Add last weeknote for 2024

Author: jeremy-clearlabs

src/content/writing/2024-12-22-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things.md

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 Revived my newsletter!
 
 Major website additions, like curations and projects (after years of neglect)
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+<!-- These are a few of my favorites things
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+Films
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+Music
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+Gifts
+- quotes
+- something about food
+- Stories
+- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/briefing/your-favorite-things.html -->

src/content/writing/2024-12-31-w52-weekly-notes.md

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+description: "Christmas to NYE I took a bunch of notes. From AI to app recaps, from annual reviews to uplifting stories, a great way to catch up on all of my missed consuming for the year."
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+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: "2024-12-31T17:00:00.000Z"
+tags: ["weeknote", "AI", "recap", "baking"]
+title: "2024 Week 52 - Weekly Notes"
+---
+
+Last week note of the year. Which I'm making public on the last day of the year.
+
+Writing takes a lot of work. Building up the notes are also a lot of work. I've been expanding my usage on how to create better notes that can help with the overall writing time.
+
+### Thanks for the AI
+
+Turing Post might be one of those AI websites to follow
+
+- [The best books about AI&ML, 2024 edition](https://www.turingpost.com/p/bestbooks2024)
+- [The State of AI Startups in 2024, LS Live @ NeurIPS](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HM1d7kMebEI)
+  - [i sensed anxiety and frustration at NeurIPS’24 – Kyunghyun Cho](https://kyunghyuncho.me/i-sensed-anxiety-and-frustration-at-neurips24/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+  <iframe
+    class="aspect-video w-full my-2"
+    src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1yvBqasHLZs"
+    title="Ilya Sutskever: 'Sequence to sequence learning with neural networks: what a decade'"
+    frameborder="0"
+    allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+    allowfullscreen></iframe>
+- Every - [How to Be More Agentic](https://every.to/p/how-to-be-more-agentic-5546023c-3569-431e-84bb-a41b510c8a32)
+- Anthropic - [Building effective agents](https://www.anthropic.com/research/building-effective-agents?utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+- OpenAI - [OpenAI DevDay 2024](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOXw6I10VTv_o0ZLpFu2IQyQOho1l-v7y)
+
+### The Apps
+
+Might be good to use for default apps of 2024
+
+- [Maverick Mac | A curated list of awesome mac applications and utilities](https://maverickmac.github.io/2024-10-30/maverick-mac)
+- Tiago's list - [Rediscover Your Year: A Cheat Sheet for Reflecting with the Help of Tech](https://fortelabs.com/blog/rediscover-your-year-a-cheat-sheet-for-reflecting-with-the-help-of-tech/)
+- The new terminal - [Ghostty](https://ghostty.org/download)
+
+### Writing
+
+Sarah Cucchiara's substack, people's princess, writing lessons learned
+
+- [everything i learned about writing - by sarah cucchiara](https://peoplesprincess.substack.com/p/everything-i-learned-about-writing)
+
+Tracy Durnell's Mind Garden - [In praise of the hundred page idea](https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/17/in-praise-of-the-hundred-page-idea/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+
+### The Harsh Truths
+
+<iframe
+  class="aspect-video w-full my-2"
+  src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3WCpDA-qix4"
+  title="5 Harsh Truths You Probably Need to Hear"
+  frameborder="0"
+  allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"
+  allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+- Opinion - The New York Times - [Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/opinion/trump-mass-deportation-immigration.html?utm_source=edyong209&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-eds-up-on-community)
+
+### Uplifting Stories
+
+- [86 Stories of Progress from 2024](https://fixthenews.com/86-stories-progress-2024/) from Fix the News. Not everything was bad this year.
+- [‘The Interview’: Rick Steves Refuses to Get Cynical About the World](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/rick-steves-interview.html/). Yes, the travel writer Rick Steves.
+- On the science side - ScienceAlert - [The Risk of Cancer Fades as We Get Older, And We May Finally Know Why](https://www.sciencealert.com/the-risk-of-cancer-fades-as-we-get-older-and-we-may-finally-know-why?utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+- If you don't follow Peng (Bay Area), he's been doing great work for city trash pick-up. [My guide to those who are interested in beautification volunteering : r/bayarea](https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1h4kiy2/my_guide_to_those_who_are_interested_in/?share_id=gg8oekTNfOvH_f1-qy5QM&utm_name=ioscss)
+
+### Annual Reviews
+
+- [The Power of an Annual Review: Reflect on the Past to Reimagine your Future](https://nesslabs.com/annual-review)
+- PDF - [Farman Street - Annual Review Framework for 2024](https://fsmisc.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/Annual+Review+Framework+for+2024.pdf)
+- And I want to work on my principles during the next year. Podcast - Art of Accomplishment - [Wrestle With Your Principles](https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/podcast/wrestle-with-your-principles?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How%20Principles%20Can%20Transform%20Your%20Decision-Making%20-%2016058339)
+- Ask HN: [Predictions for 2025?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42490343&utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+- [What Productivity Apps Are You Using in 2025? : r/ProductivityApps](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProductivityApps/comments/1hnd5yx/what_productivity_apps_are_you_using_in_2025/)
+
+### No Tears for Tech
+
+- Where's Your Ed's At - [Never Forgive Them](https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/?__readwiseLocation=)
+- So instead, have your own tears for making software. Bert Hubert's writings [On Long Term Software Development](https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-long-term-software-development/)
+- And tangential - [Keeping a CHANGELOG at Work](https://code.dblock.org/2020/09/01/keep-a-changelog-at-work.html?utm_source=tldrwebdev) - code.dblock.org
+- The opposite of tears are joy. [What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack? : r/AskReddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1ff2r5g/whats_your_i_cant_believe_other_people_dont_do/?share_id=oXRUdM09cJpxFpi7dOmML&utm_name=ioscss)
+
+### A New Flag
+
+- [Illinois Flag Commission](https://www.ilsos.gov/special/IFC/home.html)
+
+### Bakeries To Try
+
+The New York Times wrote two articles for bakeries to try out
+
+- [The Golden Age of American Bakeries Is Upon Us. Here’s Why.](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/dining/american-bakeries-golden-age.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20241225&instance_id=143164&nl=the-morning&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=186595&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)
+- [The Best Bakeries in America](https://www.nytimes.com/article/best-bakeries-america.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20241225&instance_id=143164&nl=the-morning&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=186595&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)
+
+### Recommended
+
+- Email Newsletter - [Stress Less : NPR](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-24355/stress-less?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20240926&utm_term=9734711&utm_campaign=life-kit-sleep&utm_id=46435717&orgid=554&utm_att1=lifekit) - A series on stressing less
+- Book - [The Dictionary Story: A Love Letter to Language Tucked Into a Delightful Fable about the Difficult Question of How to Be Yourself]
+- Book - [Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CSBPW9F1/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&sr=) by Oliver Burkeman. I got halfway through the book before Libby ran out of time. I'm going to continue reading it via eBook. See the definition of finitude.
+- Course: [Backend Development Track | Boot.dev](https://www.boot.dev/tracks/backend)
+- Podcast: [‘Not Gonna Lie,’ Is a Breakout Hit](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business/media/kylie-kelce-podcast.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20241221&instance_id=142885&nl=the-morning&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=186327&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef). [Podcast Link](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/not-gonna-lie-with-kylie-kelce/id1780888125)
+- Podcast: [The Iconic 400 Part I - Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-iconic-400-part-i/id1092361338?i=1000672040447) - Rank 400 iconic people
+- Course by Casey Muratori - [Computer, Enhance!](https://www.computerenhance.com/p/table-of-contents)
+
+### Merry Christmas
+
+- [Christmas in Pictures: Lights and Color Mark the Season](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/world/middleeast/christmas-photos-world-2024.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20241225&instance_id=143164&nl=the-morning&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=186595&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)