Category: 3 Threads

  • YouTube sucks, Slow Internet is fine, I like notebooks – 3 Threads July 13 2024

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    Some thoughts while on vacation. This whole site is brought to you by members. Join to get some extra newsletter content but more importantly access to my courses and book notes. YouTube is mostly a time suck In an effort to deal with my unfortunate issue with Google 2FA I installed YouTube on my phone…

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  • Life Under Billionaires Systems and Blogging – 3 Threads

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    This only comes out because of members. Members get my book notes and some levels get access to my courses. I’d appreciate your support. You Have to Check Your Systems A task management system only works if you check it, which is absolutely a problem I suffer from in both digital and physical forms of…

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  • The Physical Appeals and Satellite Pollution – 3 Threads

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    This is brought to you by members. Become one to keep the newsletter coming and get access to my book notes. The Appeal of Physical Based on last weeks email I got a few questions that shared similar themes. People switching between paper/digital tools and books and never quite finding the ideal they hope to…

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  • The Renaissance of the Physical – 3 Threads

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    This is supported by members who get my courses and all my book notes. Do you own the things you love? Digital purchasing isn’t ownership and it’s getting hard to get physical copies of anything. Paris Marx has a long story about how much work he had to do to get Dune Part 1 on…

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  • Finding your Voice, WTF, and book lists – 3 Threads

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    If you like this content members help keep it coming. You Know Who You Like When you’re starting out you may not have a voice but you know who you like. Often we start by copying those we look up to, and the disappointment in our work comes when we can’t copy close enough so…

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  • Link Rot, AI and Becoming a Writer – 3 – Threads

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    If you like these then you can make sure they keep coming by becoming a member. Members get all my book notes. Object Permanence and Link Rot Cory wrote an excellent piece on spelunking through your old thoughts and the implication of link rot. One thing that stuck out to me is that 38% of…

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  • Notes, Propaganda and Writing Online – 3 Threads

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    If you like this content become a member. Members get access to my book notes. Remember Atomic Notes is just one way of doing things Danny talks about why he doesn’t use atomic notes. It’s important to remember that anyone telling you how to do your notes is just sharing an idea that may work…

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  • Stop Note Bloat

    Stop Note Bloat

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    Niklaus Wirth was a famous computer scientist that, among other things, invented the Pascal programming language after his proposal to improve Algol was turned down. He also wrote an article pleading for lean software and then went on to write Project Oberon which is a self-contained coding environment, compiler, and operating system written in 4000…

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  • On Banning Books, Taking Notes for Others and Should you Write a Book? – 3 Threads

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    This week we’re taking a look at books, from a short discussion on banning books, to how people take notes for future you, and wrapping up with the question “should you write a book”? This is reader supported. To keep the content coming become a member Banning Books This is an excellent, if short, article…

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  • Technology Access does not mean success – 3 Threads

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    Today we’re going to look at some of the ideas found in The Promise of Access by Daniel Greene. Specifically we’ll look at libraries and schooling and how mere access to technology without fundamental reform in the structures of society will not change much. This is a reader supported site. Become a member to keep…

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