Weekly Update: Week Two Hundred Forty

Current Project: Reading books about entrepreneurs and sharing what I learned from them

Mission: Create a library of wisdom from notable entrepreneurs that current entrepreneurs can leverage to increase their chances of success

Cumulative metrics (since 4/1/24):

  • Total books read: 35
  • Total book digests created: 14
  • Total blog posts published: 210
  • Total audio recordings published: 103

This week’s metrics:

  • Books read: 1
  • Book digests created: 2 (using technology)
  • Blog posts published: 7
  • Audio recordings published: 0

What I completed this week (link to last week’s commitments):

  • Read a biography about Steve Ross, founder of Time Warner and Warner Communications
  • Added two books to my “book library” MVP
  • Tested prompts, system instructions, and LLMs to improve the quality of responses from the “book library” MVP
  • Created two book digests via my “book digest” MVP
  • Tested prompts, system instructions, and system settings to improve the quality of AI-generated book digests

What I’ll do next week:

  • Read a biography or autobiography
  • Read my highlights from David Allen’s Getting Things Done
  • Read my highlights from Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain
  • Read two resources on prompt engineering
  • Test different prompting for the “book digest” MVP
  • Test adding a book’s contents to the “book library” MVP in different ways to improve response quality
  • Identify the path to launching the MVPs publicly so others can test them

Asks:

  • None

Week two hundred forty was another week of learning. Looking forward to next week!