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Month: December 2019
The Favourite Apps of an iPad Based Web Developer
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Today is a look at all the apps that I love on my iPad. In most cases, I feel handicapped by not having them when I have to use macOS. The first app, which gets a category of it’s own is [Shortcuts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id915249334?mt=8). I’m not crazy having hundreds of shortcuts like some people, but this is…
Publishers Restricting Library Access to Ebooks
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[So the big publishers are restricting access to Libraries when it comes to purchasing ebooks in the first 8 weeks of publishing](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775150979/you-may-have-to-wait-to-borrow-a-new-e-book-from-the-library). While I can see that it’s *possible* that Library lending cuts into initial purchases of ebooks, I’m not sure it’s as big an impact as the publishers think. Heck they even say that…
Every Winner Begins as a Loser
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[So you do have to fail first to be successful](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/failure-found-to-be-an-essential-prerequisite-for-success/) > The takeaway? “Every winner begins as a loser,” says Wang, associate professor of management and organizations at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, who conceived and led the study. Now it’s not persistence, repeated failure, that marks people that succeed eventually. It’s taking the time…
We Need to Support People That Quit Stuff
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[Justin Jackson on the importance of quitting stuff](https://justinjackson.ca/moving-on). > For most people, It will take multiple attempts to find something that works. If you keep doing what’s not working, how will you ever find what does work? I think another key idea to remember is that whatever you’re doing now was a commitment you made…
Ben Brooks on Why You Should Ditch Your Laptop for an iPad Pro
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[Ben Brooks on Why You Should Ditch Your Laptop for an iPad Pro](https://brooksreview.net/2019/11/why-you-should-ditch-your-laptop-for-ipad-pro/). Here are a few of my highlights. > Why do people care about battery life? Who needs to carry a charger? These are the basic questions I find myself thinking about now that I have been on an iPad Pro for four…
Lightweight Hack to Get Attention Back When You Need It
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[Nice lightweight hack to get some attention back from your devices when it’s crucial you focus](https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2019/12/06/the-advice-i-gave-my-students/). > I suggested that my students try this for one week while studying for their exams. I further suggested that they actually record on a calendar or in a journal whether or not they succeeded in following the rule…
Friday Notes 082 – December 6 2019
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Last Friday I got a new 4K monitor in after 10 years with an HD Dell UltraSharp. I figured it was a good investment as I have been doing more video work and that’s all in 4K. I also had a child spill hot chocolate all over themselves while wearing white…twice in the same night.…
Good Things Are Hard and Have High Failure Rates, We Should Still Try
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If we made all our decisions based on the actually odds of success, we’d rarely attempt anything risk or achieve anything significant. – Late Bloomers 212 Many of the freelancer’s that were my “peers” when I started aren’t freelancing anymore. Sure we see a few that have built companies instead, but I’m not counting them…
Add WHY to Your Bullet Journal Tasks
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I like the why question in this Bullet Journal video. Do you ever ask yourself why you’re doing the things you do in the day?
Ryder Carroll on Adding Journaling to Your Bullet Journal
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I use a Bullet Journal and include long form journaling right inline with my tasks for the day. In fact, it’s mostly a log of what I’ve done that day and how I felt about it. If you’re interested in doing some journaling in your notebook here is a good video one way to do…
