• 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 4 Month iPad Magic Keyboard Review from A Better Computer

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    Enjoyed this review of the iPad Magic Keyboard. Also, this is one of the channels I subscribe to and watch.

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  • SetApp on iOS

    SetApp on iOS

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    Recently SetApp updated their application to support iOS apps. Today I’m going to walk you through the initial set up of SetApp on my iPad, along with installing an application. SetApp is a library of applications for macOS. It’s the first place I stop when I’m looking for an app to do anything. Now it’s…

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  • Favourite iPad Accessories

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    I’ve tried lots of accessories for my iPad over the last three years I’ve been using it as my main computer. To save you some trouble, here are the things I’d purchase right away if I lost them. You’ll find links to the exact products below, or something that’s as close as I can currently…

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  • Adding a Picture Ledge to My Office

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    I needed some room on my bookshelves to fit more books which meant I needed to get some of my toys off the top shelf. I took a 1X3, 1X6, and 1X2 and turned them into a picture ledge.

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  • If a Rewarding Career is Full of Flow…Friday Notes 114

    If a Rewarding Career is Full of Flow…Friday Notes 114

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    Earlier this week, Matt Birchler, [wrote about wanting a “focus mode” in Slack](https://birchtree.me/blog/slack-feature-request-focus-mode/). The idea here is that instead of a notification every time something happens, you get a bundle of notifications every 10 minutes. In theory, 30 minutes is too long and things will catch on fire and babies will die. While I didn’t…

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  • The Underground Girls of Kabul

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    While we may all want to think that we’re so much better than the Taliban, in many respects behaviour in North America is simply better hidden than it was under the Taliban regime. No where is this more evident than in the way we treat women. I grabbed The Underground Girls of Kabul a number…

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  • Slack Focused Mode?

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    From [Matt Birchler](https://birchtree.me/blog/slack-feature-request-focus-mode/) > What I want is to be able to go into a “focused working” mode in Slack where it still notifies me of things, but it only sends notifications on a reduced cadence, like every 10 minutes. This will let me stay up to date with things as they happen in Slack,…

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  • Under Desk USB 3 Headphone Mount

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    After I built my magnetic iPad Pro VESA mount I wanted to keep cleaning up my desk and the accessories I use at my desk. Until recently I’ve been putting my headphones on my desk like a wild animal, but then I found this excellent under desk headphone hanger that also provides USB hub functionality.…

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