Month: December 2020
A Brief History of Misogyny by Jack Holland
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I’m a dude and thus benefit from a history of misogyny. I’ve been raised in a world that views misogyny as alright, and have perpetrated behaviours towards my wife that felt normal to me at the time. Over the years I’ve grown to see them as petty and harming to my wife. I’m sure I…
New Apps are NOT Magic Bullets – Friday Notes 128
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I’ve been finding the Zettelkasten system revolutionary in the way I take and organize my notes. I felt the same way about my reading when I read How to Read a Book, all the reading before was worth so much less than I realized. Now, all the notes before I started using a Zettelkasten system…
Digital Timeblocking with Things3 and Calendar
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This is a video from my course on Skillshare on Timeblocking. You can get it by visiting [curtismchale.ca/skillshare](https://curtismchale.ca/skillshare). Watch for my video on analogue timeblocking next week.
Issues with Shortcuts and Things 3
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While there is lots to love about Things 3 and it’s capabilities with automation, it’s also got one huge problem if you’re trying to automate it with Shortcuts on iOS. Things 3 offers separate purchases for iOS and iPadOS, which means they’re different applications and get different intents in Shortcuts. The result of this is…
When Work Requires Engaging in Distraction Factories – Friday Notes 127
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On one hand there is a lot of good on YouTube, I’m awesome and I have a channel so it must be good. There is also a lot of terrible distraction on YouTube. I’m going to focus on YouTube today, but the ideas are the same for many of the mediums we encounter. Lots of…
Book Haul December 2020
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It’s been a while since I’ve done a book haul and the pile was getting huge so let’s look at the books that have been added to my library over the last couple months. – Subprime Attention Crisis: [Independent Bookstore](https://bookshop.org/a/11916/9780374538651) | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/2IuuvhS) – Pick Your Poison: [Independent Bookstore](https://bookshop.org/a/11916/9780470550915) | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/2K3Cx1G) – Junkyard Planet: [Independent Bookstore](https://bookshop.org/a/11916/9781608197934)…
