Category: Links of Interest
Are We Actually Defending the Values We Say Are Important
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I’m not even sure what to say about this except that you should read it. It’s the transcript of a Russian student recently convicted in court of…extremism. The author of the piece, that printed a translated version of the piece, says that the US could learn something from it. It’s about love and being there…
Retro Tech Has Me Interested in YouTube Premium
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I haven’t paid for YouTube Premium but this Retro Tech series by MKBHD is pretty great. So far a bunch of the episodes have become free, but I’d pay for a month to finish out the episodes still behind a paywall if they’re not free after the New Year. Pilot: Gameboy Episode 1: Camcorder Episode…
Homework Prepping Kids for Working Late Is Stupid
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Jamie Todd Rubin wrote an interesting piece about too much homework for his kid in 5th grade. He figures 50 minutes (10 minutes per grade level) is okay, but even there I disagree. How many studies have we seen (heck Alex Pang wrote Rest all about this and Shorter too) that say over 50 hours…
Matthew on Action vs Motion
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Matthew on action versus motion as he reads Atomic Habits (my review of Atomic Habits here). Outlining a handful of articles I want to write is motion but writing a single piece is an action. Actions are steps towards a defined outcome. Not only did I find this insightful for building habits but also how…
Jason on Desktop First Mobile Computing
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Jason wrote well about the ideal setup we’ve been craving in so many ways. He is aiming at the PinePhone which looks interesting. I’ve gone the iPad Pro route. When I’m at my desk I drop my iPad in the dock and I’m connected to a 4K monitor and a wireless keyboard and I have…
So – Link in Bio?
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Anil Dash on “link in bio” If anyone on Instagram can just link to any old store on the web, how can Instagram — meaning Facebook, Instagram’s increasingly-overbearing owner — tightly control commerce on its platform? If Instagram users could post links willy-nilly, they might even be able to connect directly to their users, getting…
Airtable and Shortcuts with Chris
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Started working with Airtable this morning to build a chore tracking sheet for kids. Of course Chris Lawley has a good video for an introduction to Shortcuts and Airtable.
The Messy Desk Busyness Number
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My desk and workbench also show how busy I am. What I noticed about my desk, was that it was like the overcast clouds that had rolled in: much of it seemed to be covered, and in disarray. I tend to turn to the desk to my left to write things down, open books, read…
Daydream What You Want for Christmas
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Daydream with Jamie Todd Rubin: With Christmas just a few weeks away, I’ve been daydreaming. When I daydream–something that occurs with increasing frequency these days–I often find myself having imaginary conversations with people. Sometimes these are people I know, and other times they are constructs, like characters in a story, that allow the conversation to…
Publishers Restricting Library Access to Ebooks
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[So the big publishers are restricting access to Libraries when it comes to purchasing ebooks in the first 8 weeks of publishing](https://www.npr.org/2019/11/01/775150979/you-may-have-to-wait-to-borrow-a-new-e-book-from-the-library). While I can see that it’s *possible* that Library lending cuts into initial purchases of ebooks, I’m not sure it’s as big an impact as the publishers think. Heck they even say that…