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Brian Gilham

Personal blog · briangilham.com/blogcareerproductivity

Brian Gilham's personal blog at briangilham.com covers career and productivity. Since 2016, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Be Kind – Brian Gilham (written 2016, updated 2021)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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23mentions?
10HN people?
2016–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 8 in 2016

Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

Linked in a Classic HN Links thread as the corrected URL for Brian Gilham's post "Be Kind", part of his monday-mailer series. The comments do not discuss the writing itself.

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.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Be Kind – Brian Gilham (written 2016, updated 2021)
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-08-26

What Hacker News says?

  1. avg_dev · 2022-08-26
    Here’s the fixed link to Be Kind: https://www.briangilham.com/monday-mailer/be-kind/

    Comment linking /monday-mailer/be-kind/

    on “Classic HN Links”
  2. bgilham · 2016-10-14

    Submitted Be Kind as a story · 2475 points

    HN discussion
  3. tosh · 2018-08-24

    Submitted Be kind (2016) as a story · 338 points

    HN discussion
  4. joeyespo · 2017-04-05

    Submitted 5 Reasons to Boost Your Career with Side Projects – Brian Gilham as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. bgilham · 2016-12-05

    Submitted Stop being precious about side projects, make a (public) commitment as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  6. bgilham · 2017-01-11

    Submitted Your First Programming Job as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. bgilham · 2017-01-02

    Submitted Side Project Mistakes Developers Make as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  8. TeacherTortoise · 2022-10-25

    Submitted Home Automation as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. TeacherTortoise · 2022-10-25

    Submitted Be Boring as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  10. cx42net · 2018-08-30

    Submitted The TAO of Gordon Ramsay as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. joeyespo · 2018-01-27

    Submitted Breaking my iPhone Addiction as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. djug · 2016-10-15

    Submitted Shipping is a Muscle as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. hk__2 · 2016-10-14

    Submitted Bring Value as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. TeacherTortoise · 2022-10-25

    Submitted Be Kind as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. ColinWright · 2022-08-26

    Submitted Be Kind – Brian Gilham (written 2016, updated 2021) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. joeyespo · 2018-08-26

    Submitted Perfection is Just Procrastination as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. joeyespo · 2017-04-24

    Submitted Perfection is Just Procrastination as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. bgilham · 2017-01-30

    Submitted Hate your side project? It's okay to quit as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. bgilham · 2017-01-24

    Submitted Brainstorming side project ideas? Pay attention as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. bgilham · 2016-11-28

    Submitted Batching Tasks for Productivity: An Experiment as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. amitmittal1993 · 2016-11-07

    Submitted What's Your North Star? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. bgilham · 2016-10-31

    Submitted Crossing the Finish Line: Finishing your damn side project as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  23. bgilham · 2016-06-20

    Submitted 3 Questions Every iOS Intern Needs to Ask as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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