# third space (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover third space. Page: Feed: --- ## [You don't need another focus app. You need a third space.](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-another-focus-app-you) _2026-04-14 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ A third space is sort of, admittedly, a fancy/pompous way of saying somewhere outside of work or your home. You’ll realize what I’m essentially saying is “you need air.” That’s how important a third space is. But let me first back it up and walk you through this. Your focus is one of the most precious commodities out there right now, along with your energy. What you pour your focus and energy into… ## [Your Job Titles Are Not Impressive Anymore. We Don't Care](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/your-job-titles-are-not-impressive) _2026-04-02 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ The Teams meetings were a drag this week. The usual chalkboard-inducing, high-pitched corporate talk. The phony smiles. Fake excitement about projects nobody actually cares about. And by the end of the call, I let out a loud, obnoxious sigh of relief. Though I wasn’t trying to be obnoxious. I felt like I’d just delivered my best Oscars performance. “I’m so excited!!!…" I nasily exclaimed. “I… ## [We Are All Suffering From Zoochosis](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/we-are-all-suffering-from-zoochosis) _2026-02-02 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ It’s 1992. And Bill Travers is analyzing three years of video footage from more than 100 zoos across North America, Europe, and the Far East. This footage would later, in 1993, be used for Born Free’s Zoochotic Report film. His observations would lead him to create a term that would increase awareness of this then-puzzling phenomenon: zoochosis. ## [Doing nothing is not the opposite of productivity](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/doing-nothing-is-not-the-opposite) _2026-01-11 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ What is doing nothing to you? If you were to pose this question to most people today, many would define “doing nothing” as anything that does not generate money. Time without financial return is treated as a waste of time. Rest is only justified if it leads back to output. And hobbies are tolerated only when they can be optimized, branded, or monetized, which sadly has happened to me numerous… ## [Just read the damn book. Who cares about the format.](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/just-read-the-damn-book-who-cares) _2026-01-08 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ Not everything needs a debate ## [How quitting became my default setting (don't let it be yours)](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/how-quitting-became-my-default-setting) _2025-11-30 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ “Hey, what happened to your planner business?” she asked suddenly as I sipped from the bitter cappuccino made by the amateur barista. ## [The Internet: I'm over it. And so are we all collectively.](https://17tabsopen.substack.com/p/the-internet-im-over-it-and-so-are) _2025-11-25 · Ridvan Aly · 17 Tabs Open_ Lately, I’m bored.