I wrote 67 blog posts in 2017. They cover lot’s of different topics, but the two main areas of focus are work and cryptocurrency.
Here they all sorted by topic.
Books, Movies, Podcasts
1) Men of Opinion vs. Men of Action
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/01/men-opinion-vs-men-action/
The types of people who care about what others think, instead of focusing on what they do.
3) The Quality Without a Name
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/01/quality-without-name/
Christopher Alexander’s idea applied to people.
6) Re-Reading Harry Potter
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/03/re-reading-harry-potter/
I re-read all the Harry Potter books this spring and wrote out some of the ideas that stuck out.
12) Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield | Notes & Quotes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/09/turning-pro-steven-pressfield/
The follow up to The War of Art is a fantastic read for anyone trying to do something hard.
13) The Fish That Ate the Whale | Notes & Quotes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/09/fish-ate-whale/
The story of banana titan Samuel Zemurray.
26) The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz | Notes & Quotes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/hard-thing-hard-things-notes-quotes/
Ben Horowitz shares the trials and tribulations of building a company.
27) Commerce Brings Light to the Darkest Places (Wonder Woman)
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/commerce-brings-light-darkest-places-wonder-woman/
Shining some light on an easy to overlook sign from the great Wonder Woman.
37) Masters of Scale Notes: Episodes 1-4
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/masters-scale-notes-episodes-1-4/
My notes on the first half of the Masters of Scale podcast.
Work
10) Sitting and Working
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/08/sitting-and-working/
A big part of getting things done is just getting started.
14) Commitment is Key
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/09/commitment-is-key/
Personal growth happens when you commit to something you don’t know you can do.
15) Self-Motivation and Commitment
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/10/self-motivation-commitment-obsession/
We focus too much on the idea of motivation and too little on commitment and courage.
20) Making Shitloads of Money
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/making-shitloads-money/
Effort does not equal value created, but to learn how to create lots of value you need to work hard.
23) How to Get a Remote Job
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/get-remote-job/
Jobs are dynamic.
24) Rationalize vs. Actualize
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/rationalize-vs-actualize/
You choose your future dozens of times a day.
25) Great Work Requires Courage
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/great-work-requires-courage/
Courage isn’t just for war movies.
28) Perspective and Digital Work
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/the-importance-of-perspective/
You control how you feel about your work.
35) Momentum at Work
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/momentum-at-work/
Doing small things well leads to big results.
36) Committing to Work
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/committing-to-work/
Don’t think of your job as continuing forever.
45) Forged Not Built
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/forged-not-built/
Don’t prepare, jump in and learn as you go.
47) Why Businesses Hire
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/why-businesses-hire/
Don’t get lost in the abstraction of a job.
48) You Don’t Like Your Job Because You Suck at Your Job
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/dont-like-job-suck-job/
Most negative feelings about work are driven by disatisfaction with your own performance.
53) Learning To Work and The Great Divorce
https://www.yours.org/content/learning-to-work-and-the-great-divorce-71f3ff193e3a
Learning hurts.
60) Creating a New Standard
https://www.yours.org/content/creating-a-new-standard–c877a981aa6c
When you make something great, people come to expect greatness.
64) Build Your Own McDonald’s
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/build-your-own-mcdonalds/
A lesson from The Founder.
Cryptocurrency
29) The Beautiful Chaos of Cryptocurrency
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/beautiful-chaos-cryptocurrency/
The awesomeness of a market for money.
32) What Is Bitcoin?
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/what-is-bitcoin/
Some thoughts about bitcoin.
33) Why Cryptocurrency Matters
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/why-cryptocurrency-matters/
Thinking big picture about cryptocurrency.
41) Culture and Betting
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/culture-and-betting/
The power of open prediction markets.
42) Cats on the Blockchain
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/cryptokitties/
Some thoughts on CryptoKitties.
49) Technical “Analysis”
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/logic-technical-analysis/
Technical Analysis is dumb.
52) Don’t Let Crypto-FOMO Ruin The Revolution
https://www.yours.org/content/don-t-let-crypto-fomo-ruin-the-revolution–5d4d54e106a2
Don’t lose the forest for the trees.
54) Tipping For Everything
https://www.yours.org/content/tipping-for-everything-1b3e4f60cb63
How small payments can make the world run smoother.
56) Assumptions and Arguments for 1mb Blocksize
https://www.yours.org/content/assumptions-and-arguments-for-1mb-blocksize-3bcdf8612060
Thoughts on the block size limit.
58) Cryptocurrency Calendar Idea
https://www.yours.org/content/bitcoin-cash-calendar-idea–2d855039e06e
59) A Store of Value is Relative
https://www.yours.org/content/a-store-of-value-is-relative-b509706079f1
Thoughts on the BTC is a store of value arguement.
61) For Cryptocurrency Marketing is Overrated and Underrated
https://www.yours.org/content/for-cryptocurrency-marketing-is-overrated-and-underrated–a154a18cec0c
65) Which is Bitcoin?
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/which-is-bitcoin/
What is the true bitcoin.
67) The Nights Watch | Trusting a Network with Fewer Nodes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/the-nights-watch/
Solution to the risks that come from node centralization.
Liberty
2) Freelancing and Immigration
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/01/freelancing-and-immigration/
How the future of work is making borders irrelevent.
40) Uber Heroes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/uber-heroes/Uber-Heroes
Uber drivers are heros.
44) A Generation Without Borders
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/generation-without-borders/
The internet is disolving the borders between nations.
Personal Development
7) Human Being Owners Manual
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/05/human-owners-manual/
Books that have changed my life.
8) Travel and Learning What You Like
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/06/travel-learning-like/
How travel helps you learn what you like.
9) Becoming Who You’re Meant To Be
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/08/becoming-youre-meant/
Self-improvement means leaving part of your old self behind.
16) Old Rules vs. New Rules
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/old-rules-vs-new-rules/
What different generations are optimizing for.
18) Making Good Decisions
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/making-good-decisions/
Not being afraid to make a choice.
19) Gaining Perspective
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/gaining-perspective/
You have the power to change how you interpret a situation.
22) Empathy as a Superpower
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/empathy-as-a-superpower/
People misunderstand the value of empathy.
30) Patience + Persistence
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/patience/
The two keys to success.
34) Taking Education for Granted
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/taking-education-granted/
It’s easy to overlook what you are learning.
38) Three Morning Actions to Make Your Day More Productive
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/three-morning-actions-make-day-productive/
39) The Labour (or Wordcount) Theory of Blogging
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/labour-wordcount-theory-blogging/
More words does not equal a better post.
43) How to Learn What You’ve Learned
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/learn-youve-learned/
46) Being Remembered Isn’t Worth It
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/remember-isnt-worth/
Live your life for enjoyment, not for history.
50) Gap and Gain
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/gap-and-gain/
Look at how far you’ve made it, not how far you have to go.
62) My Four Favorite Motivational Videos
https://www.yours.org/content/my-four-favorite-motivational-videos-bdff27efeb16
66) Easy Money is Never Easy
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/easy-money-never-easy/
The desire for results without work will leave you with poor results.
Other
4) Trump and Scapegoats
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/02/trump-and-scapegoats/
Rene Girad’s idea applied to how people view Trump.
63) Free Likes vs. Paid Votes
https://www.yours.org/content/free-likes-vs–paid-votes–3e607b15a3b5
How paying to vote on posts changes a social network.
55) Four Yours.org Use Cases
https://www.yours.org/content/four-yours-org-use-cases-f469870ef326
57) Three Unrelated Predictions for 2018
https://www.yours.org/content/three-unrelated-predictions-for-2018–61ce2682ea68
Updates
5) So Far This Year Update | Travel, Podcasts, Writing, Reading
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/03/far-year-update/
A scan through the first quarter of 2017.
11) Introducing: Game of Thrones Philosophy Breakdown
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/09/introducing-game-of-thrones-philosophy-breakdown/
I started a new podcast this year with my good friend James Walpole!
17) One Month in Mexico City
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/one-month-mexico/
Initial thoughts on our base for the next 6 months.
21) My Two Best Purchases This Year
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/two-best-purchases-year/
A laptop stand and an app.
31) 177 Episodes
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/11/177-episodes/
We’ve podcasted A LOT since 2014.
51) 12 Days of Yours.org
https://ryanaferguson.com/2017/12/12-days-org/
Recap of my 12 day experiment blogging on yours.org.
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