Category: 3 Threads
Consumption and the Antilibrary
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Umberto Echo had a famously large library of 30,000 books most of which he knew he’d never read. When asked about his huge library he’d correct people calling it his antilibrary, a resource for all the things he didn’t know. It wasn’t about showing off all the books he had read, because he already had…
Reading Well – 3 Threads
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For 2025 I’m starting a book club and we’re starting with Right Thing Right Now by Ryan Holiday. If you want to get the weekly insights sign up as they’re only coming via email. Members will get some extras like PDF/ePub copies of the book insights and if there is enough interest a group call…
All about Reading Books for 2025 – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members become one to keep the content coming. Reading for 2024 – read more?? In 2024 (46 books as of writing) I read more than 2023 (31 books total) which makes me happier but is still below the previous 9 years of around 70 books per year. I’m not…
Is Substack so Bad? – 3 Threads
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Want to support my writing, share it. Put a link on your blog or share it on social media. Write it on a postcard and leave it at your local coffee shop. Note: Not 3 threads today but one longer piece. Regular programming should resume. Prompted by this very reasonable sounding podcast with the CEO…
Your time, increased consumption and collection without compensation – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members, become one to keep the content coming. I’m continuing the look through my old notes to find topics to write about because you need to spend time working your old notes if you really want your note system to be useful. How People Treat Your Time the people…
3 Threads – Nov 30Cross-platform apps, writing in books and eating frogs3 Threads – Nov 30
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This is brought to you by members become one or purchase a course to keep the content coming. As I’ve talked about the value of going through your old notes many times, today I used my random note strategy to find some content I hadn’t seen in a while. Cross Platform Apps Allen Pike wrote…
Maximum Time Usage, Your Notes and Blogging – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members, become one to keep the content coming. Full Maximum Capacity Time Usage Dami Lee is talking about slow reading here but I took exception to one comment in the beginning of the video which I linked to. She talks about reading books that had a big impact on…
Revisiting my task management workflow and all about blogging – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members, become one to get access to my courses and book notes. Revisiting Task Management This week a post I wrote on task management from 4 years ago came back across my radar and I’m in a position to comment on it. Do I still use TickTick? No I…
Omnivore alternatives, actionable notes and friction – 3 Threads
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This is brought to you by members. To get access to my book notes and courses you should become one. Omnivore Alternatives Omnivore is joining ElevenLabs which the blog post plays as a positive thing, but you have till November 15th to export your information before they delete everything. This has left people upset and…