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Engineer, Psychologist, Productivity explorer. Both Software Engineer and Psychologist by education, I try to bridge the gap between those worlds by creating human-centric applications and use behavioral psychology principles to design ‘smart’ software.

Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Four Thousand Weeks is a book about our relationship with time. There is something wrong there and we need help.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comOctober 8, 2022October 8, 2022Posted inBooks, Staying SaneTags:Productivity, Work-Life Balance1 Comment on Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Running Tumblr on WooCommerce

Tumblr has recently released features for creators to earn a living with their art. Whenever you turn those features on, we provision an entire WordPress site, with WooCommerce (and WooCommerce Payments) plugins to facilitate billing. This post explains why (in case it’s not obvious).

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022Posted inAutomattic, ProgrammingTags:Software design, Tumblr2 Comments on Running Tumblr on WooCommerce

Ups and downs of parenting

In the Deliberate Internet 75, I explain that it’s hard to talk about the joys of parenting, trading money and time and the company I work for – Automattic.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comSeptember 7, 2022September 7, 2022Posted inAutomattic, NewsletterTags:Earning on the Internet, Internet, Parenting, Rich Life5 Comments on Ups and downs of parenting

What do you wish existed?

In Deliberate 74, I share my excitement with AI-generated images from Dalle and Midjourney, taste for makers and friendcatchers.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comAugust 23, 2022August 23, 2022Posted inNewsletterTags:Artificial Intelligence, Dalle, gpt-3, Midjourney2 Comments on What do you wish existed?

Synchronizing WordPress posts with Github README.md

Synchronize your WordPress content with Markdown files from Github with this snippet.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comAugust 15, 2022August 15, 2022Posted inProgrammingTags:Github, Markdown, WordpressLeave a comment on Synchronizing WordPress posts with Github README.md

Book: A short history of nearly everything

My summary of “The short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson – a multivitamin of natural sciences.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comAugust 9, 2022August 9, 2022Posted inBooks, SolarpunkTags:Bill Bryson, Monism, Nature, Romantic ScienceLeave a comment on Book: A short history of nearly everything

Principles for reading

We are not well adapted to the world of abundance. In the past, information was scarce and valuable.

But in marvelous lands of modernity, we have access to way too much content. Just like with food, we must learn to consume it mindfully and responsibly.
Here are my principles for reading

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comJuly 28, 2022July 28, 2022Posted inEvernote, Newsletter, Roam, Tech & PsychologyTags:Highlights, Kindle, Memory, PKM, Readwise1 Comment on Principles for reading

Sort by Surprising

When kicking off the project, the natural instinct of engineers is double down on what they know and purse that brilliant idea on how to deal with X. This is a mistake.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comJune 29, 2022June 29, 2022Posted inLeadership, ProgrammingTags:Project Management, Project Planning, RoadmapLeave a comment on Sort by Surprising

RVing, while Working, while Babysitting

One does not know real work until one tries to perform it with a toddler.
Why not try to travel while we’re at it?
These are my best tips for parenting workation.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comJune 25, 2022June 25, 2022Posted inNewsletter, Remote Work, TravelTags:Europe, Italy, Parenting, RV, Switzerland3 Comments on RVing, while Working, while Babysitting

RVing around alps

Over the last year, we have spent 4+ months in our RV, with a growing toddler and a confused dog. We worked, visited amazing places, swam in cold lakes, ate way too much pizza & gelato, and had quite a good time. These are some of the places we visited.

Posted byArtur@Piszek.comJune 16, 2022June 17, 2022Posted inMap, Remote Work, TravelTags:Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland3 Comments on RVing around alps

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