On 7 things from last week (10/9/23)

Reviews. I conducted a bunch of 360 performance review meetings and it’s such a a pleasure to gather positive feedback about your colleagues. Parliament / Fundadelic mythology. Was a new thing to me! The Wikipedia page is a delight. Javelin (Sufjan Stevens). I’m really digging this new Sufjan album—it’s the fingerpicked folky stuff plus the … Continue reading On 7 things from last week (10/9/23) →

On the delight of IKEA

I’ve written before about the IKEA effect, but—as Daniel Kahneman warns his readers in Thinking, Fast and Slow—we are all helpless to biases, even when we know about them. I went to IKEA this weekend to pick up two tables to serve as desks in our remodeled home office—and raced home to feel that sweet, … Continue reading On the delight of IKEA →