Author: Curtis McHale
Would You Watch Your Own Videos?
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From Matt: Would you read the blog posts you write? Would you watch your own videos? Remember that making good shit is about making things people enjoy, so think about what you like and try to make things that you would be excited to see when you’re browsing the web. We’re all unique in our…
Ultimate Keyboard Control Task Management – nvim OrgMode
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I’m sure someone is going to try and blast me for talking about OrgMode and then using Vim in the same sentence, because OrgMode is an Emacs thing not a Vim thing and the divide between users of the editors often seems like a holy war. As I said in my article on my issues…
Slow your writing to match the speed of thinking
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Before I started using Day One in January last year, I watched every review and setup video available. Many emphasised the speed of typing over handwriting, and I agreed. My hand couldn’t match the pace of my thoughts, which I saw as a drawback. So, I decided to subscribe and type instead of writing by hand.…
Academic Publishing Oligopoly
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The academic publishing platform only mediates between the same group of people separated by time – squeezing them at both ends. This process can only be described as a highly lucrative scam. – Koen Hufkens – Burn the candle at both ends It’s insane that research is so locked up. The Ivy League Cartel has…
Ebooks aren’t killing print
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This article on CBC talks about the thriving independent bookstore industry in Canada where readers of printed material are younger. Ebooks had a surge, then have dropped back and print remains strong. This was also detailed at length in Book Wars. You can read my summary of Book Wars here.
You Have Valuable Stuff in your Notes – PKM Weekly Dec 17 2023 – Issue 101
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If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. There are Valuable…
Enshitification in Polish Trains?
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Yes the manufacturer of a train in Poland remotely bricked the train because they didn’t like who worked on it. Now that “hackers” who were hired by the train company to get the train rolling again have fixed it the train company is now threatening to sue the hackers that got a crucial piece of…
You don’t need purpose if the task fills your mind
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Hey this is usually a members post. Members get all my book notes, and courses when they become members. You should become a member too. From Derek Sivers as he speaks about people searching for their “purposes” or “passion”. When we’re actually engaged in the flow of fascinating work, we don’t think in these terms.…
Louis Rossman – the Enshittification of Amazon
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Like Louis, I’ve had a harder and harder time finding anything of quality on Amazon. Worse, like many of the people commenting on the video, I’ve had my negative reviews of bad products taken down because they “weren’t relevant” to the product. I have no idea how saying “this product doesn’t work for its intended…
