Nov 30, 2020

Tech Friend - November Issue 🌤

By Sahil Parikh • Issue #14 • View online

Hi there,

I hope this email finds you well.

I have moved locations temporarily so that I can experience what it is like to live, play and work in another country. As a family, we always wanted to do this and the pandemic was the final push. I somehow feel that when you are constrained (do read Dr. Seuss’s story down below) you tend to make better decisions.

We all have constraints in our lives. The limitations just determine the size of the canvas you have to work with. What you paint on it is up to you.

Stay safe,

@sahilparikh

PS: If you are an iPhone power user, think twice before getting the 12 mini. Just not enough juice!

Suhail

@Suhail

It's 2020 and customer support is still a huge advantage if you want it to be. Nobody is expecting the founder to respond at odd times of the day within a few minutes with a fix that turns around within a few days.

Easy way to build really loyal, happy users.

9:37 AM - 29 Oct 2020

The Weird Strategy Dr. Seuss Used to Create His Greatest Work (And Why You Should Use It Too)

In 1960, two men made a bet. The result was Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.” The story contains important lessons about habits and creativity.

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Daring Fireball: The M1 Macs

The author couldn’t have put it better — “To acknowledge how good the new M1 Macs are — and I am here to tell you they are *astonishingly* good — you must acknowledge that certain longstanding assumptions about how computers should be designed, about what makes a better computer *better*, are wrong.”

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Software

Encrypt.me VPN

Been using this VPN for a while now and extremely happy with it. You can choose a specific country to route traffic through or let the app just choose the “Fastest Available” route.

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Video

"Good" and "bad" are incomplete stories we tell ourselves | Heather Lanier

Kindle Highlight of the Week

If you are fundamentally building and marketing something that is an extension of who you are, no one can compete with you on that…

…When I talk about specific knowledge, I mean figure out what you were doing as a kid or teenager almost effortlessly. Something you didn’t even consider a skill, but people around you noticed. Your mother or your best friend growing up would know.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness.

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