Author: Curtis McHale

  • Talking about Book Wars by John B Thompson

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    While Book Wars doesn’t quite hit the mark for a full post pulling out the relevant take aways, I did want to highlight a few things. eBooks Didn’t Kill Print One of the biggest takeaways is that ebooks didn’t kill print like many people thought it would. Unlike music, which ate the recording industry particularly

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  • iPadOS 16.2 Beta 4 Breaks AirPlay

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    If you’re running iPadOS 16.2 Beta, don’t upgrade to version 4 as it breaks AirPlay to devices when you’re connected to an external display. Once you’ve updated to Beta 4 and try to AirPlay to external speakers iPadOS tells you that you can’t use AirPlay while connected to an external display. If this persists it

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  • Let’s Just Use Passwords Please

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    One of the things I dislike most about modern account creation for sites is when they do not use a password and username combination. I’m sitting here waiting for 20 minutes for a code from Synology to setup my new device. Their advice is to, send another code and wait for 15 minutes to see

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  • PKM Weekly Dec 4 2022 – Issue 047

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    Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. 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

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  • The American Dream is Ruining America

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    Today we talk about the suburban hell that is ruining America. If you want to read these member posts become a member. Members get all my courses included..

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  • Organizing Tasks in Things 3

    Organizing Tasks in Things 3

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    Areas Areas are a way to organize your projects into logical groups. I usually have the following Areas. To that I may add an Area for a specific client if they have a bunch of projects going on at a time. Currently I have one extra Area for my main programming client called ProudCity. You

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  • PKM Weekly Nov 27 2022 – Issue 046

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    Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. 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

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  • Idolizing the Ideal Productivity Routine

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    We send ourselves down the wrong path when we idolize someone’s productivity routine. If you want to read this post become a member. Members get all my courses..

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  • Planning Your Week with Things 3

    Planning Your Week with Things 3

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    When it comes time to plan your week in Things 3, it’s time to look at the multi-window functionality available in the application. While I’m going to show you this workflow on macOS, it’s just easier to understand what’s going on due to the ability to open many windows side by side. You can do

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  • PKM Weekly Nov 20 2022 – Issue 045

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    Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. I’ve been asked a bunch about coaching lately, and yes I do offer 1-on-1 coaching. You can purchase a call here. Once purchased you’ll get a link to book a call. You

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