Month: February 2021
Site audits in Chrome
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This has probably been around for a bit, but I just found out about [Lighthouse](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/lighthouse/) audits in Chrome developer tools today. Cool tool I’ll use going forward to make sure my sites are optimized well.
Learn about the business of writing in Scratch
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A big part of what most of us do day to day is write. We write emails, and memos and in my case blog posts about books that are about the business of writing. If you can take the leap to think about yourself as a writer, then Scratch is a book about the business…
Will I Ever Read That? – Friday Notes 137
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[CJ Chilvers](https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/reading-is-an-action) talked about reading being an action and while I dismissed the idea at first I find myself coming back to it. Specifically as I find cool sites like [Strong Towns]() which talks about many things I’m highly interested in. This weed I subscribed to the site and was greeted with 10 articles that…
It’s Greg’s Blog
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[Greg Morris](https://gr36.com/what-is-your-blog/) talks about how he hoped his blog would be read with great interest by many, and then realized that it’s for him. A number of years back I was in the same boat. Watching my stats daily trying to ensure that I keyed in on what everyone was reading so I could continue…
Not Everything Needs to be Digital
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[Jamie Todd Rubin](https://www.jamierubin.net/2021/02/24/journal-in-obsidian-notes/) talks about his love for Obsidian, but not wanting to put his journal in it. I’m totally in the same boat. I love Craft (and Obsidian before it) for the power of linking, but I love my notebook/journal for writing in. I love the experience of venting a bit on paper, so…
A Leftie’s Bullet Journal V2 Review
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I’ve been using something like The Bullet Journal Method for years now. I’ve used the first version of The Bullet Journal, which was a lightly customized [Leuchtturm 1917](https://www.leuchtturm1917.ca) notebook with branding. I’ve used standard Leuchtturm notebooks as well and while I missed the third ribbon for marking my spot, ultimately it’s the same notebook. Today…
Little Bets by Peter Sims
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I’m sure we all feel like we have a great idea inside us. Something that’s waiting to come out given the right circumstances. In fact I believe this is true for most of us, but the risks we think we have to take to make this idea a reality make it seem like an impossible…
Books To Help You Be a Good Manager – Friday Notes 136
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Last week I talked about my job change and in response to that I’ve got a bunch of books suggested. Thanks to Tim and Brian and Riaan for the suggestions I’m passing on. – [Leadership Strategy and Tactics](https://amzn.to/2Nj9NUA) – [The Effective Executive](https://amzn.to/3beTaRU) – [Great at Work](https://amzn.to/37qaD8I) (I have read this [here](https://curtismchale.ca/2018/04/26/it-takes-7-practices-to-be-great-at-work) but I need to…
The Gemino Curse of my Book List
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> There is a scene in one of the Harry Potter films where Harry and his friends end up in a treasure vault which has been boobie-trapped with a “Gemino Curse,” a variant of the Doubling Charm. Each thing touched, instantly doubles. Touch those things and they double. This continues without end. I have sympathy…
WordPress is so noisy
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> Like I said in my original post, WordPress and other platforms always made me feel like they wanted me to use them to do so much more than blogging. “Hey, want to install Jetpack!” “Hey, there are 16,000 plugins you might like, and 4 of them have updates you should install now!” “Do you…
