Merge pull request #645 from jermspeaks/content/2024-week-50

Week 50 - 2024 weeknote

Author: jermspeaks

src/content/writing/2024-12-22-w50-weekly-notes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+---
+description: "Things learned in 2024, care packages, home library, and Notre Dame."
+draft: false
+heroImage: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506485338023-6ce5f36692df?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2370&q=80
+heroImageAlt: Unsplash image from Jazmin Quaynor showing a weekly calendar
+pubDate: "2024-12-22T01:00:00.000Z"
+tags: ["weeknote", "recap", "annual", "books"]
+title: "2024 Week 50 - Weekly Notes"
+---
+
+### These are a few of the things that I learned
+
+Tom Whitwell returns with [52 things he learned in 2024](https://medium.com/@tomwhitwell/52-things-i-learned-in-2024-75efffe44f15).
+
+And adding this internal playbook (as a PDF) at Facebook called the [Red Book](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/media/wisereads/articles/facebook-s-little-red-book/FB_Red_Book.pdf)
+
+And maybe for the first few weeks of 2025? [7 Databases in 7 Weeks for 2025](https://matt.blwt.io/post/7-databases-in-7-weeks-for-2025/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+For more recaps of 2024:
+
+- [The 2024 Web Almanac](https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2024/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+- [Obsidian Plugins Wrapped 2024](https://obsidian-plugin-stats.ganesshkumar.com/posts/2024-12-07-wrapped-2024)
+
+And of course, handhelds.
+
+<iframe
+  class="aspect-video w-full my-2"
+  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5MeSvpicPzc"
+  title="My Favorite Handhelds of 2024"
+  frameborder="0"
+  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+  allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+### What's up, Cal?
+
+I've read a good chunk of Cal Newport's books over the years. He breaks down his own interests in [The Tao of Cal](https://calnewport.com/the-tao-of-cal/)
+
+### Make Care Packages
+
+I love the idea of creating care packages for friends and family. Christmas shouldn't be the only time you create gifts for people, so maybe call them care packages instead.
+
+Might I recommend [First Bloom's Care Packages](https://c26808-93.myshopify.com/) as a starting point?
+
+And on that note, I love themed gifts. Here's the one my wife and I use
+
+- Something she _needs_
+- Something she _wants_
+- Something to _wear_
+- Something to _read_
+
+### Show me your home library
+
+I came across a video breaking down the largest home library. I wasn't aware of the Loeb Classical Library, or other collections of the sort. The hoarding mind of mine would love to have a complete set. But who am I kidding. It's enough I have a good set of Criterion Collection films.
+
+<iframe
+  class="aspect-video w-full my-2"
+  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NtMVw1HnbYs"
+  title="Tour The Largest Home Library on Reddit - Complete Loeb Classical Library and More"
+  frameborder="0"
+  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+  allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+Speaking of books, I have been recommended Nick Milo's "How to work a book". Here's a short write-up of what to expect from the one hour course. [Books are for thinking, not reading](https://nickmilo.substack.com/p/books-are-for-thinking-not-reading?__readwiseLocation=)
+
+### Goal Set and Start
+
+Ness Labs - [Rethinking Goals: the Science of Nonlinear Goal Setting](https://nesslabs.com/nonlinear-goal-setting)
+
+### A Different Advent
+
+[12 Days of OpenAI | OpenAI](https://openai.com/12-days/)
+
+Alongside that, some are talking about Google's new chip. [Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip](https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/)
+
+### Notre Dame Re-Erected
+
+The New York Times - [How Notre-Dame Was Reborn](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/world/europe/notre-dame-paris-france.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fU4.k3K8.pPWC4SUURR2C&smid=url-share)
+
+### When is the right time?
+
+I really love the depth Simon Willison goes into details like this where I've heard the debate from different angles and how he's able to consolidate them. [Storing times for human events](https://simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/27/storing-times-for-human-events/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+A different interpretation of time is place. And Ev William's new start-up wants to conquer lonliness. [Mozi: A Place For Your People](https://www.mozi.app/). See also, [The Myth of the Loneliness Epidemic—Asterisk](https://asteriskmag.com/issues/08/the-myth-of-the-loneliness-epidemic)
+
+### Maps across time
+
+[TimeMap.org - World History Atlas](https://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/history/regions?_bhlid=bba32fa40e4aaa6a7992a02eaf1c0edea3c7edbc#position=2.863/31.04/82.05/-4.46&year=2011) - This has been an interest of mine to control the timeline and understand a map better. Or any other incident. Scrubbing, as they say.
+
+### Changelog Spin-offs
+
+[A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe](https://changelog.com/posts/a-new-era-for-the-changelog-podcast-universe?utm_source=changelog-news) - three of their shows are getting spin-offs. Sounds like cut backs, but they are re-focusing, and I can totally understand that.
+
+### Recommended
+
+Book - [Buy Main Street Millionaire](https://codiesanchez.com/book/#preorder) by Codie Sanchez
+
+Podcast - [The AIAS Game Maker's Notebook](https://www.interactive.org/Interviews/the_game_makers_notebook.asp) - for folks wanting interviews with top and indie game makers
+
+Podcasts Guide - The New Yorker's [The Best Podcasts of 2024](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2024-in-review/the-best-podcasts-of-2024)
+
+Novella - [Money Matters: a novella](https://www.woman-of-letters.com/p/money-matters-a-novella) by Naomi Kanakia
+
+Newsletters - NPR's [Stress Less Series](https://www.npr.org/newsletter/stress-less)