When We Embrace Boredom We Embrace Thinking Time
A recent post from Jamie got me thinking about our relationship to boredom and good deep thinking and progress on hard problems in our lives. I’ll start by highlighting a pertinent paragraph he writes as he wrestles with the choice to always have an audiobook around. The walk got me thinking: there are probably a […]
Four Thousand Weeks – Time Management for Mortals
Did you know that you have about 4000 weeks to live from beginning to end? Thinking of it like that reminds me of the life calendar which is a sobering look at how little time you have to hang out with those that you love. While this book is designed to help pull you up […]
2 Ways to Restrict Access to a WP Engine Staging Site
While I develop locally, I also need to show off new work to clients before it gets approved and pushed to a live site and that means I need a staging site that is accessible on the web to my clients. That site is also accessible to everyone else that is using the web, which […]
How I Organize Video Course Notes
In my Getting Started with Zettelkasten Course I’ve been asked how I go about taking notes for video courses. Today I’m going to walk you through how I organize Obsidian to take those notes. Members get all my courses and books for free. Learn more about membership. Learn to have a good process regardless of […]
Greg on Followers and Supporters
Greg talked about how supporters are far more valuable to creators than followers. The gist is that followers just read your stuff, supporters actually pay for it in some way. His thoughts remind me a lot of the 1000 true fans someone needs to create a viable thing. I diverge from Greg though in going […]
Best Sync Service for Obsidian
Today you’re getting a sample course from my Getting Started with Obsidian Course. You can purchase the course below, or members get access to all my courses
Yoink bring clipboard history to iPad
One of the features I use all the time in Alfred on macOS is the clipboard manager. So many times while writing code I need to copy something, then copy another piece of text, and finally paste them both in the same field. Alfred makes this easy and it’s been a feature that iPadOS has […]
Yup AirPlay is Kind of Broken
In this article Jason Snell laments the state of AirPlay on macOS and I totally agree it’s broken. I have 2 Sonos speakers in my office. One Sonos One and one Sonos Roam. The Roam does double duty as it moves around the house a few times a week to be a speaker for others […]
DailyTekk on being Successful
Specifically I like Chris’ thoughts on finding a frontier. I started with WordPress in 2008 when it was very much a frontier and it’s why I have the coding career I have today. It’s why many people subscribe to my site and still are interested in what I have to say. I also think I’m […]
A look at how Josh Kaufman does research and reading
I’d love to be like Josh and get to spend 75% of my day reading. I mean I get to spend a decent amount of time reading books or articles, but I’d prefer to do more. I also like his unlimited book budget, which I don’t have. Check the article out for his reading process, […]
Getting Started with Obsidian
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