Month: August 2021

  • Should You Use Obsidian for Task Management?

    Should You Use Obsidian for Task Management?

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    I know I’ve said before that you shouldn’t use your PKM system as a task manager, but we’re still going to talk about using some of the task management tools available in Obsidian because they do feel like they make sense in my workflow lately. Specifically, is content to manage and someday maybe content I…

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  • How I Use Day Planner for Daily Notes in Obsidian

    How I Use Day Planner for Daily Notes in Obsidian

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    When I got started in Obsidian I didn’t find daily notes all that useful, but that changed a number of months ago. I now use daily notes almost every day of the week to keep myself organized and to keep a time log of my day. This video will talk you through how I use…

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  • A Life Lived Remotely by Siobhan McKeown

    A Life Lived Remotely by Siobhan McKeown

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    I heard about this book when it came out and figured it would be a light read about how to do remote work well. While it does talk about the author’s journey in remote working, A Life Lived Remotely, is actually a much deeper book on many fronts. The goal of the book is to…

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  • Max Tech on M1 iPad Issues

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    Good look at the issues with the M1 iPad and iPadOS 14 (and still 15). None of them are in the class I entirely discount when someone complains the iPad doesn’t work like the computer they’re used to. Two weeks into owning the M1 iPad Pro, I like it. No regrets in the decsion since…

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  • Task Managers Make it TOO EASY to Input Tasks

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    Jamie Todd Rubin on the ease of entry for task managers. The fact that to-do apps makes it easier for us to record what we have to do is part of the problem. We accumulate more stuff because it is easy to accumulate. The fact that there are market forces driving us to feel more…

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  • Sync Obsidian Settings

    Sync Obsidian Settings

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    As I said when I talked about how to sync your Obsidian files, you can also sync your settings if you use the Obsidian Sync service. To do this, purchase Obsidian sync then under your sync settings, turn on the sync of your system settings. You can even choose to sync your settings differently depending…

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  • Mt Cheam Chilliwack – Gravel Bike, Run, Gravel Bike

    Mt Cheam Chilliwack – Gravel Bike, Run, Gravel Bike

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    Join me on a long day of gravel riding, trail running, and some more gravel riding up and around Mt Cheam in Chilliwack BC. Ride to Cheam: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644271193 Cheam Trail Run: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644273932 Ride/walk till a truck picked me up: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644277592 Ride wife picking me up: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644277974 Garmin Enduro Sports Watch: https://amzn.to/3g6reTt Apidura bags: https://www.apidura.com Salomon…

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  • Things 3.14 Markdown Update

    Things 3.14 Markdown Update

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    Things just put out a new update with some nice features around adding text to your tasks via markdown formatting. Specifically it now includes formatting for headings, highlights, bold, italics, code, and various list formats including a checkbox style list format. To go along with this they’ve rolled out a new keyboard command to search…

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  • The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey

    The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey

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    What is the point of productivity books? For some, it’s really just productivity porn, a way to say you’re being productive as you read about getting stuff done. If that’s you then Chris Bailey’s The Productivity Project tells you early on that this is not the book you’re looking for. According to Bailey productivity is…

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  • Is OmniFocus Legacy Software?

    Is OmniFocus Legacy Software?

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    With OmniFocus 4 in TestFlight I thought I’d check it out for my regular light task needs again. The specific draw was the automation available, which is their own thing and is cross-platform. This is far better than what Things 3 provides, with little automation on macOS and on iOS you need to create a…

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