2024 Week 52 - Weekly Notes

Last week note of the year. Which I’m making public on the last day of the year.

Writing takes a lot of work. Building up the notes are also a lot of work. I’ve been expanding my usage on how to create better notes that can help with the overall writing time.

Thanks for the AI

Turing Post might be one of those AI websites to follow

• The best books about AI&ML, 2024 edition
• The State of AI Startups in 2024, LS Live @ NeurIPS
  • i sensed anxiety and frustration at NeurIPS’24 – Kyunghyun Cho
• Every - How to Be More Agentic
• Anthropic - Building effective agents
• OpenAI - OpenAI DevDay 2024

The Apps

Might be good to use for default apps of 2024

• Maverick Mac | A curated list of awesome mac applications and utilities
• Tiago’s list - Rediscover Your Year: A Cheat Sheet for Reflecting with the Help of Tech
• The new terminal - Ghostty

Writing

Sarah Cucchiara’s substack, people’s princess, writing lessons learned

• everything i learned about writing - by sarah cucchiara

Tracy Durnell’s Mind Garden - In praise of the hundred page idea

The Harsh Truths

• Opinion - The New York Times - Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations

Uplifting Stories

• 86 Stories of Progress from 2024 from Fix the News. Not everything was bad this year.
• ‘The Interview’: Rick Steves Refuses to Get Cynical About the World. Yes, the travel writer Rick Steves.
• On the science side - ScienceAlert - The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, And We May Finally Know Why
• If you don’t follow Peng (Bay Area), he’s been doing great work for city trash pick-up. My guide to those who are interested in beautification volunteering : r/bayarea

Annual Reviews

• The Power of an Annual Review: Reflect on the Past to Reimagine your Future
• PDF - Farman Street - Annual Review Framework for 2024
• And I want to work on my principles during the next year. Podcast - Art of Accomplishment - Wrestle With Your Principles
• Ask HN: Predictions for 2025?
• What Productivity Apps Are You Using in 2025? : r/ProductivityApps

No Tears for Tech

• Where’s Your Ed’s At - Never Forgive Them
• So instead, have your own tears for making software. Bert Hubert’s writings On Long Term Software Development
• And tangential - Keeping a CHANGELOG at Work - code.dblock.org
• The opposite of tears are joy. What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack? : r/AskReddit

A New Flag

• Illinois Flag Commission

Bakeries To Try

The New York Times wrote two articles for bakeries to try out

• The Golden Age of American Bakeries Is Upon Us. Here’s Why.
• The Best Bakeries in America

Recommended

• Email Newsletter - Stress Less : NPR - A series on stressing less
• Book - [The Dictionary Story: A Love Letter to Language Tucked Into a Delightful Fable about the Difficult Question of How to Be Yourself]
• Book - Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman. I got halfway through the book before Libby ran out of time. I’m going to continue reading it via eBook. See the definition of finitude.
• Course: Backend Development Track | Boot.dev
• Podcast: ‘Not Gonna Lie,’ Is a Breakout Hit. Podcast Link
• Podcast: The Iconic 400 Part I - Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - Rank 400 iconic people
• Course by Casey Muratori - Computer, Enhance!

Merry Christmas

• Christmas in Pictures: Lights and Color Mark the Season