May 23, 2020

BrainPint #7 - Supercharged Toolkit

By Janel • Issue #7 • View online

Hi friends!

Lately, I’ve been building many things as I’m convinced that creation is more powerful than consumption. (Also, Marc Andreesen says it’s time to build).

No Code Apps

After half a day of intense concentration last Saturday, I’m proud to bring you my first app, the Supercharged Toolkit. The no code movement is gaining steam and I thought I’d learn by doing. I really enjoyed the process, so I made a similar Spanish Resource app mid-week which now has over 420 users. This makes me so happy.

The Death Of CouchSurfing?

One of my favourite communities CouchSurfing decided overnight to place a paywall on free accounts without warning, a masterclass in how to incur your customers’ wrath. Read more here.

CouchSurfing has had an incredibly positive impact in my life. I’ve made interesting (and lifelong) friends & had amazing experiences on the platform. Most importantly, I gained a different way of seeing the world. It’s been a good run CouchSurfing, but as I cannot stand with shoddy values, I’m likely to be moving onto other networks. Here’s to the memories.

As usual, let me know what you liked or didn’t like this week. Have a great weekend!

Cheers,

Janel

Tools

Supercharged Toolkit

A collection of my favourite design & productivity resources. Icons, vectors, browser extensions and writing tools to boost productivity.

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Learning

What is 5G? // Emerging Tech Brew

5G will boost bandwidth, speed, capacity, and efficiency, while significantly reducing latency. What do each of these terms mean? Find out here.

www.morningbrew.com • Share

What's an API? - Technically

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are like drive-thru windows, but in code: they take inputs and give you predictable outputs. Justin Gage breaks this (often complicated) topic down.

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Interesting Reads

The Three Sides of Risk · Collaborative Fund

Morgan Housel shares a very personal piece on risk.

“The three sides of risk are:

The odds you will get hit.
The average consequences of getting hit.
The tail-end consequences of getting hit.

The first two are easy to grasp. It’s the third that’s hardest to learn, and can often only be learned through experience.

… the tail-end consequences of risk – like pandemics, and depressions – are what make the pages of history books. They’re all that matter. They’re all you should focus on.”

www.collaborativefund.com • Share

Why Bother?

A wonderful read about why we create and share. The concept of the pain of silence really resonated with me:

“Any talent, wisdom or insight you have that you don’t share becomes pain.” Apart from learning through teaching, sharing really helps me clear my head for new ideas to come in.

salman.io • Share

50 Ideas That Changed My Life

These are David Perell’s 50 favourite ideas & mental models that help him think better. A few of my favourites from his list:

Inversion: Avoiding stupidity is easier than trying to be brilliant. Instead of asking, “How can I help my company?” you should ask, “What’s hurting my company the most and how can I avoid it?” Identify obvious failure points, and steer clear of them.
Opportunity Cost: By reading this, you are choosing not to read something else. Everything we do is like this. Doing one thing requires giving up another. Whenever you explicitly choose to do one thing, you implicitly choose not to do another thing.
Creativity Begins at the Edge: Change starts away from the spotlight. Then, it moves towards the center. That’s why the most interesting ideas at a conference never come from the main stage. They come from the hallways and the bar after sunset

www.perell.com • Share

Take A Brain Break

Zoom Games To Play With Friends

Bored from your time in quarantine? Not today, ‘Rona! Choose from dozens of games to play over video chat with friends, family, or co-workers.

www.rona.games • Share

12 fun facts about space that will rock your world

Did you know Saturn’s moon Iapetus is two different colors? Take a look at 12 mind blowing facts about space that will change your world.

mashable.com • Share

Quote Of The Week

“Charisma has nothing to do with energy; it comes from a clarity of WHY. It comes from absolute conviction in an ideal bigger than oneself.

Energy, in contrast, comes from a good night’s sleep or lots of caffeine. Energy can excite. But only charisma can inspire. Charisma commands loyalty. Energy does not.” - Simon Sinek

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