[2.2] Feeling Lucky; Anti Library; Jekyll Theme

THEME UPDATED 🚀

Tada! The Jekyll Garden¹ theme 0.4 is out. The theme helps you publish markdown files from Obsidian vault and has some new features like lists and supports sub-path. Do check it out!²

MENTORING 🖥️

Giving back to the community is a great way to learn. It’s been a while since I took a break from ADPList, but now I am back! So,if you want to have a conversation on how to hire, how to get hired, career growth, team building etc. set a 1:1 at ADPList with me³!

Don’t hesitate to ping me to talk non-design topics like No-code tools, productivity systems and workflows, Personal Knowledge Management⁴, Obsidian⁵ or about Bullet Journaling⁶!

URBAN SKETCHING ✏️

Being a fan of minimal stroke drawings of Artist Namboothiri⁷, Madanan⁸ and Toms⁹, I always wanted to do quick dynamic sketches. And two weeks ago, I joined a 7 day, daily-1-hour, course by Kabir Pradhan¹⁰ on Urban sketching. The course was targeting beginners, and outcome specific. Do check his Instagram¹¹ for details.

THE ANTI LIBRARY 📚

Indeed, the more you know, the larger the rows of unread books. Let us call this collection of unread books an antilibrary. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan¹²

The concept of anti library as mentioned got my attention after reading FSblog’s note which says ‘My library serves as a visual reminder of what I don’t know¹³’. Building my personal anti library¹⁴ is my goal for 2022! Here is Ness Lab’s how to¹⁵.

PERFECTIONISM AND BEAUTIFUL MESS 🔖

Here are two amazing pieces of content I discovered this week. One is a very engaging podcast episode - ‘Breaking up with Perfectionism¹⁶’, by Adam Grant¹⁷ ( Author : Think Again¹⁸) on his podcast Worklife¹⁹. Other is a newsletter by John Cutler²⁰ named ‘The Beautiful Mess²¹’, (Thanks Parvathi²² for this find!) on cross-functional product development. 💎, they are!

METHOD & MADNESS 🎞️

Of movies I watched in the last three weeks, regretting the unsahikables²³, the finest were Puzhu and Kadaseela Biriyani. Puzhu²⁴ is the celebration of Mammotty and his subtle performance. The entire movie revolves around his character, and it was a surprise to know that there are more ‘methods’ in his stock even after 40+ years of acting! Kadaseela Biriyani²⁵, a tamil dark-humor, was a truly original, fabulously narrated ‘madness’ of anarchy. Great start from two debut directors, I would say!

I’M FEELING LUCKY 🔍

When was the last time you clicked Google’s “I’m feeling Lucky²⁶” button? Why is that button still there? Read this article²⁷, and നിങ്ങൾ ഞെട്ടും²⁸!

1. https://jekyll-garden.github.io/

2. https://github.com/Jekyll-Garden/jekyll-garden.github.io

3. https://adplist.org/mentors/hiran-venugopalan

4. https://hiran.in/note/My-Obsidian-Workflow

5. https://obsidian.md/

6. https://hiran.in/note/How-I-use-Bullet-Journal

7. https://www.google.com/search?q=Artist+Namboothiri+drawings

8. https://www.google.com/search?q=madanan+drawings

9. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/thomas_vt.htm

10. https://www.facebook.com/kabirpradhanarts/

11. https://www.instagram.com/kabirpradhanart/?hl=en

12. https://amzn.to/3M44oJe

13. https://fs.blog/the-antilibrary/

14. https://hiran.in/list/antiLibrary

15. https://nesslabs.com/antilibrary

16. https://www.ted.com/talks/worklife_with_adam_grant_breaking_up_with_perfectionism

17. twitter.com/adammgrant

18. https://amzn.to/3GASVzU

19. https://www.ted.com/podcasts/worklife

20. https://twitter.com/johncutlefish

21. cutlefish.substack.com/

22. https://www.linkedin.com/in/parvathimohan/

23. Can’t manage. Rating between -2 to 2. Waste of time.

24. https://www.sonyliv.com/movies/puzhu-malayalam-1000170986

25. https://www.netflix.com/title/81488264

26. Google Homepage machi!

27. https://reallifemag.com/search-party/

28. #1 Infamous Malayalam Clickbait (About 6,15,000 results!)