Sleeping tactics and f.lux
Hi all, I started You Exec with a few friends -- and its true, most of the people I have interviewed request to remain anonymous -- we had one person ask for money and we refused, hence we can't use his name. The other ones would rather remain annon because his customers would feel used (that was the viral gifts one). And you're right, we are a small team and do this on the side... so sometimes typos do happen.
Overall, we carry out interviews, write articles, and create resources to help professionals. I thought this sleep article would help some developers. Why don't you ask me anything and I'll be happy to answer. And I am sorry for the negative energy in the comments -- overall, if I can be of service or help let me know.
How was the 1% to 2% decrease in performance measured? Or was it a case of let's make up a number so our article appears to have an experimental basis.
Everyone is talking about the company or typos for some reason. The article here actually has some interesting ideas though. I think I'll send it to Kindle to read instead of a phone in the spirit of that.
"Sleep is the new status symbol."
Seriously, I actually sleep quite a bit, but this guy comparing himself to an athlete at work, and also telling me that he has to sleep 11h in the days we goes working out is just plain bragging... which is typical from the Fortune 100 execs the article then claims that they might or may not (this part is weird) be interviewing.
It doesn't seem to mention anything about who the interviewee is. Clicking through a few other articles on the site shows the same pattern. A very odd angle for a web site. We "interview" anonymous people who may or may not be Fortune 100 execs, and further may or may not be real people.
Tangential but does he really need 10 hours of sleep a day? The article says from 10 till 8.
I know that some people need that amount to be well rested but that's unusual and often it turns out that they also need exercise and a change to a healthier diet and once those happen, they need less sleep.
For any interested, Red Moon is a GPL android app for filtering blue light and dimming your screen. https://github.com/raatmarien/red-moon
Disclaimer: I am one of the developers.
Slightly off-topic, but I previously used f.lux and switched to redshift-gtk. It has a system-try indicator and auto-start built-in.
Can someone explain more of the backstory behind Youexec? I can't tell if their sparse, name-dropping landing page is brilliant or a marketing hack. And I've got a marketing background so that's saying a lot!
Works 5 hours a day, sleeps 10? Nice work if you can get it.
"all the light bulbs in my home are warm, they emit more yellow and orange than any other color. Like chocolate at midnight, "
Now, it is not that easy to find these light bulbs that emit extra more yellow/orange light and chocolate color at midnight
> airplane mode
My old HTC had quiet times - mute the phone unless an the same person phones twice. It was a great feature that doesn't seem to have made it into newer models.
So many "as sleep" instead of "asleep".
Why not just wear a pair of blue blocker sunglasses?