Links #140

Dan Moore on defaulting to action. “When you have something you want to do and that you feel is in scope for your position, but you want a bit of reassurance or to let the boss know what you are up to, it’s common to reach out and ask them for permission. Don’t. Don’t ask for a yes. Instead, offer a chance to say no, but with a deadline.”

Jim Nielsen on building websites with lots of little HTML pages. I like this idea.

Tyler Sticka on designing in the browser. Yep. On my own projects I typically make some initial pen-and-paper sketches to think things through, and then I almost always move directly to HTML and CSS.

Alan Jacobs on his method of writing, an interesting counterpoint to the daily habit method.

Ed Conway on whether there are any lost minerals. “A few months ago I promised to write a series of posts documenting the world’s lost materials. I was quite excited about it; over time I was hoping to build up a catalogue of all of those substances humanity once used to mine and extract from the earth’s crust, but have now been exhausted.” Interesting!