Weekly newsletter of Eric Friedman - Issue #2

May 21, 2019

Welcome new subscribers, thanks for sticking with me friends. If you are wondering what makes this newsletter different than all others the answer is 100% more dad jokes. "Don't trust atoms. They make up everything."

What I am reading

I Let a Stranger Watch Me Work for a Day — And I’ve Never Been More Productive — melmagazine.com

Focusmate is the internet’s most invasive productivity hack. I put it to the test. Like 8 million other Americans, I work from home.

I tweeted this one out and it didn't get much attention but this is a really fascinating way to stay accountable.

The Instagram Aesthetic Is Over — www.theatlantic.com As Instagram has grown to more than 1 billion monthly users, it has ushered in a very particular look: bright walls, artfully arranged lattes and avocado toast, and Millennial-pink everything, all with that carefully staged, color-corrected, glossy-looking aesthetic.

The Psychology of Money — www.collaborativefund.com Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way. Grace Groner was orphaned at age 12. She never married. She never had kids. She never drove a car.