Jake LaCaze

Human-centered perspective as a service

I'm on the verge of finishing my absurdist comedy novella, which will become my longest completed writing project.

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In an attempt to reverse its falling stock price, Southwest Airlines announced it will start assigning seats to its passengers.

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If you’ve found a certain tool or service that works for you and makes your life better, COOL—then keep using that thing. This advice applies to AI, Notion, Obsidian, TikTok, WHATEVER. If your tool of choice is a net benefit, then keep on keepin’ on.

But please don’t let peer pressure convince you that you ABSOLUTELY MUST try some new piece of shiny technology. (I’m thinking specifically about generative AI and large language models like ChatGPT, but the point also relates to non-AI tools).

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As I’m writing this post, I’m juggling three longform writing projects

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No business stands on its own. Every business is dependent on something else in some way; the question is to what degree, and how stable is that dependency?

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Over the last few months, I’ve been asking myself if I’ve been turning into a Communist, as certain aspects of capitalism have had me seeing red.

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Since OpenAI released ChatGPT to the masses, there’s plenty of debate over where and when AI can replace human workers.

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So you wanna read more.

Maybe you're trying to unplug more often. Or maybe you read a blog post about leadership and bought into the old adage that leaders read.

Whatever the case, you want to get your face in more books and digital content worth following. But money's tight, or maybe you just want to spend your hard-earned money elsewhere.

Regardless of your situation, I have some tips I'll now share for reading more on the cheap.

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In the autobiography The Life of Frederick Douglass, the author takes an interesting view on slavery when he argues that when otherwise good people become slaveowners, they can't help becoming monsters. Douglass takes a compassionate view of the villains. It's not always that bad people become slaveowners—but slaveowners become bad people.

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I'll always appreciate the MobiScribe Wave as being the device that proved an e-ink tablet has a place in my life, but after nearly five months of use, I've realized I can't recommend the Wave to others. Or, perhaps more accurately, I can recommend it only with specific caveats and to a specific type of person with a specific mindset and specific expectations (basically anyone who's looking for an affordable e-ink writing tablet, and who doesn't mind dealing with some tradeoffs).

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