No code may be the first step in learning how to code
[[red]] I don't about this. I think webflow has been easy for me to grasp only because I understand html/css. Although I suppose webflow can teach the same concepts I don't think it will lead to as firm of an understanding
— Content (strategist, copywriter, SEO, information architect)— Design (UX designer, UI designer, interaction designer, animator)— Development (front-end dev, content dev, etc.)
no code makes room for more generalization - for once an innovation doesn't lead to hyper specialization
Hamming's famous double-barrelled question: what are the most important problems in your field, and why aren't you working on one of them?
what is my field? In medicine there are so many important problems, but I suppose one that catches my eye is why has healthcare been slow to adopt digital technologies
If the recipe for genius is simply natural ability plus hard work, all we can do is hope we have a lot of ability, and work as hard as we can. But if interest is a critical ingredient in genius, we may be able, by cultivating interest, to cultivate genius.
avoid work you are uninterested in and work without restraint when interest sparks
you have to be willing to take risky obsessions. Since you don't know if they will pay off. Therefore you should be willing to pick up and put down obessions without tax
there are some heuristics you can use to guess whether an obsession might be one that matters. For example, it's more promising if you're creating something, rather than just consuming something someone else creates
uniqueness in creation is surely another factor. If you are creating something in a field that few are in, there's more low hanging fruit to grab
It's a mistake to think they were "laying the groundwork" for the discoveries they made later. There's too much intention in that metaphor. Like bus ticket collectors, they were doing it because they liked it.
I often think that my pointless obsessions are useful because the skills transfer - even if in a very intangible way