by John Macdonald | Apr 27, 2025 | The250
(Seth’s original post) Ah, my two pet peeves — meetings and the overuse of email. The perfect place to start a conversation on personal and team productivity. Meetings It’s very simple: Less meetings. Shorter meetings. Smaller... by John Macdonald | Apr 26, 2025 | The250
Here’s what Seth Godin recently said about “Simple and Painless Productivity:” Don’t invite someone to a meeting if an email or 1:1 conversation will do the job just as well. Don’t fly if you can show up virtually and get the job... by John Macdonald | Apr 25, 2025 | AI, The250
I loved the TV show The Six Million Dollar Man. 1974 – 1978. I was 5-9. I had the toys. Waited impatiently for each episode. Pretended I was Steve Austin and ran in slow motion while making the noise (IFYKYK). Steve Austin was a cyborg.... by John Macdonald | Apr 24, 2025 | The250
I had the great fortune of watching my daughter mash the Boston Marathon. I spectated from mile 24.9. It’s on Beacon st, right at the crest of a little hill that doesn’t register on the list of famous features to look out for on the route, such as... by John Macdonald | Apr 23, 2025 | The250
Holidays, religion, family, work. Tradition drives a lot of the processes and procedures around much of our lives. Like code passed down through generations. The hardware is the same, but the software is different. Some of it elegant and efficient. Some of it full of... by John Macdonald | Apr 22, 2025 | AI, The250
Some very smart people (Tyler Cowen, Francois Chollet, Arc Prize Foundation, etc) are very high (or low, depending on one’s view of AGI) on o3. If not yet technically AGI, it’s definitely a breakthrough...