Remote work, Text vs Video, Analogue Thinking – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members. Become one to help keep the site running. I Love Remote Work Joan Westenberg talks about the promise of remote work admist the current crackdown on it by many companies. On my end, our family only runs because I can set my own hours and work at home.…
Atlas Headrest for Embody Chair
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I just got my Embody chair yesterday and while it’s very comfortable, it doesn’t come with a headrest. I’m planning to give it a few weeks to see if I need one, but if so the Atlas Headrest has matching fabric for almost every Embody option and based on the YouTube reviews I’ve seen this…
Better than Eames lounge chair?
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You may not know you’ve seen it, but the Eames lounge chair is an icon showing up on movie sets all the time. I’ve wondered about one as I look for a new reading chair, but the $6k starting price tag puts it far outside my price range. According to the video below the Elvin…
Google is Squeezing iA Writer
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Another story of a big tech company using their monopoly to get more money and harm little companies. While I don’t use iA Writer currently, I have used it and found it to be an excellent app. I follow their site because they have very interesting content in many fields showing they think deeply about…
Sissy shaming, broken things and future me is dumb – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members who get access to my book notes and my courses. Sissy Shaming I still see this sissy-shaming happening in my daughter’s classes. She’s a fast runner and was just saying yesterday that when she beat everyone in the class in a running race the first boy across the…
Ideal systems, Radium suppositories and women’s rights – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members. Join and help keep the content coming. Hypothetical Ideal Systems RJ Nestor has a great article on the hypothetical systems we create. This is the videos/blog posts showing you all the needed folders in your note system or the “best” way to set up GTD. The second major…
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…
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