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Rands Cheat Sheet #1

The Rands in Repose weblog has been around for 23 years, and I’ve published hundreds of articles over those years. One of the more consistent pieces of...

Three Ideas for Sunday

When it comes to communication with humans who care about Rands, I have many mediums at my disposal. Twitter used to be the dominate medium, but then that...

The Product Engineer

Who builds the product?

Musings on the New Year

January 20, 2025

I hope you are well. As I am apt to do, I am surprised by the consistent growth of this newsletter. Folks keep clicking join, and I continue failing to share...

Poets and Police.

October 3, 2024

Wow, they finish things.

Words on Founder Mode

September 9, 2024

The debate is more interesting than the idea

Seven Conversation Hacks

Full-body listening

The Second Robot Report

The LLM Conversation

The Moments That Shaped You

No one cared if I did nothing.

"Is Engineering Working Hard Enough?"

When I ask questions, do they have good answers?

Staying Technical (Still)

Stubbornly curious

Staying Technical

Over at the Rands Leadership Slack, there’s a #ask-rands-anything channel and sometimes I just crush it in terms of answers. A member asked me about why I...

Leadership Mantras in Progress

February 21, 2024

More reason to move briskly.

An Unreasonable New Year Investment

January 3, 2024

Happy New Year, Substack friends. It rained hard here last night. My New Year’s pieces tend to perform better than the rest of the year's work, probably...

The Business or the Contagion?

Hi Substack. Hope you are staying cool. I’ve posted a couple of significant pieces in the last week. The Contagion riffs on communication ideas I started to...

Terrified of Magic

I’m currently in one of those strange situations where I am writing a ton, and the timing is curious. I am furiously working on finishing the second edition...

Here Come the Robots

Thanks, universe!

The Poets and The Police.

This first article is about the version of the Police — The Worry Police. This article sat on the top of the pile for longer than expected because I wrote...

When it comes to starting, writing, and finishing an article, the process falls into one of three different paths: FAST AS HELL. This piece is written almost...

In Early January, we reflect...

January 7, 2023

Happy New Year, I tend to find a good starting them for the year. The definitive post was The Builder’s High, an article that economically describes the same...

November 24, 2022

French Bulldog FTW!

Rands Holiday Musings

November 19, 2022

Wherein I produce a new charity t-shirt

Incredibly Productive

September 26, 2022

I have been incredibly productive for the past week for reasons hiding in my head that I don’t want to discuss. The backlog of podcasts has been tidied, four...

Elden Ring. Still Punishing.

I’m pretty protective of my time, so I won’t jump into a video game without hearing from several trusted friends that it’s worth it. I’m not an early...

20 Years of Rands in Repose

The writing will never stop

I don’t write about writing much, but the results are some of my favorite articles to write, likely because it’s off the beaten trail of leadership. Again,...

On the Topic of Layoffs

Over on the Rands Leadership Slack, we recently posted a primer on the various tools available to job seekers. Unemployment is nice and recovered, but we’re...

Another Frequent Update

Good day. Like clockwork, this mailing list subscriber base grows, and with equal consistency, I fail to update regularly. So strange. I’ve taken to Twitter...

That Last Article Touched a Nerve

February 21, 2022

I’ve been thinking about this article for two years and working on it for the past six months. The piece came together when I found the idea that CGI...

Manifested Imagination

January 2, 2022

The holiday break is just about over, and after two weeks of relative chill, I’m prepared to go back to... sitting in my home office staring at tiny photos...

The Pandemic-Enabled version of Managing Humans

December 28, 2021

There is so much rain in California right now. We’re in dire need of rain, so this is good news, but we’re getting close to the “Thanks. Super. That’s...

As We Enter the Holiday Season...

November 24, 2021

Hi newsletter friends. Over here in the states, we’re preparing for Thanksgiving, the entryway to the holiday season, and the end of the year. It’s an...

How to Keep Track of Sabotage

October 21, 2021

Strong word. I realize.

Writing about Decision Making in Italy

September 8, 2021

Check Your Work, Ask for Help, and Slow Down

August 22, 2021

As with most articles the glimmer of this article appeared while riding the bike: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/check-your-work-ask-for-help-and-slow-...

The Way I Heard It Was...

This is a lightly-edited version of the last chapter of the latest book: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-way-i-heard-it-was/I like the backstory for...

A Guide to Navigating the Unpredictable

Hi friends. Welcome to the second newsletter via Substack. My very brief report on Substack: super easy to use and well designed. There are far fewer hoops...

Welcome to Rands + Substack

Still trying to figure out newsletters