Category: Links of Interest
Cal Newport on The Attention Blogs Get
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Cal Newport writing on his own site: As I noted in Deep Work, if you took the contents of the standard Facebook or Instagram feed and published it on a blog, it wouldn’t attract any readers, or comments, or links. But put this content on a Facebook wall and there’s an implicit social contract in
How I use FiLMiC Pro
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I wrote a post for The Sweet Setup touring my FiLMiC Pro setup with a few details on how to you use. I’ve found the app invaluable as I do more video work for YouTube. Read about FiLMiC Pro and follow me on YouTube.
Cal Newport on Facebook and Network Effects
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Newport says that unlike adding a phone to your life in 1908 would give you something you couldn’t get anywhere else, real time communication with people over distance, social networks provide: In 2018, joining a network like Facebook enables you to connect with or monitor the status of people you know using digital networks. Unlike
Jeff Perry and GTD Capture
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Jeff writing for Rocket Panda on Capture: When it comes to GTD, the first thing you are introduced to is the idea of “Capture.” For the most part it’s straightforward. You can’t store your ideas without getting them out of your head, so you need to have a system in place to make it seamless
Newt Scamander and masculinity
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Very much enjoyed watching this video on Newt and how he shows masculinity in a non-traditional way. I watched the movie and enjoyed it, but I didn’t think of his masculinity on the terms provided. We do need male role models that break out of the typical role model we get stuck with.
Scene On Radio – Men
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I heard about Scene on Radio when their series on Seeing White came out. It’s on my list to listen to, but I also saw their season on Men was currently going so that’s where I started. Now, I’m a white dude, which puts me at the most advantage possible. The author’s do acknowledge that
The Simple Ivy Lee Method
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This is from James Clear: I don’t believe there is anything magical about Lee’s number of six important tasks per day. It could just as easily be five tasks per day. However, I do think there is something magical about imposing limits upon yourself. I find that the single best thing to do when you
Patrick on being remarkable
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I literally just finished editing my review of Talk Triggers and Patrick wrote an excellent post that goes nicely with it. In his book Purple Cow Seth Godin talks about making a product that’s remarkable. To be remarkable, Godin says, is to be “worth talking about. Worth noticing. Exceptional. New. Interesting.” Talk Triggers is about
Lisa recommended my book
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She did it here. I follow Lisa and almost every month she has a book I want to read. This month it’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. You can buy my book here.
Phones suck the life out of a room
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David James Swanson for raptitude: The no-phones policy illuminated something about smartphone use that’s hard to see when it’s so ubiquitous: our phones drain the life out of a room. They give everyone a push-button way to completely disengage their mind from their surroundings, while their body remains in the room, only minimally aware of