#458 - Hawaiian History, $10k per hour work, and trail designers
I found the courage to post an Ignorant Mainlanders Primer on Hawaiian History this week, containing everything I'd have wanted to learn when I moved there, instead of being harassed for my ignorance.
Hopefully it helps someone else out there.
Events wise, Broke Ass Stuart is having his 20th anniversary party this Thursday, and Autumn Lights is hosting Burner esque art at Lake Merritt this weekend. Not to mention How Weird EDM street faire on Saturday.
Tech
Your business as a machine — creatorscience.com
This guy Jay is a success-full content creator who now helps others do the same (sound familiar?) but it's clear from this post and others that he knows his stuff here and doesn't do all the snake oil sales tactics.
Lifehacks
The magic of doing $10,000 per hour work — radreads.co
Relatedly, Khe from RadReads shares a mental model for classifying the tasks in your job by how much you could charge for them freelancing, and trying to focus your time only on the highest billed tasks therein.
Fun
How trail designers build good hikes — www.youtube.com
We forget that all the hiking trails in the world were generally designed, if they're not animal paths. This video goes into the deep thought that goes into each one.