Even on Mastodon – Threads should be blog posts
I’ve said this more than once about Twitter, threads should be blog posts. In the case of Twitter, it was about owning your content because who knew where Twitter would go…eventually. Well eventually happened and Twitter is down the shitter. Even on Mastodon, threads should be blog posts. Own your content. Stake out your space […]
How I Use Obsidian to track Programming
If you’re a web developer and want some insight into how you could use Obsidian to track what you work on, today is for you. I’m going to give you a tour of how I use Obsidian to track GitHub issues and document our site setup. As this is a working Obsidian vault, I’m not…
PKM in Retrospect – PKM Weekly Jan 22 2023 – Issue 053
With this issue of PKM Weekly, I’m officially past the first year of the newsletter1. I figure today is a great opportunity to review the broad changes I’ve seen in the PKM/Note space since I started the newsletter. The “Leader” We Lost When I started this newsletter I made a list of 6 pieces of…
Should You Read Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P Scheper
No, you shouldn’t and if that’s all you came for, go read something else. If you want to find out why I don’t think the book is worth your time, read on. This post is usually members only. If you want to get my research notes every Saturday, become a member. Points I Agree With…
Ugh the new Apple TV Remote
As Michael highlights, the new Apple TV remote is a problem. I have to reset it every week or so. Sometimes that doesn’t work and I have to reset the Apple TV instead…then reset the remote. The last remote just worked. My kids dropped it and broke the glass and it was taped up so…
We Live in an Age of Monomania
From Strong Towns: We’re living in an age of monomania. If you hang around online, you’ll see lots of people adopt a persona consisting of one principle that they just crank up to 11 and apply to everything. The incentives of social media encourage having a shtick—it’s why people are K-Pop Stans or Swifties. It’s…
Apple’s New HomePod but it’s too late for me
Apple released a 2nd generation HomePod and you can read about it on MacStories or Six Colors. While I’m in the market for whole home audio…I already went with Sonos and did it when the HomePod was clearly not getting a revamp any time soon. Now I’m in with a pair of Sonos One Gen…
Why Apple Reminders is the Best Task Manager
With the wealth of excellent task managers out there it’s easy to overlook Apple Reminders and there is a good reason it gets overlooked. When Reminders was first introduced it was far behind the other tools on the market in the feature department so you couldn’t blame anyone who was looking for a good task…
When a company adds AI…
At this moment in time when I see a company added AI to their product, I wonder if they have their priorities sorted out. Yes I assume that AI is going to be useful to people at some point. Yes I see how people are using it now and I it’s interesting, but when your…
PKM Weekly Jan 15 2023 – Issue 052
Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts, or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could…