Month: July 2020
Why You Should Share What You Learn
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Lots of people watch my videos on how to take notes on articles or books. Way more watch these videos than could be students. Way more people watch these videos than publish their work. That means lots of people are stuck watching how to take notes and never do anything with those notes. Today I’m…
Comparing to the Ideal – Friday Notes 111
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My desk has been bugging me a bit lately. It’s still a productive desk, but I find myself sitting down and fighting my current desk setup. The monitor needs adjustment or the iPad isn’t quite where I want it. Of course this means I started looking at YouTube videos of desk setups and…almost every one…
Joplin Notes Quick Look
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Today we’re going to take a quick look at [Joplin Notes](https://joplinapp.org) for iPadOS. In short, Joplin is a cross-platform note taking application that you can use on any device that you have. It syncs with Dropbox, NextCloud, OneDrive, and WebDav. Yup you read that right, no iCloud sync on the table. On the iPad, adding…
Getting Started with Zettelkasten
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Today we’ll look at what the main building blocks of a Zettelkasten system is. If you’ve been looking for a quick overview, this is what you’re looking for. ## Terms to Understand Before we dig into the system, we need to define a few terms. **Fleeting Notes**: These are any notes or ideas you collect…
NotePlan 2 End to End
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[NotePlan 2](https://noteplan.co) is a task management and note-taking application that is available on iOS, iPadOS and macOS. If you’ve been looking for an application that reminds you of a notebook, and specifically the Bullet Journal system, then this may be the application you’re looking for. Before we dive into everything NotePlan 2 can do for…
Your Task Manager Needs to be Default – Friday Notes 110
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[Matt Birchler](https://birchtree.me/blog/offloading-your-brain-is-the-most-powerful-thing/) brought my attention to this excellent post about [offloading your anxiety to your task manager](https://cate.blog/2020/07/22/how-i-offloaded-my-anxiety-to-trello/). Like most people, I’ve been in and out of task management systems for many years. My most recent multi-year stint was with [The Bullet Journal Method](https://curtismchale.ca/2018/11/29/weekly-logging-with-your-bullet-journal) and while I continue to see value in an analogue system, I’m…
What’s New in Obsidian 0.8.0
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Obsidian 0.8.0 brings us a bunch of cool ways to use search. Very happy with this development. – `#marriage #toread` – `#marriage OR #toread` – `http -https` – `/2020-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/ ` (don’t forget to escape) – `file:(/2020-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/)` (note that it’s only matching filenames not text inside a note) [Get Obsidian](https://obsidian.md)
Why I Use DEVONthink and Obsidian?
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On the surface, both DEVONthink and Obsidian can do many of the same tasks. Either application can store many different types of files. They both allow you to use Wikilink format to link articles together. They both handle Markdown files. Despite many of these similarities, I use them for two different purposes. What DEVONthink Is…
Archiving Projects (Lists) in TickTick
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While it’s quite easy to archive a project (TickTick calls them Lists) in [TickTick](https://ticktick.com/r?c=qvw3brd9), it’s not all that obvious how you do it. Today’s short video is going to show you how to archive/close a list in TickTick for iPadOS and macOS.
What Are You Willing to Sacrifice on the Alter of Your Dream? – Friday Notes 109
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> A novel will take you two years to write. Or three or four or five. > Can you do that? > Can you sustain yourself financially? Emotionally? Can your spouse and children handle it? > Can you maintain your motivation over that length of time? Your self-belief? Your sanity? > If necessary, can you…
