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[2.2] Feeling Lucky; Anti Library; Jekyll Theme

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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!)

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