Jess and Jon get into Jess’s new job at the bakery, the history of bread, and brewing beer. After that they talk about what outcomes matter in side projects, how investment in skill development squares with producing value now, and how we can make things more efficient by finding activities that allow us to work two two different goals at the same time. They then break down their thinking about Checklists, SOPs, and mind maps, how these are used, and the kinds of information they’re best suited to organize. They also talk about some recent travels to the Cliffs of Moher, England, and Italy, cheap plane tickets, the cold of Ireland, and the heat of Miami.

The Cliffs of Moher

Galway city’s population: 80k

York’s history - hasn’t mattered for a long time

Cooked - Michael Pollan

Jess’s current project - a blog on transparency in supply chain

Amateur hours - work on a specific skill for 30 hours

Getting Things Done - David Allen

SOPs - Standard Operating Procedures

Todoist - task management

OneNote - digital notebook

Trello - a kanban task manager

Evernote - a place to save anything to reference later

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