Month: September 2020
Low Visibility Archibald and West Cheam Ridge
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Sept 18 my wonderful mother-in-law agreed to watch the kids so that Cynthia and I could have a date night. While some couples grab a coffee and take a walk, we decided to head up Mt Archibald and connect it into the summit of Mt Cheam via the west ridge trail. While this trail has…
Rethinking iOS 14 Widget Home Screen – A Better Computer
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Widgets do bring the first real change in what you can do with iOS. Here is what Matt is doing.
The Social Dilemma – Netflix Documentary
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This is an excellent documentary on Netflix that questions the power we give social networks, specifically the power that AI that recommends things to us has. A few interesting points. Forget AI overwhelming human strengths like Terminator, long before that it will overwhelm our weaknesses and lead us to polarization and confirmation bias in a…
The Case Against Education by Bryan Caplan
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Did you love going to school? I know I didn’t. My biggest problem was that I couldn’t see the point of most of the work I did and thus didn’t feel like wasting my effort on it. I easily grasped math that I could turn around and use in my construction job, but then struggled…
Time Block Leisure? – Friday Notes 116
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> Ironically, jobs are actually easier to enjoy than free time, because like flow activities they have built-in goals, feedback rules, and challenges, all of which encourage one to become involved in one’s work, to concentrate and lose oneself in it. Free time, on the other hand, is unstructured, and requires much greater effort to…
60% or 40% keyboards?
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I have the Anne Pro 2 60% that he has and I’ve looked at the Plank which he’s showing off. I’m at least thinking about a 40% or the [Moonlander](https://www.zsa.io/moonlander/). Yup, very different keyboards an I could see getting both eventually but they’re expensive. I do love the “tap” arrow keys and rarely find they…
Shortcuts Catalog by Matthew Cassinelli
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If you’ve been looking for a single spot with lots of Shortcuts from one of the masters of Shortcuts, you’ll be happy to know that Matthew prevailed through is WordPrees woes and got his [Shortcuts Catalog](https://www.matthewcassinelli.com/shortcuts-catalog-ios-14/) up and running. Take a trip over there and see all the cool stuff he’s built.
Keep It Quick Look – Best iPad Note App?
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[Keep It](https://reinventedsoftware.com/keepit/ios/) by Reinvented Software is a great iPadOS/iOS and macOS note taking application. One of it’s excellent features is that it’s a native app on all platforms and they have feature parity. If you’re looking for a research app on your iPad, this is an excellent choice.
Ben Vallack – Ortholinear vs Staggered Keyboards
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If you’ve ever wondered about staggered vs ortholinear keyboards, this is a good video. The Moonlander I want is not staggered and I’m even more eager to try it now.
Chris Lawley’s Tips for Using Drafts
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Chris Lawley has a good short walkthrough to show you some of the power that Drafts has. I took some of his suggestions and an [action to help change workspaces faster](https://actions.getdrafts.com/g/1HZ) and I’ll be using Drafts for the next number of weeks to see if it’s better than iA Writer. I already have to drop…
