I’ll square with you – this blog exists for mostly selfish reasons. Although frankly, I’m guessing that’s actually why most blogs exist. Selfish in that my reasons for starting ProjectRisk are primarily to make a habit of writing and as a vehicle to organize and record my thoughts on various topics related to my PhD research. I already write a lot, albeit in a very informal and fragmented way. Scrawled notes. Loose paper. Google docs, Evernote. Recently, I’m finding that I need something more substantial to help facilitate meaningful learning and insight. More meaningful, certainly, than the graveyard of yellow sticky notes wallpapering my desk.
J3C.001: This is Real.
First things first: This is Craig writing this. It’s not spam. This is real.
Welcome to the new additions to Just Three Channels. If this is the first time you are receiving this message and want to know what it’s all about, check out the description underneath the signature. List size has doubled since last week.
Before jumping into this week’s selection, I promised I’d explain where the name Just Three Channels came from.
Years ago I moved to New Zealand after finishing university in Canada. I lived with students down there, and we were poor. We couldn’t afford premium cable so we had “poor man’s cable” which only had three watchable channels. Despite the limited selection, we always found something to watch. Years later when I moved back to Canada and got a real job, I got digital cable, which had literally HUNDREDS of channels….and despite the higher number of choices, I couldn’t seem to decide what to watch. Have so many options was overwhelming. Adding choices and complexity isn’t always a good thing, as you’ll see in the piece below about the paradox of choice.
Calling this list Just Three Channels reminds me to focus on simplicity, clarity, and removing noise.
For what it’s worth, I don’t even own a TV now.
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