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minouye | 5 years ago | on: Craft – A fresh take on documents

I actually came across Craft in the Evernote subreddit. Compared to the latest Evernote client (v10), speed of the clients would be biggest difference. Both support note taking and sharing, but the polish of Craft is definitely noticeable.

minouye | 5 years ago | on: Craft – A fresh take on documents

I've played with Craft a bit and it's been a joy to use so far.

Conceptually it sits between Apple Notes and Notion. You get native apps that work offline, support fast capture, and are satisfying to use. You also get the wiki-style support and block-level editing of Notion, along with lots of other nice Notion visual flourishes (page-level icons, cover images, etc.)

One area Craft really shines, is the way that it supports interactive, sharable documents. If I have text, images, files, and want to combine them all into a single page/starting point, Craft makes this super simple.

Here are some examples (which you could design on your own):

https://www.craft.do/s/VIAC9BTTJWdCxp

https://www.craft.do/s/09fqwC5rGqErmB/b/F19F87F2-0F04-49F9-9...

https://www.craft.do/s/09fqwC5rGqErmB/b/9041969E-127C-4439-A...

minouye | 5 years ago | on: HBO Max taking on Netflix with human curation instead of relying on algorithms

You're hired! Great strategic answer that gets to the heart of the question--it's less about the solution and more about how you frame the problem and the underlying goals and assumptions.

Do you work in this space? It seems like you have a lot of context around OTT/streaming.

Your answer also brought to mind this podcast episode I came across this morning: http://investorfieldguide.com/shishir-mehrotra-the-art-and-s...

It introduces a nice concept of "marginal churn contribution" framed with bundling, but I think is also relevant to this discussion. Maybe more on the content sourcing/production side, but bleeds over into long-term goals (reducing churn/maximizing ltv/etc).

minouye | 5 years ago | on: HBO Max taking on Netflix with human curation instead of relying on algorithms

This is a hard problem. And it makes a great interview question too!

Recent PM interview question I've been using: You're the PM at Netflix handling the home screen. How do you determine how shows get promoted editorially vs algorithmically recommended? Walk through metrics/principles/trade-offs and how it impacts various parts of the biz.

https://twitter.com/sriramk/status/1222547047846297600

minouye | 7 years ago | on: Rules for Choosing Nonfiction Books

Here's what I do. If I get a book recommendation, I immediately buy it and put it on a bookshelf. Every time I walk by, I scan the shelf and pick what speaks to me at that given time: fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, science, history, classics, short-story collections, biographies, etc. If you match your what you read to your mood and frame of mind, you can consume and retain information much more quickly and enjoyably. And having the book on hand is really important since my interests and mood change from day to day.

I also try follow some other general rules, that work for me:

* Read several books at once, esp. across disciplines.

* Read paper books.

* You don't need to finish books. Stopping mid-way is fine (still have problems with this!)

* Seek out durable works over bestsellers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_effect)

* Read across disciplines

* Write in books and make notes. Write up notes a couple of weeks after finishing (create your own commonplace book)

* Avoid audiobooks (if you want to retain the content). I just can't retain when I listen while driving/multitasking, but like listening to fiction for fun.

* Tag interesting books/papers cited in the books you like. Look them up and read them too.

* Find interesting/prolific readers on Goodreads. Lookup the books they read, esp. the ones you've never heard of.

* Let other people know that you like reading, and ask what they've read recently. When they read interesting books, they'll recommend them to you.

minouye | 9 years ago | on: A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it

But who pays and how do you avoid adverse selection problems? In the study you cited, it sounds like compensation often comes from the recipient (in addition to a payment from the government). This seems like it would skew towards ability to pay on the recipient side, and towards the less affluent on the donor side.

minouye | 9 years ago | on: Speech Is 3x Faster Than Typing for English and Mandarin on Mobile Devices

Speech-to-text seems like a technology that suffers from the 9x effect[1]. Creators overvalue the impact of voice transcription, and users overvalue their existing input options.

Even for the desktop, speech will be roughly 2X faster than typing, but I have no desire to buy a copy of Dragon because I like/overvalue my keyboard.

[1] - https://hbr.org/2006/06/eager-sellers-and-stony-buyers-under...

minouye | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: Top books mentioned in comments on Hacker News

Why not use upvotes of the post instead of user karma? Having the community upvote the recommendation in context is more important to me than how much karma the user has. I find that some of the most insightful book recommendations come from people that are new to a community or lurk until they see an opportunity to contribute.
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