From fc06d5e531709575d0933e77d3c292a969bb469a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Bell Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2024 15:08:06 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Oops content edits Maybe I should start branches for specific page changes --- ...024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md | 2 - _posts/on-travel-packing.md | 57 +++++++++++++++++++ _roles/Al-Jazeera.md | 8 +-- 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _posts/on-travel-packing.md diff --git a/_posts/2024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md b/_posts/2024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md index 9ee69ad..06b2dec 100644 --- a/_posts/2024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md +++ b/_posts/2024-09-27-experiment-tracking-dashboard.md @@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ drafting: date: '2024-9-27' modified_date: null author: Eric Bell -orig_pub_url: null -orig_pub_label: null summary: A Figma Slides template for tracking your lean startup experiments. thumbnail: "/assets/images/experiments-template.jpg" tags: diff --git a/_posts/on-travel-packing.md b/_posts/on-travel-packing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e47148 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/on-travel-packing.md @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +--- +title: On travel packing +layout: post +drafting: true +date: +modified_date: null +author: Eric Bell +summary: Travel packing tips for minimalist packing, with some list examples. +thumbnail: "/assets/images/experiments-template.jpg" +tags: [travel, digital nomad, template] +company: HyeTech +--- + +I spent lockdown watching a lot of YouTube videos about minimalist packing strategies. + +## Context + +During lockdown, I got into minimalist travel and efficient packing strategies. + +For me, this mostly meant discovering the usefulness of packing cubes for organization and switching a lot of my clothing to merino wool. I also ended up making checklist templates, so that I didn't have to worry about reinventing my packing needs for each trip. + +After lockdown, this left me with a great setup to start experimenting with digital nomading and sustainable travel strategies. + +## My lessons + +As far as strategic approaches, my big lessons have been: +- Packing cubes are great for organizing things (not really for saving space), like having “drawers” for each type of thing that’s easy to pack and keep track of. +- Rolling up clothes is the way to go. +- Merino wool undershirts and overshirts are the way to go (but hard/expensive to find really soft ones), also socks. Synthetic underwear not merino, though. +- Getting used to washing things in the sink (I can basically survive on three sets of clothes indefinitely, with wool and synthetics that hang dry fast). Basically, decide if you’re packing “everything to last for X days” or “an indefinite length of an X-day-long rotating wardrobe”. +- One weird thing I did was get rid of all my liquid toiletries (solid conditioner, toothpaste tablets, etc), in order to avoid having to take things out at airport security, but that might be extreme. + +## My examples + +After thinking through + +As far as concrete examples, I did document some things like how I pack a suitcase and bag. + +[backpack] + +[packing cubes] + +[suitcase] + +I also made a checklist template in Trello for each bag, with the above photo as the thumbnail for each one. +- Suitcase list +- Backpack list (regular and one-bag versions) +- General list (planning and apartment cleanup items) + +[trello example] + +## Other people’s advice + +There are endless videos on this sort of thing, but if you have the stomach for them they’re often insightful +- [*Digital nomad packing resources*](https://packhacker.com/packing-list/digital-nomad/). The digital nomad lists tend to be full of new/fancy/pricy things, but there’s no real need to get specialized expensive stuff (except maybe wool), it’s more about the mindset and thinking through your needs. That same site has a budget travel packing list, too. +- [*A couple describes their overall approach and lessons*](https://youtu.be/M4WxFM2uV2U). They also have one talking about what they've found merino wool is actually useful for. + diff --git a/_roles/Al-Jazeera.md b/_roles/Al-Jazeera.md index 6ee0d81..6bb05f0 100644 --- a/_roles/Al-Jazeera.md +++ b/_roles/Al-Jazeera.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Al Jazeera's digital team works to support mustiple edutorial bureaus working oc ### Approach **Mobile baseline evaulation and scoping**. Conducting a thorough review of the mobile experience, including heuristic evaluation, user flow analytics, stakeholder interviews. Identified biggest impact opportunities, and scoped high priority project areas and strategic approaches for each. - + **Priority projects execution**. Executed on top slice MVPs of highest priority projects. Including building a Figma design system from scratch to align mobile app branding and style with web, filling functionality gaps between mobile and web, addressing critical mobile usability issues, and optimizing the onboarding experience. -[fire list] + **Team coaching**. Paired with individual designers across teams, introduced new team processes to improve collaboration and alignment, and encouraged team collaboration on design system creation. -[design file? or n/a] + ### Impact