Is LinkedIn built on data slop?
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Heather makes a good case that LinkedIn has more bad data about you than good. I know I’ve never found much use in LinkedIn and when I found out about the LinkedIn AI bullshit I went in and turned it off, along with a bunch of other dumb stuff that was active for my account.…
DHH on the slow boil of bad Apple
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While I do have some issues with DHH and 37Signals, this is a good podcast about how he got slowly (then quickly) boiled by Apple being a bit of a shit company. I’m happily on my Framework 13 daily running Fedora 40. I’m unhappy with my photos locked into Apple Photos and I rarely use…
Analogue, Libraries and how to make the big bucks – 3 Threads
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This is supported by readers like you. Become a member to keep the content coming. Carl Pullein on Analogue Carl talks about the analogue tools he’s loved this year and I get it. I have a notebook at my desk to record tasks all day and journal. I take most of my book notes in…
Your Bookshelf, NaNoWriMo and Moleskine – 3 Threads
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What Your Bookshelf Says David takes a look at the meaning behind your book habit. I’m currently a book stacker on the floor because I need to add a bunch of shelving to my office, but to do that I have to figure out where all the other stuff in my office goes. I purchase…
Fixing Oh My Posh and Kitty install issues
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I’ve been spending a bit of time customizing my setup which had me find oh-my-posh as a terminal theme and Kitty. To install oh-my-posh run the following command. Then to set your shell to use it run these commands. While that worked in the current terminal every time I’d start Kitty for the day I’d…
Lou is Surrounded by Books
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Lou wrote about his history with books and I get it. The first book I remember devouring was Arthur by Stephen R Lawhead which then meant I had to get the rest of the series and I loved them. I was around 10 and had to repurchase the whole set before I was 15 because…
I don’t install node I use nix-shell
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This video is a great quick explainer about how awesome nix-shell is. I don’t install PHP or Node or even MySQL I create a shell.nix file and run nix-shell and let my shell have everything installed without cluttering up my system. I do need to dig into flakes at some point.
Issues with Firefox
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The video above takes a look at Firefox and it’s health. CEO pay is a big factor in how unhealthy Firefox is. I use Firefox instead of Chrome because I want browser diversity, but the direction leadership continues to take the browser is antithetical to why I use it. Zen browser is based on Firefox…
Don’t Change Tools, Shitposting AI and Bad Phones – 3 Threads
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Like this content, purchase a course to keep it coming. Stick with your tooling This is a great reminder to stick with your tools. This is why I don’t review lots of PKM apps, I’ve found Obsidian and it works for me. I don’t do a bunch of Obsidian content anymore because I’m not changing…
TV, Time Management and Justified Art – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members. Become one to help keep the site running. I don’t want to replace my TV At this point I have a 13-year-old 38″ LCD TV that doesn’t have good picture quality compared to what you can purchase now. It’s small and the the bezels are “huge”, yet after…
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