calendar rehab, aversion to containers
(original thread) might as well talk about it out loud: i experience a deep aversion to putting stuff to do on my calendar (ot
better explanations
(2021dec3 thread) throughout my life I recurringly find myself thinking the thought “nobody explained this to me the way it
my compulsive people
(og thread) hypothesis: a thing abt “my people” is they each have some way in which they are oddly compulsive, at
al-mamun
Al-Ma’mun was the 7th caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate (786-833 CE). I think of him as “the Pericles of BaghdadR
maniac
probably worth examining why sometimes i feel like working on this and sometimes i don’t. it’s like i don’t quite rememb
mayor
This was Aug2021? doesn’t seem that long ago. Was discussing with malcolm how we would do things differently. It’s m
just hit your target
This is the same core principle for starting a business or becoming an author, or anything really just sell one product, then
coleridge moment
(og thread) Just had a Coleridge moment. i took a nap, and in that nap i was on vacation, and on that vacation i was perfectly
prioritization defeats anxiety
observation: A person who is prioritizing is still not succeeding at the impossible task of doing everything they want to do,
how to scenius, draft
(scenius thread) a more general version of this is my dominant preoccupation, so here are some riffs and thoughts broad stroke
kurosawa
Aspiring directors #1- expensive, hard, you must learn and experience things, it’s not easy But if you genuinely want
sumiko tan book notes
I’m half Japanese. It feels weird. I was in Calcutta and asked to visit a slum. I did not feel good about it. I live next to
postratmusings
“Trying to sell ebooks to not have a job” well first of all, yes, I don’t want a job. I personally hate jobs. Second: in
i miss writing
I just had the thought that I miss writing. Which is a funny thought to have, considering how much time I spend every day twee
FAN reader takeaways
Quotes from the book in normal text. My thoughts in bold. (JR) “FRIENDLINESS is about being a nourishing presence. It’
the invitation: stop fussing
There are few things I dislike more than people telling me what to do. So this is not a directive. This is an invitation. You
naiise
I have been too tired/busy with other things to do very much these few days, but I promise I will never shut up about the stor
how to become a sword guy
@alphaanomics asked, “How one can find people with the same set of interest/ideology/work ( Nerds) on the internet?̶
no scolding
(og thread) I seldom articulate this explicitly but one of the cornerstones of my approach to peopling is “no scolding&#
arrogance
(og thread) When I was a teenager, the dominant criticism my closest friends had of me was that I was too arrogant, and they w
leadership and responsibility
prev: do whatever the fuck you want I didn’t grow up wanting to be a leader. I grew up wanting to have fun. And leadership o
Do Whatever The Fuck You Want
(written ~Dec 2020?) When I was a teenager there was a Singaporean band that I really liked called Ronin, and one of their son
gender stuff
I wanna try tweeting like my most straightforward honest feelings about gender stuff; my thinking itself seems to be convolute
never forget: the chainsaw wants to eat you
remember to feed the kids don’t put your eye at laser beam height do not rub the belly don’t negotiate against yourself fo
turning 30, 31
30 I just turned 30. I kinda try to do an update every year, though I’m not sure if I’ve been super deliberate about that.
handover protocols
“Political visions are fragile. They appear—and are lost again. Ideas formulated in one generation are frequently forg
pre-installed personalities
(original thread) with each passing year I get more and more convinced that people are practically born with most of their per
mkt1000
1000 blogpost ideas. There may be a few repeats. 0121013243069365911100013371000000s1d1st2010s2020s2nd3d3rd48laws4chan50s50sha
psychographs
(original 2019 thread) You know how people sometimes go to sleep thinking about a problem and wake up with the solution? I wen
dismantling obsolete beliefs
(2019 thread) there’s a sort of bullshit detector in my brain, which contains a set of beliefs about how the world works
sensitivity
sensitivity is a superpower – IMO sensitivity + smarts + strength is the holy grail. We have many cargo cults that worship s
Narcissism
many cultures have anti-narcissist defenses that, kinda unfortunately, seem to end up discouraging everyone except actual narc
Slingshot
The following post is a copy-paste of a Twitter thread. It will take some time before it turns into an essay of its own. I’v
make friends
Warning: This “blogpost” is currently just a messy, meandering collection of thoughts and notes. If I can only pic
threads
Here are a list of my threads.
memex
People keep asking me about the memex in my Twitter header. You can download a PDF of it if you like. Make friends. It is dang
assemble the mindcity
(original thread) Now that more of us are playing the threading game: As we compete+collaborate effectively articulate things
mkt content ideas 2017
Origin Stories I’d like to do a post exploring the origin stories of all the popular marketers and marketing thought lea
you can’t get everything you want
getting what you want isn’t always a good thing “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they e
first day of work
This was me on my first day of work. It’s been 4 years now. Here’s what I remember… I was terrified. It was
Turn curiosities into essays
This is an old note that’s interesting because it was from a while after I left my job, but before I started really succ
the boy who wouldn’t behave
“Why is nobody helping me?” Amos Yee isn’t the first person to say the things he’s said. He isn̵
lsd quotes
LSD quotes “Psychedelics […] dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behaviour and informa
the context of ambition
the context of ambition this is really old – what was the point of this? this was pre-Purusha… 2017-ish? Venkat alread
the logic of violence
so i’ve always thought that this is interesting but i don’t see myself writing an essay on it very soon… it’s like…
The public is insufficiently educated on how to be a good public
The public is insufficiently educated on how to be a good public. I think this is civilisation-specific (ie not an issue for e
2018 bookmarks
📱 media / internet best tech reads https://substack.com/profile/2417812-packy-mccormick/note/c-14475201 what do you h
salaryman suspicions
my 6-month hiatus from salaryman life has confirmed a lot of my suspicions about myself there are many layers to this I was wo
hire me (2018)
Hire me (Check 2019 notebook for more details) What I can do for you Speaking engagements I have emceed several weddings, co-w
LKY
Friends from abroad often ask me for suggested readings re: Lee Kuan Yew. I recommend starting by reading The Art Of Charlie C
writer master plan
Oct: Writer Master Plan I’ve been doing some soul-searching and I’ve concluded that the one thing I want to do wit
different hours = different worlds
It never gets old: waking up at different times feels like inhabiting different worlds. Now I’m thinking of God of War. Did
Speaking
I thought it would be interesting to make a list of notable events where I’ve spoken at. I’ve emceed 2 weddings. I
naughty boy ideation
(2024: I believe this was a wordvomit i tried to write but gave up on halfway.) Starting a second vomit hot on the heels of th
electricity
How electricity works We live in an electric world – lightning is electricity, electric currents run through our bodies. ele
tedtalks
TED talks
WWE
I remember when I was a young child – maybe five or six years old – when I first watched WWE on TV. (At the time it was ca
dan dennett
Dan Dennett Notes
russell barker
russell barker add – do I want to do a blogpost about this? yes Revisit his videos… Russell Barker Executive function self
Naughty Boy
Naughty Boy: Under-table Scribblings Of A Recalcitrant Joker is a collection of poems by blogger and entrepreneur Visakan Veer
Communities
This blogpost started out as a bunch of notes and links, and I found myself sharing it with people over and over again so much
day 4 of free agent life
2018 Jul3 – Day 4 of free agent life: I went to bed at about 230am last night. I was somewhat disappointed in mys
what i look for in a writer
in a marketing context signals I like – using a domain rather than gmail. but of course, totally understandable if someone
ecommerce growth plans
(abandoned draft) Last week, I wrote about my own journey as an ecommerce retailer and how we built our business from cringe-i
sheryl sandberg 2012 HBS speech
sheryl sandberg 2012 HBS speech Full transcript
saas marketing struggles
Brief: what should a saas marketer be prepared for? A window into the experiences (good/bad) that you’ve had as a market
sitemap
This is a test post that I might use to list out all the posts on visakanv.com. I’m wondering if visakanv.com might be a
money or life
https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/988756622477479937 Book opens by talking about how shitty people are with their money and
timing like a state
We have colonized time just the way we have colonized space – and our wild, natural rhythms are in a sense contained and imp
jamming studios
The first jamming studio that was a significant part of my life was some dingy place in Clarke Quay. I don’t remember the na
train station
Train Man, what a long day it had been. So many terribly written emails to respond to. So many arrows to siam. Another day. No
think bigger
Every so often I encounter something that pulls me out of the box that I’m currently in. It’s 2:51pm and I’m really slee
reorient
At my last 1-1 with Dinesh we were talking about quicker reorientation after failure. We were talking about my motivations, an
reduce bullshit
Most people are full of shit- and when I say that I mean Frankfurtian bullshit, ideas and statements that aren’t verifia
todo
funwork 2nov2023 movies twitter intended to watch: citizen kane (10< space odyssey (6), seven samurai (5), howl’s moving
making sense of bullshit-ville
To be born into modern human civilization is both a great privilege (for the safety and opportunities it provides) and a rathe
DR wedding speech
Thank you everybody for being here on this pleasant day, to witness our friends writing the next chapter of their lives.
beware self-flagellation
Here’s something that’s taken me a long time to be able to identify and an even longer time to express succinctly: Very of
ambition
Jayne asked on facebook, “what are your dreams and ambitions?” I could talk to you for hours about this because th
todo
(feb2015 draft of a page from @1000wordvomits) I think one of the things that keeps me procrastinating is the fact that I have
ev
A journey on the information superhighway – evan williams Hello friends. I want to talk to you today about the Internet, jus
Why I Am A Marketer
This is a quick and dirty draft I wrote while at work. There’s this Italian guy on TED- Ernesto Sirolli who said there are t
words that are pretty and useful
puerile magnate marquis credo quasar savant vehement ostensible irrevocable celestial sobriqueted veritable pervasive eviscera
Notes from Seth Godin’s talk at Google
I was watching a talk that Seth Godin gave at Google in 2007. It was uploaded on jul 16, about 3 weeks after the first generat
notes from Anthony Robbins TED talk
Immersion why, what is your motivation today? invisible force of internal drive emotion is the force of life effective people/
Links useful to me when studying as a Private A Level Candidate
(This post is incomplete but I just gotta put it out there) Once you’ve picked your subjects, I think the most important
unsorted-thoughts-2
RELATIONSHIP HACKS: 1: It is remarkably difficult to have an unproductive argument while you’re walking together, and/or
unsorted thoughts
PRACTICAL EVERYDAY LOGIC: I’ve been thinking that there ought to be a universal “practical everyday logic” e
sia girls makeup
Wait, why is a Perspective writer writing about fashion stuff? Well, fashion can be pretty serious business, ya know.&nbs
10 Facets of Gamification
Achievement: A badge, a level, a reward, or points given to a person for accomplishing something. Levels: Breaking a storyline
Decluttering my bookmarks
First I’m listing them all out. With reasons. No good reason, delete. Quora: Quora: What could a 20 year old do to impro
How do atheists cope with the moments of despair and loss in their lives?
This is an answer I posted on Quora.com which I am particularly proud of. Atheism:Â How do atheists cope with the moments of d
building the story
an idea has been tossing around my head for years and years and I plan to get started on it after my a’s- which is to wr