by John Macdonald | Apr 11, 2024 | The250
Work expands to fill the time available for completion. I hate meetings at work. And you do, too. I know you do. Long ago, bleary-eyed in the middle of the night, I learned a couple of valuable lessons about meetings. The first is we have way too many....
by John Macdonald | Apr 5, 2024 | The250
The fear-mongering says that AI will take your job. Be afraid. It’s all bad. At best, our future is one where we all sit around with nothing to do because of AI. At worst, AI tries to kill us. In reality, AI, or at least its current and near-future state,...
by John Macdonald | Mar 26, 2024 | The250
The first level of automation is Personal Automation. Personal automation devices allow you to do your work faster, more accurately, and more effectively and do multiple things simultaneously. The electric drill and dishwasher are personal automation devices....
by John Macdonald | Mar 1, 2024 | The250
Make something that helps others make something. For most of my career I’ve been making tools. Often, tools that just help me or us do our job better. For internal consumption only. But sometimes, the tool is the end game. It’s what we’re...
by John Macdonald | Jan 24, 2024 | The250
Everybody has a boss. Even solopreneurs, single folks, and living-off-the-land loners. Every body. Most people answer to many bosses. Looking back over your life, you probably remember the good ones fondly and the sucky ones with disdain. What made the good ones good...
