Month: September 2019
Going From Google Docs to Markdown in Statamic with iPadOS
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When I wrote about managing WordPress from your iPad for AppPresser I talked about how I get content from Google Docs over to WordPress. Well, with the advent of iPadOS 13 we have a change in my workflow which I’m going to share with you today. To get started, head over to docs.google.com in Safari…
Personality Traits Are More Complex in Complex Societies
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So the short version of this is that the “big 5” personality traits aren’t as universal as we thought. It’s also good to remember this as we look at the importance of context in behaviour and grit. In Range we learned that you may be very gritty, in things you care about and not gritty…
An Apple Watch Argument I Could Go For
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Frank on not running with an Apple Watch. Buying things is more fun than running, which is why I convinced myself that an Apple Watch was the perfect inspiration to get back into my trainers. It is now a few months on–I’m still not running regularly, but the watch provided a different and unexpected benefit.…
If WordPress.org Died?
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Tammy brings up a great question regarding wordpress.org and Automattic killing it. Yes, they can’t really kill the GPL CMS, but what if. Me, I’d go with Statamic. Funny that’s what runs the site already. I picked a paid commercial, not open source CMS because I enjoyed Jack’s personality. I ended up finding WP people…
If You Had Nothing to Hide, Why Is Everyone Trying to Get Your Data?
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From Carissa Véliz on Aeon: You might think your privacy is safe because you are a nobody – nothing special, interesting or important to see here. Don’t shortchange yourself. If you weren’t that important, businesses and governments wouldn’t be going to so much trouble to spy on you. This one in particular gets me as…
Friday Notes 072 – September 27 2019
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Last night was the first race for the x-country team I’m helping coach at my daughter’s school. That meant two trips across town to get my wife to work, us back to the race, then us back to the arena so all of my kids could skate. Then back home after 7pm with three kids…
Priorities in Life Are Like an EQ
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This was a great video from Chris Baca about leaning into the pain. His analogy of an EQ for the different aspects of your life made me think about where my EQ is right now. Currently it would be heavily weighted towards being a dad because that’s how life goes. That means I need to…
Is It Better to Specialize or Go for Range?
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The story much of the world tells us is that we need to get a head start at everything if we want to be successful. If you want to be a musician, better start practicing shortly after you’re out of diapers. Want to be succeed at sports, if you haven’t started deliberate practice to get…
The Customer Doesn’t Care About Your Costs
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If you’ve been wondering about selling yourself on value, here is a great video from Jonathan Stark. Just like Jonathan, I don’t think that saying you live in a high cost of living area is part of the conversation. In fact, the customer doesn’t care at all about your costs, the only thing they care…
You Can’t Control Passion
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Two good quotes out of my reading today as I worked through Company of One by Paul Jarvis: Passion and courage are almost impossible to control and can easily leave you feeling bad about yourself. It’s far easier to simply work at getting really good at something in demand, discovering how these skills can be…
