My July 2024 Create an Adaptable Life newsletter: How Can We Be Committed to Principles, But Not Attached to Positions?
text: https://createadaptablelife.com/2024/07/how-can-we-be-committed-to-principles-but-not-attached-to-positions.html
video: https://youtu.be/lTaxAYp0Mr8
#choices

Thank you for this day. 🪄

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” — W.B. Yeats


#tyftd #ThankYouForThisDay #goodMorning #gratitude #ritual #thankYou #goodVibes #GoodMorningPhoto #Chicago #DailyPhoto #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #BlackAndWhitePhotography #magic #quote

Swift Kickstart updated to Swift 6 / Xcode 16

Free update if you own it. 50% off on Gumroad if you don't.

This will be the last update - the language is stable enough for an intro book to be declared "Done"

Skip to the end of the post If you just want the link to the book

https://dimsumthinking.com/Blog/2024/07/15-SwiftKickstartUpdate.html

Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for July 12, 2024
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/07/johannas-60-seconds-of-writing-wip-for-july-12-2024/
video: https://youtu.be/mVE2_XgiJi8
#writing #speaking

Five Big Ideas to Effectively Manage Your Product Development https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/07/five-big-ideas-to-effectively-manage-your-product-development/
#ProductLeader #ProjectManagement

Check out great #deals on #ebooks 📚 in the Leanpub weekly sale! https://leanpub.com/newsletter_coupons/560

Johanna's 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for July 5, 2024
https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/07/johannas-60-seconds-of-writing-wip-for-july-5-2024/
Also in video: https://youtu.be/NXhH9sEIURc
#writing #speaking

@kenkousen @Zitron
One more thing I wish I had written. Oh well. 🤷‍♀️ Delighted he wrote it.

Have a Happy and Reflective July 4th https://createadaptablelife.com/2024/07/have-a-happy-and-reflective-july-4th.html #july4th

Universal basic income means that everyone gets money. Those who get more in UBI than they pay in higher taxes will spend it in businesses like grocery stores and restaurants, which then in turn becomes the wages for the workers at those businesses who would get their paychecks in addition to their UBI.

Want to restore Main Street USA? UBI is how to do that. Nothing would do more for small towns across America than UBI.

If you have some form of "manager" in your title or role, read https://www.wheresyoured.at/tss/ by @Zitron (I hope that's the correct profile.)

Value to shareholders is an *outcome* of great products and services. Start with the people who create the products, satisfy the customers and then create shareholder value.

We're upside down now and need to get rightside up.

#management

"Hitler passed a law called the Enabling Act to legalize his dictatorship. Republicans plan their own Enabling Act called Project 2025. SCOTUS is letting us know it will rubber stamp it when the time comes."
https://x.com/brucebartlett/status/1807788339698778523?s=12&t=3d9pIKw692D3Dy-4Ms4pFA

Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for June 28, 2024
text: https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/06/johannas-60-seconds-of-writing-wip-for-june-28-2024/
video: https://youtu.be/4sFBUUmVKY0
#writing #speaking

How Can We Realize the Experiment is Over and It’s Time to Clean Up? https://createadaptablelife.com/2024/06/how-can-we-realize-the-experiment-is-over-and-its-time-to-clean-up.html
#QuestionOfTheWeek #Experiment

My annual message reminding everyone to take a vacation: https://www.jrothman.com/articles/2012/08/management-myth-7-i-am-too-valuable-to-take-a-vacation/

How Activity-Based Measurements Confuse and Mislead People About the Real Progress https://www.jrothman.com/mpd/2024/06/how-activity-based-measurements-confuse-and-mislead-people-about-the-real-progress/ #ProjectManagement

@NanoRaptor Thank you so much!!

If you liked system 6 & 7, and fuzzy light grey modern macOS annoys you, try Preferences->Accessibility->Display, and turn on Increase Contrast. It took me just half an hour to not find it jarring and now I really dislike going back to the field-of-fog regular UI.

Here it is on Ventura.

(and yes it looks terrible in Dark Mode so maybe skip this one you lot)