Category: Links of Interest
Chris Lawley’s Ergonomic iPad Setup
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Yes Chris’ setup is decent, but I still don’t think that external monitor support for iPad is anywhere near good enough to use regularly. I have a second monitor I can use with the iPad, but almost never do it. I stick with my magnetic VESA mount and the iPad by itself.
How I use Obsidian with Keep Productive
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Before Christmas I sat down with Francesco to talk about how I use Obsidian.
Paul Graham on Disagreeing
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[Written in 2008 Paul Graham](http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html) writes eloquently about levels of disagreeing. It would be great to say that we all rose to his highest level of disagreement, where we dig into the central argument and refute it. Unfortunately most online disagreement, almost all of it in fact, hits the lowest denominator. Name calling. Of course…
Dealing with Task Overwhelm
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If you find yourself staring down a day with way too many tasks in it, then this is a good way to deal with them. I think that the truth is, you have a bigger problem though because you let this happen in the first place. If you’ve done your weekly review, and daily reviews…
Strong Towns & Financially Insolvent American Cities
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This upcoming series looks fascinating. My wife and I are in a battle over a second car, which would mosty be for my use transporting kids to things. I don’t want one, and she thinks we need one. I think we simply are trying to avoid a tiny amount of inconvienence.
Ideal Day Overload
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Love Peter’s distinction between an ideal day and a real day around the 8:00 mark. We usually try to have ideal days and then fault ourselves when they don’t happen. Try to plan for a real day instead.
Simpletivity – Why Not Todoist
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I particularly liked his arguments about adding friction to defering tasks around the 5:00 mark. This is why I use time blocking and all tasks must go on a calendar to get done. It’s far to easy to commit to something for Future Curtis, that Current Curtis knows he doesn’t have time for. Future Curtis…
Do We Need More Male Employment or a Mindset Shift?
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[Derek Thompson floats the theory that the low rates of male employment is due to the huge decline in construction and manufacturing jobs](https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/the-missing-men/488858/). At the same time we see a rise in traditionally female jobs like health care aide, medical secretary… He says that the US may need a huge construction project to get these…
A reason not to purchase smart appliances
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While [Cory Doctrow’s Unauthorized Bread](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/), is fiction it’s not far off what companies want if we let them. John Deer already does this by bricking their tractors, and while Apple is doing a bit better with their repair programs lately…they still don’t want anyone else touching their toys. Add to this the almost [weekly security…
David Sparks on Task Lists and Calendars
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[David Sparks has a great post on the relationship between task managers and calendars](https://www.macsparky.com/blog/2020/10/the-relationship-between-task-lists-and-calendars). I’ve fallen into the same groove. Things 3 is handling my tasks, and I time block on my calendar at the end of every week. Then I check in each day to see what was planned and to make sure that…