Category: Links of Interest
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
iPad Magic Keyboard – Byte Review
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I had all the same feelings about the Magic Keyboard when it came out. It’s expensive and…really will it be that awesome? Seems we both agree, it is that awesome. We’re also on the same page when it comes to feeling that the Magic Keyboard prompts you to use your iPad like a laptop while
Improved Bear Wiki links
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While Bear has been able to link to specific notes with Wiki Links for a while, they’ve recently improved this feature by adding the ability to link to the headings you put inside a note. Check out the [latest release notes](https://blog.bear.app/2020/09/bear-1-7-15-is-out-with-new-features-for-wiki-links-html-export-and-more/) for the other features now available. I’ll have to do a Bear review/video in
Entitled Ad “***kers” – Daring Fireball
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> The entitlement of these fuckers is just off the charts. They have zero right, none, to the tracking they’ve been getting away with. We, as a society, have implicitly accepted it because we never really noticed it. [Online Privacy Should Be Modeled on Real-World Privacy](https://daringfireball.net/2020/09/online_privacy_real_world_privacy) I love John’s description of what it would be