Category: Links of Interest

  • Chris Lawley’s Tips for Using Drafts

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    Chris Lawley has a good short walkthrough to show you some of the power that Drafts has. I took some of his suggestions and an [action to help change workspaces faster](https://actions.getdrafts.com/g/1HZ) and I’ll be using Drafts for the next number of weeks to see if it’s better than iA Writer. I already have to drop…

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  • I think this is my next keyboard – Moonlander

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    It’s expensive, but I’ve always loved ergonomic keyboards and this one looks excellent.

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  • Part 3 of Chris Lawley’s iPad Workflow

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    Every time I see Chris talk about Drafts I think I shoud use it, but then I use it and it feels like too much friction. Specifically the “folders” as workspaces pradigm doesn’t fit with my mindset on storing documents. Maybe I just need to commit to Drafts and dig in deep to grok it.

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  • The Focus of Famous People is Merely Aspirational

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    [Cal Newport](https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/09/11/michael-connelly-starts-writing-before-the-sun-comes-up/) on Michael Connelly’s writing practice: > For the rest of us, drowning in our inboxes and Zoom invites, this should be more than a source of aspirational escape. It represents a reminder that getting the most out of the messy jumble of neurons known as the human brain requires sacrifices. To instead orient…

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  • Writer’s Writing App Round Up

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    Very much been enjoying William’s YouTube channel. This video highlighted TextSoap and while I write mainly on iPadOS, I could see using this for some of my content.

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  • Jeff Perry going Analogue with Bullet Journal

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    [From Jeff](https://jeffperry.blog/2020/09/08/going-offline-has.html): > After starting out using this notebook I noticed the “intentional friction” with this system and it was something I hadn’t had in my other task managers. I would have hundreds of tasks in my digital task managers over time, clogging up the system and making it nearly impossible to decide what is…

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  • Chris Lawley’s iPad Workflow

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    Yup I follow his channel. **Part 1: Morning Routine** In part I was mostly interested to see Things and Fantastical in split view. It’s pertinent to the Time Blocking course I’m working on. [If you want to get notified about that subscribe](https://curtismchale.ca/subscribe) **Part 2: File Management, Writing Code, Git…** Most interested here in how he…

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  • GBDuro 2019 – Cool Loooong Cycling Race

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    Yeah, this race looks super cool. Not sure I’d head across the pond for it, but with the new gravel bike coming in a week or two I’m looking at some big rides I could do.

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  • William Gallagher – Writer’s Essential Tools: OmniFocus

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    [William gives us a decent overview of how OmniFocus can help writers get their projects under control](https://youtu.be/-vlMCIvAlSU). I wish he showed his Shortcuts stuff in more detail, but he didn’t. Overall, I’ve been enjoying William’s videos.

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  • Ben Brooks on the State of iPad Heading to iOS 14

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    [Ben Brooks in his member post about iOS 14 and the iPad](https://brooksreview.net/2020/09/member-journal-972020/): > As we enter iOS 14, the true limiting factors are: our willingness to adapt to new tools… I’ve believed for a while that most of the complaints about iPadOS and an iPad as your main main computer can be mostly boiled down…

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