focused mode and defuse mode

“neuroscientists have been making profound advances in understanding the two different types of networks that the brain switches between—highly attentive states and more relaxed resting state networks. We’ll call the thinking processes related to these two different types of networks the focused mode and diffuse mode,” –Barbara Oakley, A Mind for Numbers

#book #quote

“First, remember your connection to life. Second, remember your power to make your own happiness. Third, learn to appreciate the lessons that life brings you.” —William Ury, Getting to Yes With Yourself

Me, last weekend, sharing passive income.

Snaps on the road walking to work.

“And that is the goal of visuals in the context of explanation: they make ideas memorable and reproducible.” (Lee LeFever, The Art of Explanation)

#book #quote

Relax in park at noon.

Board game evening: Puerto Rico.

Information factory, knowledge building, and output.

Home studio.

Finished the last lecture for 2022 first python class. Next goal is to finish the PHP class and record the teaching material.

A relax classroom for learning and thinking.

Lunch: Special hand-made burger at Macao Atomy center.

Finished Python lesson 11 for 2022-Jan class. Today’s topic: Matplitlib.

My crypto-com VISA card arrives! The feeling of holding it is great with the metal. So far most online services work and I look forward to using it in my daily life in shops.

Trying Russian cuisine in Macao.

Hi again, I’m back to micro.blog.

Trying Amplenote

In this month, I have been using a note taking app called Amplenote. It is like a hybrid of Roam and Evernote.

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Reading: The only metric that matters

But there is one metric that’s always on my mind. It’s not a number, it’s a feeling.

“Would I want to do that again?”

Reading: How money dictates design decisions

If you’re currently using a service that either…

Doesn’t have a business model yet, or
Has an ad-based business model

…your attention and data are being abused in some way.

Finally bought my second Apple Watch, since 2015 April.