Author: Curtis McHale

  • PKM Weekly for April 3 – Issue 013

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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 Bottom of the Book Pyramid

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    I think that far too many people are taking too many notes on sources that deserve barely a passing glance. I think I’m one of those people so let’s talk about the bottom of the book pyramid. If you want to read these member posts become a member. Members get my courses included..

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  • Everything You Need to Know about Obsidian Sync

    Everything You Need to Know about Obsidian Sync

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    Syncing Obsidian was hard and a bit buggy at first. Sure iCloud “worked” but sometimes a file would have a conflict or it would never show up. Sometimes the iCloud sync would take forever. As soon as I changed to Obsidian Sync everything started to work seamlessly. What You Get with Obsidian Sync Obsidian sync

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  • PKM Weekly for March 27 – Issue 012

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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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  • Hate Reading and Advertising Increase Polarization

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    What would it take for you to see the nuance in a hard argument about gun control or abortion? Turns out all it takes is to be presented with all the grey areas in the discussion. Unfortunately, media doesn’t thrive on grey areas, it thrives on eyeballs and polarization. If you want to read more

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  • We Should Have Salary Transparency

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    I think that salary transparency is important and the only reason companies could really want to hide it is to keep employees from knowing they get paid less. Especially women.

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  • What Format is Best for your Online Course?

    What Format is Best for your Online Course?

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    Today we’re going to look at the best delivery method for your online course.

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  • This is why NPM is terrifying

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    When you update an NPM package and it starts deleting files on your computer it’s a bad day. I actually dislike NPM and hugely complex build processes. The more complex it is the more likely it is to break and then require rewriting from scratch. Keep any build process simple. Use as little as possible.

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  • PKM Weekly for March 20 – Issue 011

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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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  • What if Cops Had to Pay for Bullets?

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    This is usually reserved for paying members. If you want my weekly members only post you should become a member. Just before Christmas as I was packing my house to move I saw this teacher’s dash for cash tweet. What we have here is teachers entertaining a crowd at a hockey game as they fight

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