In this blog post, I dive into a variety of topics, from reminiscing about the X Window System’s 40th anniversary to exploring the ultimate product metrics for PMs. I also touch on advancements in AI with Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, tips for maintaining cardiovascular health, and the dynamics of news consumption. Plus, insights on improving your novel’s readability and effective conversation hacks.
- 40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess: One astrophysics professor’s memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s.
- Thread by @PawelHuryn on Thread Reader App: @PawelHuryn: The ultimate list of product metrics for PMs, June 2024 (PDF): • Acquisition: How do users find you? • Activation: How do they experience value? • Engagement: How do they interact with your product? •……
- Tapan Kamdar on the PACE goal framework, prioritizing simplicity at Meta, and structuring 1:1s: Product State Q&A: “By prioritizing core needs, reducing choices, and creating long-term value, you can create products that resonate with users — and stand out in a competitive world.”- Tapan Kamdar
- Anthropic has a fast new AI model — and a clever new way to interact with chatbots: Anthropic says its new faster, smarter AI model, named Claude 3.5 Sonnet, is useful for things like code translation, text transcription, and writing better emails.
- why we no longer use LangChain for building our AI agents: When abstractions do more harm than good – lessons learned using LangChain in production and what we should’ve done instead
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- How to stop Perplexity and save the web from bad AI: We can still have the internet we want — but we have to try new business models
- The ultimate guide to cardiovascular and metabolic health: Improving your metabolic health protects your heart and vice versa. Here’s why.
- A Leading Cardiologist’s Exercise Formula for a Healthy Heart: As a preventive cardiologist, I believe that it’s more important to work out frequently than it is to work out for long durations of time. This exercise formula gets you to the minimum amount of cardio recommended by the American Heart Association to support heart health.
- Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks: Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a speedy mid-sized entry in a new family of AI models.
- Keep Your Novel Out of the Dreaded DNF—Did Not Finish—Book Club: As an author, what steps can you take to write a book that the vast majority of readers will want to read all the way through?
- Seven Conversation Hacks: Say their name if you think they aren’t listening. In a meeting with five or more humans, it’s ok if someone checks out of part of the conversation. Not every topic is of equal interest to all humans. When you know the conversation is steering back to a human who isn’t listening, say their name. Rep
- Is the news industry ready for another pivot to video?: Aggregate data from 47 countries shows all the growth in platform news use coming from video or video-led networks.
- The real 10x developer makes their whole team better:
- Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”: Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.
- Axel Springer research: Content that evokes fear also evokes cancellations: Axel Springer finds a connection between content that causes fear in readers and subscription cancellations.