Category: Links of Interest
Track Diversity in Your Reading
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If you’re looking for a book tracker then Bookish Brews has one that helps you track the diversity of the authors you’re reading. I’ve bookmarked this to see about adding it to my own Obsidian book tracking system.
If you want to sell books…you must love books
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Great article on the turn-around of Barnes & Nobel. Thanks to Matt for pointing the article out to me.
Homelesness is a Housing Problem
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From The Atlantic: In their book, Homelessness Is a Housing Problem, the University of Washington professor Gregg Colburn and the data scientist Clayton Page Aldern demonstrate that “the homelessness crisis in coastal cities cannot be explained by disproportionate levels of drug use, mental illness, or poverty.” Rather, the most relevant factors in the homelessness crisis
One Reason I Write
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From Ness Labs: Anytime you struggle to write about something you just read, watched, or listen, make sure to take the time to understand properly. The fact that you’re struggling to express it in your own words often means you haven’t completely grasped the new idea. This is one reason I write, because I’m not
I Predict RSS is Coming Back
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Matt pointed this article out to me, which basically says that RSS is “coming back”. All of these articles strike me the same as “blogging returns” articles. It seems that the author stopped using RSS or stopped blogging. They’ve now got some interest in it for some reason (currently RSS because Twitter is a pile
My “new” AppleTV Remote is Terrible
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Say what you want about the “old” remote, it worked. My kid dropped it and broke the glass on it…and it work for years. Despite going through the reset and repair instructions from Apple, I still have to stand almost in touching the AppleTV for my remote to work. I love the new AppleTV 4k
You Should Have Your Own Website
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I entirely agree that you should have your own website. As Treyton says, you should own your content. I started saying back in 2018 that I thought Twitter threads were bad. Then only a few weeks before Elon bought Twitter I said that every thread should be a blog post. Even as I’m now on
Greg On Why We Keep Watching Twitter
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From Greg: I’ve had enough of reading and listening about Twitter as the next person. So much so I’ve muted the words on Mastodon, and it has removed almost all trace of it. However, I get it. I still can’t help myself reading every new post that crosses my attention, and I know why we
An Emergency for You Doesn’t Mean a Panic for Me
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I find this good advice for life. When my kid doesn’t get ready fast (she’s 12) and then is in a panic about not getting to school on time, it doesn’t mean I have to panic, or care at all. She made the decision to sleep in and to sit on the couch for 20