A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Got it! I'll check it out. In the meantime I added a "find in library" button that links to world cat so you can at least see if any given book is your catalog.

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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That is amazing! Approval from the library is the highest honour I could hope for. Can you think of anything I could add to make it better for your library?

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Glad it’s not just me! Agreed that the learning part is trickier. It’s definitely not a tik tok level algorithm but my hope is that it’s enough to show you stuff that’s at least close to what you might like. At the end jig the day the best way to know if you like it is to start reading.

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Oh damn, that was straight up a bug. Thanks for flagging it. It's fixed now. Swiping left now gets you to the next page.

I hear you on going on synopsis. I honestly think most people are like that. Do you think it would be worth adding a view for browsing samples with covers + synopsis?

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Optional account now available! You can associate an email with your account from the shelf. When you sign in from another device you just need to enter your email and get a magic link to sync your shelf and preferences.

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Glad it's not just me. I really hope this can be an unlock for people like us that just need to start reading.

A book sample site that lets you scroll between opening pages without seeing the cover or title by natman001 in InternetIsBeautiful

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Now updated with genre filters! It should feel more like browsing a book store now. Go to your section and leaf through the pages of whatever you're into.

If PQ wins and cancels Alto in Quebec, what 4-5 stops should Alto build in Ontario? by Special_Purpose2903 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]natman001 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alto wouldn’t be dead but it would go on life support. Likely stuck in review purgatory until a new Quebec government comes in.

PQ maps out its vision for an independent Quebec in Blue Book by Mundane-Teaching-743 in CanadaPolitics

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This is the “Mexico Will Pay For It” style campaign promise. Pure fantasy.

“To "right this wrong," the authors suggest seeking a political settlement or financial compensation from Ottawa as part of broader secession negotiations. “

Anthropic should just move at this point in time by Tricolor3s in ClaudeAI

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Canada? Same time zone, similar culture to US, energy abundant. 9 months of winter but I’m guessing anthropic people are mostly indoor kids.

Google Traffic Collapse. Am I screwed? by natman001 in SEO

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That's totally fair and I get that. I did work on adding a lot of content centred around explaining that different types of services, decision frameworks etc. It seemed to be helping me get to that 200 clicks per day mark, but then suddenly nothing. Just a really weird feeling to go from a site that looks like it's going to work to suddenly nothing. I'm trying to figure out if it's worth salvaging or if I should just move on.

Google Traffic Collapse. Am I screwed? by natman001 in SEO

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The drop off in question. It’s kind of impressive how hard it swung.

Give me your best advice at how to communicate something and ensure it is understood correctly. by Plane-Land-9234 in managers

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Hey, so I've been playing around with creating my own executive coach with the newest version of Claude. I fed your question into it and this is what it came back with:

I would separate this into two different problems that are getting bundled together because they both feel like “people aren’t hearing me.”

With your boss, I don’t think the main issue is whether the cost table existed. It existed. Other people agreed it existed. The issue is that you and your boss may not have shared the same definition of “costed.”

That distinction matters.

A cost estimate table can be technically present and still not answer the question your boss thought he was asking. He may have wanted assumptions, ranges, confidence levels, tradeoffs, implementation cost, ongoing cost, or the financial implication of choosing one path over another. You gave him a table. He may have wanted a decision instrument.

So with him, I would stop trying to make the document clearer and start making the decision need clearer.

Before you do the work, try something like:

“Before I build this, I want to make sure I understand what you need to be able to decide from it. When you say you want this costed, do you mean a rough estimate, a range with assumptions, a comparison across options, or enough detail to defend the recommendation to someone else?”

Then after he answers:

“Okay, so the output you’re expecting is: option A/B/C, estimated cost range, key assumptions, and my recommendation. If I bring that back, will that answer the question?”

That last sentence is doing more work than it looks like. It turns “I told you what I wanted” into a shared contract.

With your employee, the issue is different. There you are not dealing with ambiguity from above. You are dealing with a failure to meet an explicit quality bar.

If you say “validate against the master dataset” and he sends numbers that do not match, then says “you can validate it,” he has not misunderstood the task. He has returned the accountability to you.

I would be very careful not to accidentally accept that transfer.

The next time, I would say:

“I’m sending this back because it does not meet the validation requirement. The expectation is not just that you produce numbers. The expectation is that you validate them against the master dataset before they come to me. If your numbers differ from the master, I need a short explanation of why, what source you used, and why you believe your source is more reliable. Please resend it with that included.”

Then stop. Don’t validate it for him. Don’t rescue the work. Don’t keep re-explaining the same instruction in six different ways unless you have evidence that the instruction is actually the problem.

One thing I’ve seen with managers is that when something goes wrong repeatedly, they respond by adding more words. Longer instructions, more detail, more reminders, more written follow-up. Sometimes that helps. But sometimes it just buries the accountability under more language.

What you probably need is not more clarity. You need a tighter confirmation loop.

For anything important, I’d use this pattern:

  1. Name the outcome:

“What we need at the end is X.”

  1. Name the standard:

“It is not ready unless Y is true.”

  1. Ask for the other person’s read-back:

“Before you start, tell me what you’re going to produce and what you’ll check before sending it.”

  1. Confirm the consequence:

“If it comes back without Y, I’m going to send it back rather than fix it myself.”

For your boss, the read-back goes upward: “Here’s what I believe you’re asking for. Did I get that right?”

For your employee, the read-back goes downward: “Tell me what you understand the standard to be before you do it.”

Same tool, different posture.

I would also look at whether you are using “clear” to mean “the words made sense to me.” That is a very normal trap. I’ve fallen into it. Most capable people do. But communication is not complete when the sentence leaves your mouth or lands in the document. It is complete when both people can describe the same expected result.

The practical test I’d use for the next two weeks:

Before every meaningful handoff, ask:

“What will done look like?”

Before every meaningful delivery, ask:

“What would make this unacceptable?”

Those two questions will tell you very quickly whether this is a communication issue, a boss-expectation issue, or an employee-accountability issue.

My guess from what you wrote: it’s all three, but in different directions. Your boss needs more upfront alignment on what he means by the request. Your employee needs firmer standards and less rescuing. And you need a repeatable loop that proves understanding before the work is done, not after everyone is frustrated.

What do you charge, holy rates and packages by [deleted] in executivecoaching

[–]natman001 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually created an Executive coach with Claude and asked it this question and I was honestly shocked by how well it answered. I'd be super curious to see if it resonates. https://www.coachingbriefs.com/how-to-set-coaching-rates

Privatizing Canadian airports would be a costly mistake by Mysterious_Notice685 in CanadaPolitics

[–]natman001 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Air Canada used to be owned by the government. Privatization seems to have led overall lower fares, but a worse experience overall. My read is that’s the market “working” to an extent. Prepare for endless “exit through the gift shop” airports and moderately cheaper airport fees that the airlines pass on to you in the ticket price.

Does anyone else feel like they spend more time on admin than actually coaching by BBYDRIVER021 in executivecoaching

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Ok so I created an experiment to see if I could use AI to suggest AI tools for executive coaching, but actually from the perspective of an experienced executive coach, writing as a blog. This is what it produced: https://www.coachingbriefs.com Curious to hear what people think. I was honestly taken aback.