deadlines Forces Creativity as a story · 39 points
HN discussionI don't buy the seemingly arbitrary distinction that 8 hours is a good night's sleep. I know people who require 9+ hours per night (ie they appear sleep deprived if they get less than 9 for a few consecutive nights). I know one person who requires about 4 per night (not a forced four where you end up looking 10 years older than you really are after a few years). I do like the idea of testing where your sweet spot is…
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on “How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?”Submitted Why Athiests Need Church as a story · 6 points
HN discussionUgh, it hurts to read this kind of advice. Sue! Punitive damages! You can get costs! (btw, you probably can't get punitive damages, at least from the little info you've provided, and costs =/= attorney fees) The best advice in that thread was to seek out on-campus legal aid. At the law school I went to, there were clinics that dealt specifically with entrepreneurship and IP. Look around, I'm sure other schools run s…
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on “I own a domain that a big corporation wants to sue me into acquiring. Help”Submitted You Too Can Retire In Your Early 30's as a story · 5 points
HN discussionISO is certainly not an unnecessary holdover from film cameras. It's actually very, very useful. To understand, you really need to get a grasp on the basics of exposure. This may be helpful: http://www.ajkesslerblog.com/understanding-exposure/ When a photon hits a pixel it produces an electrical signal. You can think of the ISO as the amount that signal is amplified. So, if you want to keep aperture and shutter spee…
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on “SLR Camera Simulator”Submitted Steal This Idea: Lock Screen Emergency Contact as a story · 4 points
HN discussionAs I see it, people read books for two reasons: to gain some knowledge (consume info) or to be entertained. Maybe I'm missing something else? And I'm not at all announcing the death of books. I agree that some books mean more than just the words they contain. For this reason, I think they'll stick around as souvenirs of events, ideas, places, and people. But, many books don't represent more than the words they conta…
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on “How Piracy Made 'Go the Fuck to Sleep' a No. 1 Amazon Best-Seller”Submitted The Problem With Old People as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThe effects are test-independent. That was sort of the point of the study. You will certainly get better at the dual-n-back game, but the gains apply elsewhere, not just to game itself. It has much to do (they think) with the interconnectedness of fluid intelligence and working memory. I wrote about this fairly in depth here: http://www.ajkesslerblog.com/how-to-get-smarter/
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on “Dual N-Back Training for Intelligence”Submitted Selling Out Your Dream for $140 a Week as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted There Is Always An Excuse as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Tyler Durden Self Help Method as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Do you own 400 companies? So, you are not too busy as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Most of Your Work Sucks as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Point of the Internet as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Element of Surprise as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted You're Not a Perfectionist, You're Just Scared as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why We Really Loved Steve Jobs (It Wasn’t The Toys) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The World’s Second Most Valuable Skill as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking Hollywood as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Passion Does Not Cause Success as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Did Boredom Make Species Survival Possible? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How To Not Get Sick as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Passion Myth as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Tim Ferriss Falacy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Chase Permanent Wins, Then Throw Them Away as a story · 1 points
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