Category: Links of Interest
What’s New in Unread 2.1
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Yes I just reviewed Unread 2 last week, but they’ve already made an update to add some of the features I said I wanted in the app. First off, they already had some basic Vim key support for nerds. `j` or `k` will navigate up or down in your article view. That was already there
Build a Content Calendar in Notion
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I’ve tried many things to run an editorial calendar for my site, from paying for services to writing it all down to paying for services that provide editorial calendars. Ultimately, nothing has been quite right…until maybe now? Today I’m going to walk you through the editorial calendar I’ve set up in Notion. It’s not perfect,
Role Specific Repositories for Focus
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[From Cal Newport](https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2020/04/14/beyond-the-inbox-rules-for-reducing-email/): > Rule #2: Immediately move obligations out of your inbox and into role-specific repositories. > I currently inhabit four professional roles: writer, teacher, researcher, and director of graduate studies for my department. For each of these roles, I set up a Trello board that includes a column for: things I’m working on
The Depressing Aftertaste of an Hour on YouTube
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[From Riccardo Mori talking about how he’d live if this quarantine happened in 1990](http://morrick.me/archives/8849). > At least in my case, sometimes today there’s a certain depressing aftertaste after, say, spending a couple of hours deep down some rabbit hole in YouTube. The entertainment I may have felt during those two hours, or whatever I may
Jason Snell on the Brydge Pro+
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[Reading this, glad I didn’t pre-order the Brydge Pro+ keyboard](https://sixcolors.com/post/2020/04/review-brydge-pro-ipad-keyboard-with-trackpad/). Doesn’t seem like their trackpad is any better than the [$99 keyboard with a trackpad I reviewed](https://curtismchale.ca/2020/04/06/99-ipad-keyboard-with-trackpad) not that long ago, but of course it’s way more expensive.
Privacy Recommendations From Tom
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If you’re interested in decreasing the footprint of data Google has on you then [Tom has a bunch of privacy recommendations](https://tommcfarlin.com/google-chrome-privacy/)
Don’t Take Lame Photos of Your Running Shoes
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[Taking good photos of your shoes with your iPhone and Apple Watch](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/2020/04/09/how-to-take-a-decent-photo-of-your-own-shoes-with-an-iphone-%EF%A3%BFwatch/). Yeah instead of that nice shot I got this [lame top down shot](https://www.instagram.com/p/B-zkdmRHlp2/?igshid=10bl1sbkavm00) of my new Altra shoes.
April Kid Book Recommendations
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Well the kids are home so I decided to get them to recommend some books that they like so that maybe your kids could find another book to enjoy. ## Recommendations – The Princess and the Pig: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802723345?aff=curtismchale) | [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0802723349/?tag=blogcurtismchale-20) | [Book Depository](https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinmid=5478&awinaffid=674023&clickref=&ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bookdepository.com%2FPrincess-Pig-Jonathan-Emmett%2F9780802723345) – Mermaids to the Rescue – Nixie Makes Waves: [Independent Publisher](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781338266979?aff=curtismchale)
March Reading Recap and TBR
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### In the Plex Eh, fairly dry reporting of the events that happened to the company Google. Nothing much revolutionary or revealing about the motivations of the company from my perspective. Though I may be to far into technology to recognize what isn’t common knowledge about the people at Google and what makes it what
Using Airtable to Index My Reading Notebook
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A few months back I talked about how I take notes on books and showed off the way I was indexing keywords. The truth is that wasn’t holding up well in the analogue format I was using so I looked around and came up with Airtable as a viable way to hold thousands of entries.
