Craft By Zen RSS Feedhttps://craftbyzen.com/en-ushttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2026-02-24-week-08-weekly-browsing/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2026-02-24-week-08-weekly-browsing/Weekly Browsing - pairing down what I want to share.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2026-02-16-week-07-weekly-browsing/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2026-02-16-week-07-weekly-browsing/Weekly Browsing - Mitchell Hashimoto’s adoption journey, Anthropic (C compiler, coding skills, hive mind), Claude in Microsoft, agent skills, Elixir for AI; market jitters (shipping/freight).Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-08-25-migration-to-zen-browser/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-08-25-migration-to-zen-browser/Saying goodbye to Arc Browser and saying hello to Zen Browser.Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-03-w10-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-03-w10-weekly-notes/Weeknotes - the government dismantled. And not in a great way. And some things about algorithmic complacency.Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-02-w09-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-02-w09-weekly-notes/Weeknotes continue for catchups, which includes birding, more AI stuff, goals, and unexpected deaths.Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:34:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-01-w08-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-04-01-w08-weekly-notes/Catching up with week 8 and coming to terms with a presidency that hates us all.Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-26-w07-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-26-w07-weekly-notes/Interesting internet takes, fall of Black History Month, and other AI news.Thu, 27 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-26-w06-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-26-w06-weekly-notes/DOGE comes in like a wrecking ball, plane crashes, egg prices, and personal ontologies.Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-13-google-calendar-claims/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-13-google-calendar-claims/Google claims cultural holidays are not sustainable. Are they true?Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-10-newsletter/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-10-newsletter/Newsletter - Sharing the different notebooks I keepMon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-09-w05-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-09-w05-weekly-notes/Pathetic billionaires, POTUS tracker, AI Computer, and so much moreMon, 10 Feb 2025 06:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-09-w04-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-02-09-w04-weekly-notes/Lessons learned from LA Fires, a NATO alphabet converter, many book recommendations, and a closer look at vitamin D supplements.Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-22-w03-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-22-w03-weekly-notes/News updates for the week, being anti-social this century, complexity in robotics, and messing around with Cursor AI.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-17-w02-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-17-w02-weekly-notes/Transclusion in Obsidian should help me view everything. Birding, financial literacy course from Khan Academy, Altman reflecting on ChatGPT, and complexity vs. complication.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 01:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-09-w01-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2025-01-09-w01-weekly-notes/End of year news, RIP Jimmy Carter. I've changed the format so it's less emphasis on categories and more on the actual notes I take during the week.Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-31-w52-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-31-w52-weekly-notes/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.Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-23-w51-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-23-w51-weekly-notes/Notes in the margins, AI, shut-downs, and Jesus models.Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-22-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-22-these-are-a-few-of-my-favorite-things/An alternative to a gift guide and best of list. Showing my favorite things of this year, whether it be films, music, or ideas.Sun, 22 Dec 2024 21:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-22-w50-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-22-w50-weekly-notes/Things learned in 2024, care packages, home library, and Notre Dame.Sun, 22 Dec 2024 01:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-21-w49-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-21-w49-weekly-notes/Best of 2024, LLMs as choose your own adventure, the guide to estimations, and the LED lights that blind you.Sat, 21 Dec 2024 15:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-20-w48-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-20-w48-weekly-notes/Bitcoin attacks, post-political feelings, principled, and newsletter recommendations.Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-28-w47-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-28-w47-weekly-notes/AIs appear better than doctors, influencer presented news, Bob Lee's murder trial begins, and poetry from Mary Oliver.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-28-w46-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-28-w46-weekly-notes/Throw away that black spatula, fence sitting, web clipping made cool again, the rough parts of kubernetes, and a doggy election rigged.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-27-w45-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-27-w45-weekly-notes/Week notes are back. There's a backlog of content. We are mostly busy from moving, so these will be more sporadic. We cover election week, a warning from the EFF, a look BTS for Google's NootbookLM, and some more obits and recommendations.Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-07-newsletter/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-07-newsletter/Newsletter - A short, yet sweet newsletter about welcoming to a new neighborhood.Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-06-newsletter/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-12-06-newsletter/Newsletter - an ode to the Christmas letter, talking of what it really means.Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-06-w44-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-11-06-w44-weekly-notes/Looking beyond ozempic, Dublic halloween hoax, my dive into fabrics, radical covenants, and obits.Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-30-w43-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-30-w43-weekly-notes/A break in format - the quiet art of attention, conferences, vercel and microfront-ends, and some recommendations.Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-24-w41-w42-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-24-w41-w42-weekly-notes/Strawberry debuts, Milton lands, as well as a Space X Rocket. We re-explore adult friendships, the northern lights, and how to love better.Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-08-w40-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-08-w40-weekly-notes/OpenAI shake-ups and announcement for Canvas, Hurricane season with Helene and Milton, new Meta AR glasses, a AI regulatory blow, Stackblitz bolt, and RIP Kris Kristofferson.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-08-newsletter-sisyphean-task-of-writing/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-10-08-newsletter-sisyphean-task-of-writing/Newsletter - Why writing can be so difficult and an exploration of streaks. We talk about the two latest books I read and end on a somber note about note-taking for books.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-30-w39-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-30-w39-weekly-notes/The Mom Test, making 50 things, 100 Days of Note-Taking, Crowdfunding a new country, WP Engine debacle, Duocon, Hyperkey, and surviving the misinformation age.Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-23-w38-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-23-w38-weekly-notes/Light because of house hunting. Churn, o1 news, Founder Mode reviewed, so long ad support, designing for your appropriate user size, and surviving misinformation.Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-16-w37-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-16-w37-weekly-notes/o1, Cursor, Townie, Software bookshelf, Senja, Postgres with Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, unexpected endorsements, heightened security, and Mystery celebrity number six. RIP James Earl Jones.Tue, 17 Sep 2024 03:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-09-w36-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-09-w36-weekly-notes/Seasonal Playlists, Margin, Latticework, how to say hello, AlphaProteo, and highlighting Amy Allen.Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-06-w35-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-06-w35-weekly-notes/!!Con 2024 recap, DIY Zines, the two-shot, Following Crypto's issues, How Townie was built, Listeria outbreak in Boar's Head, and RFK Jr. being someone's drug dealer. Also, a bunch of book recommendations.Fri, 06 Sep 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-05-newsletter-ode-to-playlists/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-09-05-newsletter-ode-to-playlists/Newsletter - We dive into my decade long habit of creating seasonal music playlists and lament on how music streaming services have made it harder to find and create original mixtapes.Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-27-w34-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-27-w34-weekly-notes/The Mike Lynch mystery, follow-ups from Burn Book, FLUX.1, doing the hard work instead of trusting AI, effective changelogs, and asteroid mining seeing the light of day.Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-20-w33-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-20-w33-weekly-notes/Bye bye, Chromecast, creating a personal Data Pipeline, heed the warnings of joining AI research, the new AI image generation king - Flux, a map of all bookstores, quitting spotify and starting self-hosting, and RIP Gena Rowlands.Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-17-enshittification/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-17-enshittification/Enshittification is when your product degrades over time because the company has spent more time squeezing out of the competition and curbing regulation. The product is gradually becoming less self-service and the employees no longer care about the product better.Sat, 17 Aug 2024 00:02:46 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-12-w32-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-12-w32-weekly-notes/Current reading notes on Burn Book and Frostbite. Gallery of concept visualizations, transforming national park maps, how others use AI, doing quests, not goals, Intel’s Immiseration, going back on the high wire, and the first fitbit.Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-05-w31-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-05-w31-weekly-notes/Playing with htmx and migrating to the latest version of Ideaverse Pro. Using SQLite in CSV mode, bento slides, quantization visualized, and AI Friend domain sale. Using Little Sis, a photo of Gabriel Medina, Olympics long-term injuries, and welcoming Breaking.Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-02-newsletter-summer-ablaze/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-08-02-newsletter-summer-ablaze/Newsletter - We talk about the fires and the heat. I share some website updates with the home page. Then we go over Hushpuppies and consulting. Finally, I give a recap of what I'm currently reading - Frostbite.Sat, 03 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-29-w30-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-29-w30-weekly-notes/A news break this week. Some old tidbits like the ten commandments of egoless programming, solitude and leadership. Some new things about knowledge management at NASA, visual programming, engaging over showing. Alexa is losing billions, and how large scale order emerges from complex systems.Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-22-w29-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-22-w29-weekly-notes/Taking a break from the politics talk this week as there are too many things to be enraged about, we look instead around the technosphere. City walks, reading A System for Writing and coming up new ideas for my workflow, choosing boring technology, looking at new Claude dev and engineer, and how story points being pointless. Around the globe, we examine the 100 books of the 21st century, where the blogs are at, no more free weather reports, the Olympics costumes for summer 2024, and recreating Bell Labs today.Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:10:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-16-movies-i-should-have-seen/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-16-movies-i-should-have-seen/I review a list I made back in 2011 of movies I wanted to watch. Here it is again, more than a decade later.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 03:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-15-w28-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-15-w28-weekly-notes/Negative vibes from the media's stream of political turmoi, the AI threshold, NYT React 18 migration, Ladybird, Chemical recycling, loneliness from a low-ranking tennis player, and Bark Air - the airlines for dogs.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-08-w27-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-08-w27-weekly-notes/Camp NaNoWriMo, blog updates, consulting firms are winning at AI, embeddings using Pokemon as an example, programming advice and beliefs, RIP Bill Cobbs and Martin Mull, why modern refridgerators don't last, and excitement for The Second short film.Tue, 09 Jul 2024 01:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-08-chicago-recommendations/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-08-chicago-recommendations/Travel recommendations to Chicago. For anyone who is looking on going for the first time.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:43:48 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-02-newsletter-june-bug/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-02-newsletter-june-bug/Newsletter - We talk about having COVID and some web shares around the web, including China's Internet being wiped, Inbox Ten, in praise of amateurism, and exploring Jhanas.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-01-w26-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-07-01-w26-weekly-notes/jscodeshift notes, Dengue risk warning, SCOTUS latest rulings including overruling Chevron Doctrine, Dell's backlash for return-to-office, pop-up villages, Netflix's culture memo, and Claude 3.5 Sonnet.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 21:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-24-w25-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-24-w25-weekly-notes/Perplexity AI lying about their user agent, senior engineer fatigue, creating my first VSCode snippet, cutting an onion, and RIP Donald Sutherland and Willie Mays.Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-06-20-furiosa/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-06-20-furiosa/As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-18-w24-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-18-w24-weekly-notes/Keeping a dev journal, book recommendations, how computers reduce efficiency, introduction to jhanas, some podcast notes about AI companies, and how do dogs see color.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-18-rag/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-18-rag/An explainer for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Breaking down what it is and how people are implementing it.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-14-w23-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-14-w23-weekly-notes/A change in format for weekly notes. Local rumblings like H5N1, international splashes with China's Internet disappearing, could AI solve science, the smart web could use our support, and engineering the slow internet from a user from Antarctica.Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-12-newsletter-may-2024-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-12-newsletter-may-2024-updates/Newsletter - Short EditionWed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-04-w22-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-06-04-w22-weekly-notes/Just Married!Tue, 04 Jun 2024 04:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-06-w18-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-06-w18-weekly-notes/Bye bye, corporate open source, spaced repetition explained as a in cartoon, cyberattacks on healthcare, AI Developer marketing ploy?, and a bunch of lay-offs and obits.Tue, 07 May 2024 04:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-02-just-start/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-02-just-start/Just start. You know enough to get started. Don't stray away from the path you set out.Thu, 02 May 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-02-newsletter-april-2024-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-02-newsletter-april-2024-updates/Newsletter updates for April 2024 - nature messing with its switchThu, 02 May 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-05-02-suzume/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-05-02-suzume/A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.Thu, 02 May 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-01-w17-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-05-01-w17-weekly-notes/Neopets revival, TikTok ban, how Dave Pescoe stays young, scenes of pro-Palestine protests, and phantom islands.Wed, 01 May 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-22-w16-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-22-w16-weekly-notes/Editing Advice, advice advice, second passports, sign posting, load balancing visualized, Figma's framework 2024, and the Hyperkey.Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-18-feature-management/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-18-feature-management/An introduction to feature management using LaunchDarkly and if I use them as advertised.Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:50:39 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-15-w15-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-15-w15-weekly-notes/Film finds, SunoAI, Boeing and the Suicide Mission, Debugger's Toolkit, and OJ.Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-08-w14-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-08-w14-weekly-notes/April Fools Round-up, primer on .xz hack, the web dev market, Taiwan's earthquake, and the sad stories about the A's move.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-08-stream/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-08-stream/My personal stream of thoughts, ideas, and inspiration.Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-04-inspirations/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-04-inspirations/Inspirations draw from all over the place. I share some of the work where others have inspired this blog and me 💡.Thu, 04 Apr 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-02-newsletter-mar-2024-updates-copy/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-02-newsletter-mar-2024-updates-copy/Newsletter updates for March 2024Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-02-w13-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-04-02-w13-weekly-notes/On Robert Caro, Obits, people ruining the Internet (thanks SEO), Facebook and Netflix were in bed with your DMs, and the Baltimore Bridge fiasco.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-26-chrome-extension-webpage-as-markdown-link/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-26-chrome-extension-webpage-as-markdown-link/This Chrome Extension allows me to quickly copy the current webpage's title and URL in Markdown format.Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-25-w12-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-25-w12-weekly-notes/Gleam, Salon style intellectual conversations, OpenAI's response to Elon, Raw Milk as a conservative signal, and a collection of design engineers.Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2024-03-21-brad-frost-atomic-design/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2024-03-21-brad-frost-atomic-design/When designing from the ground up, create small, atomic components that can be combined into bigger components. Using biology as a guide, the complexity is organized into molecules, organisms, then pages. Templates are also used as layouts for those pages.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMTBrad Frosthttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-21-w11-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-21-w11-weekly-notes/Gleam, Salon style intellectual conversations, OpenAI's response to Elon, Raw Milk as a conservative signal, and a collection of design engineers.Thu, 21 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-11-w10-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-11-w10-weekly-notes/How to be not distracted, blizzards in California, local-first movement, and emembering David Bordwell and Akira Toriyama.Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-11-personal-crm/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-11-personal-crm/My personal tool for keeping track of people and interactions tailored for my own needs.Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-03-06-gwern/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-03-06-gwern/Gwern Branwen is a freelance American writer & researcher.Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-05-w09-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-05-w09-weekly-notes/What's new with React, Not a Designer, Meeting again after 77 years, Scale yourself, and happy leap day.Tue, 05 Mar 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-02-newsletter-feb-2024-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-03-02-newsletter-feb-2024-updates/Newsletter updates for February 2024Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:30:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-27-w08-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-27-w08-weekly-notes/Time on the Doomsday Clock, Personal website spaces, and AT&T outage.Tue, 27 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-21-a-z-of-pasta/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-21-a-z-of-pasta/Rachel Roddy condenses everything she has learned about Italy's favourite food in a practical, easy-to-use and mouth-watering collection of 100 essential pasta and pasta sauce recipes.Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-02-21-debra-fraiser/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-02-21-debra-fraiser/Debra is the author and illustrator of many award-winning picture books including On the Day You Were Born and Miss Alaineus, A Vocabulary Disaster. In addition to her well- known talks on creative process, Debra’s innovative "Book Events" build a community’s creativity through projects that start with a story.Wed, 21 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-20-classifieds/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-20-classifieds/Classifieds have been added to the website. 📰🗞️Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-20-til-rename-git-branch/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-20-til-rename-git-branch/Instructions on changing remote and local git branches from master to mainTue, 20 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-19-w07-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-19-w07-weekly-notes/Mini website updates and reflecting on digital creativity and curation. Better thinking tools, the role of luck, productivity loss on Apple Vision Pro, jQuery v4.0, SORA, and the 7 C's of consulting.Mon, 19 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-02-15-american-fiction/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2024-02-15-american-fiction/A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-15-til-regex-decimal-points/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-15-til-regex-decimal-points/Creating a regular expression for decimal pointsThu, 15 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-13-w06-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-13-w06-weekly-notes/Learning Models, Getting Fired live on TikTok, last week's storm, the boring stack, and recontrer.Tue, 13 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-12-til-bulk-rename/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-12-til-bulk-rename/Using the rename utilityMon, 12 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-02-11-dave-pell/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/creators/2024-02-11-dave-pell/A newsletter offering a quick and entertaining look at the day’s most fascinating news.Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2024-02-10-buster-benson-codex-vitae/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2024-02-10-buster-benson-codex-vitae/Over a decade ago, Buster Benson started his "Codex Vitae" or book of beliefs. He started small and re-visited it every year, updating his beliefs as his life changes.Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTBuster Bensonhttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-09-blockchain-chicken-farm/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-09-blockchain-chicken-farm/The political and social entanglements of technology in rural China. Their discoveries force them to challenge the standard idea that rural culture and people are backward, conservative, and intolerant. Instead, they find that rural China has not only adapted to rapid globalization but has actually innovated the technology we all use today.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-09-search-inside-yourself/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2024-02-09-search-inside-yourself/Intro to emotional intelligence (EI) and mindfulness. It goes through mindfulness and meditation exercises to enhance EI, making it relevant for individuals in a modern, fast-paced workplace and lead a happier life.Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2024-02-09-the-psychology-of-money/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2024-02-09-the-psychology-of-money/"Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics."Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-08-svelte/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-08-svelte/While I wrote my first Svelte application 4 years ago, I wanted to test my Svelte knowledge by solidifying it into a blog post.Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-07-weekly-review-annotated/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-07-weekly-review-annotated/My weekly review breakdown with annotations. Deep dive into the pillars of productivity.Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2024-02-06-the-art-of-learning/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2024-02-06-the-art-of-learning/Josh Waitzkin shares his unique systems of thematic learning, idea generation, building resilience, and mastering the art of performance psychology.Tue, 06 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-05-w05-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-05-w05-weekly-notes/Obsidian gems of 2023, another terrible thing happened in Florida, restoring children deafness, giant parasol could alleviate Global Warming, and Tailwind criticism.Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-01-newsletter-announcement/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-02-01-newsletter-announcement/We are officially migrating off the old platform and onto a new one.Thu, 01 Feb 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-30-quick-add-books/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-30-quick-add-books/Setting up the Obsidian QuickAdd plugin with a custom book pluginTue, 30 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-30-w04-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-30-w04-weekly-notes/Getting excited about Chess, Shiny object syndrome, Viral Tunnels, and GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-26-curations/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-26-curations/Curations is my attempt at blending the warm hug of nostalgia with a little nook tailor-made for my personal obsessions—steering clear of the 'oh-so-common listicle' abyss. Let's dive into the fun zone! 🚀✨Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-25-w03-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-25-w03-weekly-notes/Impact of 23andMe data breach, Pocketbase, how Apple built iCloud, and AlphaGeometry.Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-24-website-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-24-website-updates/Small website updates - Jan 2024Wed, 24 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-21-year-of-intention-33/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-21-year-of-intention-33/My annual review, taking a look at my 33rd yearSun, 21 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-17-w02-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-17-w02-weekly-notes/Stanley Cups Out of Stock, a guide to ZIRP, displaced jobs from AI, and the reason there's no improvement on rebuilding Lahaina.Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-09-w01-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-09-w01-weekly-notes/New Year for digital movies, digital nomad history, and Dunky's guide to streaming services.Tue, 09 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-08-make-real/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2024-01-08-make-real/An evening using Make Real, and thoughts on makingMon, 08 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-31-w52-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-31-w52-weekly-notes/My fiancée's article, PHOLEDs, fall of the American Chestnut, EVs in China, and how the US is not normalSun, 31 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-27-w51-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-27-w51-weekly-notes/Holidays - weekly notes including Trump's Disqualification tracker, the mysterious cough, and are outliners ruining our thinking process?Wed, 27 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-25-seasons-greetings/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-25-seasons-greetings/Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-20-w50-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-20-w50-weekly-notes/The Advent of Code, Ologies, a history of Taquerias in Redwood City, and things hackers once knewWed, 20 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-14-w49-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-14-w49-weekly-notes/Henry Kissinger dies at 100, exaggerations from an AI Founder, interview w/ Emma Chamberlain, and 23andMe hackedThu, 14 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-05-w48-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-12-05-w48-weekly-notes/Post-Thanksgiving reflections, respiratory illness, Charles Munger, Q*, and reflections on Rust that wasn'tTue, 05 Dec 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-29-w47-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-29-w47-weekly-notes/Thanksgiving week, packed with 4D Chess, EA vs. e/aa, Data Viz Guidelines, American Symphony, and an electric home composter.Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-20-black-friday-collection-2023/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-20-black-friday-collection-2023/Collection of Black Friday deals around the webMon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-20-w46-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-20-w46-weekly-notes/Resonance calendars, how long can you keep things in the fridge, James Webb Telescope images, long Covid, and OpenAI dramaMon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-16-w45-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-16-w45-weekly-notes/Closing of downtown Berkeley cinemas, the pains of daylight savings, EFTs, and Tyson recallThu, 16 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-06-w44-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-11-06-w44-weekly-notes/Health updates, Song Embeds, and SRE LessonsMon, 06 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-26-w43-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-26-w43-weekly-notes/Of dishwashers, starting NaNoWriMo, the pangenome, workflows and mental modelsMon, 30 Oct 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-10-26-la-llorona/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-10-26-la-llorona/Atrocities commited by a warmongering general come back to haunt him in modern-day Guatemala.Thu, 26 Oct 2023 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-23-w40-w41-w42-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-23-w40-w41-w42-weekly-notes/Sharing your calm, freewriting, the myth of learning styles, and dealing with conflict from 2 UC Berkeley professors.Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-02-w39-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-10-02-w39-weekly-notes/Return from Strangeloop, OSM Topo Map, Dying Languages, and Martin KleppmannMon, 02 Oct 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-09-25-w38-weekly-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-09-25-w38-weekly-notes/No relief from nasal decongestant, depression support listMon, 25 Sep 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-08-11-hospital-vibes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-08-11-hospital-vibes/Daily headaches, panic attacks, life or death experiences on a trip from the ICU and backFri, 11 Aug 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-07-03-reader/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-07-03-reader/The idea of an infinite scroll can be dangerous, and here are some tactics to curtail their effects on our addicted minds.Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-30-7-guis/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-30-7-guis/Based off the 7 GUIs benchmark, here are implementations of the 7 GUIs in Svelte.Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-28-solid-js-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-28-solid-js-notes/A dive into my personal notes on SolidJS, as I was going through the tutorial.Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2023-06-08-excellent-advice-for-living/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2023-06-08-excellent-advice-for-living/Key takeaways from short pieces advice Kevin Kelly has collected over decades. I've turned those into different categories of advice that has resonated with me.Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-08-typescript/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-08-typescript/Deep dive with Typescript and its features. Some notes and examples.Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-05-may-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-06-05-may-updates/Major website updates, new collections, fixed bugs, and more!Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2023-05-31-writing-for-software-developers/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2023-05-31-writing-for-software-developers/"Writing for Software Developers focuses on teaching you how to envision, create, and publish mid-length technical tutorials and articles, but the principles and practices you’ll develop will help you write anything from a short README to an entire technical book. And regardless of why you write, this guide aims to provide you with the techniques you will need to reach your goals."Wed, 31 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2023-05-30-coders-at-work/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/antibooks/2023-05-30-coders-at-work/"Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’s highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston."Tue, 30 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-28-daily-review/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-28-daily-review/My current daily review journal for work, as of 2023.Sun, 28 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-25-top-favorite-questions/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-25-top-favorite-questions/An exercise where I lay out my favorite questions. These questions are long-term problems without easy answers.Thu, 25 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-04-14-a-room-with-a-view/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-04-14-a-room-with-a-view/One of those picturesque romance movies from a Merchany-Ivory production of an E. M. Forrester novel. And a punchable performance from Daniel-Day Lewis.Tue, 23 May 2023 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-05-12-t%C3%A1r/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2023-05-12-t%C3%A1r/Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár, chief conductor of a major German orchestra. In a strongly, yet still and resounding piece that leaves you contemplating why we stopped tolerating bad people making good art, and if that's ok.Tue, 23 May 2023 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2022-02-21-four-thousand-weeks/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2022-02-21-four-thousand-weeks/A challenge to conventional time management advice, highlighting the finite nature of life and urging readers to prioritize meaningful experiences. The book emphasizes intentional living, encouraging a shift from constant busyness to a purpose-driven approach.Mon, 15 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2023-05-23-field-guide-to-happiness/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2023-05-23-field-guide-to-happiness/The author recounts her experiences in Bhutan and how it relates back to how the Bhutanese feel towards happiness and other contemplative thoughts on life.Mon, 15 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2023-05-10-every-programmer-memory/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2023-05-10-every-programmer-memory/A paper which provides an extensive exploration of memory, covering topics such as management, organization, and optimization. Despite being over a decade old, the paper remains highly relevant to software engineering today, as some of its insights and concepts continue to be applicable for optimal code performance.Wed, 10 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTUlrich Drepperhttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2023-05-10-ira-glass-on-storytelling/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/lindy/2023-05-10-ira-glass-on-storytelling/Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, shared his insights on storytelling in a short 30 minute interview revolving around the importance of engaging the audience, using vivid language, and focusing on the structure and characters of the story.Wed, 10 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTIra Glasshttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-06-year-of-challenges/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-06-year-of-challenges/Annual Review for Age 32Sat, 06 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-02-website-rewrite/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-05-02-website-rewrite/Migrating from Jekyll to AstroTue, 02 May 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-04-28-svelte-demo/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-04-28-svelte-demo/Using MDX with Astro to render a Svelte componentFri, 28 Apr 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-04-15-notes-agi/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-04-15-notes-agi/An exercise where I lay out my favorite questions. These questions are long-term problems without easy answers.Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-02-08-supabase-remix/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2023-02-08-supabase-remix/From an egghead course, notes about building a realtime chat app with remix and supabaseWed, 08 Feb 2023 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2022-12-08-new-mac-setup/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2022-12-08-new-mac-setup/Setting up a new mac - 2022 Apple Macbook Pro 13"Thu, 08 Dec 2022 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2022-03-01-deno-notes/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2022-03-01-deno-notes/Tue, 01 Mar 2022 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2021-08-11-feature-management/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2021-08-11-feature-management/Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-09-01-javascript-intro/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-09-01-javascript-intro/A short introductary guide to Javascript, written for incoming interns at Clear LabsTue, 01 Sep 2020 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-09-01-browser-intro/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-09-01-browser-intro/A short introductary guide to Browsers, written for incoming interns at Clear LabsMon, 31 Aug 2020 08:00:00 GMTlearningJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-02-06-web-app-audit-checklist/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2020-02-06-web-app-audit-checklist/This checklist is a starting point for web app audits. It's a living document, and will be updated as we learn more.Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-11-21-react/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-11-21-react/Thu, 21 Nov 2019 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-08-29-project-contribution/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-08-29-project-contribution/Thu, 29 Aug 2019 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-08-19-react-unit-testing/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-08-19-react-unit-testing/Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-01-02-how-2018-went/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-01-02-how-2018-went/Wed, 02 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2018-08-05-house/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2018-08-05-house/A Japanese experimental comedy-horror film that revolves around a group of seven schoolgirls who travel to one of their aunts' country homes, where they encounter supernatural events.Sun, 05 Aug 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-12-20-strangers-7-megan-jolly/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2019-12-20-strangers-7-megan-jolly/Megan JollySat, 14 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-07-07-strangers-6-raina-evans/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-07-07-strangers-6-raina-evans/Raina EvansSat, 07 Jul 2018 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-05-26-styled-components/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-05-26-styled-components/Sat, 26 May 2018 08:00:00 GMTlearningJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2018-02-13-fruitvale-station/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2018-02-13-fruitvale-station/A slice of life look at Oscar Grant on the events preceding getting shot and killed by a BART police officer on January 1, 2009, at Oakland's Fruitvale Station.Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-01-01-2017-retrospective/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2018-01-01-2017-retrospective/Mon, 01 Jan 2018 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-12-11-strangers-5-julie-valenti/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-12-11-strangers-5-julie-valenti/Julie ValentiMon, 11 Dec 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-23-strangers-4-mary-alpoliani/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-23-strangers-4-mary-alpoliani/Mary AipoalaniMon, 23 Oct 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-19-intro-to-r/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-19-intro-to-r/Using the R LanguageThu, 19 Oct 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-16-strangers-3-joe-lazzara/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-16-strangers-3-joe-lazzara/Joe LazzaraWed, 11 Oct 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-09-strangers-2-evan-roer/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-09-strangers-2-evan-roer/Evan RoerMon, 09 Oct 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-02-strangers-1-simon-gondeck/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-10-02-strangers-1-simon-gondeck/Simon GondeckMon, 02 Oct 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-07-15-brace-expansion/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-07-15-brace-expansion/Sat, 15 Jul 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-06-06-webassembly/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-06-06-webassembly/Tue, 06 Jun 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-04-17-the-problem-with-rushing-through/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-04-17-the-problem-with-rushing-through/Where I talk about my failure to slow down.Mon, 17 Apr 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-04-04-the-placement-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-04-04-the-placement-problem/Where I talk about my failure to find my belongings.Tue, 04 Apr 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-29-the-loneliness-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-29-the-loneliness-problem/Where I talk about my failure to be alone.Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-30-show-your-work/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-30-show-your-work/Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-15-admission-failure-the-problem-with-the-rider-and-the-elephant/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-15-admission-failure-the-problem-with-the-rider-and-the-elephant/Where I talk about my failure to compromise between emotion and rationality.Wed, 15 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-06-admission-failure-the-reactive-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-03-06-admission-failure-the-reactive-problem/Where I talk about my failure to stop reacting.Mon, 06 Mar 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-25-admission-failure-the-reliance-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-25-admission-failure-the-reliance-problem/Where I talk about my failure to remember.Sat, 25 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-20-admission-failure-the-bystander-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-20-admission-failure-the-bystander-problem/Where I talk about my failure to speak up.Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-19-interview-prep/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-19-interview-prep/Sun, 19 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMTlearningJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-07-admission-failure-the-negligence-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-02-07-admission-failure-the-negligence-problem/Where I talk about my failure to act.Tue, 07 Feb 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2017-01-30-decalogue-i/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2017-01-30-decalogue-i/The Polish television series "Dekalog" revolves around the theme of the First Commandment, "I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt have no other gods before me". The characters grapple with their beliefs and the role of technology in their lives. The story explores the importance of spirituality and the search for meaning in a world dominated by technology and rational thought.Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2017-01-28-a-brighter-summer-day/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/films/2017-01-28-a-brighter-summer-day/The film revolves around two Chinese youth gangs and the experiences of a 14-year-old boy named S'ir. The story is divided into two halves: the first half traces S'ir's experiences in the gang, while the second half focuses on his home and love life. Both halves culminate in unexpected violenceSat, 28 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMThttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-01-26-js-single-responsibility/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-01-26-js-single-responsibility/Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-01-03-2016-retrospective/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2017-01-03-2016-retrospective/Tue, 03 Jan 2017 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-30-on-catalogs/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-30-on-catalogs/Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-28-react-jsx-lessons/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-28-react-jsx-lessons/Wed, 28 Dec 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-19-object-deconstruction/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-19-object-deconstruction/Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-13-on-generations/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-12-13-on-generations/Tue, 13 Dec 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-10-18-on-film/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-10-18-on-film/Tue, 18 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-10-10-on-conversation/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-10-10-on-conversation/Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-08-04-second-wind/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-08-04-second-wind/Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-06-03-ghosts-part-2/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-06-03-ghosts-part-2/Fri, 03 Jun 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-05-23-ghosts-part-1/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-05-23-ghosts-part-1/Mon, 23 May 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-03-14-on-validation/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-03-14-on-validation/Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-03-09-on-obsession/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-03-09-on-obsession/Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-28-on-teamwork/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-28-on-teamwork/Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-28-you-dont-know-js-1/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-28-you-dont-know-js-1/Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-16-glob/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-16-glob/Sat, 16 Jan 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-12-musical-discontent/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-12-musical-discontent/Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-05-the-2015-retrospective/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2016-01-05-the-2015-retrospective/Tue, 05 Jan 2016 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-18-the-blind-artist/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-18-the-blind-artist/Fri, 18 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-07-on-peak-growth/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-07-on-peak-growth/Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-06-vim/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-06-vim/Sun, 06 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-06-vimtutor/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-12-06-vimtutor/Sun, 06 Dec 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-30-a-year-of-jear-bear-letters/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-30-a-year-of-jear-bear-letters/Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-16-on-self-doubt/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-16-on-self-doubt/Mon, 16 Nov 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-02-another-rain-story/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-11-02-another-rain-story/Mon, 02 Nov 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-19-on-audiobooks/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-19-on-audiobooks/Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-12-marathon-acknowledgements/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-12-marathon-acknowledgements/Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-07-christmas-in-october/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-10-07-christmas-in-october/Wed, 07 Oct 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-09-23-on-obituaries/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-09-23-on-obituaries/Wed, 23 Sep 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-09-16-the-inner-game-of-desert-running/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-09-16-the-inner-game-of-desert-running/Wed, 16 Sep 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-31-reacting-vs-responding/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-31-reacting-vs-responding/Mon, 31 Aug 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-24-on-passing-the-torch/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-24-on-passing-the-torch/Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-11-journal-of-self-evaluation/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-11-journal-of-self-evaluation/Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-04-on-collections/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-08-04-on-collections/Tue, 04 Aug 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-28-on-perceived-difficulty/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-28-on-perceived-difficulty/Tue, 28 Jul 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-20-on-fireflies/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-20-on-fireflies/Mon, 20 Jul 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-13-past-writer-present-writer/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-13-past-writer-present-writer/Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-06-on-burnout/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-07-06-on-burnout/Mon, 06 Jul 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-23-reflections-on-the-buffet/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-23-reflections-on-the-buffet/Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-15-on-fireflies/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-15-on-fireflies/Mon, 15 Jun 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-08-on-found-purpose/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-08-on-found-purpose/Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-01-on-frustration/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-06-01-on-frustration/Mon, 01 Jun 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-18-the-friend-date/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-18-the-friend-date/Mon, 18 May 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-11-on-being-true-to-yourself/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-11-on-being-true-to-yourself/Mon, 11 May 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-04-on-mind-wandering/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-05-04-on-mind-wandering/Mon, 04 May 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-27-on-endings-and-beginnings/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-27-on-endings-and-beginnings/Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-20-on-cryptography/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-20-on-cryptography/Mon, 20 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-06-on-weight/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-04-06-on-weight/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-30-on-names/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-30-on-names/Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-23-on-an-open-dialogue/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-23-on-an-open-dialogue/Mon, 23 Mar 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-16-on-the-power-of-letters/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-16-on-the-power-of-letters/Mon, 16 Mar 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-09-on-rejection/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-09-on-rejection/Mon, 09 Mar 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-02-on-caltrain-suicides/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-03-02-on-caltrain-suicides/Mon, 02 Mar 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-23-on-enough/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-23-on-enough/Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-16-on-getting-past-no/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-16-on-getting-past-no/Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-7-habits-of-highly-effective-people/The seven habits encompass principles such as proactive behavior, beginning with the end in mind, prioritizing important tasks, seeking mutual benefit in relationships, and continuous self-improvement. It is a paradigm shift towards character development and long-term success, offering a timeless guide to achieving effectiveness in various aspects of life.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-a-guide-to-the-good-life/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-a-guide-to-the-good-life/An introduction to the philosophy of Stoicism as a practical guide to leading a fulfilling life. Irvine explores Stoic principles, including acceptance of what is beyond one's control, overcoming destructive emotions, and finding tranquility through a mindful and intentional approach to living.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-adulting/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-adulting/"Adulting" provides a humorous and practical guide for young adults navigating the challenges of independent living, covering a range of topics from financial management and career development to personal relationships and self-care. The book offers straightforward advice and relatable anecdotes to help readers ease into the responsibilities of adulthood.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-daring-greatly/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-daring-greatly/An exploration of the transformative power of embracing vulnerability in various aspects of life, including relationships, parenting, and leadership. Brene Brown discusses the impact of vulnerability on fostering connection, creativity, and wholehearted living, encouraging readers to cultivate courage and authenticity.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-dont-go-back-to-school/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-dont-go-back-to-school/A series of interviews with unconventional people challenging the traditional education-to-career pathway, advocating for alternative methods of learning and skill acquisition outside formal academic institutions.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-how-to-win-friends/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-how-to-win-friends/Practical insights into building meaningful relationships by emphasizing the importance of understanding others' perspectives and expressing genuine interest in their concerns. It provides timeless principles for effective communication and interpersonal skills, encouraging readers to enhance their social interactions and influence positively.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-mindset/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-mindset/A dive into the concept of mindset and its impact on success, distinguishing between a fixed mindset that sees abilities as innate and a growth mindset that believes in the potential for development through effort and learning.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-quiet/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-quiet/Exploring introversion as a personality trait and provides insights into the strengths and needs of both introverts and extroverts. The book presents a history of how Western culture transformed from a culture of character to a culture of personality, where an "extrovert ideal" dominates.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-so-good-they-cant-ignore-you/Counter advice to "follow your passion" and about the importance of becoming exceptional at what you do.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-thanks-for-the-feedback/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-thanks-for-the-feedback/A focus on the importance of receiving feedback effectively and provides practical strategies for dealing with different types of feedback.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-art-of-asking/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-art-of-asking/Amanda Palmer recounts being a street performer to a world-renowned artist, emphasizing the importance of accepting help when it's offered and building a closely-knit network based on personal communication, honesty, and trust.Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-defining-decade/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-defining-decade/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-five-love-languages/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-five-love-languages/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-miracle-of-mindulness/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-miracle-of-mindulness/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-power-of-habit/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-the-power-of-habit/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-09-on-book-recommendations/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-09-on-book-recommendations/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-09-on-funerals/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-09-on-funerals/Mon, 09 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-02-on-the-stranger/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-02-02-on-the-stranger/Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-26-on-cats/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-26-on-cats/Mon, 26 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-16-on-the-criteria-of-friendship/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-16-on-the-criteria-of-friendship/Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-09-on-anxieties-depression-and-suicide-prevention/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-09-on-anxieties-depression-and-suicide-prevention/Fri, 09 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-04-the-job-search-and-updates/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-04-the-job-search-and-updates/Sun, 04 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-02-a-year-of-eps/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2015-01-02-a-year-of-eps/Fri, 02 Jan 2015 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-26-a-year-in-review/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-26-a-year-in-review/Fri, 26 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-19-on-rain/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-19-on-rain/Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-13-exposing-ignorance/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-13-exposing-ignorance/Sat, 13 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-09-returning-back-to-recaps/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-09-returning-back-to-recaps/Tue, 09 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-bird-by-bird/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2015-02-09-bird-by-bird/Sat, 06 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-06-on-discomfort/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-12-06-on-discomfort/Sat, 06 Dec 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-30-on-thankfulness/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-30-on-thankfulness/Sun, 30 Nov 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-24-a-walk-with-hackathons/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-24-a-walk-with-hackathons/Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-24-facts-of-past-and-present/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-24-facts-of-past-and-present/Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-08-be-confortable-being-uncomfortable/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-11-08-be-confortable-being-uncomfortable/Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-09-28-levenshtein-distance-problem/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-09-28-levenshtein-distance-problem/Sun, 28 Sep 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-08-27-the-dbc-experience-the-end/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-08-27-the-dbc-experience-the-end/Wed, 27 Aug 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-07-05-week-two-dbc-exp/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-07-05-week-two-dbc-exp/Sat, 05 Jul 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-06-27-week-one-dbc-xperience/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-06-27-week-one-dbc-xperience/Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-04-23-cram-properly/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-04-23-cram-properly/Wed, 23 Apr 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-04-21-creation-of-my-personal-philosophy/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2014-04-21-creation-of-my-personal-philosophy/Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-foodist/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-foodist/Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-kitchen-confidential/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-kitchen-confidential/Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-cuckoos-calling/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-cuckoos-calling/A murder mystery following war vet PI Cormoran Strike and his secretary as they investigate the death of a young model named Lula Landry.Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-willpower-instinct/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-willpower-instinct/Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2013-10-03-the-wonderful-wizard-of-oz/Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-10-03-book-reviews/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-10-03-book-reviews/Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-02-20-enter-new-website/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-02-20-enter-new-website/Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-06-14-on-the-youth/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2013-06-14-on-the-youth/Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-benjamin-franklin/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-benjamin-franklin/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-enders-game/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-enders-game/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-folks-this-aint-normal/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-folks-this-aint-normal/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-if-this-is-a-man/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-if-this-is-a-man/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-life/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-life/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-life-on-the-line/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-life-on-the-line/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-happiness-hypothesis/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-happiness-hypothesis/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-inner-game-of-tennis/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-inner-game-of-tennis/The mental aspects of tennis and how they can be applied to achieve peak performance in the sport and beyond, like the inner game, relaxed concentration, and the mind/body connection.Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-name-of-the-wind/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-name-of-the-wind/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-windup-bird-chronicles/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-the-windup-bird-chronicles/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-what-technology-wants/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-12-30-what-technology-wants/Sun, 30 Dec 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-06-27-review-hooktheory/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-06-27-review-hooktheory/Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-05-30-movie-reviews-in-five-words-april-2012/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-05-30-movie-reviews-in-five-words-april-2012/Wed, 30 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-23-my-stroke-of-insight/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-23-my-stroke-of-insight/Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's memoir detailing her a stroke in her mid-thirties, the following major brain surgery, and her years-long healing process.Wed, 23 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-16-i-am-a-pole/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-16-i-am-a-pole/A children's book about a pole searching for its purpose in life.Wed, 16 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-09-thinking-fast-slow/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-09-thinking-fast-slow/Kahneman talks about his research in the two systems in our brain, System 1 and System 2, and how they influence our decision-making processes. System 1 operates intuitively and automatically, while System 2 involves more deliberate thinking and problem-solving.Wed, 09 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-05-06-on-being-wrong/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-05-06-on-being-wrong/Sun, 06 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-02-cradle-to-cradle/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-05-02-cradle-to-cradle/Wed, 02 May 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-25-the-robber-bride/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-25-the-robber-bride/Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-18-ready-player-one/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-18-ready-player-one/A dystopian future where people escape their bleak reality by immersing themselves in a virtual reality game called the OASIS. The story follows Wade Watts, a teenage gamer who embarks on a quest to find an Easter egg within the game, which holds the key to a massive fortune and control of the OASIS/Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-11-we-are-all-weird/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-11-we-are-all-weird/Presenting a challenge to the traditional concept of the mass market and advocates for embracing individuality and diversity. The digital revolution has made it easier to reach specific groups of people with unique interests, and Godin argues that catering to the mass is no longer a viable strategy.Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-04-stumbling-on-happiness/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-04-04-stumbling-on-happiness/The human brain has an ability to imagine and simulate experiences, and how this capacity affects our ability to predict what will make us happy. Dr. Gilbert describes various biases and mental errors that make it difficult for us to forecast our future happiness. He also emphasizes the importance of being aware of these cognitive tricks to synthesize our own happiness.Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-28-life-of-pi/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-28-life-of-pi/A young man named Pi who survives a shipwreck and spends months in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-21-boomerang/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-21-boomerang/An account on the global financial crisis as it affected various countries, including Iceland, Greece, Ireland, Germany, and the US. Diving into the reasons for the financial crisis in these countries, offering insights into their economic struggles and the impact of the crisis on their societies and governments.Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-14-in-the-plex/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-14-in-the-plex/Reviewing the growth of Google from its academic project origins at Stanford to the company that is rolling in billions of long-tail advertising dollars, forms the central exchange for information on the internet, having by then already grown to 24,000 employees.Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-07-how-to-be-black/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-03-07-how-to-be-black/A humorous and thought-provoking book exploring the complexities of black identity and offers insightful commentary on race and culture.Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-02-29-the-commitment/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-02-29-the-commitment/A personal account of tying the knot with Dan's partner, offering insights into the meaning of commitment in the context of love, sex, marriage, and family. And it's Dan's thoughts on marriage and the dynamics of his own relationship, making it a valuable read for anyone considering marriage or seeking a deeper understanding of committed relationships.Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-02-22-crush-it/https://craftbyzen.com/curation/books/2012-02-22-crush-it/A motivational and instructional guide that emphasizes the opportunities available in the modern business world, particularly through the use of the internet and social media.Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-02-03-new-years-2011-resolution-revisited/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-02-03-new-years-2011-resolution-revisited/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-12-13-who-am-i/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-12-13-who-am-i/Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-08-11-neuschwanstein-castle/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-08-11-neuschwanstein-castle/Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-07-25-munich/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-07-25-munich/Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-03-12-shoal/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2011-03-12-shoal/Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-31-2011-predictions/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-31-2011-predictions/Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-31-new-goals-for-2011/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-31-new-goals-for-2011/Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-18-this-years-goals-revisited/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-12-18-this-years-goals-revisited/Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-11-14-life-after-deactivation/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2012-11-14-life-after-deactivation/Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-01-01-2010-resolutions-goals/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2010-01-01-2010-resolutions-goals/Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-25-memoir-4/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-25-memoir-4/Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-22-memoir-3/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-22-memoir-3/Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-17-memoir-2/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-17-memoir-2/Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wonghttps://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-12-memoir-1/https://craftbyzen.com/blog/2008-02-12-memoir-1/Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMTJeremy Wong