Jobs: Gleb Kalinin, coming up with new services for "Mail of Russia"
Workplaces / / December 27, 2019
Gleb Kalinin
Entrepreneur and producer of Internet projects. Co-founder of the social network for neighbors' Lokolo ", initiator and first editor in chief of the St. Petersburg version of the site," Theory and Practice ". Several years ran his own agency, is engaged in design, consulting and development of web projects. Currently engaged in new services and products for the "Mail of Russia".
What do you do in your work?
I work for an agency Ilya Tsentsiper on new products and services for the "Mail of Russia". I am now, to my surprise, I go off-line process, and before that for more than 10 years had to deal only with online.
How does your workplace?
At work, I have a fairly concise and uninventive setup: monitor Thunderbolt Display, wired keyboard (because I am terribly tired of changing batteries), Magic Mouse. MacBook Pro, I always carry with me. I tried to sit for the iMac work, but it's easier when all files and software are always in the same state.
Phone - iPhone 5c. Like many people around, I'm not going to update it. Still I have an iPad 2, which is after the update has become pretty slow down, and I gave up - he literally covered with dust.
What software use?
About six years ago I went on a Mac. I bought from a friend already at that time not the latest MacBook. Although the parameters of the computer and my then-inferior, but still worked quicker and smarter.
I am now involved in the OS X beta testing, so I always have the latest version of the updates put three or four times a month.
I have met people who are very disappointed in Yosemite and even came to pass on Windows.
But I does not bother everything that happens with Mac OS: I know that to get used to the changes in a week or two. But what happens to the iron, less happy: in my last Mac, which I can make an upgrade.
For me the important reason for switching to Mac was a combination of highly detailed interface and native support for BSD-style command line. I always open iTermMost of the file operations I produce through the command line. Download, unzip, rename I always faster in the terminal, there I run through SSH their VPS-server and homemade Raspberry Pi, which I recently presented and which I still looking application.
Browser - Chrome, there I found about twenty extensions. The most useful:
- Vertical Tabs to deal with tabs, which I always open dozens;
- Defer for sending articles to Pocket;
- pinboard Plus To work with bookmarks.
a couple of extensions I even wrote himself. For example, Word of the Day, which It shows the word of the day from Merriam-Webster site in every new tab you open. Expansion, replacing the new tab, in general an interesting topic: the same screen you can see most of their own desktop, it seems, this space can be used to better advantage.
By the way, on the desktop, I dump. Work files I'm pretty systematically laid out in Dropbox, and all sorts of temporary files stored on the desktop. Periodically I have them understand, of course, because a clogged desktop affects the performance of your computer.
Now I use a lot of Numbers. This Excel analog, but it is possible to draw a pretty charts and graphs on an infinite canvas arrange any number of tables, text, images. For analytical work, it is very convenient.
I'm tired of fighting with Evernote, for me it has become unwieldy, clumsy, constantly at the most inopportune moment, offers updates. I wanted something that works with lightning speed, and does not get in the way. But I have dumped Evernote automatically generated services such as IFTTT notes (marked articles from Pocket, elected tweets and so on).
Email - Gmail, and for personal and corporate needs. I try to stick to the principle of zero inbox. For all kinds of automated message write filters, they've got about a hundred. For example, notifications of social networks are displayed on folders, not getting to your inbox, they do I check in one go. From all the unimportant I try to unsubscribe immediately. I use the service Unroll.meThat filters the mailbox and collects mailing in one tape, all of this is sent once a day in the form of one more letter.
FROM social networks I try to be very careful. The Chrome extension I should Newsfeed Eradicator for Facebook, which hides the news feed, so that the computer I do not read it at all, only mobile. Sometimes I read Twitter, where I mainly professional subscription, and the tape can monitor counterparts. But as a source of useful content is still better work aggregators like News.me service that sends the top stories from my tape Facebook and Twitter in the form of a letter.
Forconductnotes started using nvALT - clone frozen Notation Velocity. It allows you to instantly search and create new notes, can keep them as a separate text file, and as a base, can be synchronized with Simplenote, Which I use in the phone.
I enjoy Japanese autlayner Tree. This editor that allows you to work on the text in the form of a tree - a great alternative mayndmepam. Sometimes I use it to take notes on the go structuring text - so with it is much easier to work with later.
The iPhone I have a lot of applications related to language:
- Dictionary of Russian language;
- English-Russian dictionary;
- dictionary Merriam-Webster;
- Terminology (English-English explanatory dictionary and thesaurus) application;
- wonderful app Vocab.com, which helps to actively expand vocabulary;
- Anki for cards.
I constantly improve their own and English, and Russian - to expand "the limits of my world", to quote Wittgenstein. The larger and more accurately understand the language, the more your mental toolbox. Doug Lemov, for example, argues that the most reliable indicator of academic achievement is not the IQ, and possession of a dictionary, and the most reliable way to develop intelligence - to expand vocabulary, paying attention to nuances, such as the subtle differences between synonymous.
As You Need a Budget I am budget. This is not just an application for managing personal finances, but a whole methodology doing the budget, which aims - to stop living paycheck to paycheck, be prepared for unexpected spending, saving and investing. Use with his wife for more than two years and are very happy.
Often I use application WorkflowThat automates many tasks and allows you to bypass some of the iOS restrictions (for example, you can download YouTube videos).
In addition, interesting applications came from IFTTT: Do Button, Do Camera, Do Note. They allow you to create one-button scenario, such as a tap to take a photo and send it to Twitter.
Also useful GoodReader, which allows not only easy to read PDF-files, but also relatively convenient to download them from the Web. Podcasts and audiobooks to listen Downcast, the best player so far not found.
How do you organize your time?
I try to keep in mind the horizon of two to three years. More does not work, and in the world is changing too fast, in order to plan further.
I am trying to more carefully plan the next year and a month. I liked the approach of Peter Bregman, who in his book "18 minutes"Offers a choice of five goals or areas of life, the work of 95% of their time, leaving the remaining 5% to churn and unforeseen events.
I tried to use the GTD method, but it was too complicated for me. Much better caught Pomodoro technique.
A habit which seems to me important, - highlight in the calendar for each time his plan. I use a nice calendar SunriseAnd rooting useful habits helps me Timeful. This application itself is trying to find the optimal time for certain tasks and activities. In its development involved Dan ArielyWhose course on Coursera, as well as books about the irrationality, I heartily recommend.
What's your daily routine?
Always considered himself an owl, and if you can go back later, I'm happy to use it.
But the division into larks and owls is not so rigid as we think.
From my own experience I know that if I have to live on a specified schedule from the outside, the perfect stand and five in the morning. In those days, when I manage to get up early, I always have time to do in the morning is something important and pleasant.
Now we are with the guys from the Global Shapers community began to run once a week at 7:30 am. When it succeeds, the day after passes cheerfully. By 11 o'clock in the morning, when I need to be in the office, I have time to work out, what else to think, to work on their own projects.
In general, I intend to become a complete lark, and the only problem so far is that in the evenings I sometimes forget about it.
What place sport occupies in your life?
Previously a sport in my life did not occupy any space. At school I was even exempted from physical education. Then, for the wedding, I decided to have some get in shape, was a very good coach and became involved.
He scored 6 kilograms of muscle and in general began to look different. The main thing is that I understood: the regularity and perseverance can change not only the nature but also the physical shell. Now I go to the gym three times a week, doing weight training, each session mainly dedicate one muscle group.
In good weather in the free training days add some horizontal bars.
Very fond of weights. All who are with me talking about sports, I try to convince to try weight.
Several pieces have in my home. When not to the gym, I can carry home a mini-street workout. All exercises with weights uninsulated: works the whole body, and in motion. You can lose weight and, for example, making swings, and strength gain.
As a lot of cardio and go ride a scooter. On it pretty quickly get off from work to home - 7-8 kilometers. Last year I closed the season in November, and this opened in February. Like many, I least like to train legs and scooter allows them to develop passive (in fact, no, but the effect is there anyway).
This Oxelo Town 9 to move to the optimal average distance. He has a hand brake, spring to ride the endless Moscow tile. He formed a movement, it is simple enough to carry on the subway, for that, I always carry a bag.
Starting this year, every day I give myself at least a minimum physical activity, going to get more mini-skateboard to carry it with you when you do not take the scooter. In Moscow, by the way, all wheel means, in addition to sports bonus offer another advantage - a half to two times reduces the time to move.
How to pass the time in traffic jams?
I have arranged life so that to get the office in 30 minutes, 15 of which go on foot. On the move I listen to podcasts and audiobooks, transport look through short articles and news from the phone in the Pocket; books and articles have a longer read with Kindle Paperwhite.
When I go on a scooter, also listen to the audio.
On an average day dial at least 30-60 minutes of audio. For me it is a very natural perception of the information format, in a move it is well absorbed.
I can easily recall what I was listening to an audiobook, when running in the park last summer.
Is there a place in your paper work?
I always carry in my backpack notebook A4 on a spring in it to make notes during a meeting, writing notes. I started a rule for yourself: on each article or video lectures to leave at least a small entry with the basic thoughts.
In notebook while watching video lectures to make notes and try to draw a portrait of a lecturer and a few pictures on the theme of the story. It turns usually bad, but is remembered well.
Also, sometimes I type complex items for which it would be desirable marker could move (though it is quite nail-biting).
Layfhakerstvo by Gleb Kalinin
Me and my view of life influenced many Aldous Huxleyphilosopher Thomas Metzinger, Daniel Kahneman, Jonathan Hyde and others. They have taught and continue to teach me to understand ourselves as part of a very complex structure with multiple overlapping nature of the restrictions. By knowing and recognizing these limitations, we can grow, develop and bring this amazing and very temporary world favor.
I recently made a pretty big list of podcastsIf you select only three, it will:
- Seminars About Long-Term Thinking - a series of lectures The Long Now Foundation, an organization founded by Brian Eno and Stewart Brand, which promotes long-term thinking.
- The Partially Examined Life - The easiest way to expand your philosophical horizons.
- Carnegie Council Audio Podcast - a podcast with a political slant, but guests are interdisciplinary, it is thanks to him I learned about Jonathan Hyde.
VideoWhich I recommend to look:
- «Postnauka"- the only Russian recommendation.
- Edge.org - talk about science.
- Talks at Google - Google invites very powerful authors on a variety of topics. Everything is probably not worth watching, but I periodically the articulation of something interesting.
booksWho I recommend reading:
- «Management firm, providing professional services"David Meister. If I was starting a consulting business now, you would start with a re-reading of this book.
- «Think slowly resolved quickly ..."Daniel Kahneman. Important book about the two systems of thought.
- «Isle"Aldous Huxley. The last book of the author's anti-utopia "Brave New World" (which, alas, is less well known than the less talented work of Orwell), fine thinker and philosopher, this time - rather utopian. Not high literature, but rather a collection of the author's thoughts on the optimal structure of the universe, but it is extremely deep thoughts.
My advice layfhakeram associated with the last two books: Know yourself. Not only themselves as a unique personality, but also as a kind of representative of the human race, which is unique not so much. Know your limitations, cognitive distortions, which we are all exposed. Observe yourself, know your thoughts and emotions. Try to understand what is reality and what our fantasies about her. Look for and never stop. Truth we can never find out, but at least live so much more interesting.