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Pete's Picks :: FAQFreqently Asked Questions
Q: So what's the idea here?
A: We'll try to help you achieve your objectives.
Q: What's my objective?
A: Usually a verb and a noun, but sometimes there's preposition and then another noun.
Maybe you have to bake chocolate chip cookies, make a margarita or connect your mac via ethernet.
Q: What's the objective of Pete's Picks?
A: tl;dr. stop wasting time. say and show less.
Aim to be accessible, precise and brief Make short focused writing to help get things done and help people buy better shit
Q: Do you have a half-baked list of thoughts?
A: Do I ever!
Our Mission:
Value time, share good shit, make money and leave some on the table!
Our Methods:
- Embrace constraints / say less; show less; be smaller
- Enable others / provide good guidance; acknowledge experise
- Structure data / metadata is a love note to the future
- Devalue optimization / minimize user-time; don't maximize revenue
- Crush Verbosity and Sarcasm / be brief
- Make choices / one option beats two; single values trump ranges
- Imprecise Pricing / two significant figures is plenty
- Bite-sized pages / 50-300 words is plenty
- Be earnest / stand behind what you say until you change your mind
- Not everyone is going to be happy / don't be a dick