A few years ago I realized that if I’m too busy to take something on, I shouldn’t say “I don’t have the time”. In fact, I often do have the time. It’s not that hard to squeeze in some extra time for someone. What I don’t have – and what I can’t squeeze in – is more attention. Attention is a far more limited resource than time. So what I should say is “I don’t have the attention”. I may have 8 hours a day for work, but I probably have 4 hours a day for attention. One summer, a guy wrote me out of the blue asking if he could intern for me. His email was great – clear, thoughtful, kind, inviting, confident but not pushy, and not too long (but long enough to say what he had to say without leaving anything out). He was studying at Harvard Business School and was going to be back in Chicago that summer. He asked if he could swing by and say hi. His email made it easy for me to say yes. So he did, and we had a great session. We spent maybe an hour or so together. I learned about his background, what kind of stuff he was interested in, what he wanted to learn, what he could teach us, etc. Then we riffed on a few ideas. It was natural, flowing, effortless. Really promising. Then I told him I’d think a few things over and get back to him soon. He checked in a few weeks later, and I said I’d get back to him soon again. And I didn’t. A month or so after that I wrote him and told him I was really sorry. I’d mislead him – and myself – thinking I had enough time to take on a intern that summer. I wanted to, I really liked him, I thought he’d be great, but I just didn’t have as much time as I thought I had to even consider it more and line up work and spend time with him, etc. But really, as I thought about it, I realized I had the time. Every day is the same 24 hour cycle. Every workday around 8 hours. Surely I could have found even 20 minutes a day to work with him. But it wasn’t that. It wasn’t that I couldn’t find the time. I couldn’t find the attention — especially sustained attention. My mind fills up with a few key projects and that’s it. I’m absorbed by those. That’s where my attention is. Had I made 20 minutes here and there for him, I’d be physically present in that moment, but mentally I’d be elsewhere. And that’s not fair to either of us. Time and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.

Balancing app development with a new drawing! Cottage cheese, jam, and blueberries for a local academy submission 🫐✏️

Enjoying this week's @lovable webinar with @felixhaas & @lovableshipped Inspiring to see how accessible it's become to go from an idea to MVP #productdevelopment #MVP Started to create @mycalmlydo with this in mind, a gentle task companion to take ideas forward

🔥 OK, let’s do this: Repost Fav Comment "Magnific" for a chance to: Join me for a one hour online cafe to personally betatest the new TOP SECRET thing we're building at Magnific as soon as it's ready. You in?

Tuning into a lecture with Chris Donnelly and his approach to idea generation & validation 🤔💡 Insights on making sure ideas are solid from the start #IdeaValidation @lovableshipped @lovable

Accepted! Crafting a tiny, cosy task accountability system, especially for ASD, neurodivergent individuals, and those navigating trauma 🚀☕ @lovableshipped @lovable

My Lovable Shipped application 🚀 #LovableApp #BuildInPublic interested to see how this unfolds.. shipped.lovable.app/label/LV…

I made a chat-based photo editor UI ✨inspired by @TypingMindApp approach! 🔑 Bring your own @FAL API key (pay by usage only) 🔒 Local storage of your chats & edits 🚨 $19 early bird price (will increase the price when I add more features)

How are y'all experimenting with FLUX.1 Kontext & Kling 2.1 generations? Directly through @FAL or @replicate interfaces? I made a better UI for it! 🙋‍♂️Who want to try it? 💸 I'm giving away 5 lifetime licenses!

IT'S FINALLY HERE! 🔥 Magnific Style Transfer! 🔥 Transform any image, controlling the amount of style transferred and the structural integrity ✨ Infinite use cases! 3d, video games, interior design, for fun... Details, 10 tutorials & HUGE surprise 🧵👇

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but you're probably overcomplicating it.

Amazing to see, another superb update! @TypingMindApp

Thank you @KateBour, really great advice! Reminds me of youtu.be/FS1mnISoG7U @shanselman's excellent talk.

Excited to be meeting folk in person and speaking on how emerging creative technology enables earlier engagement @DigiConWeek 19th May at 11:00am, Geospatial Theatre. #DCW2022 #DigitalConstruction #Creativity #OurJacobs @JacobsConnects

Using Twitter professionally is hard, particularly when you're just getting started. Let me break it down into bite-size chunks for you. Over the last two weeks, I recorded 15 short high-impact videos with actionable strategies & tactics that got me to 63k followers. 👇Enjoy!

If anyone in the entire U.K. wants to plant thousands of trees on their land for free, this winter, and doesn’t care about income just wants free trees, I will drive to you in my EV and we’ll get that going. Swear to god it’s free for you. Just don’t cut em down for 30 years. RT.

🚨HUGE news! After 5 years of solo dev work… Omno is OUT NOW on @Steam, @EpicGames, @PlayStation, @Xbox & @XboxGamePass! ️ RTs, likes & sharing would all be amazing. Can’t believe it’s out! And if you wanted to play it: tap.bio/@StudioInkyfox

any UK/EU based bame artists who are hot shit at illustrator - please, @ me! i want to know who you are for upcoming and future roles. jr, mid, sr - pop bye and say ‘hi’ :)

It's done! FINALLY I can share this! Basically everything I've posted over the past 3 years has been for this first episode of Dynamo Dream. I really hope you enjoy it :D youtu.be/LsGZ_2RuJ2A