What’s this?
An experiment in getting things online faster and with less ceremony. For example: when I update HOWTOs, e-mail newsletter subscribers are not notified (however, I may mention new entries in monthly links & notes).
By way of explanation, each HOWTO has this little preamble:
This is a ‘HOWTO’ page. These are more telegraphic and less explanatory than what I usually write here. They’re incomplete, intermittently updated, and true works in progress. There is a listing of all HOWTO pages.
HOWTO
- Check in
- Simple methods for checking in with a group. Useful in beginnings & endings.
Additional how-tos but in the form of regular old blog posts, lol
How to make any meeting better with 3 simple fenceposts
Identify a purpose, rational aim, and experiential aim—quick actions with a huge effect.

Premortem: before starting a new project, learn why it will end in failure
A simple method for uncovering big, “undiscussable” risks to a project.

Make your next presentation a spiral, not a line
Cycling through your main point helps your audience. Here’s how.
3-step method for learning anything
“See one, do one, teach one.” ← That’s the method.
